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Old 10-22-2004, 02:50 AM   #1
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Default Paladin in 4e (was: Aura Traits)

In trying to model a high fantasy (D&D-ish) setting, I am coming up against the issue of radiated traits, i.e. traits that all characters (or all undead, or all allies, etc) within a certain distance will benefit from. How do I model this in 4e? I'm inclined to look to Area Effect, but the description only addresses attacks. Affliction doesn't seem quite right, as it requires an active use.

For example, would this work for a Paladin's aura of courage (all allies within 10 feet gain a bonus to resisting fear)?

Fearlessness (Area Effect 4 yds, +100%; Selectable Area +20%)

If so, would this?

Unluckiness (Area Effect 4 yds, +100%; Selectable Area +20%)

If not, what would?

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Old 10-22-2004, 06:00 AM   #2
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Add Emanation to have it always centered around the character, and then there's some kind of persistence enhancement.
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Old 10-22-2004, 11:11 AM   #3
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You want Affliction with the Advantage enhancement and Area Effect, Selective Area (I hope!), and Sense-Based (your allies' DR doesn't stop the Affliction, btu they must see you or hear your encouraging words), plus Always On (at -10%, since the effects are mostly going to be "annoys your enemies") and Emanation (to tack your area of effect to your person).
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Old 10-22-2004, 11:46 AM   #4
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You want Affliction with the Advantage enhancement and Area Effect, Selective Area (I hope!), and Sense-Based (your allies' DR doesn't stop the Affliction, btu they must see you or hear your encouraging words), plus Always On (at -10%, since the effects are mostly going to be "annoys your enemies") and Emanation (to tack your area of effect to your person).
But what about the resistance roll. Can a victim just choose not to resist an affliction ( I know you can with the Malediction enchancment)? If not, then you'd have a lot of healthy people not benefiting from the Aura.
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But what about the resistance roll. Can a victim just choose not to resist an affliction ( I know you can with the Malediction enchancment)? If not, then you'd have a lot of healthy people not benefiting from the Aura.
Reverse the HT roll for beneficial Afflictions; Powers will make it official. So if it would normally be a HT roll to resist, it's instead a HT roll to benefit. Use Based on (Other Attribute) if you'd prefer an IQ roll.
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Old 10-22-2004, 11:53 AM   #6
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Reverse the HT roll for beneficial Afflictions; Powers will make it official. So if it would normally be a HT roll to resist, it's instead a HT roll to benefit. Use Based on (Other Attribute) if you'd prefer an IQ roll.
Does that mean it would be how much you succeed by, instead of how much you fail by, etc. Thus, a high HT (or other attribute) character benefits instead of being penalized for a good HT roll?
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Old 10-22-2004, 11:54 AM   #7
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Reverse the HT roll for beneficial Afflictions; Powers will make it official. So if it would normally be a HT roll to resist, it's instead a HT roll to benefit. Use Based on (Other Attribute) if you'd prefer an IQ roll.
OK, now I'm confused. Do you mean if they fail the HT roll with a beneficial Affliction then they are NOT affected? The next question would be then do we use the margin of sucess to determine the duration of the affliction and also if we don't want them to fail the HT roll then we want them to allow the DR to provide the bonus (unless we are talking about reversing that to make the DR into a penalty to the HT roll)?
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Old 10-22-2004, 12:15 PM   #8
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You want Affliction with the Advantage enhancement and Area Effect, Selective Area (I hope!), and Sense-Based (your allies' DR doesn't stop the Affliction, btu they must see you or hear your encouraging words), plus Always On (at -10%, since the effects are mostly going to be "annoys your enemies") and Emanation (to tack your area of effect to your person).
Wow ... Affliction does pretty much anything, huh. Thanks for the input. So the Aura of Courage would look like this:

Aura of Courage [45] (Affliction 1: Fearlessness +3 (+60%), Area Effect: 4 yd (+100%), Selective Area: Allies only (+20%), Sense-Based: Vision/Hearing (+200%), Always On (-10%), Emanation (-20%); Total mods: +350%)

And an offensive version would just replace the advantage with a disadvantage or attribute penalty. What about giving attribute or skill bonuses to nearby allies? Would I just use the Attribute Penalty rules in reverse?

Also (only tangentially related): what about Smite Evil, i.e. a melee weapon attack that inflicts extra damage on an "evil" (i.e. malevolent supernatural) creature?

Smite Evil [2] (Innate Attack: Burning 2d (5/lvl), Follow-Up (Melee attack, +0%), Accessibility (Only Demons, Undead, etc, -30%), Limited Use (2/day, -30%), Melee Attack (C or 1, -20%); Total mods: -80%)
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Old 10-22-2004, 12:48 PM   #9
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Smite Evil [2] (Innate Attack: Burning 2d (5/lvl), Follow-Up (Melee attack, +0%), Accessibility (Only Demons, Undead, etc, -30%), Limited Use (2/day, -30%), Melee Attack (C or 1, -20%); Total mods: -80%)
I don't think you can have both Follow-up and Melee Attack. Furthermore, Follow-up means that if the target's DR stops the initial attack cold, the smite doesn't take effect.
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Old 10-22-2004, 12:59 PM   #10
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I don't think you can have both Follow-up and Melee Attack. Furthermore, Follow-up means that if the target's DR stops the initial attack cold, the smite doesn't take effect.
Yeah, those were my concerns ... so how do I tie an Innate Attack to a melee weapon attack?
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