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Originally Posted by Anaraxes
I don't think that's quite RAW. (...) You can have Accessibilities greater than -40%, but they're uncommon. (...)
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I get your point, but AFAIK, the limitations on the basic book's advantages which we could classify under the "accessibility-type", top at -40%. As a catch all limitation, we should employ it when we have no options left.
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Originally Posted by Anaraxes
"Only useful 40% of the time" is not a -60% Limitation. Going beyond -40% is more like an exponential reduction in the amount of use you can get out of the ability.
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That's more or less my point, indeed. IMO, examples such as "(...) “Only on psis” is worth -50% (...), “Useless under stress” (...) -60%, (...)", etc. are actually taxing limitations when compared to the proposed "armor add-on, -60%". I could even say these higher limitations could be achieved as combination of other limitations (or under the guidelines of PU8).
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Originally Posted by Anaraxes
But rather than debate the value of an Accessibility on Enhanced Move, let's take a look at an old thread where Kromm derives the value of Increased Step for attack-type Maneuvers as [20] per, or a version usable with any Maneuver at [25] (...)
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Right, BTW that post is very nice, Anaraxes.
IMO, the limitations on the magitek modules should be calculated like this:
- You buy a "weapon" for the magitek armor
- This weapon is the flamethrower (add-on)
- You buy the add-on as an innate attack.
- If this flamethrower only works with magitek armor, then the limitation is worth -10% (which is the "power" limitation type, for example "psi power, chi power, magic power, magitek add-on, etc.")
- If you could lose the add-on, I would apply another -10% (can be stolen, forcefully removed), I would not go further because the magitek armor gives you a big ST boost and your add-on is not at great risk (i.e. trying to win a quick contest against Robocop’s ed-209 to snatch its turret)
Then, the "add-on limitation" as a whole is worth as much as -20%, which would be a nice value for the "magitek-meta-trait". So flash-step, would be like this:
NOTE: All-out is worth -25% (PU8) and I am using this value for "retreat only" as well.
FLASH-STEP, cost 34 CP:
- Enhanced dodge 1 (magitek -10%, can be forcefully stolen -10%, retreat only -25%) (9)
- Enhanced move 10 (special step "usable with any Maneuver") (25)
- Cost: [34] CP
I would update the rest of the abilities listing "add-on" at -60%, changing it to -20%.