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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hammerhead" data-source="post: 3464972" data-attributes="member: 73">It's technically all attributes, but I thought genius Ryan was silly (or worse...charismatic Ryan <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). Considering it costs an action, that I could be using to Corrode somebody or do something else cool, it's pretty balanced and rules legal. I really only use Boost if I know a fight is coming ahead of time...it gets less showtime than some other APs I have.  (And we all know that APs are really, really inexpensive...they generally give you far more use than you might generally get out of a few more skills or feats. No need to single out Boost <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) Creating a skill vs. skill roll-off, especially when it includes a skill not commonly used for a "defensive" purpose (like Notice or Sense Motive), is very unusual and creates a bad precedent (imagine some kind of poison based on medicine!). I can't see the Att/Def Drain ruining the game or totally owning opponents or anything like that....it probably would be balanced (especially with that nasty side effect flaw...ouch!). It's just...weird, like a dice pool mechanic in D&D.Nor do I think that relying on powers with saves as unheroic (the one lame one in 1e was Mimic...it pretty much restricted it to using it on your own team). A PL 10 Mind Control, Confuse, Paralyze, etc. even on someone with a good Will save (+10 or so), has a 45% chance of taking an enemy out of a fight. I don't think a roll of 9 or lower to be particularly crappy, since Toughness saves tend to be higher than other saves, so our enemies need to roll about a 9 or lower before they take any kind of significant harm (e.g. stunned). I know I plan on taking the Snare AP one of these days, to get a nice save or lose (and an attack that hits Reflex).</blockquote>

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