Critique - Battle Aura advantage

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Bicorn

I prefer to have abilities have base costs divisible by 5 for easier calculation; what might be a good way to increase the usefulness to justify 5/level?


Hmm. I prefer to avoid having a variable cost per level because it feels clunky; the bonus mainly exists for flavour reasons, anyway. Would a flat +1 per level, with a minimum of +1 even at lower levels, work?

Combining these two, maybe something like +1 to each of using/resisting Intimidation, resisting Fright Checks, and resisting unconsciousness per level. That would be something like Racial Skill Bonus: Intimidation +1 [2] + Fearlessness 1 [2] + Hard to Subdue 1 [2], for the same [6] as for the first level above (again, reduced to [2] on account of the Limitations).

[Bicorn]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Combining these two, maybe something like +1 to each of using/resisting Intimidation, resisting Fright Checks, and resisting unconsciousness per level. That would be something like Racial Skill Bonus: Intimidation +1 [2] + Fearlessness 1 [2] + Hard to Subdue 1 [2], for the same [6] as for the first level above (again, reduced to [2] on account of the Limitations).

Fright Check and unconsciousness resistance bonus certainly makes thematic sense with the source materials. Thanks!

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Combining these two, maybe something like +1 to each of using/resisting Intimidation, resisting Fright Checks, and resisting unconsciousness per level. That would be something like Racial Skill Bonus: Intimidation +1 [2] + Fearlessness 1 [2] + Hard to Subdue 1 [2], for the same [6] as for the first level above (again, reduced to [2] on account of the Limitations).

+1 to Intimidation and Fearlessness is only a.point less than +1 Will which does the same thing and more.

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

+1 to Intimidation and Fearlessness is only a.point less than +1 Will which does the same thing and more.

+1 Will [5] and Hard to Subdue 1 [2] also works well with the source material, and I think would fit within the ~[+2] above ER's base 3 when keeping in mind all the functional Limitations involved. That's good advice, yeah.

[Bicorn]

A straight-up Will bonus would reduce the risk of losing the aura after a stun, though, which I feel is a pretty important aspect of the sort of scenes the advantage is trying to emulate. ("Oh no! He was knocked out of Super Saiyan mode!")

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Bicorn

A straight-up Will bonus would reduce the risk of losing the aura after a stun, though, which I feel is a pretty important aspect of the sort of scenes the advantage is trying to emulate. ("Oh no! He was knocked out of Super Saiyan mode!")

Simply state the Will bonus doesn't apply to the roll to keep the battle aura up after a stun. We're largely eyeballing costs here anyway, so there's some wiggle room in how things apply (plus, that would be a fairly small Limitation on Will anyway). I'd probably take it a step further - the Will bonus also doesn't apply to rolls to renew the Battle Aura (if you opt to do so while it's still partially up). Goku would probably have a Perk or similar to ignore this restriction, however - while I've only watched Dragonball and some of Dragonball Z, Goku seems to be a habitual rule-breaker when it comes to stuff like this. "Kaiouken not quite cutting it? That's alright, I'll just stack 10 instances of it on top of each other."

[Bicorn]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Goku seems to be a habitual rule-breaker when it comes to stuff like this. "Kaiouken not quite cutting it? That's alright, I'll just stack 10 instances of it on top of each other."

After he was specifically warned that more than two would kill most users, if I remember right.