Rules

Official Rules
While Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition has less rules than the other system I'm used to running, we're not entirely in freeform storytelling territory yet. At the below site you can find an excellent description of all of the rules in the game. It's not only a good read for knowing what all your character is allowed to do according to system rules, but a great way to familiarize yourself with the system to plan out future powers and builds.

d20 Hero System Resource Document

House Rules
I'm not going to claim I know better than the folks that wrote the rules above. There may be times when the official ruling doesn't jive well or suit a particular situation. This section will chronicle such times and the slipshod band-aid fixes we inevitably come up with

House Rule #1

 * Starting number of Hero Points at Session start will be determined by the following criteria
 * Existing - Everybody gets one!
 * Questionnaire - Completing the long-form character questionnaire is good for another
 * Character Illustration - Creating a graphic representation of your character--whether by "hand" or through some of the character image creation tools online will add another hero point to your total


 * Backstory - While partly covered by the questionnaire, several people have written extended scenes exploring formative moments in their character's history. This may be a scene mentioned in your backstory explored in more detail or several of such.


 * Completing each of these criteria gets you the max starting number of hero points per session: 4. While additional submissions/work will definitely be accepted and appreciated, to avoid inflation of HP numbers, I can't reward them in this specific manner.