OSAT Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I'm Posting becouse I can't find an answer because I'm an iddiot. Depending on the SFX you add str to hth and hka damage (I think). Do you do the same for eb and rka? My Supers game char has a bow and the damage boost would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious You don't add STR to EB or RKA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious Also, to be clear, SFX do not come into play when adding STR to Hand Attack or Killing Hand Attack. STR always adds unless the HA or HKA has a Limitation that states otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious HA and HKA get "Add STR" for free. EB and RKA get "Ranged" for free. If you really wanted to, you could buy a bow as HKA and apply the Ranged Advantage to it. You could also intuit that "Add STR" is a +1/2 Advantage and just apply that to a RKA if your GM allowed it. There used to be an advantage in 4th Edition called "Can be thrown" which was a +1/4 if I recall and was useful for Daggers and such -- it kind of bundled up Ranged with Lockout, and Range Based On Strength into a easy and handy modifier, IIRC. You could take a similar approach if you cared to for Bows. Also, I don't have my books w/ me (at work) but I seem to recall strength adding to bows being printed somewhere; perhaps Fantasy HERO. On the other hand, it might just be that more powerful bows have a higher STR Minimum so that only stronger characters can use them with the indirect effect that they do more damage thanx to their being stronger not by adding their STR directly but by virtue of being able to use a more powerful bow with a higher base damage. Ghost Angel is the ultimate rules lawyer (in a good way); you might want to hit him up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious Fantasy Hero p170 for a discussion of Bows and STR. (Equipment Guide p12 has the same information) You recall correctly - Higher STR Min bows simply do more damage - they go up in increments of One Damage Class for every few points of STR Min added. The 4E "Can Be Thrown" Advantage was turned into "Ranged, Based On STR" Advantage in 5E, still worth +1/4 (5ER p267) Thanks for the compliment, alas I cannot rep you for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious Thanks for the compliment, alas I cannot rep you for it. Well earned accolades, no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSAT Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Help I Missed Something Obvious thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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