Swimming Pool! [Open everyone] + Malcolm

[FYI: Mainly for the new players (but also reminding old players) with most feats, if your rank is at least 3 above what you need to succeed then you automatically succeed in what you're trying to do. For example, Lets say you have an Amazing Acrobatics. If I were to say you needed to make a Remarkable Acrobat feat to avoid a trap then you would be required to make a Green feat with your skill because it's within 2 ranks [Remarkable to Incredible (1rank) to Amazing (2ranks)]. But if I set the difficulty at Excellent, which your acrobatics is 3 ranks above [Excellent to Remarkable (1rank) to Incredible (2rank) to amazing (3rank)] then you wouldn't have to make any rolls because it would be automatic.

Strength feats are a little different because there are exact numbers of how many pounds someone can lift. For example, Malcolm has has a Remarkable strength Telekinesis (1 ton or 2000 pounds) and he wants to lift up a box that weighs 800 pounds (which is excellent weight), then likely I will just say he can do it automatically. When he starts getting close to 1 ton then I may make him roll a yellow strength feat to lift it especially if he's trying to lift more than 1 thing at a time.

So far we have mainly talked about overcoming feats of lower rank. When trying to overcome something of higher rank, you can normally only make a feat roll for something which is 1 rank higher. Using Malcolm for example, lets say he wanted to use his telekinesis to lift up something which weighed up to 10 tons (incredible weight). He would have to roll a Red feat with his Remarkable Telekinesis to get it off the ground and likely he would have a terrible headache afterwards and the lingering smell of burnt toast from frying a few of his brain cells.

There may be occasions where player characters will have to resist an overwhelming attack of more than 1 rank above their own ability or power rank. For example, if Aurum (sorry Aurum) were to Psionic blast Static Charge (Typical Psyche) with a Psychic blast of Remarkable intensity (3 ranks difference). Her Remarkable attack is within the 3 ranks rule of Static's Telepathy but over the maximum 1 rank of overcoming her power. Normally he wouldn't have a chance to resist her attack because you can't resist over +1 column shift your own rank. But because I'm a nice DM and I want to give people a chance, I would likely tell Static he can make a red psyche feat to resist but he can't use any Karma on the roll. However, if Aurum were to use an Incredible rank Psychic blast then which is 4 ranks above his Typical Psyche then she would automatically knock him out. Sorry but there are just some attacks which are too powerful to resist.

I know this is a little complicated but feel free to ask any questions in the OoC section. There is also something called intensity feats which mean that no matter how many ranks there are difference you can try to roll for it. But those usually only for specific powers or maneuvers. Like wanting one extra attack is a Remarkable intensity feat. You can try to get that extra attack no matter how low your fighting rank. But there are hefty penalties if you fail. If you have at least a Remarkable Fighting you would need a yellow roll to get that additional attack. With a Remarkable fighting you could also try for 2 additional attacks but it is an Amazing intensity feat (Red result). If you have an Amazing Fighting you can try for 3 additional attacks at an Unearthly intensity feat (red) or two additional attack with a green feat because your amazing fighting is better than the Remarkable intensity needed. And so on...]