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Old 05-14-2019, 11:04 PM   #11
Christopher R. Rice
 
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Default Re: [Sorcery] Self-buff Affliction

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Originally Posted by CarrionPeacock View Post
-20% sounds about right, thanks for the reference.
I wrote up self-only afflictions as -50%. Honestly, it might be -80% because you can only use that attack one one person: yourself. And a single target is canonically worth -80% per Power-Ups 8: Limitations (p. 5). And if you go that route it's really just easier to outright buy the trait to begin with and slap the Sorcery modifier on it.


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Originally Posted by CarrionPeacock View Post
I agree that would be more straightforward, but it fails to meet some expectations like the Conjure Sword + Fireball I mentioned above.
I'd probably call Conjure anything an appropriately modified innate attack, it's not a buff.
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