04-28-2010, 10:11 AM | #1 |
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[Powers] Leech Enhancement Question
Ok. I'm trying to build a set of powers for a player's character in one of my games. Specifically, a character based on the Talents in the Rowan series.
The ability I'm having issues with (other than, well, the huge increased range modifiers ... heh) is their ability to 'lean' on a power generator and use that to fuel their abilities for interstellar telepathy, teleportation and telekinesis. I have decided to treat this ability as Leech (Electrical) as a variant off of Leech (Mechanical). The downside of this is that it (unless I completely misread the power text) requires an action to use, every second, for a published time-frame of eight to ten hours ... Hence the question! How do I price a "sticky" enhancement that removes the need to keep hitting the power-generator-target so long as the first action succeeded in getting a hit? (Hit Once, Leech Constantly) Cyclic doesn't fit as it wears off rapidly for something that basically drains X (* 360 kW) energy per second. Slapping Extended Difficulty (Permanent) (+150%) on it doesn't fit the bill either. Suggestions? Something I missed? Better ways to emulate a constant drain that gives extra oomph to an ability? |
04-28-2010, 10:35 AM | #2 |
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I think a better way would be to make a powerful Alternative Ability that has the restriction (Only With Access To Lots Of Electricity -80%).
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04-28-2010, 10:38 AM | #3 | |
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04-28-2010, 10:48 AM | #5 |
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Re: [Powers] Leech Enhancement Question
Question: Why would you need to roll to maintain the Leech in the first place? Leech does not require a roll to use. If you're holding onto the target (say, by shaking hands) you can automatically Leech from them, no roll required. It may or may not require an Attack action, but I'm unclear on that.
EDIT: Misread the post. Doesn't have to do with rolling. It's still unclear if you need to use an Attack maneuver to leech, but my reading of the text says 'no'. Last edited by Langy; 04-28-2010 at 10:52 AM. |
04-28-2010, 11:02 AM | #6 | |
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The only problem is that the published material has the Talents drawing off of small man-portable gas engines for smaller boosts. And they were only in the same room, but definitely not touching the the source. |
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04-28-2010, 01:05 PM | #7 | |
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04-28-2010, 03:11 PM | #8 |
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You can do ability- or you can do ability AND leech at the same time. It is just a special effect that the leech targets not the subject. A similar setup would be to link healing to leech, you can transfer life from one person to another person. |
04-28-2010, 03:20 PM | #9 | |
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