[Divine Favor] Resurrection

[Dragondog]

I have a couple of questions about Resurrection from Divine Favor.

1. It says that this form of Cosmic, "gives one try, ever." Does this mean that if he dies again at some later point, the same healer cannot bring him back again. Or does it mean that a healer has one try to bring him back from death each time he dies?

2. If I modify Resurrection with Cosmic, Irresistable Attack, +300% will the healing only last one minute as there is no margin of success? Or is there some way to increase the number of minutes it will last?

[Langy]

Originally Posted by Dragondog

I have a couple of questions about Resurrection from Divine Favor.

1. It says that this form of Cosmic, "gives one try, ever." Does this mean that if he dies again at some later point, the same healer cannot bring him back again. Or does it mean that a healer has one try to bring him back from death each time he dies?

One try each time he dies.

2. If I modify Resurrection with Cosmic, Irresistable Attack, +300% will the healing only last one minute as there is no margin of success? Or is there some way to increase the number of minutes it will last?

That's not what Cosmic, Irresistable Attack does. What you want is something like Cosmic, No Die Roll Required, except that's specifically not allowed for Afflictions.

Basically, you can't do what you want. There is no way to remove the die roll.

[Dragondog]

Originally Posted by Langy

That's not what Cosmic, Irresistable Attack does. What you want is something like Cosmic, No Die Roll Required, except that's specifically not allowed for Afflictions.

Basically, you can't do what you want. There is no way to remove the die roll.

My bad. It seems I rolled the attack and the resistance roll into one.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by Dragondog

Why not? Affliction is an attack and therefore I can use Cosmic that way. The problem is that the margin of success of the attack determines how many minutes he will heal which determines if the target will be resurrected or not.

The roll to hit with the attack can be removed, but the roll to resist the effects cannot. However, there are several legal ways to rig the resistance roll, like attribute bonuses and Luck.

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

The roll to hit with the attack can be removed, but the roll to resist the effects cannot. However, there are several legal ways to rig the resistance roll, like attribute bonuses and Luck.

You can sort of get rid of the resistance roll - with Malediction, it becomes a Quick Contest, and then the "target" can waive their resistance, which they'd do for a beneficial Affliction. I might go either way about a dead person's "soul" (or, alternatively, their desire to remain alive at the moment of their death) being able to waive their resistance roll on behalf of their corpse, probably settling on "yes, of course".

But if I felt more stingy about it, I'd allow a Cosmic, Person can waive resistance for his corpse, +50% for such a resurrection Malediction Affliction for sure.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by JCurwen3

You can sort of get rid of the resistance roll - with Malediction, it becomes a Quick Contest, and then the "target" can waive their resistance, which they'd do for a beneficial Affliction. I might go either way about a dead person's "soul" (or, alternatively, their desire to remain alive at the moment of their death) being able to waive their resistance roll on behalf of their corpse, probably settling on "yes, of course".

But if I felt more stingy about it, I'd allow a Cosmic, Person can waive resistance for his corpse, +50% for such a resurrection Malediction Affliction for sure.

AFAIK, people can already waive their resistance rolls and fail automatically, unless they are in a must-lose situation where the roll only distinguishes between normal and critical failure.