Revising Innate Abilities

[wolverine]

Two new ones...


Jack of all Trades
You can naturally turn your hand to anything.
Cost: 15 Character Points
Effect: Add +1 to skill rolls when you do not have any extra dice or pips in the skill, i.e. Attribute +1.

Deadeye
You are a crack shot with ranged weapons.
Cost: 15 Character Points
Effect: When using a ranged weapon, the difficulties for the weapon ranges are reduced by one step to a minimum of Very Easy, e.g. shooting at a target at medium range is an Easy task.
Notes: The benefit of this Innate Ability applies against targets making use of Full Reaction, but it adds no benefit to Opposed Rolls.


Deano

Not bad..
Going back to one of your older IAs.. I have scanned both the base and the R&E rule book but do not see anywhere it listing a penalty for using your 'off hand'.
So what do YOU make it?

[Deano]

Thanks

This is the way I deal with it...

Whilst holding two pistols or two single handed Melee weapons, a Character may elect to try and use both weapons in the same action phase as part of a single attack action. To do this a character must make separate skill rolls for each attack and suffer a -2D penalty to each roll in addition to any other penalties, e.g. Multiple Actions. Characters may target multiple opponents as long as they are in range or reach. The additional penalty can be reduced to -1D if the character is Ambidextrous.

Deano

[cheshire]

I'd entirely forgotten about this section of TORIS. And Deadeye is interesting. Jack of all trades would be a no-brainer to take, I think. Essentially you gain a +1 to all untrained skills, giving you a massive CP to benefit ratio. Granted, it only works for untrained skills, so I'm not going to suggest that it's completely unbalanced, though perhaps the CP cost should be great enough to make you think about whether or not you really wanted to take it.

Thanks for resurrecting the thread.

[Deano]

Here's a new one for ya...

Keen Senses
Your senses are far sharper than most.
Cost: 10 Character Points
Effect: Add +1 to PER or Search Rolls involving vision or hearing.
Notes: This bonus stacks with any racial benefits the character may have

Deano

[Vanger Chevane]

Here's a new one for ya...

Keen Senses
Your senses are far sharper than most.
Cost: 10 Character Points
Effect: Add +1 to PER or Search Rolls involving vision or hearing.
Notes: This bonus stacks with any racial benefits the character may have

Deano

I believe we've forgotten smell & possibly touch dependent on the situation. Shistavanen as an example are great scent-trackers. I knew someone who played this well, using her nose (and Demolitions skill) to tell if blast damage was Mining explosive, military-grade missiles, or starfighter lasers by sniffing some of the char (along with an exceptionally good roll).

The Player might need to specify which sense is boosted by this ability & the GM play into (and occasionally against) it. An extra-sensitive sense is also more easily overwhelmed. I personally have better-than-average hearing, especially in the high frequencies (Dog Whistle is quiet but not silent), & am occasionally quite annoyed by high-pitch sounds the "Normals" are utterly blithe to. On the flipside of that coin I can usually tell a cheaply recorded/reproduced sound as the high end most people don't hear sounds "flat" to me