jeddy Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Hi, i'm trying to get psyched up to GM for the first time, so i'm trying to get some baddies built with interesting abilities. My current idea is a bunch of little robots, each with taser-like darts that can conduct an electircal charge to the target, but only if another little guy has also hit that target. Basically, they can only discharge if the circuit between two bots is closed. It'd be NND vs not being conductive, or having some amount of Power Defense, etc. I was thinking that Trigger would be the ticket, but that requires that the hit roll be made when the trigger event occurs, not when the trigger is set up. I'd like to be able to roll to hit (simulating the dart hitting), then as soon as another one hits, bam! I could just Rule 0 it i guess, but i was hoping there might be a legal way. I also might want to use this power for a PC later on. ;] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McCarthy Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I might build them as Continuous attacks (stopped by tearing lose the taser's conductive line) and then further limit the attack by -1/4 or -1/2 if it does no damage unless multiple taser lines are attached. The value of the limitation depends on the number of attackers and their chances of actually hitting; it would go as low as -0 if there are many of them and they're highly accurate, -1/2 or higher for very few with relatively low OCV. I'm not sure if I'd want an NND or just a straight energy attack. NND is probably cheaper for the same level of effectiveness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 It's too cheesy for actual use, but I got a kick out of thinking NND: defense is not being hit by another robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeddy Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Heh, that might qualify for AVLD instead. Hmm, so something like a 1d6 EB, Continuous, Uncontrolled as the dart (dump 10 or 15 END into it so it lasts a while), with a linked larger NND that has a -1/4 or -1/2 Lim: only when two or more darts are attached. That sounds promising actually. In fact, i like that, since if another taser hits quickly, the NND could go on for a few phases. The NND would be fairly easily stopped by ripping out the taser darts of course. This is going to cost alot too, NND, Continous, Uncontrolled. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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