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[Florin]

I like the Pretercognition mega-edge. It's simple and effective. If you want to power it up a bit more, maybe allow spending a point of Quantum to make the increase cost to Inflict Damage on the nova equal to their Mega-Dex or Mega-Cunning scale.

[Florin]

You can watch it recorded with the same link. I only caught the last 15 minutes or so. So, I don't have any specific highlights.

[Florin]

Yeah, I will always sing the praises of conditions. Being able to use injury conditions to model a broken leg or quantum-induced arthritis is great....

[Florin]

The alternative to getting rid of the time delay is to just not allow the clear tag to work on interstellar warps.

[Florin]

Because OPP is trying to keep the XP table as simple as possible. Besides, if you're going to go to the trouble of rating the cost of each one, you might as well just balance them all to the same level and give it one XP cost. It would probably be a little more work, but it would keep buying things a lot simpler....

[Florin]

You don't need it, but I believe he technically gets stronger as he shrinks. So, I threw it in there, even though RAW, he could use that full-size as well.

[Florin]

You're also just more likely to succeed. Remember, if you don't roll any successes on the dice, you can't add enhancements. So, having a good pool of dice means you're more likely to be able to use the enhancements from scale....

[Florin]

I did a quick look through to see what kinds of powers a Q1 nova could get, and Morph and Shrink are pretty much the only powers you could put more than one dot into. I do like that you can get to Size -4 with Q1, though. Add in Mega-Might 1, and you have a decent Ant-Man.

[Florin]

It's arguably more useful than an actual nuclear bomb, since most novas aren't going to want to destroy entire cities when they pop-off....

[Florin]

Plus, novas start with 150 extra XP, and psions start with the equivalent of 46 extra XP. Even with increased costs, novas are starting well ahead of psions.

[Florin]

Danielle says in the interview the intention is to not play Scions and Dragons at the same time since the stories they are meant to tell have different structures.

[Florin]

Instead of non-standard XP costs for Body Mod, I'd rather you pay the standard amount for a level of it and get a pool of points to spend within the power. One level might be worth five Body Mod points, which could get you tentacles, bio-luminescence, and gills, if those added up to five points.

As for Dormancy, was always used in our groups for two things: removing annoying Transformations when you don't need to be using your powers (especially if they had iconic Transformations which let them have normal lives outside of being a Nova or wanted to hide in plain sight) and for hiding...

[Florin]

But how many who erupted in the Aberrant time aren't? My understanding was Eden was populated by novas born after the time of the Aberrant setting....

[Florin]

I guess I'm one of the people who thinks the tragic decline into inhumanity was one of the better parts of Aberrant. I never liked that Terats could basically accrue an infinite amount of Taint. The new system for Chrysalis is better in, my estimation because there is no way to erase Transcendence. Sure, you can manipulate your Transformations, and avoid some Flux by buying powers through it, but that's it. I also thought it was way too hard to get Taint in the first edition. I can't think of a single character I played who even got one point of permanent Taint from play.

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