Burning out the Eyes

Anders · 01-25-2013, 02:02 AM

How would you stat a Burning attack that affects the eyes specifically. It does not cause Blindness directly, so Affliction is out. Rather, it damages the eyes and the eyes alone.

Anthony · 01-25-2013, 02:25 AM

Burning Attack, Can Only Damage Eyes (-xx%); +10 Acc (+50%)

PseudoFenton · 01-25-2013, 02:25 AM

A Nuisance Effect that prevents you from targeting anything but eyes, and then otherwise a normal innate attack? Built in Acc/seeking etc might help to achieve the hit more often.

Anthony · 01-25-2013, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

How would you stat a Burning attack that affects the eyes specifically. It does not cause Blindness directly, so Affliction is out. Rather, it damages the eyes and the eyes alone.

1 pip tight beam burning attack, Sense-Based (+150%), Acc 15 (+60%), Affects Eyes Only (-10%) [6]. That will hit the eyes for 1 point of damage (modified by eye location as brain, which becomes 4), which will cripple the eye in one hit.

Edman · 01-25-2013, 02:31 AM

Are you creating Aragorn?

This will not make sense unless you speak Swedish, and probably not even then, but... yeah. I couldn't resist.

DavidSev · 01-25-2013, 02:38 AM

You might also want RoF 2 or something else to let you attack twice, so you can do both eyes at once.

Eyes have a wounding mod of x4, and if you do HP/10 then the eye is lost. Is that HP/10 before or after the wounding mod?

Maz · 01-25-2013, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidSev

Is that HP/10 before or after the wounding mod?

Before.

The x4 is for the attack entering the brain. This also means that if the attack is an innate Burn attack, then it won't get the x4. Or rather. Technically it wouldn't even be able to target the eyes, but I would allow it but omit the x4 bonus.

DavidSev · 01-25-2013, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Maz

Technically it wouldn't even be able to target the eyes, but I would allow it but omit the x4 bonus.

Eyes allow tight beam burning, and Skull says everything but Tox, so why not?

And if it's before the wounding mod then you probably want to up the attack to do 2 damage, most adventures will have more than 10 HP.

Anthony · 01-25-2013, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Maz

Before.

The x4 is for the attack entering the brain. This also means that if the attack is an innate Burn attack, then it won't get the x4. Or rather. Technically it wouldn't even be able to target the eyes, but I would allow it but omit the x4 bonus.

After, like all other crippling wounds.

A tight beam burning attack can target the eye and brain, at the normal x4, and the x4 does apply to the first point of damage (I guess the eyes have a x4 wounding modifier).

PseudoFenton · 01-25-2013, 03:12 AM

Does it really need to be burning damage anyway? It's not like you're attempting to do enough damage to ignite their face due to the burning, I'd just call it a visual effect and leave it at that.

Unless the attack is going to be used specifically on things vulnerable to burning damage (and by that I actually mean has huge DR/IT with fire damage being the exception, again it's not like you need a lot of damage to cripple an eye so wounding multipliers thanks to weaknesses are unnecessary) there's very little reason other than poetic conformity to make it burning damage, imo.

01-25-2013, 02:02 AM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Burning out the Eyes How would you stat a Burning attack that affects the eyes specifically. It does not cause Blindness directly, so Affliction is out. Rather, it damages the eyes and the eyes alone. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

01-25-2013, 02:25 AM	#2
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	Re: Burning out the Eyes Burning Attack, Can Only Damage Eyes (-xx%); +10 Acc (+50%)

01-25-2013, 02:25 AM	#3
PseudoFenton Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Land of the Britons	Re: Burning out the Eyes A Nuisance Effect that prevents you from targeting anything but eyes, and then otherwise a normal innate attack? Built in Acc/seeking etc might help to achieve the hit more often. __________________ ...like a monkey with a wrench.

01-25-2013, 02:31 AM	#5
Edman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Norrköping, Sweden, Europe, Earth	Re: Burning out the Eyes Are you creating Aragorn? This will not make sense unless you speak Swedish, and probably not even then, but... yeah. I couldn't resist. __________________ "Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm proud to say I have no grasp of it whatsoever." - Baron von Münchausen

01-25-2013, 02:38 AM	#6
DavidSev Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Burning out the Eyes You might also want RoF 2 or something else to let you attack twice, so you can do both eyes at once. Eyes have a wounding mod of x4, and if you do HP/10 then the eye is lost. Is that HP/10 before or after the wounding mod?

01-25-2013, 03:12 AM	#10
PseudoFenton Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Land of the Britons	Re: Burning out the Eyes Does it really need to be burning damage anyway? It's not like you're attempting to do enough damage to ignite their face due to the burning, I'd just call it a visual effect and leave it at that. Unless the attack is going to be used specifically on things vulnerable to burning damage (and by that I actually mean has huge DR/IT with fire damage being the exception, again it's not like you need a lot of damage to cripple an eye so wounding multipliers thanks to weaknesses are unnecessary) there's very little reason other than poetic conformity to make it burning damage, imo. __________________ ...like a monkey with a wrench.