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Questions about non-wizardly powers
iago:
I'm sort of stuck here, because the depth of answer needed here is... the game itself. :)
I'll say these things quickly:
- There are a few "rebate" powers that will kick a refresh point or two back your way if you have them: my powers are contained in an item rather than in myself; my powers are only conditionally available when i shapeshift; my powers make me hunger for the flesh of the living. That sort of thing. I don't think these ever give you back more than 1 or 2 points of refresh. 1 says "inconvenient", 2 says "serious vulnerability", if I were to generalize.
- Mortals with no powers whatsoever get a +2 bonus to their refresh. Turn that around, and you could say that everyone with a power is paying a 2-refresh surcharge in order to play a powered character. That's the thinking that goes into some of our pricing (particularly the presence of zero cost powers or high-yield low-cost building-block powers like the speed/strength/toughness sets) -- a 1-refresh power gets to be a little cooler than a 1-refresh stunt.
- Powers are built largely on the idea that they have the effect strength of multiple stunts mashed together. So a 2-point power is going to have effectiveness similar (but often a little bit better, due to that one time surcharge above) to 2 stunts added together.
- You can us the stunt-building guidelines together with the above to grow your own powers.
- You can create a very wide range of effects with magic, but that flexibility is pretty exhausting to exercise consistently. Other powers give specific effects without as much of an energy drain.
traeki:
--- Quote from: iago on February 09, 2010, 02:20:54 PM ---I'm sort of stuck here, because the depth of answer needed here is... the game itself. :)
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::wry grin:: I daresay I anticipated that, and indeed in my heart of hearts that was the depth of answer for which I was hoping. ;) I figured we've got two months* before we can stare at the words on the page, so I might as well start asking the hard questions now.
And your answer actually fills in a lot of the gaps for me, thanks! :)
-John
*"April at earliest, late June at latest" means "two months from now", right? I'm gonna keep clinging to that raft. It springs eternal, this well in my breast.
iago:
--- Quote from: traeki on February 09, 2010, 04:29:55 PM ---::wry grin:: I daresay I anticipated that, and indeed in my heart of hearts that was the depth of answer for which I was hoping. ;) I figured we've got two months* before we can stare at the words on the page, so I might as well start asking the hard questions now.
And your answer actually fills in a lot of the gaps for me, thanks! :)
-John
*"April at earliest, late June at latest" means "two months from now", right? I'm gonna keep clinging to that raft. It springs eternal, this well in my breast.
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A lot depends on whether the final bits of art, the indexing, the cross-referencing, and possibly a vignette story from Jim can happen by April. If it can't, then it can't.
Rechan:
What DOES the Inhuman/Supernatural Strength/speed/whatnot give you?
I'm fairly curious about the Speed part too. I don't think Fate really emphasizes Initiative (he who goes first wins), nor multiple attacks, so what does the speed do?
iago:
--- Quote from: Rechan on February 09, 2010, 06:04:59 PM ---What DOES the Inhuman/Supernatural Strength/speed/whatnot give you?
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Strength is about hitting hard, breaking things, and lifting things, as you might expect.
Toughness is about taking hard hits.
Recovery is about healing from them rapidly.
Speed is...
--- Quote ---I'm fairly curious about the Speed part too. I don't think Fate really emphasizes Initiative (he who goes first wins), nor multiple attacks, so what does the speed do?
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SOTC has initiative, as does DFRPG. Speed increases your ability to act first and your ability to get out of the way of things and your ability to cross distances quickly.
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