Powers with Burst/Area etc and adding Variable Enchancement
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:44 am
One of my only criticisms with BASH! (and it's minor, BASH! is in my all time top 5) is that sometimes I wish there was a little more in the way of examples, especially when it comes to building powers.*
So firstly I am going to ask - is there anywhere, forum, BAM or somewhere else that can act as a guide to the slow among us of how best to construct a good super hero? (with particular attention to what you can do with certain enchancements and things like "special attack" - someone once made me an awesome Gambit, but I forget where that was).
Secondly, and more specifically:
If I add Variable to something like Immobilization 5 this will allow me to swap the amounts around I know - however can I buy amounts of area/range etc on top of this which is not affected by variable.
For example: if I want to have a 50 in a difficultly to escape that's not going to allow for much range, even with variable as an enhancement. Could I then buy a range on top of this which isn't affected by variable and can only be used to add range if required.
Hope that makes sense.
*mainly because I am pretty certain from going through pregen characters that anything can be created with this system (well maybe not Marvel's Darwin...), but I sometimes just don't "see" it until the finished product is made. i.e I'm better at working the system backwards than forwards, not the best thing for a Narrator!
I'm having real difficulty for example with creating a telephathic link power between two characters who can speak to one another telepathically at any distance but can't read one anothers thoughts without the other letting them/extreme effort.[/i]
So firstly I am going to ask - is there anywhere, forum, BAM or somewhere else that can act as a guide to the slow among us of how best to construct a good super hero? (with particular attention to what you can do with certain enchancements and things like "special attack" - someone once made me an awesome Gambit, but I forget where that was).
Secondly, and more specifically:
If I add Variable to something like Immobilization 5 this will allow me to swap the amounts around I know - however can I buy amounts of area/range etc on top of this which is not affected by variable.
For example: if I want to have a 50 in a difficultly to escape that's not going to allow for much range, even with variable as an enhancement. Could I then buy a range on top of this which isn't affected by variable and can only be used to add range if required.
Hope that makes sense.
*mainly because I am pretty certain from going through pregen characters that anything can be created with this system (well maybe not Marvel's Darwin...), but I sometimes just don't "see" it until the finished product is made. i.e I'm better at working the system backwards than forwards, not the best thing for a Narrator!
I'm having real difficulty for example with creating a telephathic link power between two characters who can speak to one another telepathically at any distance but can't read one anothers thoughts without the other letting them/extreme effort.[/i]