CE and Activation (burn out) Rolls

[jaws]

Hopefully this will get to you in time before you get your operation. GL by the way!

 

CE when it gives penalties to skills it normally triggers a roll.

So a CE -5 to DEX rolls could in effect cause somebody to fall unless they make a DEX roll at -5. (IIRC)

 

How about powers or items with a burn out/JAM activation roll.

Can a CE -X to activation roll force a roll with penalties that if failed, jams/burns out the power?

 

TY

[Steve Long]

Re: CE and Activation (burn out) Rolls

 

There are no specific rules that allow Change Environment to force Activation Rolls on a power. However, CE is an open-ended sort of power; the combat effects listed in 5ER aren't the only ones possible. If you can talk your GM into it, and devise an acceptable cost structure (say, 5 points for an Activation Roll 14-, +3 points to reduce the roll by -1), then no one's going to send the Gaming Police after ya. Or at least, I'm not.