Power Help Needed

[Mightybec]

I'm working on a Brick. I want to give him a pouch that carries 4, 12lb shotput balls. He'll use these as a ranged attack, but I want him to be able to add his strength to the throw, when needed. Would this be an EB vs PD or a ranged HA?

Mightybec

[levi]

I don't have my FRED handy, but you need to find out what the DEF and BODY of a 12lb. Shotput is so that you can know what the most dice of damage you can do with them is as well as how far your Brick can throw them....

That said, you can use any of the options you listed before.

[TheEmerged]

We've seen some indications that "can add STR" should be a +1/2 advantage when applied to an EB or RKA.

[JmOz]

I would build it as a HA with the ranged advantage personaly

[Derek Hiemforth]

Just buy it as an xd6 Energy Blast vs. PD (where x equals your STR dice plus however much more damage you want it to do), Focus (shotput balls), 4 Recoverable Charges.

[Wyrm Ouroboros]

I'd definitely not 'max out' the impact damage of anything made of a soft metal, such as lead or gold; if a lead shot hits, and you 'do more body' than it normally has, the thing MAY deform, but by gum it's going to transfer ALL of its energy into the point of impact. Heck, in that particular case I'd say that it does max damage, max stun, because basic physics virtually guarantees it.

Otherwise, I'd buy it as a few dice bonus HA, thus:

'Shot-Put THIS': HA +4d6, Ranged (+½) (30 Active Points), OIF Individual 8 kg. Shot (Having one taken away does not mean all of them are taken away) (-½), 4 Recoverable Charges (-½), HtH Attack (-½), Range Based on Strength (+8 to STR for Purposes of Determining Range -- 8 kg) (-½): 10 Points.

Both Damage and Range would, of course, be based on how much STR the character used. STR 20 character, 8d6 damage, 11" Standing Throw, or 22" if they actually do it the ol' shuffle shuffle hop heave-ho. Please note that this is VASTLY better than ANY Olympic-class athlete -- 71' 6" for 11", 143' for the 22". Hell, they don't hammerthrow that far...

[Brandi]

Isn't Range Based on STR only a -1/4 limitation?

[Wyrm Ouroboros]

I had no idea. Probably. Likely changes the point cost by 1 or 2...