[Powers] Melee Cone?

[Varyon]

Apologies if this has been answered before (search showed up some mentions of it but no resolution), but how should one go about making a melee cone attack? This could be a sweeping sword of fire or similar. The easy solution would be to combine Melee Attack and Cone of the appropriate width, but RAW explicitly disallows such a combination. I can do a melee area effect (whirlwind-type attack) with a small Area Effect and Emanation, but no such luck with Cone. The closest I can think of - and I'm not certain this is RAW legal, as you aren't allowed to decrease Max Range independently* - would be to set 1/2D=Max, then reduce Range all the way down to the appropriate Reach. Of course, for a proper "melee attack" you'd want to add Blockable -10% as well, but that's optional. Is this actually a RAW legal option? If there is no RAW legal option for making a melee cone, what might be some appropriate pricing for a houserule?

To do either with Natural Weapon, I'm thinking you'd buy the Ranged +100% Enhancement, then build things as above. Is this correct?

*Technically, this build would be increasing 1/2D until it was equal to Max, then decreasing both down to the appropriate level, but that has the same effect - and same cost - as dropping Max independently would.

[Kelly Pedersen]

This might actually be best modelled with the Jet enhancement, actually. High-Tech gives a special All-Out Attack option (High-Tech p. 178) to weapons like flamethrowers, but I think the rules could be generalized for any attack that uses Jet, not just Burning Attacks.

[Refplace]

I agree a jet is the typical way to go for this. Even some versions of Dragon Fire are done as jets.

[sir_pudding]

Melee Innate attacks follow the normal rules for melee attacks, so isn't this more sensibly a series of rapid strikes or a whirlwind attack?

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Melee Innate attacks follow the normal rules for melee attacks, so isn't this more sensibly a series of rapid strikes or a whirlwind attack?

One doesn't normally have to roll to hit targets within one's Area of Effect. A Cone is an AoE affect.

[Bruno]

It's not "official" but I do allow combining Jet and Cone - note that this makes the length of your cone 10 yards, as per Jet.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

One doesn't normally have to roll to hit targets within one's Area of Effect. A Cone is an AoE affect.

You should have to roll to hit targets with a sweeping melee attack, though.