"Based on (Attribute)" Telekinesis

Kallatari · 11-26-2024, 07:40 AM

Just to add another consideration, I believe the rules are that when you want to add an enhancement to your natural body (instead of to an advantage), you simply assume you're adding the enhancement to your ST as though you were pricing it from ST 0, but you only pay the enhancement value.

So, for example, Affects Insubstantial is +20%. If you want for your body to affect insubstantial, if you have ST 10, had you priced it starting for ST 0, that would be 100 points, so +20% to 100 points is 120 points. The difference is 20 points, so Affects Insubstantial as an ability for your natural body is worth 20 points.

TK is sort of like adding Ranged to your ST. Ranged is +40%. Assuming ST 10, that would make it give it a value of [40]. This is not perfect, however. You have a 1/2D range (so maybe 1/2 ST?) and Ranged to ST can't go through objects to affect something inside another object like TK can. So it would cost more than [40].

So I don't have a precise value using this method, but it does show that you're roughly in the same ballpark.

Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the value of TK was calculated this way in the first place, where they decided TK ST 10 of an average human would be 50 points (roughly a +50% enhancement to natural ST) and then divided by 10 to get the cost per level. (Edit: on the other hand, I likewise wouldn't be surprised if it was just a happy coincidence)

11-26-2024, 07:40 AM	#10
Kallatari Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Re: "Based on (Attribute)" Telekinesis Just to add another consideration, I believe the rules are that when you want to add an enhancement to your natural body (instead of to an advantage), you simply assume you're adding the enhancement to your ST as though you were pricing it from ST 0, but you only pay the enhancement value. So, for example, Affects Insubstantial is +20%. If you want for your body to affect insubstantial, if you have ST 10, had you priced it starting for ST 0, that would be 100 points, so +20% to 100 points is 120 points. The difference is 20 points, so Affects Insubstantial as an ability for your natural body is worth 20 points. TK is sort of like adding Ranged to your ST. Ranged is +40%. Assuming ST 10, that would make it give it a value of [40]. This is not perfect, however. You have a 1/2D range (so maybe 1/2 ST?) and Ranged to ST can't go through objects to affect something inside another object like TK can. So it would cost more than [40]. So I don't have a precise value using this method, but it does show that you're roughly in the same ballpark. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the value of TK was calculated this way in the first place, where they decided TK ST 10 of an average human would be 50 points (roughly a +50% enhancement to natural ST) and then divided by 10 to get the cost per level. (Edit: on the other hand, I likewise wouldn't be surprised if it was just a happy coincidence)