Levels with Drain, etc.

[Silbeg]

With a Drain attack, or a no-range EB/Flash/etc., would you use ranged combat levels, or HtH combat levels? I am assuming the latter... the question has come up in regards to a MPA that a player is trying to put together, which would contain a martial arts manuever and a linked drain/no-range flash attack.

For example, might use the Sumo Shove or Slap, with the Sumo Yell, described below.

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Sumo Wrestling </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">4 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">1) Escape: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 65 STR vs. Grabs </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">3 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">2) Grab: 1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, -1 DCV, Grab Two Limbs, 60 STR for holding on </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">3 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">3) Grappling Throw: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 12d6 Strike; Target Falls; Must Follow Grab </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">4 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">4) Root: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 65 STR to resist Shove; Block, Abort </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">4 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">5) Shove: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 65 STR to Shove </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top">4 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">6) Slap: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +0 DCV, 12d6 Strike
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td align="right" valign="top">22 </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Sumo Yell: (Total: 44 Active Cost, 22 Real Cost) Hearing Group Flash 8d6 (24 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Requires A Brick Tricks Roll (-1/2) (Real Cost: 12) plus Drain DEX 2d6 (20 Active Points); Linked (Compound Power; Lesser Power can only be used when character uses greater Power at full value; -3/4), Limited Power Only Affects Target if Sumo Yell Affects Target (-1/4) (Real Cost: 10) </td> <td align="right" valign="top">4</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody> </table>
Thanks!

[Steve Long]

If an attack is defined as having No Range, wherever that definition comes from, then 5-point Combat Skill Levels with Ranged Combat don’t apply to it — 5-point CSLs with HTH Combat do.