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Mimic Power Abuses
KOFFEYKID:
Thats because technically it doesn't go into the skill column. The power says:
--- Quote from: Mimic Power, Page 177 ---Mimic Skill. Allocate one mimic point to copy any one of your target’s skills. This replaces your actual rating with that skill while the allocation remains in place.
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You keep your own ranks in the skill, but you use the bonus provided by the stolen skill instead. So it doesn't violate the column system at all. I just put them in there because it was easier to keep track of it there.
Esoteric:
I'm not actually sure if this is really that broken, because yes, the mimic does get uber skills, but at the same time a normal sorcerer could use those three power points to buy up things such as sponsored magic and/or refinement (though iirc there was a limit on the refinements they could take, but I can't remember what), so in the end I think they end up with at least equivalent casting power.
KOFFEYKID:
Consider that a mortal stunt will at most give you a flat +1 bonus to a skill, and costs 1 refresh. This gives you up to a +5 if you don't have points in that skill to begin with. That means that this character gets 15 Refresh "worth" of mortal stunts for 3 Refresh. Thats a 1 to 5 ratio, making it about 5 times as powerful as a mortal stunt.
Esoteric:
--- Quote ---Consider that a mortal stunt will at most give you a flat +1 bonus to a skill, and costs 1 refresh. This gives you up to a +5 if you don't have points in that skill to begin with. That means that this character gets 15 Refresh "worth" of mortal stunts for 3 Refresh. Thats a 1 to 5 ratio, making it about 5 times as powerful as a mortal stunt.
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From that perspective true, but then again its my opinion that mortal stunts were somewhat weak to begin with anyway (with a few exceptions).
KOFFEYKID:
--- Quote from: Esoteric on May 01, 2010, 02:52:36 AM ---From that perspective true, but then again its my opinion that mortal stunts were somewhat weak to begin with anyway (with a few exceptions).
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Alright, lets take the example away from a Sorcerer, lets put all of it into skills, You could have a character that has these skills:
COST POWERS
-9 Mimic Abilities
Mimicked Abilities
COST POWERS
-1 Endurance (5 Ranks)
-1 Presence (5 Ranks)
-1 Conviction (5 Ranks)
-1 Rapport (5 Ranks)
-1 Empathy (5 Ranks)
-1 Deceit (5 Ranks)
-1 Athletics (5 Ranks)
-1 Alertness (5 Ranks)
-1 Lore (5 Ranks)
Ranks Skills
5 Intimidation, Contacts
4 Scholarship, Resources
3 Driving, Scholarship
2 Guns, Burglary
1 Fists, Melee
Now this character has 44 percent of all the skills in the entire game at Superb. That is AMAZINGLY powerful. This character will own in almost EVERY situation.
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