Psionic Powers: Brute Force vs Will

Edges · 06-18-2010, 09:32 PM

So any ideas on how to extend Brute Force Attacks to Will?

That's a good point, Ghostdancer, about the Cosmic Enhancement. There's no reason it can't be a -5 technique for any resistible Psionic ability.

But what if your skill isn't that high in the first place? If the PC has skill 11, I want him to still have a chance with the Will 14 guy but it should cost him. Maybe something like -1 Will per 2FP for one attack only? So let's say the PC knows the target has a high Will because he's failed with him before even though he got a good roll. So he uses 8FP to lower the target's Will by 4. Now it's 11 vs 10. It's not a sure thing, he really only gets one shot (it's not like he has another 8FP lying around), and it's still subject to the drawbacks of Brute Force but it could make the difference. It seems like just the sort of thing that happens in fiction.

I don't know. Am I making sense here?

06-18-2010, 09:32 PM	#21
Edges Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: GMT-5	Re: Psionic Powers: Brute Force vs Will So any ideas on how to extend Brute Force Attacks to Will? That's a good point, Ghostdancer, about the Cosmic Enhancement. There's no reason it can't be a -5 technique for any resistible Psionic ability. But what if your skill isn't that high in the first place? If the PC has skill 11, I want him to still have a chance with the Will 14 guy but it should cost him. Maybe something like -1 Will per 2FP for one attack only? So let's say the PC knows the target has a high Will because he's failed with him before even though he got a good roll. So he uses 8FP to lower the target's Will by 4. Now it's 11 vs 10. It's not a sure thing, he really only gets one shot (it's not like he has another 8FP lying around), and it's still subject to the drawbacks of Brute Force but it could make the difference. It seems like just the sort of thing that happens in fiction. I don't know. Am I making sense here?