10-14-2015, 08:09 AM | #1 |
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Blinding Attack
How do I build this:
Blinding Attack: Anyone looking directly at a Luminal must make a HT roll or be blinded for one second per point he failed his roll by. Can it be built for under 80-ish points?
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10-14-2015, 08:52 AM | #2 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Let me try my hand at it:
To create the blinding effect: Affliction 1 (HT; Disadvantage: Blindness, +50%; Always On, -40%; Area Effect, 32 yards, +250%; Aura, +80%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%; Reduced Duration, 1/60, -35%; Sense-Based: Vision, +150%) [53]. I use a 32 yd effect here, but that can be increased or decreased as preferred. Likewise, the value of Always On is my own judgment, but reducing it won't change the point cost by much. Since light intensity is something that drops off with distance squared, having an effect that impedes vision without causing blindness might also be appropriate. Dissipation on the Aura would make it too weak, so I would instead use Obscure (Vision) (Always On, -50%; Defensive, +50%; Extended, Infravision and Ultravision, +40%) [2.8 points/level]. |
10-14-2015, 08:56 AM | #3 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Can you put the LOS enhancement on an Aura?
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10-14-2015, 09:02 AM | #4 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
I don't think it's verboten. Sense-Based only forbids other penetration modifiers, which Aura is not.
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10-14-2015, 09:03 AM | #5 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Looked at Aura again. Probably not kosher. I'll go with yon build.
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10-14-2015, 09:53 AM | #6 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Maybe I'm missing something... but why not just drop the "Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%" part of the Aura build. It's never felt 'integral' (being that's it's a separate limiter).
Or for that matter why not some form of Area Effect + Emanation without the Aura? The light is only blinding out so far. |
10-14-2015, 11:09 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Blinding Attack
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EDIT: Also, here's an alternative build: Use affliction (blinding) with area effect, persistent, emanation, extended duration (permanent) and sense-based (vision). Last edited by Appletoe; 10-14-2015 at 11:33 AM. |
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10-14-2015, 11:19 AM | #8 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Normally it lasts for 1 minute per point you fail the resistance roll by.
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10-14-2015, 11:23 AM | #9 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
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10-14-2015, 11:29 AM | #10 |
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Re: Blinding Attack
Then you don't fail the resistance roll, so nothing happens.
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