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 Sep 11 2005, 10:47 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 5-December 04 Member No.: 6,869  |
This adept power is rather unique and its confusing me a bit. First, is there a limit to how much you can raise the attribute through successes? For example the "Force" of this spell is equal to the levels of Attibute Boost the adept took and you can't get successes beyond that? I'd run it with no limit unless there's a concenssus that there should be. Secondly, and more importantly, drain. Drain is equal to the "Attribute Boost" rating. Is that the number of levels you have in Attribute Boost, the number of Successes you got, or the modified Attribute level? Thirdly, what sort of action is it to use this power? Free, Simple, or Complex? I figure that because it works like a spell that it would be a Complex action to use this power. |
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Sep 11 2005, 10:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 17-August 05 Member No.: 7,566 |
I would think that you would not be able to boost an attribute higher than the 1.5 augmented max.
It would be the level of the Attribute Boost ability, IMO.
Don't know....I loooked at Critter powers and they can be either Simple or Complex. Spells seem like they might be the way to go. |
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Sep 12 2005, 12:37 AM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,316 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
Ask yourself the following question: Which action do you need to use improved reflexes? Which type of action does it take to use Killing Hands, Critical Strike, Great Leap? Right: It doesn't take an action at all. Same with attribute boost: The adept's player merely has to "annouce" the use of the power ... |
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Sep 12 2005, 12:55 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
That's the way I've always run it in the past, too, Cochise. The adepts can just boost their attribtues, use that boost for a short, focused amount of time, and then might suffer drain as a result of that boost. To me it was never like Hulk who had to take four minutes and inflict some crappy music on TV audiences to boost his attribtues :D .
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Sep 12 2005, 01:06 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 7,576 |
But when can he use it? In someone elses Action Phase? Just before rolling Dodge or Damage Resistance? I would guess that he can, but I'm not sure.
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Sep 12 2005, 01:32 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Personally, I am thinking of making it take a Free Action to activate.
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Sep 12 2005, 01:35 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
sure he can, and that counterd by the drain he takes when the effect runs out ;)
its one of, if not the only, the adept powers that one can suffer drain from so it should be flexible enough to be activated when the user feels the need. allso, it counters any existing spell or cyber so if the adept have a spell on him then he must forgo that when using boost. and he may not get as good a boost when doing so... |
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Sep 12 2005, 02:10 PM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,316 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
Whenever he first declares the use of it ...
Provided that something happens in that Action Phase that forces the adept to make a dice roll where the power might have influence.
As long as he does it before making any particular dice roll. So no making the reaction test, seeing that he didn't dodge by one hit and thus using his power to increase reaction to roll some additional dice ... The only retro-active mechanism for rolling dice again for an already rolled Test is Edge ... |
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