The "Dim Mak" power on page 123 of The Ultimate Martial Artist says,
"(6) Characters must buy Dim Mak powers with the following Limitation: Requires a Chinese Healing Roll (no active point penalty, but 16+ automatically misses; -1/4)."
This is a very interesting construct, to me. The Requires a Skill Roll Limitation is normally worth -1/2, eliminating the Active Point penalty to the roll makes it worth -1/2 less (reducing it to -0), and choosing a Background Skill (like KS: Chinese Healing) as the skill is worth a further -1/4 less. So without the auto-miss caveat, the Limitation would save no points at all.
My question is, just how is the Limitation value for this interesting new option for Requires a Skill Roll calculated?
I notice that the Limitation as presented above has the same value as the Activation Roll 15- Limitation, which also always fails on 16+. Could it be that the Limitation value of the equivalent Activation Roll is considered the minimum value of an "always fails on X or higher" RSR Limitation?
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Scott Destroyer
Hello,
The "Dim Mak" power on page 123 of The Ultimate Martial Artist says,
"(6) Characters must buy Dim Mak powers with the following Limitation: Requires a Chinese Healing Roll (no active point penalty, but 16+ automatically misses; -1/4)."
This is a very interesting construct, to me. The Requires a Skill Roll Limitation is normally worth -1/2, eliminating the Active Point penalty to the roll makes it worth -1/2 less (reducing it to -0), and choosing a Background Skill (like KS: Chinese Healing) as the skill is worth a further -1/4 less. So without the auto-miss caveat, the Limitation would save no points at all.
My question is, just how is the Limitation value for this interesting new option for Requires a Skill Roll calculated?
I notice that the Limitation as presented above has the same value as the Activation Roll 15- Limitation, which also always fails on 16+. Could it be that the Limitation value of the equivalent Activation Roll is considered the minimum value of an "always fails on X or higher" RSR Limitation?
Thanks in advance for the answer!
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