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« on: July 16, 2012, 02:46:25 AM »

Who are some good low powered heroes and villains?
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 02:52:49 AM »

Who are some good low powered heroes and villains?

Matter-Eater Lad?

Oh, I'm sorry, you asked for good low powered heroes Tongue

How about Mr. Furious from 'Mystery Men'?

All kidding aside, what are you looking for? Miniatures or examples from comic books?
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2012, 03:24:38 AM »

Way I remember it Cloak and Dagger used to beat up pimps.  That seems pretty low power to me.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2012, 03:41:45 AM »

Kick-Ass  Huh?  George Clooney as Batman  Laugh

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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2012, 03:49:50 AM »

The Punisher, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Batman (and co), Nick Fury, The Question, Green Arrow.

Should get you started...
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2012, 03:56:43 AM »

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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2012, 02:00:14 PM »

I would have to do some research but off hand there is two spots you could look for "lower power heroes and villains"

1) Wild Cards Books, there was some GURPS sourcebooks also out there, very good super hero series...this strange event happens called the Drawing. If you got an ACE you was a superhero with a good power, if you got a DUCE you had a very minor (almost useless) power, if you drew the Black Queen you died...otherwise you was fine...

I recall a few with powers that could turn things pink, one person that owned a club had transparent skin (so you could see her bones and muscles) there was more.

2) Displaced  Paranormals 7, DP7 for short, comic series, offshoot of DC, had some very minor powers there.
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2012, 03:47:24 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2012, 04:17:57 PM »

I cast my vote for Moon Knight from Marvel and Black Canary from DC.
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2012, 05:01:47 PM »

Check out DC's old Suicide Squad comic from the 1980's and 1990's.  Excellent cast of "ham-and-egger" villains and heroes.  Just off the top of my head:

Bronze Tiger
Nightshade (maybe not that low powered)
Deadshot
Captain Boomerang
Punch & Judy
Slipknot
Steel Wolf (aka, Gort, aka, Stalinovolk)

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« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2012, 11:41:01 PM »

Who are some good low powered heroes and villains?

Back when I was looking at Supersystem 2nd for 1800's Superheroes for Zorro and South West 1840's era Western settings I used Sidekick level (60) points for the main characters I put on paper.  When normal types running around "2" for all the stats (Strength, Agility, Mind, and Resolve,) and Elites at "3" for appropriate stats, 60 points is a lot of firepower for the non-supers to overcome.  El Commandante needs a Zorro to defeat him.

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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2012, 05:38:28 AM »

Hourman was pretty terrible.  His powers were good....for one hour.  Awesome.
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2012, 01:54:01 PM »

RE: Hourman...sure, but for that hour, he was throwing tanks around and bouncing artillery off of his chest. 
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2012, 09:02:51 PM »

For some reason I've always favored the lower-tier superfolks to the beefy, epically cosmic and cosmically epic heavy hitters, and very often the weirder the better.

I also recommend R. R. Martin's Wild Cards stuff. There's also a pretty good Mutants & Masterminds sourcebook for it. Dan Brereton's Nocturnals is also good for team with a pulpy, 60s monster magazine vibe.

Flaming Carrot and Reid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman are favorites.

Finally, Section 8 from DC's Hitman is one of my favorite super teams ever.

    Sixpack: Team leader, whose special ability is grotesque drunkenness and beating villains with broken-off liquor bottles.

    Bueno Excellente: An obese, sweaty, and bald Latino in an overcoat who "defeats evil with the power of perversion." Generally, the only thing he says is "Bueno", often preceded by a creepy chuckle.

    The Defenestrator: A large, burly man in a denim jacket, black sunglasses, with black hair who obsessively carries around a window through which he forcefully throws criminals and the occasional unlucky policeman. His assaults on police officers landed him in Arkham Asylum. His appearance, name, and much of his dialogue are direct parodies of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

    Dogwelder: A thin, silent man in a welder's mask who spot welds dead canines to evildoers.

    Friendly Fire: A large, hapless man in a red cowl, Friendly Fire would easily be the most powerful of Section 8's heroes if he were to shoot anything other than allies with the potent bolts of energy he fires from his hands.

    Jean de Baton-Baton: A bizarrely gaunt walking French caricature who defeats enemies with "the power of Frenchness," as expressed by savage beatings with a baguette and occasionally blinding others with rings of garlic and onions.

    Flemgem: A sickly, thin, bald man in a green suit and a purple domino mask who has the ability to produce and expel large volumes of phlegm, which can blind, suffocate, or simply disgust evildoers.

    Shakes: A thin, hairy vagrant who upsets people through stutters and an overall shaking palsy. He is a frequent accidental target of Friendly Fire.

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« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2012, 03:15:00 AM »

Didn't the Defenestrator make an appearance in the Tick?  I seem to remember this.
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