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My main one is to reserve 1-5 dice for Humans, and keep 6-XX for superhuman. I know that messes up with Strength but it maintains more than it breaks. (OK, maybe 1-6...)
1 = Frail.
Struggles with body weight. (Feeble)
2 = Below Average.
Normal but weak adult. (Poor)
3 = Average.
Everyday human baseline.(Typical)
4 = Trained / Strong.
Fit soldier (Good)
5 = Olympic-level Powerlifter.
Peak human condition. (Excellent)
6 = Lift a Car with Effort.
 (Remarkable)
7 = Rip a Steel Door, Throw a Motorbike.
 (incredible)
8 = Flip a Tank, Collapse a Wall. (Amazing)
9 = Reconfigure Landscapes.
Breaks bridges.... (Monstrous)
10+ = now you're in the realm of HyperStrength, an actual Strength power.

My rational for a Strength power is that STR 1-9 should indicate bodily strength. So you could have a Hulk with STR 9 who is just huge and powerful looking. But he's easily beaten by Infinity Kid with STR 2, but HyperStrength 1. Essentially adding a Higher Scale which then allows you to top that out with Omniman's level of Strength without breaking anything.

STR is the big deal when it comes to Superhero games and a 1-12...limit might just be a bit tight.

All in all, I think they've done a good job in terms of Strength rank progression: if you want to play a human, you simply choose between weak (rank 1), average (rank 2), peak (rank 3), while there's plenty of room for progression in the higher ranks if you want to scale up you campaign to Viltrumite-level.

Hello everyone,

Maybe it's just my impression, but I feel that the bonus damage from Slugfest for every 6 after the first is too high. In the TV series, there are always quite long fights until someone finally goes down, but with Slugfest Dmg 4 (or even 3) and 3 successes against 0 (everyone has bad luck sometimes), you can easily reach 12 (9) damage (or have I misunderstood the rules?). That's pretty much the end for most superhero (and for most with 9) - even if they have some kind of Armor.
Maybe that's how the game is supposed to feel, but I would probably round down Slugfest Damage (minimum 1) and halve extra damage from additional successes in the homebrew. If only to upgrade the other options.

... and yes, still armor seems to be another thing which is very strong. I like the mechanic from Forbidden Lands, maybe this is a way to make armor a bit more unreliable (and more fun).

I like the rules for Wrecking a Zone, simple and fun, but they seem somewhat lacking to me.

Mainly: if the bonus I get is always the same (+2 dice to my slugfest attack), why would I destroy an entire city street when I can simply destroy a nearby office, causing much less collateral damage for the same bonus?

Right now, wrecking as few zones as possible is also more strategically advantageous, because each zone can only be wrecked once, so limiting the damage as much as possible allows my character to take advantage of the +2 bonus multiple times.

I think the bonus for Wrecking a Zone should be proportionate to how large the zone is, in order to create a sort of trade-off. The larger the zone, the greater the bonus - but also the greater the havoc (and potential civilian casualties). Maybe also using a less steep curve. Something like:

Wrecked Zone Minimum STRENGTH Bonus
Office 3 +1 die
House 4 +2 dice
Warehouse 5 +3 dice
City Street 6 +4 dice
City Block, Skyscraper 7 +5 dice
City District, Hill 8 +6 dice
City, Mountain 9 +7 dice
Etc.

In this way, physically powerful characters would be tempted to destroy larger areas to get greater bonuses, at the cost - of course - of more property damage (and endangering more lives).

Not sure how I feel about karma points... I like the concept but not sure about the name. Karma wasn't really a thing in the comics or show. YES the characters had consequences for their actions and how people saw them, BUT they didn't just chalk it up to karma that I recall. (Admittedly it's been a while since I read the comics.)

It just feels off theme. Maybe a renaming of it that feels more immersove to the invincible univers?