The Souljourner Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Say I want to be able to give my allies a bonus to OCV... sounds like CSLs with UBO: Simultaneous (so I can affect multiple allies)... but what's the range on "giving" the ability to others? Since it's multiple people simultaneously, can I give it to anyone in an area, or do I have to purchase area of effect? -Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? IIRC, UBO has no range by default, requiring you to grant the power at touch range. If you applied the Ranged advantage, I'd say you could apply the power to anyone you wanted (within your maximum numbers) who you can perceive within that range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Souljourner Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? Hmm... I guess I need to apply the ranged advantage to the cost of the UBO advantage (otherwise ranged drain UBO could mean two different things). If I ran the zoo, it would just be an adder on UBO to make it ranged for an extra +1/4 or something. Maybe I'll just do that instead. -Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Raven Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? Apply Range as described. The Range would be the Active Cost of the Power x 5, as with any other Ranged Power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCUBA Hero Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? The Ranged Advantage for UBO is separate from, for example, adding the Ranged Advantage to a Drain. (See 5er, p. 273). So you could buy two 5-point CSLs (10), Usable Simultaneously by four characters (+3/4); (17) and give the power to yourself and three other people, but you'd have to touch them to give them the Power (although they only have to stay in LOS afterward). For another +1/2 to add Ranged to the UBO, you're at 22 points and can grant the Power at a Range of 5" x 17 = 85". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? If this is giving you a headache, you might consider trying a simple Aid to DEX with the limitation 'OCV only'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheUnknown Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? If this is giving you a headache' date=' you might consider trying a simple Aid to DEX with the limitation 'OCV only'. [/quote'] Aid to dex would be more costly and only produce 1 OCV for every 3 rolled and thus would not give a set level automatically unless you bought an extreme amount of Aid plus you would have to make it AOE selective to target the right people. does not produce the same SFX of D&D bless adding +1 OCV to friends in area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? Aid to dex would be more costly and only produce 1 OCV for every 3 rolled and thus would not give a set level automatically unless you bought an extreme amount of Aid plus you would have to make it AOE selective to target the right people. does not produce the same SFX of D&D bless adding +1 OCV to friends in area Not necessarily more costly, since you have to start with 5 point levels, then add Useable By (X) other, Area Effect Selective. The set level is easy to accomplish with Standard Effect. And, lastly, it's actually closer to D&D Bless because the bonus will continue for a set length of time (until the Aid fades) and will remain after the recipient of the Aid leaves the initial area of effect, whereas the OCV Useable By Others will be lost if the recipient moves too far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Re: UBO: Simul - Range? Area? Not necessarily more costly, since you have to start with 5 point levels, then add Useable By (X) other, Area Effect Selective. The set level is easy to accomplish with Standard Effect. And, lastly, it's actually closer to D&D Bless because the bonus will continue for a set length of time (until the Aid fades) and will remain after the recipient of the Aid leaves the initial area of effect, whereas the OCV Useable By Others will be lost if the recipient moves too far away. Actually, Aid IS more costly but it has the advantage of being able to be applied more than once during the same encounter. 30 Bless: Aid DEX 3d6 (standard effect: 9 points), Area Of Effect (3" Radius; +1), Selective (+1/4) (67 Active Points); Limited Power Only to increase OCV (-1), Limited Power maximum of 8 targets can be affected (-1/4) 12 Bless: +1 with All Combat, Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1), Area Of Effect (2" Radius; +1) (24 Active Points); Limited Power Only to increase OCV (-1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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