[projectaon] Re: Grey Star action chart
- From: David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 18:53:14 +0100
Yeah - we've had this discussion before:
but I have always noted that the Jewelled Knife is completely pointless
unless you are allowed to use it in conjuction with your Staff, because if
you use it on its own, its "+1CS" bonus is immediately dwarfed by the -6CS
penalty for fighting without your Staff...... this would make it a pretty
dumb gift to choose - and indeed, if you didn't realise it was a dumb gift,
that would only be because you didn't understand the Rules about the -6CS
penalty, which involves circular reasoning.....
On 6 September 2013 17:50, John TFS <johntfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In terms of the Staff/Willpower question, Grey Star doesn't use his Staff
> as a simple Quarterstaff, think of it more like a deadly magical Taser. He
> uses Willpower to infuse it with magical energy and releases that energy
> into an opponent when he strikes them with the staff. The more energy he
> puts in, the more damage he does. Unless, of course, they're skilled
> enough to deflect the staff away (Grey Star does 0 damage during a Close
> Combat exchange). If GS doesn't have Willpower, his Combat Skill is
> reduced by 6 points to reflect the fact that without powering his Staff
> with magic, he kind of sucks at regular combat.
>
> As for the Jeweled Knife Special Item, I tend to fanwank that it fits onto
> the Staff and transforms it into a kind of Spear, letting GS blast and cut
> his opponents, thus slightly increasing his CS.
>
> > To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 23:37:16 -0500
> > Subject: [projectaon] Grey Star action chart
> > From: ericzollman@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Well I have finally, FINALLY, gotten my internet access back! And it
> > feels like I'm starting to claw my way back out of the financial hole
> I've
> > been in since losing my last job. I did manage to keep my house, so
> thats
> > a good thing...
> >
> > Anyway, I've started looking at doing an action chart for the four Grey
> > Star books and I've noticed that the rules seem to be a bit more complex
> > than the LW books, and I have a quick question. When using your staff
> are
> > you forced to use at lease one willpower point? That seems kind of odd
> to
> > me. Since the willpower points multiply the damage done to your enemy
> > using just one point really does nothing at all. So it just seems
> strange
> > to force the use of a point when you don't gain anything from it.
> >
> > As of now I've just skimmed over the rules and started thinking of the
> > best way to code some of the combat situations. Is there something
> obvious
> > that I've overlooked?
> >
> > -Eric Zollman
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