06-14-2018, 08:53 AM | #1 |
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Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
Is there a modifier for innate attacks to pass through their victims and hit things behind them, like the Bone Spear spell in Diablo 2 or Lightning Bolt in D&D?
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06-14-2018, 09:00 AM | #2 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
I would use the Cone enhancement at its basic level (+50%), so it has a 1-yard width at its maximum range. This is functionally identical to a 1-yard wide strip of area effect damage.
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06-14-2018, 09:35 AM | #3 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
Yup. This also have the added effect that people cant simply dodge it and remain in place; but have to move out of the way
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06-14-2018, 10:16 AM | #4 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
The standard overpenetration rules would apply.
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06-14-2018, 10:59 AM | #5 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
It may not be inappropriate to allow for a lesser version of Cone that can be Dodged without changing hexes. Maybe something like +35% if it can be Dodged without changing hexes, +30% if it can be Dodged and (Blocked or Parried), or +25% if all three work. If doing Bone Spear as a literal interpretation from Diablo II to GURPS, it would be at the +25% level. Note here that Blocks/Parries don't prevent the attack from hitting people behind the target - if the attack stops upon being Blocked or Parried, that's probably another -5%.
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06-14-2018, 11:09 AM | #6 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
That's how I'd roll this.
If you GM needs a fancy Enhancement/Limitation: Overpentration +0%, can only be applied to impaling or piercing damage sources, and does only enough damage* to targets to penetrate, damage is reduced by the amount done to each target it hits. Further targets in line are hit on a 9 or less. * Not injury, damage. There is a difference. |
06-14-2018, 11:59 AM | #7 |
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06-14-2018, 12:21 PM | #8 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
Perhaps I'm reading too much into the "pass through... and hit things behind them" phrasing.
I don't remember the details of D2's Bone Spear, but D&D's Lightning Bolt was certainly just a linear AoE attack, affecting each target individually and not absorbed by earlier targets or dependent on hitting them in order. For that effect, you do want Cone. |
06-14-2018, 12:53 PM | #9 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
Cone doesn't really do pass through. The front subjects can provide cover for those completely behind them (p. B413). I would go with area effect line for some of the effects I have seen.
If your ok with just sometimes hitting those behind rather than actual pass through cone would be ok.
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06-14-2018, 01:06 PM | #10 |
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Re: Innate Attacks That Pass Through Victims
Overhead would help with this issue. You'd want a lesser version if it doesn't apply defense penalties.
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