Lunistra Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 So, I got a sPD of 3 normally and the power of +2 SPD for mental activities only. kindly borrowed from the ultimate mentalist book (Speed of thought) now that boosts my speed to 5 for mental powers or leaves it at 3 for physical things Spd 3 = 4,8,12 Spd 5 = 3,5,8,10,12 so im now confused as to which phases i can do things on as 4 doesnt exist in my new spd of 5? any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylint Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed Haven't got my copy of Ultimate Mentalist, but back in the day when I modeled it I did: Speed 5* partially limited SPD 3 for physical actions which by divine hand wave resulted in Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12... where character could only perform physical actions on 3, 8, 12. It's a simple solution to the problem, and only improves your physical speed by 1 phase, so I figured it was fair. YMMV. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed According to Steve Long in response to a rules question: To get the full discussion on that' date=' I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few weeks for The Ultimate Speedster to come out, then check pages 18-19 re: Limited SPD. It's too much information for me to repeat here.[/quote'] I don't have the Ultimate Speedster, but my guess would be, either your physical move is deferred until Phase 5, or you can choose to act physically in Phase 4 but lose the mental Phase 5, or you can take a physical half-phase action in 4 and a mental half-phase action in 5. Again, that's just my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed I'd make each physical phase occur on the later of a 3 SPD phase and a 5 SPD phase, making your SPD 5,8,12 for physical actions plus 3 and 10 for mental actions only. I'd also suggest +3 Mental Only speed, as this would bring things into perfect match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed My mental speed is a negative number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed I'd also suggest +3 Mental Only speed, as this would bring things into perfect match. I'd always try and match things up that way if I were working with a split purpose speed like that. I had a mentalist with a 4 + 4 (high power game). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapier Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Mental Speed IIRC, Ultimate Speedster doesn't have any particular rules about Limited Speed. It's mostly an "it's really up to the GM." I would probably do my best to stick the extra phases in there someplace evenly. If you had a SPD 5: 3, 5, 8, 10 and 12 and bought +2 SPD only for Mental, I would probably stick them in at 4 and 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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