04-18-2012, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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how to stat abilities tied to berserk disad
Hi all,
I'm drawing a blank on how to stat this. I'm trying to make a psion with a lot of untrained telekinesis. That's easy, telekinesis with the uncontrollable limitation. This character also has the Berserk disadvantage. How would you stat the telekinesis getting substantially stronger only when he fails his berserk will check? I'm aiming for a "Hulking out" vibe, where when he snaps, he becomes substantially more dangerous, but not positive how to make that work. Any help is appreciated. Thanks GURPS-Gurus. |
04-18-2012, 07:56 PM | #2 | |
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04-18-2012, 08:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: how to stat abilities tied to berserk disad
The typical accessibility limitation for 'only when this thing I can control is active' is -10%. In this case, it might make sense to be -20% or -25%. Not sure any higher would fit, though.
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04-18-2012, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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Re: how to stat abilities tied to berserk disad
Compare these two builds:
A) Telekinesis 10 (Temporary Disadvantage, Berserk (N/A), -25%).In the case A, you are always in control of your own TK, but you always fall in berserk state whenever you use your TK. In the case B, you must be in berserk state as a prerequisite for being able to use your TK. The two cases are slightly different, but since anyone who has Berserk can deriberately drive himself into berserk state (p. B124), the cases A and B are quite equivalent. I'd price the "-X%" at -25%. By the way, there's a murphy on psi abilities and Berserk: When you're berserk, your possible maneuvers are restricted to All-Out Attack, Move, and Move and Attack, and nothing else (p. B124). However, most psi abilities require Concentrate maneuver, except for abilities that touching, which use Attack maneuver (Psionic Powers, p. 22). Therefore, when you are berserk, you can't use most psi abilities. This is easy to resolve -- simply ignore the text on p. B124 and just allow Concentrate.
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04-18-2012, 08:51 PM | #5 | |
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04-19-2012, 12:12 AM | #6 |
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Or in this specific case, ONLY allow Concentrate and the actions, if any, typically allowed to be paired with it.
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04-19-2012, 09:36 AM | #7 | |
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All Out Concentrate is from... Psionic Powers? Psi? Almost sure it's Psionic Powers.
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04-19-2012, 09:49 AM | #8 | |
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04-19-2012, 04:32 PM | #9 |
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Re: how to stat abilities tied to berserk disad
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Very helpful. I think I'd prefer this character to not have the ability to purposefully enter into a berserk state. If anything, I might want to add an extra modifier onto Berserk so that you are incapacitated when it is done.
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04-19-2012, 04:35 PM | #10 | |
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