List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[chris1982]

Fericious Dodge

You may choose to dodge a melee attack with +5 to the roll but end up lying on the ground prone after a successful dodge.

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by chris1982

Fericious Dodge

You may choose to dodge a melee attack with +5 to the roll but end up lying on the ground prone after a successful dodge.

Seems too powerful, especially with the "successful" part. I'd remove that and drop it to +3, making it the same as Dodge and Drop, but usable against melee.

Even then, it seems a bit strong.

PS. Assuming it can stack with Retreat. If not, and it's just something you can do when you're cornered, it's probably okay.

PPS. "Fericious" isn't a word. Did you mean "ferocious"? That doesn't seem appropriate, but is a word.

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by TheGnome

Slap Happy
When ever your in physical pain you erupt in laughter. Most people may find it disturbing and need to make a fright check at -1. But if you don't take a wait action to try to compose yourself (Will) you will take -1 to your fatigue.

Kinda an on the fly idea. Input please.

A fright check at -1 just because someone laughed at pain seems way out of line. The best I'd allow is a bonus on Intimidation. Also, I doubt anyone will ever take this perk with the severe built in limitations. Finally, I'm not sure why the character would even want to compose themselves.

[chris1982]

Originally Posted by The Benj

Seems too powerful, especially with the "successful" part. I'd remove that and drop it to +3, making it the same as Dodge and Drop, but usable against melee.

Even then, it seems a bit strong.

PS. Assuming it can stack with Retreat. If not, and it's just something you can do when you're cornered, it's probably okay.

PPS. "Fericious" isn't a word. Did you mean "ferocious"? That doesn't seem appropriate, but is a word.

Thanks for the input.

I think that landing prone on the ground is quite heavy a toll you pay. No, it wouldn't stack.

Thanks for finding my typo. I wanted to use a word meaning "extra effort" or something. Not a native speaker...

[Pip Boy]

I'm with The Benj here. I'd find more appealing to build a perk that allows Dodge and Drop to melee attacks.

Something like this:

Tumbler
You can Dodge and Drop (Campaigns, page 377) against melee attacks.

The net effect is a +3 to Dodge, but after your defense, you're prone on the ground.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Pip Boy

Tumbler
You can Dodge and Drop (Campaigns, page 377) against melee attacks.

I included an identical style perk on my write up of Drunken Kung Fu.

[TheGnome]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

A fright check at -1 just because someone laughed at pain seems way out of line. The best I'd allow is a bonus on Intimidation. Also, I doubt anyone will ever take this perk with the severe built in limitations. Finally, I'm not sure why the character would even want to compose themselves.

Well I was a tad tired when I thought of it and I really did not feel up to crunching the rule book at the time. This is why I asked for input from you all. Why paint a fence when you can get others to do it for you. :)

[Pip Boy]

Thought about new ones:

Tribal Chief
You can take care of 20 people (instead of only 10), on a sucessful Survival skill roll.

Brother's Keeper
You take more care of others than of yourself. In case you fail a Survival roll when taking care of others, their damage roll falls from 2d-4 to 1d-2. The damage YOU take, however, remains unchanged.

Into the Wild
You're experienced in handling extreme difficulty challenges and/or barren places. You can ignore -1 on penalties when your Survival skill roll faces a penalty of -5 or worse.

[cybermancer2k1]

Conversation Piece. You always have a useless, but interesting item on your person that someone notices and that helps you break the ice. The item must be small but may or may not be valuable.

Gallows Humor. You have the Rapier Wit advantage, but only when the situation is dire (you're getting beat up or tortured, your unit is surrounded with no hope of escape, etc.) May cause a -1 Reaction in those who this sort of thing would annoy (Firefly's Jayne, for instance).

Get My Good Side! For some odd reason, you're prettier/more handsome on one side than on the other (+1 reaction if you look better on your right than your left, for instance). This assumes that you aren't marked/scarred/blemished on the "bad" side and that the seeming difference is a subtle matter of facial symmetry.

I'm Ready For My Closeup! Again, for some odd reason, you look more attractive close up than you do at farther distances. Others react at an additional +1 if they are within 1 yard of you (basically in the same hex). This cannot stack with Get My Good Side.

[Figleaf23]

Inspired by cybermancer2k1...

Hidden Beauty
The character is treated as having the Attractive advantage on the sixth and subsequent encounters.