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Sanctaphrax:
The threshold rules mention that it's possible to attack thresholds. Perhaps this power could use that idea/mechanic.
UmbraLux:
Sanctaphrax's idea is a good one if you do want to keep the threshold reduction. It also points out just how powerful an effect you're talking about. It would take a ten shift attack to reduce a strength eight threshold by two...and the power as written does that automatically and possibly repeatedly.
Edit: One method of implementing Santaphrax's suggestion might be allowing use of Conviction to attack the ward.
computerking:
--- Quote from: UmbraLux on April 12, 2012, 12:52:50 AM ---Sanctaphrax's idea is a good one if you do want to keep the threshold reduction. It also points out just how powerful an effect you're talking about. It would take a ten shift attack to reduce a strength eight threshold by two...and the power as written does that automatically and possibly repeatedly.
Edit: One method of implementing Santaphrax's suggestion might be allowing use of Conviction to attack the ward.
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That's what I was going for. Perhaps I put too many limiting factors in there...
Sanctaphrax:
Unfortunately, the rules for attacking thresholds are so vague that it's almost impossible to write powers using them.
We don't know who can attack thresholds or what kind of thresholds they can attack or what skill they use or whether they can use weapons. There's a mention of artificial thresholds, whatever those are.
We know that thresholds have one stress box per level. We also know that the strength of the threshold drops as it takes stress hits.
But we don't know how much they drop or in what way. Or whether thresholds get defence rolls.
And we don't know what stops someone from attacking any given threshold until it goes down. Enough attacks will drop almost anything, after all. Which makes me think, roughly how long does attacking a threshold take? A second? Five minutes? An hour?
Obviously, this is all a pain in the neck when writing a power for general consumption.
PS: Just out of curiosity, why did you post to this thread rather then to the custom powers thread on the Resources board?
Silverblaze:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on April 13, 2012, 04:07:43 AM ---Unfortunately, the rules for attacking thresholds are so vague that it's almost impossible to write powers using them.
We don't know who can attack thresholds or what kind of thresholds they can attack or what skill they use or whether they can use weapons. There's a mention of artificial thresholds, whatever those are.
We know that thresholds have one stress box per level. We also know that the strength of the threshold drops as it takes stress hits.
But we don't know how much they drop or in what way. Or whether thresholds get defence rolls.
And we don't know what stops someone from attacking any given threshold until it goes down. Enough attacks will drop almost anything, after all. Which makes me think, roughly how long does attacking a threshold take? A second? Five minutes? An hour?
Obviously, this is all a pain in the neck when writing a power for general consumption.
PS: Just out of curiosity, why did you post to this thread rather then to the custom powers thread on the Resources board?
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Especially when you can just burn down or blow up the building, that has the threshold.
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