10-31-2017, 05:19 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2015
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Extreme Regeneration and Costs HP
Would you guys allow a character who has extreme regeneration to take costs HP as modifiers on advantages? Got a player who wants to but I'm not to sure I'm ok with that. I mean, Its a high point value game so they should be very powerful but this seems like a broken combination to me, especially when he also has ATR. take an advantage for -80% because each use cost 8 hp, use it your first turn, then heal all the damage up your second turn....
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10-31-2017, 05:22 PM | #2 | |
Night Watchman
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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10-31-2017, 05:28 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Re: Extreme Regeneration and Costs HP
I tend to follow PK's (that is, the assistant Line Editor, Jason Levine) house rules on this topic - basic Costs Fatigue/Costs HP are more expensive, on traits that don't normally cost FP/HP, but you divide the cost of the Costs Fatigue/HP limitations by 5 if you can recover the resource you're spending by 1/second or more.
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10-31-2017, 05:42 PM | #4 | |
Join Date: Mar 2013
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If he wants to regenerate slower, pick a cheaper version of Regenerate. Or just take a less silly modifier. EDIT Oops, sorry. I see the modifier is to ATR, not Regen. Yeah I would allow it but with Kelly's limitation. Last edited by mr beer; 10-31-2017 at 06:08 PM. |
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10-31-2017, 05:51 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Dec 2015
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Re: Extreme Regeneration and Costs HP
I mean, his argument is its slowing down his regen if he is taking or taken damage but....I mean, when you factor the ATR in to that argument is nullified to me. It would take a whole lot of incoming damage for that to matter.
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10-31-2017, 06:00 PM | #6 | |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Also, note that if Altered Time Rate is speeding up metabolic functions like healing, it should be speeding up all metabolic functions. Make sure the player realizes that they will be suffering from poison twice as quickly, spending twice as much FP when sprinting, counting as two people when calculating how fast the air in an enclosed space runs out, and so on. |
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10-31-2017, 06:55 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Re: Extreme Regeneration and Costs HP
I generally rule that HP regeneration halts for a minute after using any power with costs HP (same thing for FP regeneration after using any power with costs FP). It serves to keep the munchkins in check and prevents too much abuse. I do allow people to have regeneration with Emergencies Only though, which is much less abusive that spending 1 HP per minute to regenerate 10 HP per second.
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10-31-2017, 07:01 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: earth....I think.
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Re: Extreme Regeneration and Costs HP
ATR does not increase the amount of HP you regenerate.
Extreme Regen gives you 10/HP a second. Not a turn, not a maneuver, a second. Which means if he has 10HP, ATR 2, and a power that cost 8HP to use, he can use that power on his first maneuver, dropping to 2HP, and his next maneuver he will still be at 2HP, a second has not passed. In other words make sure they understand that they Regen every second and not every maneuver. I would allow this because of that fact. If you can't kill him in less than a second then he heals, and it won't take much to do it too. To clarify more. A second passes once everyone takes a turn. A turn passes once that person takes all allowed maneuvers. A maneuver is the action they are taking on that turn, see turn. |
10-31-2017, 07:20 PM | #9 | |
Join Date: Dec 2015
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10-31-2017, 08:06 PM | #10 | ||
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: 100 hurricane swamp
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There is a difference between the definitions of subjective and objective. Yes he perceives himself as living "twice as fast", but that doesn't necessarily mean he is living twice as fast. Unless that is your ruling, in which case poisons are worse for him, he ages a bit faster, takes environmental damage each turn, etc. If that's what you want, it does balance out just fine. |
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