Psionic Powers: Brute Force vs Will

[Edges]

I like the Brute Force Attacks option on PP65.

But it is restricted to only working on mental defenses that are advantages. It has no effect on high Will. How would the rule be modified to break through someone's Will?

Is there a balance issue with just saying that every point of Will above 10 is effectively 1 level of Mind Shield for the purposes of Brute Force Attacks?

Should it be made a technique?

The possibility to even reduce someone's effective Will below 10 could be fun too. If your telepathy skill is an 11 and the target's Will is a 10, you may want to use a bunch a FP to get his effective Will down to an 8 to be more likely to get through.

EDIT: Oops. I should have put "Psionic Powers" in brackets in the title.

[David Johnston2]

A mind shield is like a wall. You use a battering ram to break through it. Will is more like a shrubbery maze with someone in it who is running around hiding stuff from you. The higher your will, the trickier the maze.

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

A mind shield is like a wall. You use a battering ram to break through it. Will is more like a shrubbery maze with someone in it who is running around hiding stuff from you. The higher your will, the trickier the maze.

That's what bulldozers are for.

This may or may not be a valid extension of the analogy, depending on the local rules of psionics. The original analogy is subject to the same dependency, of course.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

That's what bulldozers are for.

I thought of that, but figured that was closer to Affliction Lower Will.

[Edges]

Thanks for the responses.

Just to be clear, I'm not looking for reasons why Brute Force vs Will wasn't in the book nor am I looking for reasons why it shouldn't be possible. I'm putting it in my campaign and I'm looking for advice on reasonably balanced ways to do it.

[David Johnston2]

Then I'd say that the best approach would not be to lower Will, but to increase skill in return for extra energy expenditure.