Help with Cosmic: No Die Roll

[KarlKost]

So, enhancements has Cosmic +100% No Die Roll Required.

That's good, however it says that in case the margin is necessary, it should be treated as a 0 margin success.

So, there is "Fixed Time +0%" Enhancement for abilities that have a duration based on margin, changing that to a fixed +3 margin of success.

And you have "Reliable +5%/+1" to increase the roll of any ability.

Those are the enhancements I would base myself off, but obviously they arent balanced for my purpose.

What Im looking for is "Cosmic: No Die Roll Required X%/+1 success margin".

Any ideas?

(well, maybe that should begin with the +300% value, or perhaps +100%/+1 margin, so +1 is 200%, +2 300% and so on)

[zoncxs]

enhancement on enhancements.

Put the cosmic:NDRR +00% also on the Reliable enhancement turning it from +5% to +15% per +1.

Fixed time turns the "time from Margin of success minutes to 3 minutes flat, which can then be modified.

[WingedKagouti]

Originally Posted by KarlKost

And you have "Reliable +5%/+1" to increase the roll of any ability.

Those are the enhancements I would base myself off, but obviously they arent balanced for my purpose.

Beyond that, Reliable can be useful on an ability with NDRR since you can still only succeed if your target is at least 3. Which means Reliable can help soak up penalities.

What Im looking for is "Cosmic: No Die Roll Required X%/+1 success margin".

Any ideas?

(well, maybe that should begin with the +300% value, or perhaps +100%/+1 margin, so +1 is 200%, +2 300% and so on)

I'm not aware of any official sources for such a modifier. As such it would be a GM call on what to price it. Depending on the ability +50%/+1 might be ok, for others +100%/+1 would be more appropriate and on some it might not be ok at all. Campaign and GM style are certainly also a consideration.

[KarlKost]

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

Beyond that, Reliable can be useful on an ability with NDRR since you can still only succeed if your target is at least 3. Which means Reliable can help soak up penalities.

That's true, thanks for the reminder

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

I'm not aware of any official sources for such a modifier. As such it would be a GM call on what to price it. Depending on the ability +50%/+1 might be ok, for others +100%/+1 would be more appropriate and on some it might not be ok at all. Campaign and GM style are certainly also a consideration.

There isnt such a modifier, which is why I was asking how to best build it.

You're gonna make me say it, aint you?

So... I have been thinking of a certain Visualization advantage... Hmmm... You know... 10 sec concentration, roll IQ to give a bonus to your next action... As per Powers suggestion, +140% Reduced Time makes it instant... MAYBE adding something like Reflexive even...

So, the only thing I needed was... Err... You know... No Die Roll required... And some flat success margin for... Err... You know... Basically a flat bonus for... Basically... Everything...

And perhaps even Enhanced Time Sense to justify removing the 1/3 bonus limitation for combat... Or just a Cosmic +300% (Full Bonus at Combat)...

So... For 54 CPs I get this advantage (58 for reflexive)... Now I just need a value to give a success margin on top of NDRR... If that's +100% that's fine! It means +10 CPs per +1 flat bonus...

So it would be 68 CPs Lvl 1, which would give a flat +1 bonus to... ANY roll... And +10 CPs per extra +1 bonus.

For example, 108 CPs for a flat perma bonus to... EVERYTHING. At least everything DX or IQ related.

What? Why are you looking at me like that?

Please dont judge me...

[WingedKagouti]

Originally Posted by KarlKost

So... I have been thinking of a certain Visualization advantage... Hmmm... You know... 10 sec concentration, roll IQ to give a bonus to your next action... As per Powers suggestion, +140% Reduced Time makes it instant... MAYBE adding something like Reflexive even...

And that's one of the things I as a GM would likely say "No, you can't do that at all" to in almost any campaign.

[KarlKost]

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

And that's one of the things I as a GM would likely say "No, you can't do that at all" to in almost any campaign.

Bu bu but... You havent even heard the good stuff...

[KarlKost]

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

And that's one of the things I as a GM would likely say "No, you can't do that at all" to in almost any campaign.

Now, lets assume I was not trying to chea... Err, I mean, not trying to create an inventive new ability.

I would still be interested in how to turn an ability or advantage that is roll based/margin based into an ability that doesnt need to roll, like NDRR, however with something more than just a margin of zero - like a "Reliable" of sorts for that alone.

For educational purposes only, I swear.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by KarlKost

Those are the enhancements I would base myself off, but obviously they arent balanced for my purpose.

The problem is that your purpose is to use Visualization, and Visualization is completely broken (if someone wanted to use it my game: 'it gives you a +1 bonus. MoS has no effect').

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Anthony

The problem is that your purpose is to use Visualization, and Visualization is completely broken (if someone wanted to use it my game: 'it gives you a +1 bonus. MoS has no effect').

That seems vastly overpriced. A +1 to a single roll after 10 seconds preparation and an IQ roll, feels like a perk.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

That seems vastly overpriced. A +1 to a single roll after 10 seconds preparation and an IQ roll, feels like a perk.

It's essentially '+1 to any one attribute, immediate preparation required, requires IQ roll'. That's on the order of 10 points.