Re: We Sons Of Daley (TWS)
12-11-2011, 02:27 AM
Gnauga Wrote:Turn up your concealment matrix again, if you can. How about a rundown of the mechanics for allocating psychic points? We might want to invest further in metapsychickery like hiding power.
Free the hostages now that you can too.
[MECHANICS CHAT: PSYCHIC POWERS
Psychic powers largely run on WILLPOWER. How many you can activate at any one time, how much power they have coming out, how well they improve- all these things are dictated almost entirely by the WILL of the psychic.
[Arlington has a high WILLPOWER as befits his POWER SET, and his SELKIE CRYSTAL improves this even further. Currently, before his SPENT PSYCHIC POINTS, he has a POTENTIAL of 190. This is enough to activate most powers, and if he wanted to be really crazy, he could activate up to five at once.
[Aside from POTENTIAL, there's also PSYCHIC POINTS. These are what you use to GAIN DISCIPLINES, ACTIVATE POWERS, FOCUS, and INCREASE PSYCHIC POTENTIAL.
[Psychic points are INVESTED to gain DISCIPLINES- one per DISCIPLINE- and then once more for each POWER. For instance, to awaken Cryokinesis, Harold needed to spend a point, then he needed to spend three more to gain the FREEZE, CRYSTALLIZE, and EVERLASTING MOMENT powers. Powers gained like this can be activated at any time for NO COST. Be careful- once you've invested a point in a psychic discipline or power, you CAN'T GET IT BACK!
[You can also INVEST points to GAIN POTENTIAL. They are added in summation fashion- the first +10 costs ONE, the second +10 costs TWO (for a total of +20 for THREE POINTS), the third +10 costs THREE (for a total of +30/6), and so on. You can GAIN POTENTIAL IN A SPECIFIC POWER, too, for a much cheaper +10 for 1 point, flat. Again, points invested this way CAN'T BE GOTTEN BACK, so MAKE SURE THIS IS A POWER YOU WILL BE USING OFTEN!
[Innate Slots are interesting. They cost an investment of TWO PSYCHIC POINTS, but they can hold any power you like, and they will be MAINTAINED INDEFINITELY WITH NO CONCENTRATION. Currently, Arlington has only the HIDE MATRIX POWER in his innate slots, of which he has three.
[With all of that taken care of, anything you haven't INVESTED is a FREE POINT. FREE POINTS can be SPENT to FOCUS, to ELIMINATE FATIGUE, to ACTIVATE A POWER, or to IMPROVE AN INNATE POWER. Free points come back ONE PER HOUR, and there is NOTHING that obviates this LIMIT.
[If you have a DISCIPLINE, but not a POWER, you can SPEND A FREE POINT to activate that power. For instance, if you want to send ICE SPIKES at an opponent right now, Arlington would need to SPEND A FREE POINT to do it.
[He may also FOCUS, to improve a power's ACCURACY or its POTENTIAL. He can spend up to five of these at once, and each one gives a flat +10 to Potential or Accuracy.
[Arlington can also use Free Points to improve an INNATE MAINTAINED POWER, when he sets it as INNATE, for a rate of +20 per point spent. He can spend up to five of these at once. BE AWARE, though, Points used this way are COMMITTED- Until you RELEASE THE POWER you WILL NOT GET THEM BACK!
[Psychic powers have a caveat- if you can't activate them properly, you gain Fatigue. Fatigue is BAD. If you SPEND a free point BEFORE ACTIVATING A POWER, any Fatigue and Power loss will be waved away if you fail. This usually won't be a problem for Arlington, but it is something to be aware of.
[That said, your allocation is as follows:
[6 points: 3 innate slots
[6 points: +30 Potential
[1 point: Hide Matrix Power.
[1 point: Cryokinesis
[1 point: Freeze
[1 point: Crystallize
[1 point: Everlasting Moment
[This leaves you, with your Level, with 22 FREE POINTS of 39.
[Innate Slot 1: Hide Matrix. Superb. major activation penalty to Sense Matrix and other magical detection abilities!
[Innate Slot 2: It WAS Everlasting Moment. But now, there's nothing.
[Innate Slot 3: Nothing.]
kenji wolf Wrote:You might want to rethink your lifelong dream.You start to get that feeling, yes. But it's not looking to likely right now- the price of failure here is pretty high.
You start freeing the hostages; soon enough Alice comes back. "Wh... How did you..."
"Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies."
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