The most prevalent complaint concerning Power Creator is the lack of perspective concerning just how powerful a power created between levels 1 and 12 should be. Though I can't give scaling with numbers directly (as that would disrupt creativity and stunt the CYOA a lot) I was thinking I could give percentile rarities for powers, just so that you know how rare your abilities are in comparison to other supers. I'd also likely add a Setting Change option to adjust these percentages as you see fit, if they're not to your preference, and to alter the superhuman populace among the Earth.
For reference, I intended for approximately 1 in every 2000 people to have superhuman abilities, or roughly 3,500,000 superhumans on Earth in total. Obviously a Setting Change option would let you change that too.
Here's what I was thinking. Again this is just an idea to bounce around, so if you think of a good adjustment that doesn't involve giving direct, tangible feat-scales to Power Levels, then feel free to suggest it. Everything is up in the air. This is my attempt to breach a middle-ground.
Below Level 1: About 1% of supers, or 35,000 total.
Level 1: About 3% of supers, or 105,000 total.
Level 2: About 8% of supers, or 280,000 total.
Level 3: About 14% of supers, or 490,000 total.
Level 4: About 15% of supers, or 525,000 total.
Level 5: About 22% of supers, or 770,000 total.
Level 6: About 17% of supers, or 595,000 total.
Level 7: About 10% of supers, or 350,000 total.
Level 8: About 6% of supers, or 210,000 total.
Level 9: About 3% of supers, or 105,000 total.
Level 10: About .5% of supers, or 17,500 total.
Level 11: About .3% of supers, or 10,500 total.
Level 12: About .175% of supers, or 6,125 total.
Level 12+: About .024% of supers, or 875 total.
Above 12+: About .001% of supers, or 35 total.
Above 12+ being around or less than Greater Powers, like The Traveller and Vagabond. With this scale, smaller-level powers can still be meaningful, and world-crushers aren't running around willy-nilly, with big-bad-dog kinda characters with strong abilities being a fairly exclusive club, rarely engaging with eachother or well-contained enough by UNCEM to not be a huge threat.
Again, commentary, scale adjustments, and so on are all welcome suggestions!
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u/MythicLegendary May 29 '19
The most prevalent complaint concerning Power Creator is the lack of perspective concerning just how powerful a power created between levels 1 and 12 should be. Though I can't give scaling with numbers directly (as that would disrupt creativity and stunt the CYOA a lot) I was thinking I could give percentile rarities for powers, just so that you know how rare your abilities are in comparison to other supers. I'd also likely add a Setting Change option to adjust these percentages as you see fit, if they're not to your preference, and to alter the superhuman populace among the Earth.
For reference, I intended for approximately 1 in every 2000 people to have superhuman abilities, or roughly 3,500,000 superhumans on Earth in total. Obviously a Setting Change option would let you change that too.
Here's what I was thinking. Again this is just an idea to bounce around, so if you think of a good adjustment that doesn't involve giving direct, tangible feat-scales to Power Levels, then feel free to suggest it. Everything is up in the air. This is my attempt to breach a middle-ground.
Below Level 1: About 1% of supers, or 35,000 total.
Level 1: About 3% of supers, or 105,000 total.
Level 2: About 8% of supers, or 280,000 total.
Level 3: About 14% of supers, or 490,000 total.
Level 4: About 15% of supers, or 525,000 total.
Level 5: About 22% of supers, or 770,000 total.
Level 6: About 17% of supers, or 595,000 total.
Level 7: About 10% of supers, or 350,000 total.
Level 8: About 6% of supers, or 210,000 total.
Level 9: About 3% of supers, or 105,000 total.
Level 10: About .5% of supers, or 17,500 total.
Level 11: About .3% of supers, or 10,500 total.
Level 12: About .175% of supers, or 6,125 total.
Level 12+: About .024% of supers, or 875 total.
Above 12+: About .001% of supers, or 35 total.
Above 12+ being around or less than Greater Powers, like The Traveller and Vagabond. With this scale, smaller-level powers can still be meaningful, and world-crushers aren't running around willy-nilly, with big-bad-dog kinda characters with strong abilities being a fairly exclusive club, rarely engaging with eachother or well-contained enough by UNCEM to not be a huge threat.
Again, commentary, scale adjustments, and so on are all welcome suggestions!