What If? : X-Men-roleplaying game

[Calinon]

If you take a look under the deflection power, your deflection roll is your power rank plus your dexterity bonus (in this case 8+4), against the attack roll your opponent got. I haven't even looked at the game yet this morning, but now I'm very curious

 

[Calinon]

Heh, ouch for Mystique.

Just to make sure though, the deflection gets +12, the reflection is, I think, a standard attack roll at +8, not +12. I'm not sure which bonus you used, but if it changes things, just lemme know Hopefully it doesn't; I like getting away from scary people!

 

[Radiant]

Heh, ouch for Mystique.

Just to make sure though, the deflection gets +12, the reflection is, I think, a standard attack roll at +8, not +12. I'm not sure which bonus you used, but if it changes things, just lemme know Hopefully it doesn't; I like getting away from scary people!

allright, makes sense now. And nope I just used the +8 for the counter attack so it all stands.

 

[Keia]

Just to make sure though, the deflection gets +12, the reflection is, I think, a standard attack roll at +8, not +12.

The book says a reflection is a normal attack roll for that attack. Not certain what that means, but that's what it says.

Keia

 

[Calinon]

I'm pretty sure it just means that you make an attack roll as if you were using whatever attack you just reflected.

So, it would be treated as if I had fired the gun. And since it was a ranged attack, I'd use my ranged attack bonus, and the DC would be 15 plus the gun damage. If someone punched me and I reflected, I'd use my melee attack bonus, and if I hit, the person would take his own punch at his own punch DC.

Though I would definitely restrict damage bonus to my deflection rank, so if some guy with +12 super strength tried to club me and I reflected the attack, I could only get +8 super strength added to the damage.

 

[Drakknyte32]

I noticed you have a recruiting sign up so I thought I'd drop in and see if I can join. I have plenty of different character ideas I can use.

There's the guy trapped in the form of a 30' tarantula that's afraid of spiders and cringes everytime he sees a mirror.

There's the symbiote guy that can attach to someone and boost all their stats but is permanently shrunk and can't survive without being attached to someone else.

There's the goth with the energy control darkness and animate shadows

There's the 6" tall fairy with ice control powers that everyone calls 'Snowflake' (And he hates that name)

Or, one of my best ideas yet. A guy with supernaturally bad luck and a pessimistic attitude that has become a skilled martial artist out of his need to defend himself. This guy I already have statted out for pl 8 and I have a background written up for him.

 

[Radiant]

I'm pretty sure it just means that you make an attack roll as if you were using whatever attack you just reflected.

So, it would be treated as if I had fired the gun. And since it was a ranged attack, I'd use my ranged attack bonus, and the DC would be 15 plus the gun damage. If someone punched me and I reflected, I'd use my melee attack bonus, and if I hit, the person would take his own punch at his own punch DC.

Though I would definitely restrict damage bonus to my deflection rank, so if some guy with +12 super strength tried to club me and I reflected the attack, I could only get +8 super strength added to the damage.

that's what I thought too and how I handled it. The damage isn't restricted by your deflection rank though. Didn't see anything like it. Some things are just too powerfull to deflect at all but in that case reflection will hardly matter at all.

 

[Calinon]

Yeah, it's restricted by what I can lift. So bullets, fists, swords, no problem. Energy blasts and things with no real "weight" sure... cars, boulders, bull rushing supermen, mailboxes, area attacks not targetted at me directly... SPLUT!

 

[Radiant]

more things:
failing damage saves by more than 15: If you do that in a dramatic scene you are dead in others you are knocked unconscious right away. I think there should be a chance for that happening since even disabled characters tend to be pretty active or at least know what's going on. Mystique was the first one to suffer from that rule...

Calinon: Mystique is disabled so it is as bad as it gets but without any hits. With some first aid Shar can be pretty sure she will make it through the day.
Does one of you know if Mystique changes back into her normal form then unconscious? I don't have my books with me at the moment, they are still in some box. Not that I would think they have been consistent with that.

Updates: sorry but the next big update could take till tuesday. Maybe I'll get lucky and have some time on Sunday night but I can't count on it. The normal posts are no problem but I allways need some time to work out the combats anc despite allways having five minutes for some posts it is damn hard to get half an hour, pack my book and get down here. Still don't have a connection in my room

 

[Radiant]

Yeah, it's restricted by what I can lift. So bullets, fists, swords, no problem. Energy blasts and things with no real "weight" sure... cars, boulders, bull rushing supermen, mailboxes, area attacks not targetted at me directly... SPLUT!

there might come some attacks that are just too powerfull for other reasons. But I'm talking Stryfe level energy blasts or punches from Gladiator here, nothing to concern you yet.