List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by Dorin Thorha

This may have been done before, but:

Music Man

Whenever you sing, appropriate music plays in the background. This music can be heard by anyone who is listening to you, but is not really there and will not be picked up by recording devices.

In The Music Man, Harold Hays probably had Affliction: (this perk). A lot of musical movie characters have it too.

I like it ... but the name was Harold Hill.

[Sam Baughn]

Originally Posted by aesir23

I also think that it should count against random hit locations, it seems in genre that random arrows and shrapnel should mysteriously hit only the armor.

That would require moving the roll for hit location before the roll to hit, possibly adding an unnecessary roll for each attack.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

That would require moving the roll for hit location before the roll to hit, possibly adding an unnecessary roll for each attack.

How about these three Perks together:

Extra Option: Bullet Proof Nudity

Armor Bikini (Prerequisite: Bullet Proof Nudity): Reroll the hit location any time a random hit-location roll results in a hit on an unarmored body part. You must accept the results of the second roll.

Skimpy Safety (Prerequisite: Armor Bikini): Hit Location penalties for unarmored locations on the body and limbs are at an additional -1.

[EDIT] After rereading the Bullet Proof Nudity rules, I think that they're way too powerful for a perk. They amount to Enhanced Defense with Pact (Where Skimpy Clothing), for around 30 points per level.

[Kuroshima]

Originally Posted by aesir23

How about these three Perks together:

Extra Option: Bullet Proof Nudity

Armor Bikini (Prerequisite: Bullet Proof Nudity): Reroll the hit location any time a random hit-location roll results in a hit on an unarmored body part. You must accept the results of the second roll.

Skimpy Safety (Prerequisite: Armor Bikini): Hit Location penalties for unarmored locations on the body and limbs are at an additional -1.

[EDIT] After rereading the Bullet Proof Nudity rules, I think that they're way too powerful for a perk. They amount to Enhanced Defense with Pact (Where Skimpy Clothing), for around 30 points per level.

The super-martial artist in my Supers game had a karate dojo as a cover, and took his students as dependents. The big bad, of course, kidnapped them, and experimented with them, giving them mutant powers. I made a big random table for the powers, and one of the girls got Animal Function, and of course, looking at the martial artist character sheet, I saw that he had Leecherousness and quirk: is an obssesive manga fan, so I turned her into a catgirl who tried to be a superhero (and of course, sometimes even recieved the full +3 from bulletproof nudity!)

[PK]

Originally Posted by aesir23

[EDIT] After rereading the Bullet Proof Nudity rules, I think that they're way too powerful for a perk. They amount to Enhanced Defense with Pact (Where Skimpy Clothing), for around 30 points per level.

I think you're misunderstanding the point of Extra Option. The idea is that it's a way for the GM to allow an optional rule in the game without making the assumption that everyone is using it. So it's only available if the GM is already okay with the optional rule.

So if Extra Option (Bulletproof Nudity) is allowed in a game, then Bulletproof Nudity exists in the game world, and anyone who takes the perk can make use of it. This means that pretty much anyone planning on going shirtless is going to take the perk.

So it's just a way to tap into an existing law of the universe, not a super power in and of itself. Comparing it with Enhanced Defense is like comparing sunglasses with the shade of a mountain -- both shield your eyes from the sun, but one is personal equipment while the other is a feature of the landscape that anyone can stand under.

[Dorin Thorha]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

I like it ... but the name was Harold Hill.

Oops, you're right. I couldn't remember when I posted it, so I just guessed.

[Dorin Thorha]

BTW, the actual power the Harold Hill has is Affliction (This Perk, Reduced Will, and Compulsive Singing)

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Sense of Duty (Kittens)

Bumbling (skill): You can look incompetent at a skill without incurring any actual penalties. Useful for hustlers, detectives, etc.

I feel like this one should be a technique of the respective skill. (Did I already say this? Long thread.)

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

I think you're misunderstanding the point of Extra Option. The idea is that it's a way for the GM to allow an optional rule in the game without making the assumption that everyone is using it. So it's only available if the GM is already okay with the optional rule.

So if Extra Option (Bulletproof Nudity) is allowed in a game, then Bulletproof Nudity exists in the game world, and anyone who takes the perk can make use of it. This means that pretty much anyone planning on going shirtless is going to take the perk.

So it's just a way to tap into an existing law of the universe, not a super power in and of itself. Comparing it with Enhanced Defense is like comparing sunglasses with the shade of a mountain -- both shield your eyes from the sun, but one is personal equipment while the other is a feature of the landscape that anyone can stand under.

Fair enough. Even so, I think that I'd reverse the prerequiste tree from my previous post, so that Bullet Proof Nudity was the last quirk gained.

[Ragitsu]

Some Like It Hot: Be it tabasco sauce, habaneros, wasabi, Martian peppers, whatever...you are able to eat the spiciest foods with no ill effect whatsoever.