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Originally Posted by Ghostdancer
Since Hard to Use (GURPS Powers, p. 107) gives a -3 to rolls and is worth -5%, each -1 to rolls is worth -1.5%. A cumulative penalty is probably worth about the same as "Based on Margin" (GURPS Psionic Powers, p. 13). If we then limit the enhancement (p. B111) we get a value equal to +380% since that is the value of +400% x 0.95%.
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See, that's what I was thinking, but I feel like taking only 5% off of 400% is so insignificant for turning a previously possibly-infinite power into one with limits. I mean, RPM (which we're actually trying to model) has a cumulative -1 penalty per every 3 skill rolls, and that's still
very limiting as you well know. You are one of the masters of RPM after all. At the very
least, I would argue for taking 10% off of 400% to make it 360%, which still feels like too much. Sure, it's my game, and I can say 300% if I want to, but I hate to make calls like that by myself without checking in with you guys.
I feel like modeling it off of Hard to Use is unfair, but I might just be biased in this case. Hard to Use is so pitifully small because it gives a flat penalty per use. However, I feel like a cumulative penalty is far more restricting. It's not about how hard it is to make it work, but I feel like it's more about how many times it can work before it fails, which fits closer to something like Limited Use rather than Hard to Use. Again, I might just be biased, so, please, feel free to call me out, but I think there should be a separate limitation for something like that.