City of Tomorrow OOC (DC/Blood of Heroes) {Game Started but accepting up to TWO others}

[EarlyBird]

Oh I forgot all about bidding wars. Once when this was DC Heroes we got into a heated bid, how could I have forgotten that?

I didn't have my book (bu it is beside me now), and I was probably thinking of Karma rules, and that if I missed I'd spend HP to get me to the minimum hit.

Lots to work through here before we are firing on all cylinders. LOL - I also looked up Knockback and will have a few questions later today (want to goggle some - see if I can answer my own questions first).

 

[EarlyBird]

Ok not much help online, but here is what I have come up with from the book.

So looking into Knockback (and getting visions of Justice League were Flash says "I just push people and run away." LOL I want to make sure I have this all right. It may be a major usage of 0/Gs power.

Round of Combat:
Planned Knockback:
- Automatic Action: Decrease weight
- Automatic Action: Move to target
- Dice Action: Push them; that is an AV (DEX) vs an OV (DEX) - possible bonus since they are floating slightly

If successful they receive Knockback of 2APs max (my STR) covering a distance of about 40 feet

Scoring any damage - They must first hit an obstacle or other character. The AV/EV is the distance covered (so no more than 1 or 2), and the OV/RV is the target's Body/Body.

So this is never going to do much damage (probably none at all most of the time), so I will use it normally as a way to knock people down, or mess up their upcoming attack.

Question: Once my Forcefield is up I don't need to use an automatic action every turn to keep it up, correct?

 

[hero4hire]

Ok not much help online, but here is what I have come up with from the book.

So looking into Knockback (and getting visions of Justice League were Flash says "I just push people and run away." LOL I want to make sure I have this all right. It may be a major usage of 0/Gs power.

Round of Combat:
Planned Knockback:
- Automatic Action: Decrease weight
- Automatic Action: Move to target
- Dice Action: Push them; that is an AV (DEX) vs an OV (DEX) - possible bonus since they are floating slightly

If successful they receive Knockback of 2APs max (my STR) covering a distance of about 40 feet

Scoring any damage - They must first hit an obstacle or other character. The AV/EV is the distance covered (so no more than 1 or 2), and the OV/RV is the target's Body/Body.

So this is never going to do much damage (probably none at all most of the time), so I will use it normally as a way to knock people down, or mess up their upcoming attack.

Question: Once my Forcefield is up I don't need to use an automatic action every turn to keep it up, correct?

Force field does not require anymore actions.
Dice action is your Dex/Str vs their Dex/Body. With possible penalty to their RV for being weightless. The rest is correct. Any knockback damage is considered "killing combat".

 

[jonathonhawke]

Any knockback damage is considered "killing combat".

Does that include using the Throwing Maneuver? (That I've already declared)

EDIT: There's a side bar titled "Bashing Knockback" that starts with: "Optionally, Knockback damage should not automatically be deemed Killing Combat damage." It then goes on to say when knockback should be considered killing, and when it shouldn't, and ends with: "As always, the GM should make the final decision on a ruling."

 

[hero4hire]

I will look into it.

 

[hero4hire]

The sidebar had a good point. You can pick up a battleship and hit someone and have it be bashing, so why not knockback...unless they hit something pointy.

Falling damage will remain killing, however.

 

[hero4hire]

I am sorely tempted to have 0/Gs just transfer the points he spent on Gravity Decrease into a Gravity based Telekinesis.
The mechanics of the power just seems messed up. Auto action...no check...flinging people up at high speed. And...that's it. No pinning against the ceiling..etc. meh.

 

[jmucchiello]

It's not the only poorly worded power in the game system. It just happens to be the one in our game.

 

[EarlyBird]

Sorry about that, I really want the ascetics of the gravity decrease more than anything. I pictured him moon bouncing inside the force field as he moved, and when attacked any projectiles that didn't hit would float by.

It is what I thought to, you woud need "to hit" to fling a character making it a dice action, but not so much with inanimate objects like dumpsters and cars.

 

[hero4hire]

It isn't your fault. I think I am going to have you use a Dice Action to use it on people. Maybe their Dex/Weight as OV/RV. RAPs will be the effect (you may always choose to use less RAPs).

Pinning someone to the ceiling can be handled as a Grapple.

Something like that...