OOC Chat

[gurusql]

Happy New Year

I will be getting MrKinister's character in soon.

[MrKinister]

[shaidar]

Sorry gurusql, I need to get my brain back into 'HERO' mode and refresh my memory as to how it all works.

[Rex]

LOL, I still haven't figured out how it works.

[gurusql]

The team has made it out the action and eventually back to New Chicago. I will be working on the epilogue over the next days.

Living in the path of one of the fires in SoCal I have had to be at the ready to evacuate - so that is taking some of my brain cycles.

Just setting expectations.

[shaidar]

The BBC has been covering the fires quite extensively over here, it looks terrible.

Stay safe and I hope your home is OK.

[Rex]

Stay safe gurusql and good luck with everything!

[Rex]

I will try to look at xp on Sunday.

[shaidar]

Yeah, I know what I want to do with Umbra (Stealth skill), but need to think about Eclipse and read previous conversations in my private forum.

[Rex]

I had a plan for Azir, but not sure I recall more than an outline of it now. No clue on Grimm. But will figure it out either way.

[gurusql]

Just checking if any post from Warlock or Eclipse

[shaidar]

Apologies, I thought I had replied, obviously not.

[Rex]

That is usually something I do.

[MrKinister]

Oh! I see.

After the post declaring the fact that it was an incantation hidden in fake work, I didn't think there was much more to be cleared. I was waiting for the team to pick up and move on, searching the library for the individuals involved.

I'll get a post together today.

[gurusql]

I will try an move this along tonight, I was just pausing for a private post I made to MrKinister

[MrKinister]

Oh wow. Sorry, I didn't get that message. Even though I signed up to be notified about posts on the private thread, I was not getting them, so I never checked. From now on I will check on the private character thread every time I check for messages here.

I will post something today responding to the information and moving things along.

[MrKinister]

In the library:

Ok, Warlock will attempt to power stunt a "detect" spell into the Multipower. Here's the basic formula:

Detect Magic (Class of Things): 5 AP
- Sight Group sense (includes Ranged, Targeting, Sense): 0 AP
- Discriminatory: 5 AP

The usual Disadvantages for the Multipower apply (Gestures, Incantations): -1/2

The final cost for the spell would be 10 AP, down to 7 AP with Disads, down to 1 into the Multipower as an Ultra slot.

This would require permission to put an "Enhanced Sense" into a Multipower framework, as they usually don't go there, but is often the case as in Gadgets in a Gadget Pool or Spells in a Magic Pool. Let me know.

The final penalty for the Power roll would be -1, for a modified roll of 13 or less. Warlock would like to take two extra steps down the Time Chart to give him a +2 on the roll. I am thinking this may take something like 1 minute or 5 minutes, you tell me what that would be.

Is this possible?

[gurusql]

Yes, I will allow this (but understand this is outside of the spirit of the no VPP house rule)

I will very much lean into the limited part of the text. If you try to do the same trick again would start applying stronger and stronger penalties to "encourage" you to purchase the power per the final sentense.

"If he wants to do it again, he should buy it as a separate ability."

[MrKinister]

Of course. The "Power Stunt" part is never intended to be a significant source of "permanent new" power combinations. It is more of a "spur of the moment" solution. Frankly, this spell should have been part of his basic grimoire, but I didn't think of it at the time and points were scarce during character creation.

As soon as we hit the next issue, I'll be buying this power. It is, after all, only costing 1 character point.

[gurusql]

Detect Magic (Class of Things): 5 AP
- Sight Group sense (includes Ranged, Targeting, Sense): 0 AP
- Discriminatory: 5 AP

Frankly this is the exact reason why the house rule is no power pools and gadget pools this in the game.

You caught me at a moment of distraction this should not be allow in the MP at all. I said, OK so fine.

Detect Magic Discriminatory is 10 AP. You do not get Ranged, Targeting or Sense for free as that is another 17 AP.