Super Strength Game Mechanics

Power Rank Progression

Super Strength is one of the most iconic mutation categories in existence.

While many powers rely upon energy, mental force, or environmental manipulation, Super Strength is simple in concept and extraordinary in execution. These mutants possess physical power far beyond human limitations, allowing them to perform feats that defy conventional science.

A super-strong mutant can lift impossible weights, leap incredible distances, stop moving vehicles, and battle enemies that would overwhelm ordinary heroes.

As their power develops, their strength becomes less about muscle and more about becoming a living force of nature.

The strongest heroes do not simply move mountains.

They become capable of reshaping the world itself.

Rank 1: Enhanced Strength

Emerging Potential

The mutant possesses strength significantly beyond normal human limits.

At this stage, they are already among the strongest individuals on Earth.

Capabilities:

  • Lift vehicles.

  • Break doors and walls.

  • Perform extraordinary athletic feats.

  • Deliver devastating melee attacks.

Lifting Capacity:

Approximately 1 Ton

Bonus:

+3 Strength

Special:

Gain a +2 bonus on Athletics checks involving lifting, climbing, jumping, or feats of strength.

Examples:

  • Lift a small car.

  • Bend steel bars.

  • Punch through brick walls.

  • Leap several metres.

Rank 2: Superhuman Strength

Trained Power

The mutant's strength becomes a major factor in combat and rescue operations.

Capabilities:

  • Lift heavy vehicles.

  • Stop moving cars.

  • Throw large objects.

  • Create significant structural damage.

Lifting Capacity:

Approximately 5 Tons

Bonus:

+5 Strength

Special:

Gain a powerful build. Count as one size category larger when determining carrying capacity and pushing force.

Examples:

  • Flip trucks.

  • Tear open vault doors.

  • Throw cars.

  • Hold up collapsing structures.

Rank 3: Heroic Strength

Established Hero

The mutant now possesses strength rivaling many of the world's greatest heroes.

Capabilities:

  • Lift tanks.

  • Create shockwaves through impacts.

  • Leap incredible distances.

  • Battle giant monsters directly.

Lifting Capacity:

Approximately 25 Tons

Bonus:

+7 Strength

Special:

Melee attacks gain the Knockback property, allowing the mutant to push opponents significant distances on successful strikes.

Examples:

  • Throw armoured vehicles.

  • Stop a train.

  • Punch through reinforced concrete.

  • Create craters with powerful blows.

Rank 4: Titan Strength

Extraordinary Power

The mutant's physical might becomes truly legendary.

At this level, they can alter the battlefield through strength alone.

Capabilities:

  • Lift buildings.

  • Move ships.

  • Reshape terrain.

  • Create devastating shockwaves.

Lifting Capacity:

Approximately 100 Tons

Bonus:

+10 Strength

Special:

Gain Seismic Impact. Once per encounter, a powerful strike can affect all creatures within a short radius, knocking them prone unless they succeed on a Reflex Save.

Examples:

  • Hold up skyscrapers.

  • Throw tanks across battlefields.

  • Crack roads and foundations.

  • Stop aircraft from taking off.

Rank 5: Omega Strength

Worldbreaker

The mutant's strength reaches levels possessed by only the most powerful beings in history.

At this point, they are no longer merely strong.

They are a force of nature.

Capabilities:

  • Lift enormous structures.

  • Alter landscapes.

  • Battle colossal threats.

  • Perform seemingly impossible feats of power.

Lifting Capacity:

500+ Tons

Bonus:

+20 Strength

Special:

Gain a unique Omega Feat of Strength approved by the GM.

Examples include:

  • Holding a collapsing bridge spanning a river.

  • Throwing a naval vessel.

  • Splitting a mountain face.

  • Redirecting a crashing aircraft.

  • Moving objects measured in thousands of tons.

Additionally, gain Legendary Might:

Once per encounter, automatically succeed on a Strength-based check that would normally be physically possible for your Rank.

Only a handful of mutants in history have ever achieved this level.

STRENGTH AND CONTROL

One of the greatest challenges faced by super-strong mutants is not gaining power.

It is learning restraint.

Many young mutants accidentally break objects, damage property, or injure others before they fully understand their abilities.

Arcadian Institute places significant emphasis on helping these students develop control alongside strength.

Because the strongest hero is not the one who can lift the most weight.

It is the one who knows exactly how much force to use.

THE EVOLUTION OF POWER

Super Strength is often viewed as a straightforward mutation.

In reality, it is one of the most versatile.

A Rank 1 mutant can lift a car.

A Rank 3 mutant can stop a train.

A Rank 5 mutant can change the outcome of a natural disaster through physical power alone.

Strength is not simply about destruction.

It is about protection.

After all, the same hands capable of moving mountains can also save lives.