Poison/ Disease Inoculation

[Cripple X]

Hey guys,

 

I'm trying to build Poison/Disease Inoculation for a Doctor. Basically what it's supposed to do is counteract the effects of a poison/disease until you can get the patient to an aid center for treatment. I'm a novice at Hero, but here's what I've come up with. Please comment on these and add your own alternatives if you find this lacking.

 

Field Inoculation: Minor Transform 2d6 (Ailing persons to Well persons) (20 Active Points); OAF (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), No Range (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Paramedics; -1/4), Limited Target ([slightly Limited]; Sentient beings; -1/4)

 

I'm not sure it that's right. Perhaps I should go with suppress effect? What way would be best to represent a short duration? Its essentially supposed to represent a stop-gap measure until the patient can be moved to a facility that can provide full treatment.

[Xavier Onassiss]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

LS: Immunity will counter the effects of a poison or disease. It's normally a persistent power, but it could be built with Continuing Charges, to model a temporary immunity which wears off after a certain time. Pick whatever duration you like, and add other limitations as needed.

[Tasha]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

How about enough Aid to temporally counteract the Poison/Disease. The person will feel better till the innoculation wears off. It's the easiest way to do temporary effects. The treatment can be a Heal that targets the damaged characteristics.

[Cripple X]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

Thanks for your advice.

 

Here's what I've come up with:

 

Field Inoculation: Life Support (Immunity All terrestrial poisons and chemical warfare agents; Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents), 6 Continuing Charges lasting 6 Hours each (+0), Usable By Other (+1/4) (25 Active Points); Only 1 charge may be used per patient (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Gestures (Requires both hands; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Paramedics; -1/4)

 

Here's the actual long term treatment power, it's basically right out of Star Hero with some changes:

 

Treat Ailment: Minor Transform 6d6 (Ailing persons to Well persons) (60 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Day, -4), OAF Immobile (Sickbay; -2), No Range (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Professional Skill: Doctor; -1/4), Limited Target ([slightly Limited]; Sentient beings; -1/4) (uses Personal END)

 

See any problems with those?

[spaceprincessecho]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

Transform: Ailing person to well person seems sort of dodgy to me. Even if it's in a published HERO book. I think, depending on how diseases are defined, Aid (to a maximum of their starting value) could be best. Assuming you don't go the temporary LS route, which I'd advocate as being ideal.

[Cripple X]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

Transform: Ailing person to well person seems sort of dodgy to me. Even if it's in a published HERO book. I think' date=' depending on how diseases are defined, Aid (to a maximum of their starting value) could be best. Assuming you don't go the temporary LS route, which I'd advocate as being ideal.[/quote']

 

Yes, I'm not that big a fan of it either. It means its harder to heal a fit person of a disease than it is to heal a weak or sickly person. How would you go about building a long term treatment?

 

Here's my shot at it:

The Inoculation

Field Inoculation: Life Support (Immunity to a particular disease or poison), 250 Continuing Charges lasting 1 Day each which Never Recover (+0), Usable By Other (+1/4), Persistent (+1/2) (9 Active Points); Patients may be inoculated vs. a particular ailment only once. (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Gestures (Requires both hands; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Paramedics; -1/4) Real Cost: 2

 

The Treatment

Treat Ailment: Life Support (Immunity to a particular disease or poison), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 25 Years (+0), Usable By Other (+1/4), Persistent (+1/2) (9 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Day, -4), OAF Immobile (Sickbay; -2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Professional Skill: Doctor; -1/4) Real Cost: 1

 

That seems ludicrously cheap so I probably did something horribly wrong there. Forgive my lack of Hero-Fu.

[spaceprincessecho]

Re: Poison/ Disease Inoculation

 

Yes' date=' I'm not that big a fan of it either. It means its harder to heal a fit person of a disease than it is to heal a weak or sickly person. How would you go about building a long term treatment?[/quote']

 

Without getting into specific numbers like you did, I'd say some combination of Healing and Dispel. Healing, based on the assumption that a disease mechanically is something akin to a Drain of one or more characteristics. Dispel would be necessary if the disease is somehow "ongoing", such as something that inflicts a small Drain every day.