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doppelgreener

12:24 AM

@BESW technically he could, and that's what matters right?

@BESW good thinking, this is true

doppelgreener

12:37 AM

> Combat attacks with the Time Gun have weapon:2 (or Weapon:4 if you take a cost).

I really like this skill format.

I may use it for Stellata at some point... it's something I'd like to draw out of her: her body's capable of a lot, but using it near its limits comes at a toll.

Like how she can use Tooth & Claw in place of Physique to overcome obstacles at a cost.

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BESW

6:57 AM

@doppelgreener I saw that and liked it.

(The Lightning Gun is the best example of this sort of thing in the book, I think.)

I'm actually toying with an idea for the Eldritch Son where he has a lot of "sometimes" stunts that come with a cost when used.

So he'll have a set of "normal" stunts, and a stable of stunts in the wings that he can use at cost. Hopefully the cost will usually be story complications.

doppelgreener

@BESW stunts which are always present?

BESW

Yeah, it'll be stunts like "Weapon:2 at cost" that don't have any effect until you choose to use them, and they're offset by having costs when you DO use them.

doppelgreener

cool. :)

BESW

So they don't count toward the normal stunt slot limit, and he's a pretty normal guy most of the time.

When he pulls out the stops, he's EXTREMELY scary and effective... but with major fallout.

doppelgreener

Since the above I was considering giving Stellata exactly that. Like, "Mindless ferocity: +2 to Attack with Tooth and Claw, but at a cost."

costs involving her becoming more animalistic as predator mode takes over, or her body suffering the cost of effectively going into overdrive.

BESW

7:10 AM

For Howie (working name), there'd be a lot splatproof and absolute skills and such.

doppelgreener

Absolute comes with a cost and is worth (1), though, so there'd have to be two costs - which is silly, so a cost and a weakness.

(* might not actually be silly)

BESW

I'd debate with my GM that upgrading the normal cost to a serious cost might be sufficient.

doppelgreener

Is there a part of ARRPG or Fate Core that explains the nature of costs and serious costs well?

BESW

Serious and Minor costs are on ARRPG 98.

> Mind Games: Absolutely more persuasive (Rapport) than a human, but at serious cost.

It'd be a persuasion of the GM/group, though, because normally stunts are capped at one cost/weakness per.

So within the scope of the rules...

> Mind Games: +2 to Rapport when overcoming frail human minds, but at cost.

> Sanity-Breaker: Weapon:2 with Hallucinations, but at cost.

> Causality Drift: You can use Notice to see past events at your location, but at cost.

> Foresight: You can always choose to go first in a conflict, but at cost.

BESW

7:36 AM

I'm still having trouble building a character around the idea, though. Lots of good notions but they're all just bouncing off.

Maybe I'll go with a Psi Corps thing.

doppelgreener

EXPLAAAIIIIN?

BESW

Psi Corps

In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps is an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for all humans with telepathic or other para-psychological abilities anywhere within Earth-controlled space. All persons with Psi abilities are required to either join the Corps, face lifetime imprisonment, or submit to a lifetime of drug treatments to suppress their abilities. Prolonged treatment with these drugs has a depressing effect. Susan Ivanova's mother committed suicide after ten years under treatment. == Purpose and operation == The origin and early history of the Psi Corps are revealed...

doppelgreener

7:54 AM

Oh, wow.

BESW

Further context: in the B5 universe, sapient telepathy is nigh impossible to evolve naturally.

All sapient telepaths (with one bizarre exception) are the result of a breeding program by aliens called the Vorlons, to create intelligent telepaths in many races across the galaxy to serve as weapons against the living technology of their enemies in a coming war.