Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[Utgardloki]

One idea I was considering, was a setting where supers have super-attributes expressed as extra dice which are rolled and added to their attributes when making attribute checks.

For example, a "brick" might have 2d8 super strength, and roll 1d6 + 2d8 when making strength checks.

Arcane effects such as spells and wierd science could enhance or negate these super attributes, so a character who has her super strength negated would only get to roll her normal attribute until she could remove the negating effect.

An argument in favor of this approach is that it seems to match the literature, TV shows, and movies, where you are never really sure exactly whether the hero will be able to achieve some feat of ability. A character with 1d12+9 strength would reliably be able to wrestle dragons, and probably break just about any normal material. A character with 1d6+2d8 strength might be able to break those chains and then throw the dragon across the room, or she might not.

What do you think?

[supercOntra]

I like it. Perhaps a continuing scale so after d12 you get d12+d4 then d12+d6 etc.
How this affects gameplay and balance needs to be tested.
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[Zadmar]

[Utgardloki]

I think the easiest way to handle the wild die would be to let it replace one of the strength dice. My idea is that the superstrength dice would be added to the normal strength die.

I don't have a campaign for this yet, though, but I'll keep it in my mind.