List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[talonthehand]

Originally Posted by The Benj

Is there any possible reason I would want to do this on anything other than damage? I can't think of one. If I really want to fail a roll, usually the GM will let me :)

So, assuming it is only useful for damage, it seems balanced. Possibly even a little underpowered, as it roughly translates to: 14% of the time I get +1 damage.

Anyway: There's such a thing as a d7?

Reaction rolls also. But yeah, apart from that and damage, I can't think of any time you'd want to roll high. Well, unless you and the rest of the party roll to see who gets first dibs on the treasure.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

I have one, for the curiosity value. It's a short pentagonal prism. I've never really tested it rigorously for statistical randomness.

Huh... I had no idea they actually made such things. Looking at a Wiki image, it seems like there would be a bias toward the bases. I wonder if a heptagonal log would be better.

The things you learn here *g*

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by talonthehand

Reaction rolls also. But yeah, apart from that and damage, I can't think of any time you'd want to roll high. Well, unless you and the rest of the party roll to see who gets first dibs on the treasure.

Ooh, actually, I just thought of another one: Initiative.

[Ereniken]

Originally Posted by The Benj

Is there any possible reason I would want to do this on anything other than damage? I can't think of one. If I really want to fail a roll, usually the GM will let me :)

So, assuming it is only useful for damage, it seems balanced. Possibly even a little underpowered, as it roughly translates to: 14% of the time I get +1 damage.

That's where the 'can' comes in.
Actually, it was originally something like an extension to the 'luck' advantage, but it seemed a little clumsily worded, so I edited it a little.

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by Ereniken

That's where the 'can' comes in.
Actually, it was originally something like an extension to the 'luck' advantage, but it seemed a little clumsily worded, so I edited it a little.

Yeah, I understood the "can" part, that's not an issue. It just seemed like a very narrow set of circumstances where you WANT to roll high.

As shown, my total list:
-Damage
-NPC reactions (which I didn't think of because I invert this table in play)
-Initiative rolls (took me a little while because I do this as a Quick Contest of Tactics)

Can anyone think of any others?

[mikeejimbo]

I was actually just wondering if "Memorized Body of Work" would be a Perk or a Photographic Memory (One Work Only -80%) [2].

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by mikeejimbo

I was actually just wondering if "Memorized Body of Work" would be a Perk or a Photographic Memory (One Work Only -80%) [2].

I'd want it to be a big body of work for it to be worth a whole point.

Also, for a lot of things that sounds more like a Skill. For example, having memorised Shakespeare's Complete Works seems like a specialisation of Literature to me (although I guess you could make a case for Perk-level ultraspecialisation for +5 to rolls to recall quotes from that work).

[mikeejimbo]

Originally Posted by The Benj

I'd want it to be a big body of work for it to be worth a whole point.

Also, for a lot of things that sounds more like a Skill. For example, having memorised Shakespeare's Complete Works seems like a specialisation of Literature to me (although I guess you could make a case for Perk-level ultraspecialisation for +5 to rolls to recall quotes from that work).

That's not a bad idea. Actually though, I originally wanted the Perk so that I could reference a Physics textbook at any time in game. Kind of like Mathematical Ability only better. And then I thought of religious texts. But mostly, I would want math/physics textbooks that I, as the player, could reference.

Oh, and Alice in Wonderland, but everyone lets me bring that to quest and quote it anyway.

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by mikeejimbo

That's not a bad idea. Actually though, I originally wanted the Perk so that I could reference a Physics textbook at any time in game. Kind of like Mathematical Ability only better.

Better? How is this better than a skill bonus, reaction bonus and accelerated learning?
If you meant Lightning Calculator, then yes, it seems pretty fair as a Perk: being allowed to - as a player - refer to your physics library at any time, to represent intimate knowledge of the subject and a knack for figuring things out on the spot, much like being allowed to use a calculator with Lightning Calculator.

Oh, and Alice in Wonderland, but everyone lets me bring that to quest and quote it anyway.

That DEFINITELY sounds like ultraspecialised Literature. :)

[mikeejimbo]

Originally Posted by The Benj

Better? How is this better than a skill bonus, reaction bonus and accelerated learning?
If you meant Lightning Calculator, then yes, it seems pretty fair as a Perk: being allowed to - as a player - refer to your physics library at any time, to represent intimate knowledge of the subject and a knack for figuring things out on the spot, much like being allowed to use a calculator with Lightning Calculator.

Ah forgive me, I should have looked it up. I forgot which one allowed the use of a Calculator at any time. And when I said "better" I actually meant "better than using a calculator at any time", not the other stuff that Mathematical Ability confers.

That DEFINITELY sounds like ultraspecialised Literature. :)

Heh, that's a Perk I have in real life then.