08-18-2015, 06:25 AM | #11 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers]Low or No Signature And Visible
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
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First, it's important to note that attacks are not the only thing that can be obvious. Passive abilities can definitely be obvious; consider Extra Arms for one easy example. No Signature is not only used to remove an attack's report, but also to do things like making such passive advantages invisible or unnoticeable. To continue the example, Kromm has suggested "Extra Arm 1 (No Signature; Weapon Mount)" as a way to simulate a cinematic warrior's ability to hold a ready shield while still retaining full use of that arm. So the question becomes, is Damage Resistance obvious? And I'd say that past a certain point, the realistic answer is clearly "yes." Someone with unmodified DR 6 has the equivalent of a hard, chitinous shell; their skin can repel small-arms fire and any hand-to-hand attack is likely to injure the person attempting it. (The sole exception to this seems to be the supers genre, which is its own weird and wonky thing.) Thus, since Monster Hunters places such a high priority on stealth and fitting in, I felt that it was appropriate to take a realistically austere approach to DR and consider it to be visible. To my eye, in such a setting, humans can only have DR with Tough Skin without looking like freaks, and only a few levels at that: DR 1 (Tough Skin): "She's got that leathered, biker skin. I guess she tans a lot." DR 2 (Tough Skin): "Man, he looks like you could break a bottle over his head and he'd just glare at you." DR 3+ (Tough Skin) or DR 1+ without it: "What the hell are you?" Hopefully this makes sense. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to associate DR exclusively with superheroes and complained that GURPS Supers took a different approach. I don't see any issue there; we're talking about two unrelated genres with radically different approaches to the whole "secret identity" thing. Yet this seems to really bother some people. So while I still stand by it, in retrospect I would have taken a different approach (by bundling a UB into the cost of DR) simply to avoid that outcry. I hope this makes sense.
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08-18-2015, 09:20 AM | #13 | |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
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Visible armour makes you look tougher, less, and that has some strategic value, but ultimately invisible armour has, on average, a higher strategic value in the form of surprise, and of "stealth", of being able to take it with you into places where visible armour wouldn't be allowed or would attract a lot of attention. |
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08-18-2015, 03:04 PM | #14 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
There's a uFAQ entry, I think.
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08-18-2015, 04:14 PM | #15 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
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Agreed, which is why I asked Molokh to add it . . . this morning. </ozymandias> :)
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08-18-2015, 04:54 PM | #16 |
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08-18-2015, 05:55 PM | #17 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
So this is correct? I actually need No Signature on it?
Affliction(No Signature, +20%; Area Effect, +50%; Disadvantage(Lecherousness(15)(Afflictor Only, -80%) [2]) +20% Power Modifier:Magic, -10%; Onset (1 minute), -10%; Emanation, -20%; Always On, -10%) [14] |
08-18-2015, 06:21 PM | #18 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
If the idea is for people to not be able to tell who the caster was, you definitely need No Signature.
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08-18-2015, 11:18 PM | #19 | |
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As an aside, I'm assuming this is a power that is supposed to make everybody around lust after you? I'd never let you have a -80% "afflictor only" cost break for that. I might even call it an enhancement.
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08-18-2015, 11:41 PM | #20 |
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Re: [Basic/Powers] Low or No Signature And Visible
Yes it is supposed to make people lust after you, and -80% sounds about right for a Disadvantage that can only be triggered by one person, either that or it's a quirk
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