10-21-2010, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
I'm trying to make a hermaphroditic superhero who can only use his (her?) 40 points of broadsword skill while a female. How would I do this?
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10-21-2010, 04:52 PM | #2 |
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Location: Ventura CA
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
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10-21-2010, 05:37 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Platform Zero, Sydney, Australia
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
Yeah, I'd say you're looking at an Alternate Form here. Alternatively, if the GM will allow it you could make your Broadsword skill part of a Meta-Trait that has an Accessibility. In some cases (like this one), I'd allow it.
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10-21-2010, 05:44 PM | #4 | |
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
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As another way of skinning that cat, a disadvntage can restrict the male form from using certain skills he technically possesses. Obsession, Compulsion or Dread might be the ones to use.
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10-21-2010, 05:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
Incidentally, I might consider putting that many points into Sword! rather than Broadsword. Mathematically Broadsword for 40 pts is DX +9 vs DX+1 for 36 cp. The benefits are no familiarization penalties and the ability to substitute ANY skill with Sword! (IQ based use IQ so you'd be at IQ+1 for a tactics roll) if it's used in a context where sword use is present. ie she could swing from a chandelier using Sword! while sword fighting but have to use default Acrobatics if swinging wituout using a sword.
If she is trained by a master/weapon master, Sword! can be used to let her use any allowable cinematic skills and techniques too. Admittedly Sword! and DX+2 (48 pts) gets better breaks for weapon master damage etc.
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10-22-2010, 10:54 AM | #6 |
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
Nitpick: If she was hermaphroditic, she would possess both sets of equipment (or, more commonly, a stunted version of both) all the time. If she can flip between completely male and completely female, she's hermaphromorphic.
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10-22-2010, 07:03 PM | #7 |
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Re: How do I make skills usable only under a certain condition?
When I asked his opinion on it a while back, Kromm in GM mode recommended amnesia as a possibility. While the situation wasn't the same, it's close enough that it could work. Give the male 'half' the amnesia.
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