02-19-2016, 12:16 PM | #11 |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
Reliable is often a cost effective way to make minor abilities useful (Danger Sense, Empathy, Intuition, etc). It is completely reasonable to have a character purchase a minor talent with the modifier of up to Reliable+10 (+50%). For example, it would not be unreasonable to represent fictional characters unique talents with a minor ability with Reliable+8. When combined with Based on Different Attribute, generally Per or Will, it can also reflect the ability of animals to outperform human beings in very limited circumstances, which anyone who has spent a great deal of time with animals such as horses can agree will happen from time to time.
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02-19-2016, 12:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
On a 100-point ability like Warp, Reliable costs the same number of points per level as the smallest possible Talent. Making Warp part of a broader power, then, makes some optimization sense to get the most out of your points.
Reliable costs less than a point per +1 on many other abilities. Even with several, it's unlikely that a Talent is going to give enough oomph to justify buying Talent instead of Reliable. I would think if anything, though, that GMs would be more likely to say "No Power Talents, just buy Reliable on your individual superpowers" rather than "No Reliable, just buy a Power Talent to make your abilities more reliable".
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02-19-2016, 01:16 PM | #13 | |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
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If the Talent only covers IQ (or other Attribute) rolls to use a Power then it doesn't cover Innate Attack which is a Skill and not an Attribute roll.
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02-19-2016, 03:03 PM | #15 | |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
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However, rolls where Skills default to an Attribute and Attribute rolls are, not the same thing.
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02-19-2016, 03:21 PM | #16 |
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02-19-2016, 03:38 PM | #17 |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
On the original subject, for most workups of powers that I use I only allow Reliable to buy off penalties for doing something, and require skill bonuses to come from Talent, Acute Senses, and similar traits.
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02-20-2016, 03:13 AM | #18 |
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02-20-2016, 06:33 AM | #19 |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
Things talents do that reliable doesn't:
Talent is the power "Attribute" as it were. Reliable focuses on a single power. It should be cheaper in general. It won't be if you buy a power set with reliable though, which is where talent wins the day.
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02-20-2016, 07:49 AM | #20 |
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Re: Reliable Enhancement vs buying Power Talent?
True, although the first bullet item only requires one level of Power Talent.
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