Suggestions for Brick power

[nexus]

The basic effect is that the character's defenses against energy attacks increase when she's hit by them. The main limitation is that the increased Defense only applies against the same special effect as the attack.

For example, if the character was hit by a "cold blast" her defense against Cold would increase, but not against other energy attacks until she was struck by one.

Any suggestions?

[Vanguard00]

Just a guess, but...

Absorbtion linked to PD/armor/whatever, only to provide defense against similar attack (-1/2).

This presumes that no defenses exist prior to the first attack; i.e., the more you hit her with a particular attack, the harder it is to hurt her with that attack.

[nexus]

Just a guess, but...

Absorbtion linked to PD/armor/whatever, only to provide defense against similar attack (-1/2).

This presumes that no defenses exist prior to the first attack; i.e., the more you hit her with a particular attack, the harder it is to hurt her with that attack.

I think you're right. I was making this much more difficult than it had to be.

[Vanguard00]

I think you're right. I was making this much more difficult than it had to be.

Gosh, I've never done that...

[Dr. Anomaly]

Question, then...if she gets hit by a different kind of attack, does the former defense go away and get 'reset' to the basement level by the new attack?

Example:

Brickarella gets hit several times by a cold-based EB. Her ED vs. Cold is now at 30 ED.

Brickarella now gets hit by an electricity-based EB. Her ED vs. Cold is is now gone (at zero) and her ED vs. electricity is now at 10 ED.

Is that how it works? If so, she may be able to be taken down by getting what my grandfather would have called "being nickel'd and dime'd to death" with alternating shots of different SFX-powers.

If not...if she keeps (in my example) the 30 ED against cold-based attacks and also starts building a new defense against electricity-based attacks, then it is more complicated.

So...which is it?

[nexus]

So...which is it?

Her defenses remain even if she's hit by another form of attack, but they do fade over time.

[BNakagawa]

Just buy extra energy defenses that don't work the first time they are struck by any specific sfx.

Then buy more extra defenses that don't work until they have been struck by the same sfx two times.

Then more ...three times.

etc.

[Snarf]

Sounds like a Limited Power on high defenses to me. The absorbtion also works, but it would require more bookkeeping.

[Dust Raven]

Just buy extra energy defenses that don't work the first time they are struck by any specific sfx.

Then buy more extra defenses that don't work until they have been struck by the same sfx two times.

Then more ...three times.

etc.

This is how I would do it. Something along the lines of...

Armor X PD/ED, Must Be Struck Once With Any Given SFX Before Defenses Apply (-1/4) plus Armor +X PD/ED, Must Be Struck Twice With Any Given SFX Before Defenses Apply (-1/2) plus Armor +X PD/ED, Must Be Struck Thrice With Any Given SFX Before Defenses Apply (-3/4).