What is a stunt?
A stunt as defined:
In addition to base powers, your hero can have one or more stunts for each power. A stunt sometimes gives a hero a power described elsewhere in this database. In such a case, the hero gains the base power, but none of the stunts listed for it. Unless stated otherwise, stunts operate at the intensity of your hero’s power.
Your hero can create new stunts, even ones that aren’t in this database. To try a new stunt, state the effect your hero wants to achieve, and use your action for that exchange to try the stunt. Your narrator will set a difficulty rating for the stunt. this is usually quite high, but you can do a few things to stack the odds a bit in your favor.
A stunt is most likely to succeed if the hero’s already done it in comics, especially a recent one. This is your best argument for a low difficulty rating. If you’ve got the issue in which it occurs, having it nearby wouldn’t hurt. If your hero hasn’t tried it already, you can argue that the new stunt triggers off one your hero can already do. (Still, we wouldn’t suggest arguing that your hero can strap on chains and pull the atypically buoyant isle of Manhattan through the far-too-narrow Verrazanno narrows, even if you do have the No-Prize Worthy issue of Champions in which Hercules supposedly did it (some things your Narrator is just way too smart for.)
If your hero achieves the difficulty rating that your Narrator sets, you hero can do the stunt for the rest of his or her career, assuming the powers stay roughly the same. In fact, you narrator will drop the difficulty one level after your hero does it the first time. But if you fail in the action your hero can’t do the stunt ever. So make sure you have the right cards and the most persuasive arguments.
How does a stunt work?
Stunts, when added to a character’s C-Sheet, denote the mastry of the effect as explained above. A character does not need the stunt added to their C-Sheet in order to make the attempted action, the difficulty of the action is just a little grater. Generally speaking, a listed stunt means that your character may automatically preform the stunt without worry of failure. Without the stunt, you must make a claim as to why you believe your character capable of the action (justify its use) and possibly roll to determine if the attempt was a success.
After time and practice, a character may become proficient in a particular effect and the player may apply to have it added to the character’s C-Sheet.
What are some stunts available?
Please see the list of powers in order to see what stunts are available for each power.