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Not sure how the footnotes thing works out in a PBP, I'll cut it if it becomes annoying to write or read. Keeping them in for now because it's one of those series' where the footnotes actually happen in real-time, since Bartimaeus can maintain multiple simultaneous trains of thought (he can, for example, read several books at once and fully comprehend/retain the info from all of them).
I think the footnotes are fun. I picked up the books. I'll try to read them this weekend.
Hopefully you enjoy them! They're really darn good for YA fiction.
Spock, I don't know what your past experience with Mutants and Masterminds is, so forgive me if I'm saying things you know. One thing that trips people up about the game sometimes is that it is effects based.
The device/equipment lets you use detect to see things you couldn't normally see or see them better than you usually could. The perception could be Spock seeing things on the screen, or it could be the device seeing things and showing them to Spock.
I would compare that to a sonar screen on a submarine, at least the old fashioned kind without a lot of computer assistance. The sonar screen translates the sound into light patterns, but it still takes a trained operator to understand what they are looking at. It isn't like looking at a television.
It works either way you want to build it.
I've played a moderate amount of M&M 2 but no M&M 3.
Its no biggy, I apologize if I came across as whining.
The following is just explaining my thinking. I'm not trying to argue with you. or get you to change your mind. You're the GM and its your call.
I was just surprised. I expected it to be an expertise or technology roll, not a perception check. To me, the essence of the problem is how well you USE the equipment since the equipment DOES give a lot of computer assistance. So, the character has to INTERPRET the squiggles, he doesn't have to NOTICE them.
It makes sense to me then if it is a Technology roll to operate (which your ranks pretty much mean you don't need to roll for. But the device needs ranks in perception in that case.
I am still here
Then they are WAY out of line.
I need some help I think to get back in line.
A heavy pistol is Damage5, and I want Multi attack to represent how quick Roland fires. what is the effect level of Damage 5 Multifire? does the removable limitation apply?
I meant to be able to build Roland out in Hero Lab and check the numbers this weekend, but life got in the way. I'll try to get to it this week.
did this game die?
Looks like. I'm moving it to my dead game folder, if it starts up again please PM me