Granularity. Somethin that Hero System lacks at low power levels. What do I mean by this? Consider the difference between a STR of 11 and a STR of 12: One cost more than the other, and that's about it. You get the same PD, REC, & STUN, and do the same damage with a strike. Now, I can't offer much for the secondary characterstics, but I have come up with an idea for how to diferentiate the damage effects from one point of STR to the next. To this end I offer thie table below. This method of scaling damage is somewhat more cumbersome than normal and is really only recomened in low-level (non-super-hero) games. Looking at the chart you can see a small breakdown in the minimum progression, but the average and max damage progressions work pretty well.
| STR | Dice of Dmg | Avg Dmg | Min Dmg | Max Dmg |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | ½d6-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | ½d6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | ½d6+1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1d6 | 3½ | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 1d6+1 | 4½ | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 1½d6-1 | 4½ | 1 | 8 |
| 8 |
1½ d6 |
5½ | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 1½d6+1 | 6½ | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 2d6 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | 2d6+1 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | 2½d6-1 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | 2½d6 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | 2½d6+1 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 15 | 3d6 | 10½ | 3 | 18 |
| 16 | 3d6+1 | 11½ | 4 | 19 |
| 17 | 3½d6-1 | 11½ | 3 | 20 |
| 18 | 3½d6 | 12½ | 4 | 21 |
| 19 | 3½d6+1 | 13½ | 5 | 22 |
| 20 | 4d6 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 21 | 4d6+1 | 15 | 5 | 25 |
| 22 | 4½d6-1 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 23 | 4½d6 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 24 | 4½d6+1 | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 25 | 5d6 | 17½ | 5 | 30 |
| 26 | 5d6+1 | 18½ | 6 | 31 |
| 27 | 5½d6-1 | 18½ | 5 | 32 |
| 28 | 5½d6 | 19½ | 6 | 33 |
| 29 | 5½d6+1 | 20½ | 7 | 34 |
| 30 | 6d6 | 21 | 6 | 36 |
Yeah, it's silly looking, but it works.