07-21-2005, 06:24 PM | #31 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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But I'd be interested in his answer if you ask him. ;-) (I have decided to only bother him with personal emails/pms anymore if I have questions that are really important to me... ;-) In this case I would just decide that Sunbolt is a TBBA because it mentions that it "burns like a laser light".) |
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07-21-2005, 06:39 PM | #32 |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
I think that a good common-sense rule-of-thumb is that if it seems like it ought to be a TBBA, then it probably is; otherwise, it probably isn't. And as Kromm said earlier, changing a TTBA attack to be non-TBBA - or vice-versa - is a +0% modifier, so game-balance-wise it shouldn't make much difference either way. It's just a matter of what's more realistic for a given attack.
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07-21-2005, 06:48 PM | #33 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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Since Sunbolt says that it isn't a burning but an impaling attack, it is not a TBBA. But you can use it similarly to target the eyes and vitals (you can do that with impaling attacks). But it doesn't start fires at all. At least that seems to be what the rules as written say, although one might argue that a Sunbolt should be able to start a fire as a TBBA. |
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07-21-2005, 07:01 PM | #34 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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07-21-2005, 07:08 PM | #35 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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07-21-2005, 07:10 PM | #36 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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07-21-2005, 07:24 PM | #37 | |
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Re: Is Lightning a "tight-beam burning attack"?
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07-22-2005, 05:36 AM | #38 | |
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But I have no problem with Sunbolt being an impaling attack. |
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07-22-2005, 10:32 AM | #39 | |
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