Power-Ups Wishlist

[Anders]

What Power-Ups would you like to see in the future? What needs to be expanded, clarified, redone, or added to the system as it is?

Personally, I want a Techniques booklet. With advices on creating techniques, how techniques help set the mood of a setting, loads of non-combat techniques (which is something I think would enhance certain settings immensely), when something is a technique and when something is an optional specialization, etc.

And I present you with a non-combat technique for feline characters:

Spoiler:  

I meant to do that! (Average)
Default: Acting
Prerequisite: Acting; cannot exceed Acting skill +4.

Anyone can fail, but you can fail with style! This technique allows you to conceal a failure as part of a cunning plan. Did you trip, or was that a ruse to get your opponent to lower his guard? This technique is mainly useful to salvage your pride, but may be useful for something else if the GM allows.

[Sense of Duty (Kittens)]

I have one:

Primordial Jet Regular
You can project a current of pure mana from your hand. You may learn a Jet spell from any college, but if you do not know its normal prerequisites, you may not have it at a higher level than Primordial Jet. You may roll against this spell to stabilize a casting of any Jet spell.

Also, I am currently experimenting with a modified version of the Elder's Gift Talent that works as a generic wizardly talent and is not specific to Dark Ones.

[Anders]

Come to think of it, a Power-Ups: Encounters would also be nice. With all the old foxes's experience about creating challenging and interesting encounters gathered in one place.

[Sense of Duty (Kittens)]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Come to think of it, a Power-Ups: Encounters would also be nice. With all the old foxes's experience about creating challenging and interesting encounters gathered in one place.

Is that really germane to the Power-Ups series? Thus far they have been about features to make PCs more powerful. I'm not criticizing the idea, but I think it might be better marketed as a Mass Combat, Dungeon Fantasy, or Martial Arts product.

[starslayer]

I think I would actually like to see:
Power-Ups?: Limitations.

Bringing together all of the limitations from all of the literature and adding some new ones, expanding which limitations can be applied to which advantages/disadvantages. It might also be a good book to finally codify the increased value for the first level of costs HP/FP and other limitations that are undervalued.

I put the ? at the end of power-ups because limitations are not inherently a power-up, but it will potentially provide more CP for spending elsewhere on the PC so will make them more 'powerful' overall.

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by starslayer

I think I would actually like to see:
Power-Ups?: Limitations.

Bringing together all of the limitations from all of the literature and adding some new ones, expanding which limitations can be applied to which advantages/disadvantages. It might also be a good book to finally codify the increased value for the first level of costs HP/FP and other limitations that are undervalued.

I put the ? at the end of power-ups because limitations are not inherently a power-up, but it will potentially provide more CP for spending elsewhere on the PC so will make them more 'powerful' overall.

That would probably be called a "Power-Downs" book, alongside the list of already-published and new Quirks.

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by tbrock1031

That would probably be called a "Power-Downs" book, alongside the list of already-published and new Quirks.

Which I would adore seeing and would buy instantly!

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

What Power-Ups would you like to see in the future? What needs to be expanded, clarified, redone, or added to the system as it is?

Personally, I want a Techniques booklet. With advices on creating techniques, how techniques help set the mood of a setting, loads of non-combat techniques (which is something I think would enhance certain settings immensely), when something is a technique and when something is an optional specialization, etc.

And I present you with a non-combat technique for feline characters:

Spoiler:  

I meant to do that! (Average)
Default: Acting
Prerequisite: Acting; cannot exceed Acting skill +4.

Anyone can fail, but you can fail with style! This technique allows you to conceal a failure as part of a cunning plan. Did you trip, or was that a ruse to get your opponent to lower his guard? This technique is mainly useful to salvage your pride, but may be useful for something else if the GM allows.

Acting should have a whole suite of techniques.
Act sober, act normal, feign concern, individual emotions perfect for horror movie scream queens and typecast actors, etc.

[Trachmyr]

Power-Ups: Cybernetics and Bioenhancements

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Acting should have a whole suite of techniques.
Act sober, act normal, feign concern, individual emotions perfect for horror movie scream queens and typecast actors, etc.

Too fine-grained, IMHO. Techniques are worth ¼ of a skill level, so you need a level of broadness that would make about 3 Acting Techniques per typical Acting-oriented character reasonable.

Also, I think film actors use Performance, not Acting.