Wild Magic Blast

[Black Leviathan]

I'd avoid comedy effects like turning people blue unless the game is intended to have that flare. Effects like uncontrolled levitation or growing larger or smaller can have great effects on a game. And if there's going to be beneficial effects thrown into the random list I'd give the Random limitation a bit more juice.

[Aldric]

Originally Posted by zoncxs

Or you can build it as a Modular Ability.

Build your list of possible effects like normal abilities. Figure out which one is the most expensive and then:

M.A. (Cosmic Slotted) (Requires gestures, magic words, -20%; PM, -10%; Random, -10%*) Cost per slot: 5 points base + 3 points per point of abilities.


So if the most expensive ability is 50pts you would need:

Wild Magic Blast (50) [155]

add more slots if you want them to be able to cast more than one spell at a time.

*Random = you can not control what ability manifests when you use your power. It can be the most powerful ability you can do or a fart. I peg this at -10% modifier.

I don't understand these numbers at all. You end up paying 155 points to get an ability that can blast your target for as much damage as a 50 point ability ?

If the best it can do is a 50 point ability, but there is a good chance it won't do anything or do something completely unexpected I would look at it as a form of unreliable, so it should end up costing LESS than what the most expensive ability costs, not 3 times more.

[zoncxs]

100 50pt abilities bought as AA cost 50 + (50×99)/5 = 1040pts

That's extreme and, and compared to what I made. I would take what I made.

If you only have about 11 abilites, then buying them as AA with some form of unreliable is cheaper, above that, costs more.

I'll post more when I get home, but cost wise for a power like what is being requested is not cheap. Hope that makes more sense.

[evileeyore]

If it were me, I'd price for the most powerful ability and then slap a Limitation, based on Accessibility pricing for how often on average it will be useful, denote that it actually has a range of abilities and they the actual ability used its randomly determined and call it a day.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by FuelDrop

Long story short: One of my players wants a wild magic blast. Basically, it's an innate attack but no-one knows what's going to happen on the receiving end. Could be fire. Could be Extacy affliction. Could be turning into a frog.

What are my options here?

I'd do this as Wild Talent + Ability Only (+0%) and some limitation to reflect it only does "blasts."

[FuelDrop]

How about a baseline attack with the Wildcard modifier and some form of random effect limitation? Maybe a stun affliction as the baseline?

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

I'd do this as Wild Talent + Ability Only (+0%) and some limitation to reflect it only does "blasts."

This could work, but only once per day.

I think "expected value" is the fairest, minus a little bit for the unpredictability.