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JulianLW · 02-22-2021, 03:56 AM

The OP says that the innate attack does the "same damage, effect, etc." with the Bow. But, just to be clear, if there's an arrow riding along with that lightning and doing an additional Thrust+3 impaling damage - with the bow's range - that's different, and would be a heavily modified innate attack, not just a perk.

The range (for full damage) of a typical innate attack is 10 yards. The range (for full damage) of a composite bow in the hands of a ST 10 character is 200 yards. If you're saying that the character shoots lightning out of an empty bow up to 10 yards/100 for half damage - or whatever the modified innate attack range is - then that's legitimately just a perk, I think: call it a Skill Adaptation.

02-22-2021, 03:56 AM	#6
JulianLW Join Date: Apr 2019	Re: Pricing a Choice of Skill Enhancement The OP says that the innate attack does the "same damage, effect, etc." with the Bow. But, just to be clear, if there's an arrow riding along with that lightning and doing an additional Thrust+3 impaling damage - with the bow's range - that's different, and would be a heavily modified innate attack, not just a perk. The range (for full damage) of a typical innate attack is 10 yards. The range (for full damage) of a composite bow in the hands of a ST 10 character is 200 yards. If you're saying that the character shoots lightning out of an empty bow up to 10 yards/100 for half damage - or whatever the modified innate attack range is - then that's legitimately just a perk, I think: call it a Skill Adaptation.