Innate Attack Projectile Based On Completely Inappropriate Skill

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Originally Posted by Zeta Blaze

There is a huge problem with all these suggestions to damage the weapon as part of its use cost while it is true that this is mechanically like what happens in darksouls it is not an accurate translation of the rules because all weapons take damage on any hit and all projectile launchers on each shot so unless the damage per shot is high for a dark souls weapon this is highly inappropriate to translate. Generally i would put this below the resolution of the system but a more accurate representation is that the weapon has the requires maintenance limitation based on time used as a weapon and time in rough field conditions. Normally in GURPS such maintenance is required but assumed for mundane equipment anyway but is to boring to call out so i would feel fine just drooping it.

The damage per shot is incredibly high when done this way in Dark Souls. You can break a weapon beyond usefulness in a handful of shots. It can be damaged (eg, works, but not that good, requires *inexpensive* repairs) in 10 shots, and becomes totally useless without major repairs (that actually almost cost as much in Dark Souls as in GURPS) in 15. Those parameters mean it can be exhausted into uselessness easily in one stretch of gameplay (from a bonfire to another) if used without care. I changed it from 15 maximum to about 5 based on... gut feelings of how I use limited powers in a GURPS campaign. I consider giving it an energy supply, but the weapon shouldn't work in any capacity if exhausted, not even to fight.

I agree that the .25% (not 25%, .25%) per regular hit is beyond the resolution of GURPS, but a weapon breaking to the point of becoming unusable in any context and requiring a not so insignificant amount of money and expertise to repair in maybe 2 to 5 battles is not below the resolution.