Inpired by polarboy's alternate ideas for powers (like the awesome one for Mute under the "Weakness Ideas" thread), I thought I'd post the two alternate ideas I usually use for Weakness Detection:<br ...

Fighting crime is a dangerous business.  Sometimes you have to go under the knife!    With my critical hit rules, surgery is sometimes the only way to regain hits or to get back on your feet.  Here...

Many characters in comics and science fiction have a distinctly unconventional appearance that doesn't help them in any discernable way--and doesn't hinder them much either.
With that in mind, he...

  How do you deal with structural damage?   I say that if you dont exceed the structrual rating in one phase, then the thing remains intact.   For instance,  to break a one foot concret wall one must ...

So I finished reading V&V last night, and while I didn't read every power (the print is way too small) I remember someone here saying they had a word document of the rules, sort of like an srd.
I...

  While I hardly am an advocate of toning down powers.  In fact, I am usually accused of making powers TOO powerful.  I mean, we are supposed to be SUPER hereos.  However, I do feel that ice powers is...

In the rules, robots determine their human appearance by rolling 1d100 minus 30 (with zero or less meaning that no one would recognize them as human).
I basically allow robots with even a 1% hum...

After reviewing the way characters use Illusions A in many of the published materials, here are some guidelines I'd suggest when using this power.
Each of the following requires one action per tu...

Years back, I created a leveling system for the powers and the combat table.  Using proportions, I kept the table, but gave everything a base 11 to hit.  Here were my house rule write ups for this:<br...

  Some damage is more dangerous than others.   Getting stabbed, for instance, can be more life threatening than getting punched.    V&V left out a critical hit system due to them playing a more Four C...