Consolidated Discussion of RPG Mechanics

[Rafael]

I also have to say I think diminishing returns is a cool idea. Folks who join or w/e will have a stronger idea of progress as they shoot up relatively quickly, and if it turns out writing is their cup of tea, by the time the returns start noticeably diminishing they should be amongst peers and/or have enough fun writing to where it's not such a big deal.

I, personally at least, would also like some kind of, I dunno, scale for PL/CA whatever you wanna call it to get perspective if it's not going to be a medium-level X-men field, because I think a lot of people will have different ideas, largely based on personal preference and whether they read the thread where that announcement was made or not.

For instance, How much PL/CA does the average dude walkin' down the street have? If I'm at 500, does it mean I can smoke any normal person without breaking a sweat?

Or, say, at 5,000, do I fly at speeds above light( I think this is likely above general X-men levels, but I can't say I follow it too much) or more along the lines of a traditional commercial airliner, or slower? I think it'd be kinda cool as you go up in PL/CA to be able to look at a measuring stick if you will, like "Oh hey, 2k PL, I can dodge bullets because I have X speed, etc."

Just an idea that popped into my head as I was writing the piece about relative returns.