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Old 03-29-2017, 05:58 AM   #4
malloyd
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Default Re: [Supers] Log ST and Swinging for the nosebleeds

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Originally Posted by Mark Skarr View Post
As Knowing Your Own Strength (Pyramid 3-83), in addition to making ST Super's friendly, simplified ST damage, swing and thrust are really comparable. In general, this is good, but, in Superheroes, a brick, hitting someone with a telephone pole and knocking them back further than they can punch them is a staple.
If that's the effect you want, and not actually smashing them flat better, you probably need to go with some method of uncoupling damage from knockback. Double knockback is one approach. You might try multiplying knockback from melee attacks by the Reach of the weapon too, or you are automatically pushed back by some function of the attackers ST regardless of how much damage is inflicted (say 1/2 hex per (attacker ST/your races basic hp), round down).
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