[HouseRules] Modified OR Table(s), Rethinking OR a little more logically |
[HouseRules] Modified OR Table(s), Rethinking OR a little more logically |
Mar 22 2009, 06:08 AM
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Started here.
I want to revisit this (original post's table below) such that an "average" and a "specialist" mage under starting points have a 55-60% chance of achieving OR4 (generalist) or OR5 (specialist) and that the objects in that category are logically proper targets for starting characters. Physical OR (That is, when targeted by a spell that alters its form: Shape [Material], Ram/Wreck/Demolish, etc) OR0: small rocks, sticks OR1: a living plant OR2: a tree, simple electronic device (wrist watch), boulders (full cubic meters of natural material, including refined ores*) OR3: small simple objects (security camera, micro-drone), processed materials (full cubic meters of plastic and other man-made materials of low structure) OR4: larger machines (washing machines, small drones), advanced materials (full cubic meters of reinforced armored plastisteel) OR5: simple vehicles (your average sedan, motercycles, large drones, etc) OR6: complex vehicles (helicopters, small aircraft, semi-trucks) OR7: large complex vehicles (747s, rockets, etc) OR8: small buildings. ... Mental OR (That is, when subject to Illusions and Manipulations that are targeted on something else OR0: any non-living small object of less than 0.25 cubic meters. OR1: any plant, any technological device that can not perceive the magical effect. Microdrones (same as cameras, below) OR2: Security Camera (also rolls any ClearSight autosoft for additional hits, if none then the camera's Rating, if none, then assume R1) OR3: small Drones (also rolls ClearSight or Rating) OR4: medium and large drones (+ClearSight or Rating) OR5: any of the above with multi-band sensors (infared + visual specturms, etc). OR6: ? Any technological device that perceives with a sense that is not covered by the illusion/manipulation is theoretically immune. Treat its optical sense as the above for purposes of "success," however the sensor suite in question will still pick up the caster/target as normal per the uneffected sense. For example, if a mage casts Improved Invisibility on himself in order to sneak past a camera with an ultrasound visual enhancement and gets 4 hits then the camera will not observe him on the visual spectrum, but will still "see" him with ultrasound. A turret is using this camera for targeting data; because the camera can't see the mage the turret treats its target as if it were concealed in full darkness using ultrasound, -3. |
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