Chain Attacks

[Jkeown]

I have an interesting idea. In my game there are meta-gangers; low-end, low-life, low-brow, streetkind who have minor superpowers. There are beaters, blasters, cutters and psykers. One type of blaster can hit his fellow blaster to boost his power, up to two more can fire beams at him for extra boost. 

 

I think I can do this with Requires Multiple Users (-1/4 or more), but is it more tactically fun for the players to actually require the other blasters to use Aid? Or, third possibility, conditional power Must Have Other Blasters Within 3 Meters (-1) to add more dice to the attack. The whole notion is to give the player an option to pick targets and judge the risk of hitting the blasters or focus on the 500-point Bad Guy. 

 

They should also have the choice of dispelling the extra beams. I'm leaning toward Aid at the moment.  Your thoughts are appreciated. 

[Hugh Neilson]

If you are using Aid, consider making it Standard Effect.  3/d6 will cap out with two uses anyway, as will the dice most times, and this will reduce die-rolling during combat.

 

Would this be Aid (fire & forget, with a gradual fade) or Boost (maintain with continued END costs for the meta-ganger)?  Boost seems to fit better with the tactical choices you want to create.

[Duke Bushido]

Indirect and a coordinated attack roll means everyone hits at once.  Cant get more boosted than that.   

[Jkeown]

11 hours ago, Duke Bushido said:

Indirect and a coordinated attack roll means everyone hits at once.  Cant get more boosted than that.   

I think the target's Defenses would act against each blast from each ganger, yes?

 

 

[Jkeown]

19 hours ago, Hugh Neilson said:

If you are using Aid, consider making it Standard Effect.  3/d6 will cap out with two uses anyway, as will the dice most times, and this will reduce die-rolling during combat.

 

Would this be Aid (fire & forget, with a gradual fade) or Boost (maintain with continued END costs for the meta-ganger)?  Boost seems to fit better with the tactical choices you want to create.

I like Boost for this. 

 

I can see it twisted a bit for a given weird villain and a strange minion with a clunky box featuring a huge potentiometer, leads plugged into the bad guy.  "JUICE ME, ALTAR-BOY! I SHALL SMITE THESE FOOLS!". Then a sphere of crimson energy blasts outward from Bishop Badass to lay the heroes low!  Boosted Blast, AoE, etc.   I think the dastardly Bishop would have to hold an action until the vile Altar-Boy took his action. But that makes it tactical for me, doesn't it?