One thing most superheroes have, and all Mutants have for sure, is a defined scope of powers and a “kind of” described power level. While Aberrant and most RPGs is all about personal advance and evolving powers. They are a bit incompatible, even more if you think a Nova will suddenly gain a new transformation. There are exceptions (The Beast is there to show) but they are usually related to external sources, not about genetics going nuts.
That said, a power trait is a tangible thing we see in many situations, we try to classify characters and eventually the writers create an scale for that. The mutant levels for example fit awesomely well to quantum levels, a level 5 mutant (Jean) has an entire scale of power above a level 4 mutant (Magneto), and most of the X-man are level 3 mutants.
But it’s not just that, you must define in game rules how the things work, if you don’t have a power trait you don’t have a proper energy consumption defined (that’s basically the main need for a quantum trait) or a uneven character, almost unplayable, with a trait as high as possible and nothing else. Superiors are an exception, first because they don’t use Energy, second because they have a power cap reachable from starting level, they CAN reach their maximum level in several powers at same time from char gen, basically they all have Quantum 1.
That said, a power trait is a tangible thing we see in many situations, we try to classify characters and eventually the writers create an scale for that. The mutant levels for example fit awesomely well to quantum levels, a level 5 mutant (Jean) has an entire scale of power above a level 4 mutant (Magneto), and most of the X-man are level 3 mutants.
But it’s not just that, you must define in game rules how the things work, if you don’t have a power trait you don’t have a proper energy consumption defined (that’s basically the main need for a quantum trait) or a uneven character, almost unplayable, with a trait as high as possible and nothing else. Superiors are an exception, first because they don’t use Energy, second because they have a power cap reachable from starting level, they CAN reach their maximum level in several powers at same time from char gen, basically they all have Quantum 1.
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