Supers perks

Hilary_155 · 09-29-2011, 11:33 PM

I am making a super with a "Body of water". I am using GCA and it gave me the perks of "water cannon" and "water jet". How do these work? How is range and damage calculated? Are these automatic benefits of having a body of water or do I need to buy these as attacks separately?

Celjabba · 09-30-2011, 02:19 AM

There is a water cannon build in Powers (and another in DF9) but those are not perks.

If they are perks, they are accessory perks (PU2,p10).
But those seem far too powerful accessory perk, especially the water cannon !

Which template gave you this ? an official one ?

Celjabba

Bruno · 09-30-2011, 10:52 AM

Check the trait - everything official entered into GCA should have a page number. Go find the book it's in and look it up :)

Hilary_155 · 10-09-2011, 10:04 PM

OK

I found these "body of" as meta-traits in 4e characters.

Body of Air 36 points
Body of Earth 175 points
Body of Fire 6 points
Body of Ice 99 points
Body of Metal 175 points
Body of Stone 145 points
Body of Water 99 points

That is all well and good.

But Body of Fire is 6 points, while body of water is 175 points.

I think they should have tried to balance these out a bit more. I would be more afraid of Fire guy than Water Woman.

Stone Dog · 10-09-2011, 10:10 PM

I was surprised by Body of Fire too, but that ST 0 is a big deal.

lachimba · 10-09-2011, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hilary_155

I think they should have tried to balance these out a bit more. I would be more afraid of Fire guy than Water Woman.

What does point cost have to do with being afraid?

Especially when, for example, terror costs 15ish points and invisibility 40+. In that case you would literally be more afraid.

The point costs need to reflect the 'general' utility/disutility of the advantages. That is balance not making them all cost the same.

Somethings end up being surprisingly more or less expensive than you would first think.

Hilary_155 · 10-19-2011, 08:04 PM

By "Afraid" I meant that figuratively as in meeting that person in combat. I did not mean anything character related like fright checks.

A fire guy is way more bad ass than a water guy. Sorry. But it just is.

aesir23 · 10-19-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hilary_155

A fire guy is way more bad ass than a water guy. Sorry. But it just is.

Oh yeah, who would win in a fight? :P

Hint: water puts out fire.

Flyndaran · 10-20-2011, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by aesir23

Oh yeah, who would win in a fight? :P

Hint: water puts out fire.

The guy with all the allies.... you know not the one burning all the crops, forest, and thatched roof cottages.

gilbertocarlos · 10-20-2011, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by aesir23

Oh yeah, who would win in a fight? :P

Hint: water puts out fire.

Are you seriously asking what happens when you put fire vs water?

It's kinda obvious that water have a huge advantage, not because of the points, because of the ability to control fire.

09-29-2011, 11:33 PM	#1
Hilary_155 Join Date: Nov 2010	Supers perks I am making a super with a "Body of water". I am using GCA and it gave me the perks of "water cannon" and "water jet". How do these work? How is range and damage calculated? Are these automatic benefits of having a body of water or do I need to buy these as attacks separately?

09-30-2011, 02:19 AM	#2
Celjabba Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Luxembourg	Re: Supers perks There is a water cannon build in Powers (and another in DF9) but those are not perks. If they are perks, they are accessory perks (PU2,p10). But those seem far too powerful accessory perk, especially the water cannon ! Which template gave you this ? an official one ? Celjabba

09-30-2011, 10:52 AM	#3
Bruno Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada	Re: Supers perks Check the trait - everything official entered into GCA should have a page number. Go find the book it's in and look it up :) __________________ All about Size Modifier; Unified Hit Location Table A Wiki for my F2F Group A neglected GURPS blog

10-09-2011, 10:04 PM	#4
Hilary_155 Join Date: Nov 2010	Re: Supers perks OK I found these "body of" as meta-traits in 4e characters. Body of Air 36 points Body of Earth 175 points Body of Fire 6 points Body of Ice 99 points Body of Metal 175 points Body of Stone 145 points Body of Water 99 points That is all well and good. But Body of Fire is 6 points, while body of water is 175 points. I think they should have tried to balance these out a bit more. I would be more afraid of Fire guy than Water Woman.

10-09-2011, 10:10 PM	#5
Stone Dog Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: Supers perks I was surprised by Body of Fire too, but that ST 0 is a big deal.

10-19-2011, 08:04 PM	#7
Hilary_155 Join Date: Nov 2010	Re: Supers perks By "Afraid" I meant that figuratively as in meeting that person in combat. I did not mean anything character related like fright checks. A fire guy is way more bad ass than a water guy. Sorry. But it just is.