Project Daedalus OOC thread

[Deva]

So Question:

I'm sitting here looking at the updated map trying to figure out my next move when something occurrs to me. Random's mental attack, I'm assuming, is similar if not the same as my Mental Blast. This is the description I have of that Power:

Mental Blast (duel damage) [Half/Normal/Instant]: You can project a blast of mental energy that can stun, knock-out, disable or kill a target. Make a normal ranged touch attack against a target using Wisdom instead of Dexterity. The target defends using Wisdom instead of Constitution. If successful, the target makes a Will save against the damage instead of a Damage save (DC 15 + Mental Blast rank). Mental Blast has no effect on inanimate objects or mindless targets (those with Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma 0).

The part that interests me is the Power Range which is stated as being Normal, which was explained to me as:

Normal: Works at a range increment of (power rank x 10 feet) and to a maximum range of 10 increments. Ranged powers suffer a -2 to hit for each range increment beyond the first.

So after all that, the question I'm asking is this:

From his place next to the tree, Random is 15 squares from Aaron. How was he able to successfully attack Aaron from that distance? Is it a mistake on my end and line of sight (which will seriously alter my actions) or am I completely off base with this and his attack something different all together?

 

[Calinon]

From what I've observed, you have a range equal to your power score. For each 10 feet beyond your range, you suffer a -2. Last round (before the aoe blast I did), I attacked strafe from 90 feet away. My range is 80 feet and I had a -2 modifier as a result.

Edit: Also, Random has kinda been blasted back from where he was when he struck at Aaron. He was by the tree with Strafe; my blast threw him into the tree he's by now.

 

[Calinon]

Mimic: You could have gotten closer to Sandy, but you couldn't get an attack off, you were too far away (you can only climb at half speed, so geting to the roof took more than a half action.) I assumed you might not have wanted to get too close if you couldn't attack. Of course, you're now quite intimately close...

Pugs: You are correct sir. And if the two of you take down AF yourselves, you should be rubbing it my face, for I have failed miserably.

Oh, and range incriments equal 10 x rank in feet, up to 10 range incriments. I believe that is something you should know...

Ooo, re-reading this, does that mean I have a normal modifier at 0-80 feet, -2 at 81-160 feet, -4 at 161-240 feet, and so on, and that I have an actual range of 800 feet!? (with a -20 modifier)

 

[Agamon]

Normal: Works at a range increment of (power rank x 10 feet) and to a maximum range of 10 increments. Ranged powers suffer a -2 to hit for each range increment beyond the first.

Read this carefully. It works just like ranged weapons in D&D. If you have, say, a power rank of 8 on your power, your Range Increment is 80 feet. You can use ranged attacks up to 10 Range Increments away (800 feet). Each range increment beyond the first gives you a -2 penalty to your attack. (so at 90 to 160 feet, it's -2, 170 to 240 feet, it's -4, and so on).

Make sense?

 

[Agamon]

Ooo, re-reading this, does that mean I have a normal modifier at 0-80 feet, -2 at 81-160 feet, -4 at 161-240 feet, and so on, and that I have an actual range of 800 feet!? (with a -20 modifier)

Yes, that's it.

 

[Deva]

Read this carefully. It works just like ranged weapons in D&D. If you have, say, a power rank of 8 on your power, your Range Increment is 80 feet. You can use ranged attacks up to 10 Range Increments away (800 feet). Each range increment beyond the first gives you a -2 penalty to your attack. (so at 90 to 160 feet, it's -2, 170 to 240 feet, it's -4, and so on).

Make sense?

Okay, makes sense now. I told you I'd get this game sooner or later. This is what comes from me thinking too much...

 

[Agamon]

Okay, makes sense now. I told you I'd get this game sooner or later. This is what comes from me thinking too much...

No prob. I hope my explanations aren't sounding impatient, I'm not. The game is new to everyone, I expected some growing pains.

 

[Calinon]

A question about my kinetic energy control (base power). How fast can I make objects move with it? Can I hurl a volvo at an enemy like a baseball? Do objects in motion when I use it tend to stay in motion, so if I were to use it on a super speed fellow that was running full out, would he now have that speed when I make him float? I understand the checks involved, just not how fast I can make objects move.

 

[Calinon]

Scary! Random is immune to mental attacks! That guy has waaay too many powers. (Can't sustain a shield if stunned, right? )

 

[Agamon]

Scary! Random is immune to mental attacks! That guy has waaay too many powers. (Can't sustain a shield if stunned, right? )

It's not a shield, its protection. And yeah, he's scary in some respects, but he's sure not the scariest opponent your facing...