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Old 09-22-2016, 03:08 PM   #26
Nereidalbel
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ellicott City, MD
Default Re: inflicting advantages with negative limitations

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding View Post
Supernatural abilities in fiction usually just work; games traditionally have had "saves" instead. I don't really know if there's a reason for this other than "dead-with-no-save" sucks, and gamers like rolling for stuff. In this case it replaces the resistance roll with an an acceptance roll, probably for entirely mechanical reasons.
Those few seconds of somebody struggling before they start to change are the victim getting lucky on the first QC or two. Do you really think turning somebody into a frog needs 3 seconds of weirdness attached to them before anything happens?
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