01-25-2013, 04:15 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Brooklyn, NY
|
Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
As it is, unless you add Malediction, a beneficial Affliction may end up resisted by a target even if they want it. But +100% seems steep if you want nothing else from Malediction's mechanics.
Would Cosmic: Rules exception (50%) be fair to allow targets to waive resistance if they wanted to do so? Any downsides?
__________________
-JC |
01-25-2013, 05:03 PM | #2 | |
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Portsmouth, VA, USA
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Quote:
__________________
My Twitter My w23 Stuff My Blog Latest GURPS Book: Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves Latest TFT Book: The Sunken Library Become a Patron! |
|
01-25-2013, 05:07 PM | #3 |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lynn, MA
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Seconded. Seems perfectly fine to me.
|
01-25-2013, 05:28 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Had t think about it but I agree.
Unless your casting it on really unhealthy people your likely to succeed anyhow. I dont see Cosmic as unbalancing or a big deal.
__________________
My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries |
01-25-2013, 06:06 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Eh. I'd allow any character without a specific restriction (e.g. Magic Resistance) who's aware of the attempt to waive resistance at will, no enhancement required.
|
01-25-2013, 07:20 PM | #6 |
Computer Scientist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
IIRC, a willing and aware subject can already decline to resist. I may be leaving out an enhancment that lets "the attacker" make the roll by +0
Last edited by jeff_wilson; 01-25-2013 at 07:24 PM. |
01-25-2013, 07:30 PM | #7 | ||
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Quote:
Quote:
The first paragraph may have errata. The resistance roll is HT + 1 - level. Reversing the sign of the modifier should be HT + 1 + 3 (in this example). You could argue that both signs get reversed (HT - 1 + 3), but the motivation there would seem to be just making the answer match the text. Still you could count the +1 as part of "the modifier". |
||
01-25-2013, 08:08 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
It is. The level is one factor in calculating the modifier; it is not the entire modifier.
__________________
All about Size Modifier; Unified Hit Location Table A Wiki for my F2F Group A neglected GURPS blog |
01-25-2013, 08:10 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Only if you assume the roll must be a HT roll, despite the text that says it's a "HT + 1" roll. The fixed and immutable portion could well be considered the "base", while the variable part is the modifier. <shrug>
|
01-25-2013, 08:12 PM | #10 | |
Computer Scientist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
|
Re: Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?
Quote:
You kids help me to bed and we'll go visit granma at the cemetery tomorrow. |
|
Tags |
affliction, beneficial, cosmic, malediction |
|
|