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... IIRC the DC system was a little too grainy on the low end -- wasn't a normal human all 2's, where Superman was something like 50? 1-6 for the normal human
... Your idea isn't bad, but it can be made a lot simpler. For a simple system, I wouldn't bother with attributes but only specify super powers. Each super
... In general not a bad start, albeit you can probably go simpler. If you have "Defense", why not Attack? Making those two the general combat traits and
Your initial numeric system reminds me of the old DC system, where the attributes were Log2-based, or something like that. The next level was twice the power