03-04-2011, 09:21 AM | #1 |
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Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
I am trying to simulate a magic full plate armour using the DR advantage.
I want it to be able to be turned on and off (appear and vanishes). To have the disadvantages of a full plate armour, like reaction modifier e reductions of basic speed. As it is an armour, no other armour may be used. For the basic speed I put: Temporary disadvantage (4 levels of Reduced Basic speed) -20% --- But I am in serious doubt abit the other things: A nuisance effect of -4 would fit the reaction modifier, but I don't know if the standart value of -20% would be adequate, because it only works in certain situations, like outside a battle. maybe a -10% would be fair? --- Can't wear armour would be a sure thing, but in its descriptions it is said that the PC wouldn't be allowed to wear clothes. He would need to become naked to use this! I don't want this! -30% would be a good modifier here? Can't wear armour (clothes and conceable armour allowed) -30% --- Now I need to be able to take out the armour! I have to take switchable for DR (I imagine that I need)? I don't know if one level takes extra time would fit, because of the switchable ampliation. But two or more levels would fit? Or I need to buy Switclable AND takes extra time? It would make take 2 seconds for no modifier. On the other hand If I take reflexive, I don't have to take switchable, right? Another doubt. Limitations and ampliations about speed (reflexive and takes extra time) affects both activation and deactivation? With reflexive ou Reduced time, I can instantly take armour on and off? With Takes Extra time, I takes, like 4 seconds to wear e more 4 seconds to take off the armour? ----------- Takes extra time requires a ready maneuver along all the time of activation, right? How can I make an armour tha don't appear instantly, but that don't requires the ready maneuver in the meantime? ----------- How can I make a fade in, fade out effect? A fade in could be like: 1 DR in the 1st turn, +2DR in the 2nd turn, +4DR in the 3rd turn, +8RD in the 4th turn for a total of 15DR. Or: 2DR in 1st turn, +2DR in 2nd turn, +2DR in 3rd turn for a total 6DR. |
03-04-2011, 09:29 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Albuquerque
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
Everything sounds pretty good, as for making it appear 4 seconds later, as a GM i would say that the armor isn't functional untill those 4 seconds pass, and call it a "flavor" effect that the armor appears slowly pioece by piece during that time.
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03-04-2011, 09:47 AM | #3 |
Join Date: May 2008
Location: CA
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
I'd call the armor 'fading in' a nuisance effect, probably -10%. So, if it takes five seconds for the DR to become solid and you get 10 DR from the suit, I might stat it up like this:
Damage Resistance 10 (Can't Wear Armor (Clothing and Concealable Armor Allowed, -30%; Switchable, +10%; Temporary Disadvantage (Reduced Basic Speed -1.00), -20%; Nuisance Effect (Armor Fades In) -10%) [28]. |
03-04-2011, 09:49 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
Delay (page 105) is a 0% enhancement if it's a fixed duration delay. "My ability always takes 5 seconds after I pull the trigger to go off", or "My grenades have a 6 second timer" or whatever.
Having different levels of DR or different hit locations have different Delays is very much the same, as long as it's allways consistent. If you have no choice, you have to have the breastplate phase in before the helmet, and then the shin guard and then the arm guards (or whatever) then I'd say that's a quite valid interpretation. Same with having DR 2 show up 1 second later, DR 4 1 second after that, DR 6 one second after THAT, then DR 8 on the fourth second. Or whatever. ===== Halving the value for the Temporary Disadvantage: Reaction Penalty because it only applies in "social" situations I think is a very good approach. It seems like a good reduction, appropriate to the ability. It encourages the player to not walk around wearing armor ALL THE TIME, meaning that 4 second delay in activation is relevant. ;)
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03-04-2011, 09:57 AM | #5 |
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
Since the main magical effect seems to be appearance and disappearance, you might consider an alternative build using regular armor (gear) and a Payload ability to have a pocket into which the armor disappears.
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03-04-2011, 10:04 AM | #7 | |
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03-04-2011, 10:07 AM | #8 |
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Location: Cowtown, Canada
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
Isn't the fade in something like 'takes extra time'?
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03-04-2011, 10:11 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
I'm not certain this is really an appropriate Attack limitation to port over to a non-attack. Having 2 DR now is always better than 2 DR later when you are under attack, especially when you can't resort to other forms of DR. With an attack you can always just switch to a different one if you need to kill someone right now, but other people can exploit your slowly forming DR.
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03-04-2011, 10:15 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: Armor bought as Damage Resistance Advantage
In retrospect (and while trying to write up my train of thought above), y'all are pretty right - but I'll note that the DR comes with a bunch of Temporary disadvantages, which I was assuming would "phase in" along with the DR.
It allows for things like "OK, we're 30 yards away from them, I'll spend the second to activate my armor NOW, and start running while it's still phasing in, covering way more ground, instead of having to spend an action while I'm already in melee combat with them over there."
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