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And the Power Gaze technique of Intimidation being defaulted from a different skill doesn't seem unbalancing at all. On the other hand, as I noted, Rasul has already spent more points on Intimidation than Sex Appeal. As such, such a 'Perk' would amount to a penalty. An Attribute Substitution Perk would work, assuming that I treat Attribute + Talent as equivalent to raw Attribute. Which I do, generally.
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03-04-2018, 01:08 AM | #23 | |
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It would be a wierd setting but I can see it as a good/funny one.
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03-04-2018, 02:44 PM | #24 |
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From the popularity of Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, seems to be a pretty widespread kink.
Most characters I can remember seem to use them pretty interchangably, often using Sex Appeal to give penalties to resistance against other Influence skills, but mechanically, could just as easily do it the other way around.
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03-10-2018, 05:29 AM | #25 |
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When Rasul, the PC for whom this Talent is intended, first used the Power Gaze technique of the Intimidation skill, I used the Awe table instead of the normal Fright Check table as a special effect because of the critical success on Sex Appeal which preceded it.
If Rasul wants his Power Gaze technique to be about sexual domination more than the threat of violence*, which of the three methods below would seem the best way to accomplish that? a) As a special effect, any time he wins a QC of Sex Appeal against the subject's Will before using Power Gaze, he uses the Awe table instead of the Fright Check table if he wins by enough margin in the QC for Power Gaze? Point cost beyond the cost of the Power Gaze technique = 0. b) Using the Perk Unusual Training, Rasul learns a variation of the Power Gaze technique called Power Gaze (Awe), which always uses the Awe table if the subject loses the QC badly enough to roll a Fright Check. If he wants to be able to use the regular Fright Check table, he'd have to buy up an entirely seperate Power Gaze technique. Point cost beyond the cost of the Power Gaze technique = 1 + 6 (for the seperate technique). c) With a custom Perk, Rasul gains the ability to choose before his use of Power Gaze whether he'll use the Fright Check Table or the Awe table if the subject loses the QC badly enough to roll a Fright Check. Using the Awe check might require a successful Sex Appeal against the subject before, as above. Point cost beyond the cost of the Power Gaze technique = 1. *Incidentally, from the description of the Power Gaze technique in Pyramid, it sounds like it is about Awe by default, with the example using the gaze of kings, which normal men may not meet.
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03-10-2018, 07:38 AM | #26 |
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Option a) seems a little too easy.
Option b) seems feasible, but I think it has a further prerequisite for Awe: you need to be an obviously powerful and attractive person. If you want to be able to disguise yourself as a beggar, and then pull this trick unexpectedly, you need option c).
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