Rule of X ideas?

[Keneton]

Recently I recieved an e-mail reagrding the ER. A person considering using the ER asked if I could suggest an alternative for rating one shot or limited abilities. In his campaign some PC's have special attacks like those seen in DBZ. In the thread I have already given a method to rate limited special defenses. Understanding that this is an exception to the ER I have developed the following formual for special attacks.

Special Attack: Special Attack rating [OCV+DCV+(Move/5)+(AP/5)- Rating of Most Effective Attack]/2

In English

Rate the character not counting this special attack. As a GM you need to make sure that it is rarely useful. After rating the character get the number from Most Effective Attack (category 1) and note it in the above formula. Now calculate the special attack according to the formula above. Here is an example.

Suppose "Son Bookoo" has a special Chi attack that takes a full turn to use. His most effective attack is normally his Chi Blast power a 14 d6 EB. He has a 30 Dex and 4 Levels plus 20" of Flight. His most effective attack is. . .

14 (ocv)+ 10 DCV + 14 (70/5) + 2 (10' half move and attack)= 40

His Special attack is Triple Beam Attack +10d6 EB X4 End, Gesture, Incantations, Concentrate 1/2 DC, Extra Time Full Turn.

This rates 14+5+24+0 (note 0 for move and 1/2 DCV)=43

Now use the formula (43-40)/2 adds 1.5 to ER.

This is being very lenient, but for your campaign maybe this makes sense.

Good Luck

[matthewcelis]

Best rule ever: GM veto on anything he believes will ruin the fun of the game.

[Christopher]

Best rule ever: GM veto on anything he believes will ruin the fun of the game.

It's kind iof coutner-productive to Revive a 8 Year old thread, only to say you don't like it.

As of now the idea for a "Rule of X" is part of the general sugestions in the Character Creation Rulebook, as an possible replace for Characteristics/AP Maxima.

Also, the main point behind these kind of rules is to give the player a guideline of what will be acceptable/balanced. It's more advanced than maxima/the book guidelines as they don't incorporate certain "Synergy effects" of having (for example) high SPD, High OCV and High Damage.

[Mister E]

Rule of E.

[gojira]

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