Question on a limitation cost.

[yamamura]

I have a player who wants to take Ego blast (Feedback) with the following limitation: Can only attacked whoever attacked him last and cannot exceed the damage that had been done to the character. I was thinking of giving it a -2, but I don't know for sure if that is too much.


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[TheEmerged]

Originally posted by yamamura
I have a player who wants to take Ego blast (Feedback) with the following limitation: Can only attacked whoever attacked him last and cannot exceed the damage that had been done to the character. I was thinking of giving it a -2, but I don't know for sure if that is too much.


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The one time a power like this has appeared in publication to my knowledge was Aura from Champions of the North, under 4th Edition, and lists as -3/4. That sounds about right -- it's not severe enough to warrant a -1 but is too severe for -1/2.

There is a crucial pair of differences -- in Aura's case the power is limited to damage she took in the last phase, while in your case it's limited to only the *person* that dished it out (Aura could take damage form one person and apply it to the next). From where I type, these two seem about equal.

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A good rule of thumb for determining who much of a disadvantage a "limit" like this is to try and assign it an Activation roll. To qualify for a -2, such a limitation should be so crippling the power is almost never usable -- like getting an 8- on an activation roll. A limitation that will rarely trigger -- does not work against red-headed females born in January that play RPG's for example -- is at best a -1/4, about like having to fail a 15-.

[yamamura]

Thanx for the advice and I will have to use that activation thumbnail idea.


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