Degenerating Activation Rolls

[JPicasso]

I was wondering what your thoughts would be regarding a power that required a roll, but after each successful activation, the roll to reactivate would be one less.

 

At first I was going to use some mid point of 13- and 8-, but with burnout being -0 and Jammed only -1/2, wondering if this is even worth an extra -1/4?

 

Thoughts?

 

Plan B would be to just keep the 12 or 13 requirement and put 4 charges on it.

[Escafarc]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

This sounds a little like Ablative.

[IndianaJoe3]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

I've heard of Ablative being used for that also.

[JPicasso]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

Yes, ablative. I with it would have been included with the rest of the limitations in 6th ed.

 

I'll prolly use that. thx.

[IndianaJoe3]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

It was, under Defensive Powers (6e1 147).

[prestidigitator]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

Right. And for Ablative the roll only worsens if both the defense applies (the roll succeeded) and the attack exceeds the value of the defense. The Limitation may be more or less depending on the circumstances under which your roll degrades.

[Hugh Neilson]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

I was wondering what your thoughts would be regarding a power that required a roll, but after each successful activation, the roll to reactivate would be one less.

 

At first I was going to use some mid point of 13- and 8-, but with burnout being -0 and Jammed only -1/2, wondering if this is even worth an extra -1/4?

 

I don't know that I'd compare it to Burnout and Jammed. Burnout has the advantage of knowing each use will or won't work, and Jammed has the lesser advantage of knowing later uses won't work. This reduces actions wasted on a failed activation roll.

[JPicasso]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

IJ, yeah, I wish it would have been included with the rest of the limitations, that was my point. It looks like the power groups at the front of Chapter 5 that include adv and lim that are normally only associated with those types of powers. It would have added consistency if they could have all shown up in chapter 7.

 

 

Good points with the comparisons I did. I would also never consider the power completley useless and allow infinte 8- rolls after 6 successful activations. (13,12,11,10,9,8)

Right now I'm leaning twoards -3/4 because it seems somewhere between the -1/2 and -1 requirements listed for ablative defenses.

[prestidigitator]

Re: Degenerating Activation Rolls

 

IJ' date=' yeah, I wish it would have been included with the rest of the limitations, that was my point. It looks like the power groups at the front of Chapter 5 that include adv and lim that are normally only associated with those types of powers. It would have added consistency if they could have all shown up in chapter 7.[/quote']

Yeah, I didn't like it when they split them like that either. I think it would've been better had they simply said "This Modifier is normally only applied to XXX Powers" in the first paragraph of the description.