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AlexanderHowl · 09-22-2019, 08:30 AM

Rapier Wit suffers penalties when used against a group (-1 per person in the group), which limits its overall utility. It also pretty much only causes stunning, so I would consider it a lighter version of what I am discussing. Since it is an attack (even if it only takes a free action), it would need to be linked to an attack to be delivered simultaneously. Otherwise, it would probably serve as a lighter version (replace Terror (Link, +10%) with Rapier Wit (Link, +10%: Words of Power, +100%), so a difference of -22 CP).

Now, it does offer an interesting comparison. The lighter version could be used to stun one opponent on a successful Contest of Will or a group of opponents on a successful Contest of Will (-1 per additional target beyond the first) per successful attack. The heavier version would require a Awe, Confusion, or Fright Check for anyone witnessing the attack (meaning that a 14+ would normally fail), with stunning being the best that any victim who failed could hope for.

09-22-2019, 08:30 AM	#4
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Fast, Graceful, and Vicious Attacks [Powers] Rapier Wit suffers penalties when used against a group (-1 per person in the group), which limits its overall utility. It also pretty much only causes stunning, so I would consider it a lighter version of what I am discussing. Since it is an attack (even if it only takes a free action), it would need to be linked to an attack to be delivered simultaneously. Otherwise, it would probably serve as a lighter version (replace Terror (Link, +10%) with Rapier Wit (Link, +10%: Words of Power, +100%), so a difference of -22 CP). Now, it does offer an interesting comparison. The lighter version could be used to stun one opponent on a successful Contest of Will or a group of opponents on a successful Contest of Will (-1 per additional target beyond the first) per successful attack. The heavier version would require a Awe, Confusion, or Fright Check for anyone witnessing the attack (meaning that a 14+ would normally fail), with stunning being the best that any victim who failed could hope for.