GMing
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:00 pm
I spent a good chunk of the weekend hanging out and re-reading Mutants & Masterminds. The more I read, the more I like it, but one thing I haven't found is guidelines for building NPCs with something like the Challenge Ratings that we've got in d20 D&D.
In D&D I know that a CR 10 monster should consume about 1/4 of the resources of a party of 10th level characters. In Mutants & Masterminds, I'm not sure how that math works. Is a Power Level 10 Mastermind the equivelent of a CR 10 monster? It seems that might be the case, but I don't see anything that explicitly states that. The rules make reference to "Minion Rank" as opposed to "Power Level", but what does that mean ... does a "minion rank" of 3 correspond to a CR 3 (because minions are easier to take out in M&M as they get knocked out of the game if they fail their toughness save? What is the relation between Power Level and Minion Rank? If I make a PL 5 robot, what is its Minion Rank?
Maybe I'm just a little lazy after d20, but I'd like this sort of mechanic spelled out after.
Ken
In D&D I know that a CR 10 monster should consume about 1/4 of the resources of a party of 10th level characters. In Mutants & Masterminds, I'm not sure how that math works. Is a Power Level 10 Mastermind the equivelent of a CR 10 monster? It seems that might be the case, but I don't see anything that explicitly states that. The rules make reference to "Minion Rank" as opposed to "Power Level", but what does that mean ... does a "minion rank" of 3 correspond to a CR 3 (because minions are easier to take out in M&M as they get knocked out of the game if they fail their toughness save? What is the relation between Power Level and Minion Rank? If I make a PL 5 robot, what is its Minion Rank?
Maybe I'm just a little lazy after d20, but I'd like this sort of mechanic spelled out after.
Ken