Superheroes of the Trust OOC Thread II

[kirinke]

Hmm. Could someone look over Hope's character sheet and see if I need to take/add/modify something?

In her utility magic array I added
ESP Rank 7, sight + hearing
Whisper of the future Rank 4 (Pre-cognition, uncontrolled, can let others see/experience visions)
I added a rank to her notice checks
I added a luck point as well.

 

[Elric]

Hmm. Could someone look over Hope's character sheet and see if I need to take/add/modify something?

In her utility magic array I added
ESP Rank 7, sight + hearing

ESP rank 7 sight + hearing is going to cost you 21 pp (Vision is base 2 pp/rank; vision + hearing is 3 pp/rank). So you have to reduce the rank on this. You have pp for this array listed as 20 pp, but only have 6 APs and a "13 pp base power", which makes me think you thought this power would only be 2 pp/rank, at which point ESP would be the base power of the array (being the most expensive) and the numbers would add up.

As it is, if you simply reduce the rank you'll end up with ESP 4 (Vision, Hearing), which will only cost 12 pp and the array itself will only cost 19 pp again.

One more thing: you have Magical Awareness in this array. Since this ability only costs 1 pp, there's no reason to put it in an array. You should just have it as a general ability instead (it makes sense Hope wouldn't have to specifically activate her awareness to magic anyway).

Lastly, I'm sure it would be easier to keep track of pp if you had a line at the bottom along the lines of "Abilities 30 + Feats 23 + ... = (pp you've spent to far)"

One more thing: you forgot to increase your ranks in notice from 7 to 11, though you did increase your bonus and the number of pp you've spent on skills correspondingly.

 

[DM_Matt]

A few weeks ago, a gaming friend asked if she could join this game, and I told her she could. With Shayuri leaving and Raylis disappearing from the boards altogether, this seems a fortuitous development. She will be posting in this thread soon to introduce herself, and her character will be introduced shortly.

 

[Victim]

What name did she decide to go with?

 

[DM_Matt]

What name did she decide to go with?

Oh, lol, right. The ATT thread. PsiKi iirc.

 

[Elric]

I don't know. We'll find out soon enough I guess.

 

[Victim]

I wonder when our base will be attacked. It certainly seems like shutting us down would be on their to do list.

 

[Elric]

Victim, Steve responded to my question about Power Attack and Autofire: PA doesn't increase the damage you can get from Autofire. See here.

 

[Victim]

Yeah, I saw that. Steve's ORQ responses regarding Power Attack consistently favor having more ranks and then using Accurate Attack (if desired) than having fewer ranks with more attack bonus and then using Power Attack.

On the other hand, Autofire is rather expensive on a per rank basis, so I'm not sure that basing the effect of the extra on the ranks in the power is a bad idea in this case.

 

[Elric]

Yeah, I saw that. Steve's ORQ responses regarding Power Attack consistently favor having more ranks and then using Accurate Attack (if desired) than having fewer ranks with more attack bonus and then using Power Attack.

On the other hand, Autofire is rather expensive on a per rank basis, so I'm not sure that basing the effect of the extra on the ranks in the power is a bad idea in this case.

I think it makes sense from the perspective of limiting potentially abusive power combinations- it's much easier to buy attack bonus on the cheap than it is to buy lots of ranks of a power with extras on the cheap. Additionally, I think this makes more sense rules-wise than letting the extra damage from Autofire be affected by Power Attack.

For Autofire, using Accurate Attack + a high rank Autofire power isn't doing much for you in most games, because you only need 10 ranks to max out the bonus damage.