Re: [BNW] I'm so confused

["Shawn Carman" <freelance@onemain.com>]

Jennifer says:
> I have found that the powers that are the hardest to convey the
> feel of powers are the ones that just add to the roll.  The Gunner
> and the Sneak etc have a skills arms race -- while they have a
> headstart on it, anyone can catch up to them in the numbers.
>
> That's something I know I need to work on -- and have no easy
> ideas for.  You need to be very careful with the description,
> making it very clear that *this* is due to a super power and
> *that* is due to luck/high skill ("Man, she shoots like a Gunner!")

Were these packages to appear in a game of mine (though I never get to run
or play BNW), I'd make a clear distinction in that some things simply would
not be possible unless you're a Sneak or a Gunner.  For example, let's say
there's a villain in a blimp above the Superbowl who's about to blow up the
stadium.  He's got the detonator in his hand.  Could a Tough with a 5 skill
in Firearms shoot it out of his hand?  Nope.  But a Gunner _might_ be able
to.  Not because he's got a higher skill, but simply because he's a Gunner,
and as such his entire being is devoted to marksmanship.

Incidentally, I didn't see the original post.  I only got Jennifer's reply.
So I wanted to address another comment the original author made:

>> Total aside here, but why do the werecreature packages have
>> a major vulnerability to silver? They don't gain any armor or
>> damage reduction ability. Is an extra point or two of size really
>> so good it needs to be offset by a vulnerability this nasty?

Perhaps the were-packages are less like a Goliath or Blaster and much more
like a Bargainer than we realize.  By that I mean perhaps their powers are
mystical in nature (although for all we know all delta powers are mystical
in nature), and as such have more checks and balances.

Later!
Shawn Carman
freelance@onemain.com