> Honored Folks,
>
> There's one type of contest I haven't been able to manage to my taste so far :
> an extended contest of all PCs united against a single, powerful foe. Think
> "X-Men vs. Magneto" or "FF vs. Dr. Doom".
>
> Each PC "attacks" and inflicts or loses RP. The first SIDE which "loses" or
> "takes" 5 RP loses. The level of defeat is determined by the difference between
> RP inflicted and RP lost. That's fine and well, but...
>
> ... what happens when all PCs focus / gang up on a single, super opponent ? It's
> easy to do for a single contest, but how to do this with an extended contest,
> the one at the end of 5-6 hours of play when PCs have a showdown with the hated
> arch-ennemy ?
>
> Any ideas ?
This is one of my tinfoil-hat-inspired gripes against HQ2...
IMO RP should be a variable number based on highest skill of each protagonist/antagonist, rather than one size fits all.
HQ2 uses a possibly outdated paradigm whereby antagonists are always equivalent in power to protagonists.
Julian Lord
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