Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Any/every post by Kromm and Rev PK as regards the rules should be considered rules-as-intended; they are the ultimate arbiters as to whether something is an official rule or if something is a house rule. You may ignore them if you wish, of course, (gods know I do sometimes!), but they are what they are.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Rules As Written almost always trump Rules As Intended, in my opinion.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Yes? I certainly wasn't trying to imply that I was giving anything other than my opinion on the way things should be.

I'd be interested in learning why you dislike the concept, although we might want to take it elsewhere.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

RAW doesn't really say what the will of an object is. However, it's hard to make sense of will for anything that lacks volition; for the conventional effects of will (excluding maledictions and other effects specifically swapped to Will), you can argue anywhere from zero (it can't choose to do anything) to infinite (it can't be talked into doing anything either). The easiest method is probably Will 0 plus Immunity to Effects vs Will.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

I like the idea of inanimate objects resisting with hit points.. since hit points are suppose to represent mass and, at least in some genres, the heavier something this the more difficult it is to do things to it.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

As an interesting aside, The Free Will Theorem suggests that if we have free will, so do elementary particles.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

That's funny! I had considered moments before suggesting that in some genres, "animate" creatures don't have will either... hehehe

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Shifting from the specifics of Psionic Powers towards general rules territory, there seems to be room for more differentiation in the "Resisted by X" modifiers. For instance, "Resisted by higher of Will or HT" would clearly be a limitation (and would make it obvious what Will 0 entities should resist with) while "Resisted by lower of Will or HT" would be an enhancement. Any thoughts on how these should be priced?

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Logical. I would prefer to use the powers accessibility table to determine the limitation value. Consider your character's usual effective skill, consider the average will and average ht of those subjects the character is likely to want to use the power on... then determine the possibility a subject would successfully resist accordingly..

So if the contest is between you IQ+tallent vs min(will & ht) or vs max(will & ht):

hmmm... ok, well i don't have the math today...

But consider that if in such a contest your IQ+Tallent = the min(will & ht) or max(will & ht) that 50% chance is a -20% limitation.

Most builds I've seen for maledictions or mind controllers have a much higher chance than this of beating the subjects resisting stat anyway, probably approaching th th 80 or 90 percent success rate... which is -5% to -10% limitation value.

Re: [Psionic Powers] Do inanimate targets resist Malediction with HT or Will?
 

Either/Or Limitations:
Resistible (HT or Will) (-5), -0.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (-4), -1%
Resistible (HT or Will) (-3), -2.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (-2), -5%
Resistible (HT or Will) (-1), -6.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (-0), -9% ... Either (Resistible (HT) (-0)) Or (Resistible (Will) (-0)) is -9%.
Resistible (HT or Will) (+1), -12.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+2), -16%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+3), -20.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+4), -25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+5), -30.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+6), -36%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+7), -42.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+8), -49%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+9), -56.25%
Resistible (HT or Will) (+10), -64%

... I would rule that the above is how to calculate "Resisted by the highest of HT or Will" and that "Resisted by the lowest of HT or Will" would require the addition of Selectivity, +10% to the advantage itself.