Innate attack skill questions

[Nereidalbel]

Originally Posted by Psychotime

Ok, so is this reneging on Projectiles being from the hands? Would spears from my eyes fit under Projectile instead of Gaze now?

It's pretty much saying the difference is continuous beam vs single shot.

[Psychotime]

I know that this topic is extremely miniscule and easy to either handwave or just run with, but I'm having fun discussing it.

I'll try to make an example. Say a player wants to make a basic Dragonball type of character that shoots energy blasts from their hands and all that. We make two attacks, a Kamehameha and a typical Ki Blast as an alternate attack. The former would run on Beam and the latter on Projectile. Now the GM has to explain the difference to the player and why these similar attacks (in the player's mind) need two skills and default to each other at -2.

Maybe the group are just odd for all thinking the same thing and most people WOULD see them differently?

I don't know, maybe most people CAN see enough difference between a Kamehameha and a Hadouken to warrant two different skills to aim them.

Are there just unspoken rules that are supposed to be assumed from those descriptions, and they're just flying over my head?

[Nereidalbel]

The difference between Kamehameha and Hadouken is pretty simple. Hadouken is a ball of energy that you fire and forget (or watch the pretty explosion), while Kamehameha is a constant beam that remains connected to you until it strikes somebody (or something).

[Psychotime]

And I repeat again, the rules as written don't say there's that same kind of difference if the attack came from the mouth or eyes.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Psychotime

And I repeat again, the rules as written don't say there's that same kind of difference if the attack came from the mouth or eyes.

It's a special effect. They are all Easy skills that default generously anyway (and with perks like Gazer or Pyschic Guidance get even more pointless). Just pick one and stick with it.