One of my friends would say of Champions, "If you can't use a power to solve a problem, use a special effect. If you can't use a special effect, use a disad."
The illustration of "use a disad" was an anecdote about a PC with a disad of "enraged by the murder of bystanders/innocents", on a 14-, with a frequency of uncommon. After they'd been playing for several sessions, it transpired that every session, some villain would kill off some hapless bystander during a fight, and the PC would go enraged. Finally, the player took his character sheet to the GM and pointed to the disad. "It says UNCOMMON. I want it to BE UNCOMMON."
After that, the GM stopped having bystanders get killed every fight. :)
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Date: 2015-03-12 03:22 am (UTC)The illustration of "use a disad" was an anecdote about a PC with a disad of "enraged by the murder of bystanders/innocents", on a 14-, with a frequency of uncommon. After they'd been playing for several sessions, it transpired that every session, some villain would kill off some hapless bystander during a fight, and the PC would go enraged. Finally, the player took his character sheet to the GM and pointed to the disad. "It says UNCOMMON. I want it to BE UNCOMMON."
After that, the GM stopped having bystanders get killed every fight. :)
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Date: 2015-03-12 04:22 am (UTC)Enraged by 'party member is attacked by enemies'. Frequency: Almost never.
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Date: 2015-03-12 01:00 pm (UTC)