01-11-2010, 08:37 PM | #1 |
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Limitation: Requires (Skill) Roll?
I was thinking about making a power which results would be dependent on a skill roll. Okay, easy enough. Take GURPS Powers limitation Requires (Attributes) Roll and voilà. Unless, I want to make the result more effective with a more successful roll.
For exemple, let's take a generic Magic Blast 5 (Requires Magic Roll; -??%) [??]. I would like the use to use 1d of damage on a success roll, 2d for a success by 1, 3d on a success by 2, etc. Then, for a less powerful version of this power, it could be 1d for a success by 0 or 1, then 2d for a success by 2 or 3, etc. How much would you charge for the first version, -10%? And for the second, -20%? |
01-11-2010, 08:42 PM | #2 |
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Re: Limitation: Requires (Skill) Roll?
This can be handled with a not-quite-official limitation of mine that you can find tucked away in Pyramid #3/9. Warning: It's complicated as all hell, which is why I don't plan on ever trying to squeeze it into a book -- instead, I use it as the basis for other, simpler limitations (such as the one found on Mental Stab in GURPS Psionic Powers).
Limited by Margin (Varies)
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01-11-2010, 08:55 PM | #4 |
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Re: Limitation: Requires (Skill) Roll?
"Its value is -5% times the required margin of success (minimum 2, maximum 10) for full power; lesser margins give you proportionately less power."
Yes, exactly like that. That's a nice way to put it. This "Result Dependent" limitation seems to model what I have in mind. Now I have to decide what to to with Critical results. Thanks for the semi-official take on it. :) |
01-12-2010, 06:13 AM | #5 |
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01-12-2010, 11:45 AM | #6 |
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05-25-2016, 10:55 AM | #7 |
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Re: Limitation: Requires (Skill) Roll?
A couple of years late to the party, but man, that's the best compliment ever.
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