Panpiper Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Could one get away with buying a free abort action, usable once per turn only? Basically buying an extra level of speed but putting the limitation on it of only being usable to abort to a defensive action? How much would you say that limitation would be worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 needs more context, it is one of those cases where the value might vary. In a SPD 4 game, if I was to buy SPD 3 and buy a fourth point with "only to abort" then I think I might be quite generous, possibly even to saying +1 or more. In a SPD 4 game, if I was to buy SPD 4 and buy a fifth point with "only to abort" then I think I might be quite stingy, possibly even to saying +1/4 or less. So what matters is how often that comes into play. If I have the same number of actions to burn as everyone else and I have an extra one as long as one of those actions is an abort, then I am not particularly inconvenienced by that. Panpiper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panpiper Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Doc Democracy said: So what matters is how often that comes into play. If I have the same number of actions to burn as everyone else and I have an extra one as long as one of those actions is an abort, then I am not particularly inconvenienced by that. It's not so much an inconvenience, but it is certainly not as useful as having an extra potential attack move either. I'm asking more in the context of a game in which speed has 'not' been limited, though currently no character other than enemies have more than speed 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Panpiper The phase you abort to what do you expect to do that phase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panpiper Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Just now, Ninja-Bear said: Panpiper The phase you abort to what do you expect to do that phase? That would depend on the situation, dive for cover, catch a falling teammate, something along those lines. The idea would be to be able to pull such a stunt without it costing the action of a regular phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 So more for non-combatant then? I’d say -1 is fair. Panpiper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 How do you see this working, mechanically? "SPD 3, with a free Abort once/Turn" is a lot more powerful than, "SPD 4, but Phase 6 can only be used for Abortable actions." The first is probably a -0 Limitation, while the second is probably -1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 My take on it was that the character would be a speed 4 character but that one of those four actions would have to be abort or nothing at all. So if the character attacked on segments 3, 6 and 9 then they would not be able to act on segment 12....not even to recover. A generous GM might allow the character to act on 4 8 and 12 and, if necessary allow an abort on any other segment. Doc Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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