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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7113378" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>[MENTION=82504]Garthanos[/MENTION] and [MENTION=82106]AbdulAlhazred[/MENTION] , I think the easiest iteration of something like an Unstoppable Juggernaut Martial Practice would be to handle it just like Rituals in Skill Challenges. </p><p></p><p>So he has this MP that lets him smash through or shove down solid obstacles. In the above SC, the mechanical advantage the Fighter would have would be that they don't have to roll dice. Just like a Ritual Caster would pay their gold and get an auto-success, the MP Fighter would pay his Surge and earn his auto-success. </p><p></p><p>Instead of the above result, you'd have:</p><p></p><p>1) 2 successes and 1 failure (rather than the inverse).</p><p></p><p>2) The entire party has egress from the smoke-choked hallway, no dangerous and combat that can snowball adversely against their goal, and now they're in a familiar room near the grand foyer. Now we would have to introduce a new obstacle so the fiction would change in some manner. I would probably go with something like:</p><p></p><p>The tinder of the tapestries and large area rugs that span the massive room have burned away here and the subfloor has wholly collapsed, leaving only narrow, charred joists to walk along to access the foyer beyond. Given the cinders and soot everywhere, its difficult to tell what is ready to collapse and what is stable enough to cross! Nearby, the spiral stair that leads up several floors to the balcony appears to be in reasonable enough condition, but the heavy smoke venting from this room billows up with horrific substance. Over the crackling, crunching sounds of the fire and failure of the structure, you can faintly hear the cries of servants who must have taken those stairs to flee the inferno here, only to be suspended sixty feet from the safety of the earth. </p><p></p><p>Decision-points open up various avenues of approach which will inevitably lead to new obstacles until the scene is won or lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 7113378, member: 6696971"] [MENTION=82504]Garthanos[/MENTION] and [MENTION=82106]AbdulAlhazred[/MENTION] , I think the easiest iteration of something like an Unstoppable Juggernaut Martial Practice would be to handle it just like Rituals in Skill Challenges. So he has this MP that lets him smash through or shove down solid obstacles. In the above SC, the mechanical advantage the Fighter would have would be that they don't have to roll dice. Just like a Ritual Caster would pay their gold and get an auto-success, the MP Fighter would pay his Surge and earn his auto-success. Instead of the above result, you'd have: 1) 2 successes and 1 failure (rather than the inverse). 2) The entire party has egress from the smoke-choked hallway, no dangerous and combat that can snowball adversely against their goal, and now they're in a familiar room near the grand foyer. Now we would have to introduce a new obstacle so the fiction would change in some manner. I would probably go with something like: The tinder of the tapestries and large area rugs that span the massive room have burned away here and the subfloor has wholly collapsed, leaving only narrow, charred joists to walk along to access the foyer beyond. Given the cinders and soot everywhere, its difficult to tell what is ready to collapse and what is stable enough to cross! Nearby, the spiral stair that leads up several floors to the balcony appears to be in reasonable enough condition, but the heavy smoke venting from this room billows up with horrific substance. Over the crackling, crunching sounds of the fire and failure of the structure, you can faintly hear the cries of servants who must have taken those stairs to flee the inferno here, only to be suspended sixty feet from the safety of the earth. Decision-points open up various avenues of approach which will inevitably lead to new obstacles until the scene is won or lost. [/QUOTE]
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