Questions about proposed changes

[Josh]

It does not break the internal logic of the RPG, because the RPG has been built around the possibility that the weaker can defeat the stronger. It's not hard to make it work in IC, in a world where people can shoot laser beams out of their ass. This delineation between OOC and IC has worked for many years.

It does break internal logic because the system works as a hierarchy like so:

Power Level -> Stats -> Custom Techniques.

The strength of your techniques are based on your stats, and the strength of your stats is based on your power level. It doesn't matter if you have a technical character who has a great number of techniques because none of their techniques will be strong enough to match up to someone who's considerably stronger than them.

Also as you pump prestige into Techniques, it will cost more to buy PL. So someone who simply pumps PL will get much stronger, faster than someone who pumps techniques first or tries to balance the two.

I'm sure we can write in many deus ex machina explanations for someone of a significantly lower power level defeating that of someone much stronger than they are. But it will become cliche rather quickly, and is something that can easily be remedied from the get go.

On your final point in this quote block, I, in essence, agree. When you paint it out to it's far-flung extremes, a sheer newbie shouldn't stand a chance in hell against an established and gifted veteran. But, of course, that's by-and-far the exception. 99.9% of the resolutions this system will have to determine will not be in regard to individuals 20x stronger than other individuals (by virtue of the diminishing returns). When those things come up, we'll deal with them.

It's not far flung extremes, people just need to focus on PL and they will get much stronger quickly because they only have to buy into one area. While people who buy techniques, and items, and combat items won't get much stronger but become more versatile.

But they still end up losing because of all their vaunted techniques, none of them will be powerful enough or fast enough to touch the guy who just pumps PL.

It's retarded to have to purchase PL, it should simply increase with any purchase or the acquiring of prestige. Or it and stats should be removed and the only purchasable items being Techniques, Combat Items, and Non-combat Items.