@greenflashlight said in Potential M&M 3E OC Game:
How does the law treat non-human heroes? For example, someone gets bitten by a radioactive weevil and develops weevil-like powers, so they go to their doctor to find out what's wrong with them. Does the doctor still have a responsibility to protect Weevil-Man's private medical information and not disclose this mutation to a government agency?
- Honestly, I'm not sure yet. I waffle between this being a "legacy" game where superhuman characters are commonplace and it being a new age of heroes where there can be a wide range of thoughts and opinions.
How much do you intend to define other races in the setting? <snipped>
- Another bit I haven't given a ton of thought on. My initial thought is to allow whatever and work with players who want to play X so that they fit in. Be it Atlanteans, Asgardians, Olympians, or some alien race.
What overall tone are you going for? If this game was a movie, what would the MPAA rate it?
I prefer to think of more like Disney+ where there are a number of shows. Players can define the type of RP they want to take part in. Not really into "gritty" violence? Don't take part in those scenes. Want to play a gritty dark avenger? There'd be space for you too.
If you're using a system that has mechanics to model them rather than a consent-based system like most mixed universe games, do you intend to implement any particular rules or protections against effects that can control another character's mind?
I don't necessarily think you need to disconnect a mechanical system from consent-based RP. The sheet ultimately represents an at-a-glance view of a character that is much easier to read, IMO, than a bunch of traits. Players could use the system or they could just RP in a purely narrative sense using their sheet as a guide for what they can and cannot do.
Either way, nothing will ever happen to a player's character that they don't want to have happen. No one will ever be able to say "I mind control you to do X" where X is something the player just does not want their character to do.