Category: Worlds in Peril: Character Builds

In a response to my question about Achievement costs for new powers, Kyle had mentioned that “In general, the higher in difficulty you go, the bigger and more powerful the fictional positioning becomes.” But I find the fact that this isn’t actually stated in the game rules one of the really interesting aspects of this game. Something I really like about this game is that you could easily build a character with easy access to great power, who has a hard time controlling it, like so:

Power Summary: Telekinesis

Simple: level a city

Difficult: lift a battleship or skyscraper

Borderline: lift a car

Possible: manipulate a small object

Impossible: manipulate energy

What I like about this is that this character might be more powerful than other heroes on their team, but they are not necessarily any more useful. They might be great at stopping natural disasters and repelling alien invasions, but they will still struggle to deal with street-level crime.

Has anyone else built / played a character like this, who had easy access to great power, but struggled with fine control?