GURPS Psionic Powers

[The Sundered Sky]

So, if you've got a copy, what do you think?

I noticed on another thread there seemed to be some confusion or inconsistency as to where to buy it...I got mine from Ebay.

I've got a question already..Psionic Powers has rules for probability alteration, is this the only place in 4th(or 3rd, for that matter) which presents rules for this?

[aesir23]

IDHMBWM, but I seem to remember Probability Alteration as one of the listed power examples in Powers.

[Dragyn]

Originally Posted by aesir23

IDHMBWM, but I seem to remember Probability Alteration as one of the listed power examples in Powers.

Yes, on p 132.

[Bruno]

Probability Alteration definitely was in Uplift for 3e, and I think the rules there were reprinted from another worldbook (Wildcards?)

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Probability Alteration definitely was in Uplift for 3e, and I think the rules there were reprinted from another worldbook (Wildcards?)

Isn't it just some kind of Enhancement to various luck-type Advantages, to make them active-use? Wishing ot something?

[Shrale]

Does Lucky Break involve dropping a die roll by 1 pt (or 3%) ?

If so then I'd probably just make it go "inactive" after a successful use,
then assuming 3% of 365 days is ~10; wait 350 or so days before it
can be used again.

Seems pretty weak though, especially if it's a cinematic style game...
probably relegate that to every 100+ days or so; depending on how
many Perk Points were spent up-front...(assuming one is allowed to
do that).

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[Dragyn]

Um... no?

Lucky Break: Once ever, you can move any success roll up
one step, where the steps are critical failure, failure, success,
and critical success. Then this perk (and the character point
spent on it) disappears! This can be cheaper than Influencing
Success Rolls (p. B347), but it must be bought in advance
and only psis with Probability Alteration abilities or Talent
can do so. It can be bought multiple times.

Emphasis mine..

[Shrale]

Sorry, I meant the range of the dice-roll, so rolling a 10 (say = success)
means you can turn that into a 3 or 4 (critical success) so it's not a
numbers-driven dealy.

That's quite a hand-wave.

As a player I'd ask the GM for a break on a power that I can use more
often that's not quite as over-the-top :)

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[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

Isn't it just some kind of Enhancement to various luck-type Advantages, to make them active-use? Wishing ot something?

No, it was a full leveled Powers based system with i think two or three main powers (the 3e kind of Psionic Powers, not the 4e type).

[PK]

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

Isn't it just some kind of Enhancement to various luck-type Advantages, to make them active-use? Wishing ot something?

No, it was a leveled power, but done really strangely. Basically, if you had bought enough levels to cover the cost of (say) Ridiculous Luck, then you had Ridiculous Luck. On top of that, you could pay 1d FP and roll skill, if successful you got to use it even if it wasn't recharged. It was a very odd system compared to both other 3e psi and 4e psi.

Originally Posted by Shrale

Sorry, I meant the range of the dice-roll, so rolling a 10 (say = success) means you can turn that into a 3 or 4 (critical success) so it's not a numbers-driven dealy.

That's quite a hand-wave.

Note that it was derived almost verbatim from Influencing Success Rolls (p. B347), an existing (optional) part of the rules.

As a player I'd ask the GM for a break on a power that I can use more often that's not quite as over-the-top :)

That'd be Second Chance, unless you wanted a perk that gave you a very slim bonus to be used very rarely. The fact that it goes away is the only reason it's balanced. Something like this might be fair:

Perk: Just Made It

You can retroactively alter any roll you make (for success or damage) by 1. After using this perk, it becomes inactive for the remainder of this game session and the next one.

Example: Jeff games once a week. This week, he rolls a 12 against a Diagnosis skill of 11. He uses this perk to change the roll to an 11, turning failure into success. He cannot use this perk again this game session, or next week's' game session, but it becomes available for the session the week after.