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Old 10-15-2016, 12:57 AM   #1
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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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Old 10-15-2016, 01:40 AM   #2
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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?
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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Old 10-15-2016, 03:53 AM   #3
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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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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.
You know what? That's fair. I changed my mind - this seems like the fairer cost. Oy. This would suck to get hit with "Ok,lose 2d FP and make a HT roll or succumb to fear."

You'd probably need to add "Based on Will."
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The recent thread on Justice as a Power, this would be a good thing on an Innate Attack from them.
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The recent thread on Justice as a Power, this would be a good thing on an Innate Attack from them.
....sonuva...witch. That's an AWESOME idea. I could kiss ya, dcarson.
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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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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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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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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.
That's a handy benchmark. I priced it at around +30% if you get a Will roll to resist the actual Fright Check or +50% if you don't. It's somewhere embedded in one of my games. Not sure where.
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Old 10-22-2016, 04:01 PM   #10
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That's a handy benchmark. I priced it at around +30% if you get a Will roll to resist the actual Fright Check or +50% if you don't. It's somewhere embedded in one of my games. Not sure where.
You -30% and -50%?

Also, what about if the fright check is at a penalty?

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