10-15-2016, 12:57 AM | #1 |
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Fright Check as a Side Effect
I regularly find myself wanting to include fright checks as parts of attacks and have penalties based on the "damage" dealt with the attack essentially the way Side Effects work. How would you price that?
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10-15-2016, 01:40 AM | #2 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
Hrmmmmm. +300%. Based on the idea that the first level of Terror costs 30 points and as an advantage it would cost 10x that.
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10-15-2016, 03:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
I'd go with +200% tops, as if Terror was a +200% enhancement on Affliction to get the 30 advantage cost (simplifying things). Also +200% is the most expensive Incapacitation: Unconsciousness. Terror might end up being worse than that, but most of the time it won't, so I wouldn't charge it higher.
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10-15-2016, 04:03 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
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You'd probably need to add "Based on Will."
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10-15-2016, 04:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
The recent thread on Justice as a Power, this would be a good thing on an Innate Attack from them.
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10-15-2016, 04:42 AM | #6 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
....sonuva...witch. That's an AWESOME idea. I could kiss ya, dcarson.
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10-15-2016, 01:40 PM | #7 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
How about Fright Check as a backlash? What would be a fair limitation rate? (i.e., every time you use the power, you have to make a Fright Check). I could see it being useful for powers that call on chaos, are bestowed by eldritch horrors, etc. Also it makes a handy explanation for all those mad cultists and sorcerers.
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10-15-2016, 02:18 PM | #8 |
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Re: Fright Check as a Side Effect
Post-Combat Shakes [-5] essentially amounts to "Roll a fright check after each fight." I took it on a knight who preferred peaceful solutions, and had to buy it off quite fast when I discovered how much of a problem it is.
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10-15-2016, 11:05 PM | #9 | |
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Also, what about if the fright check is at a penalty? Last edited by oneofmanynameless; 10-22-2016 at 04:02 PM. Reason: added a question |
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