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Miscellany
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This page is for rules that have not yet been written into the regular ruleset for whatever reason, rules that are being used probationally, and rules that don't really seem to fit into any of the other pages.
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Concentration Rules (New Rule, awaiting merging into normal rules)
In the heat of combat, attempting to focus on a complicated task can be quite difficult -- especially if you're getting the stuffing beat out of you. This rule regulates just how much you can focus, depending on how much you're getting beaten. It applies to all power types.
Generally speaking, power wielders can safely absorb 10% of their TotalPL in damage without losing concentration. Anything excess over that causes them to lose concentration. If they are in the midst of a focus activity, (typically, any action which consumes one or more full rounds to execute), then that activity is lost, along with any energies invested in it. The prime example of this is charging -- any charging energies will be lost if the character is struck for more than 10% of their TotalPL. This number may be increased by gaining the Enhanced Concentration Common Technique, for ki wielders and physical fighters.
This necessarily assumes that the character has the durability to withstand this. If a psion does not defend themselves (either Passively or Actively), or if a mage does not have a defensive spell up, they are more likely to simply die, after all, which also tends to have a negative impact on one's ability to focus.
This applies equally to mages within Barrier-equivalent type spells. The Barrier is kinetically linked to the mage, unless a technique specifies otherwise. This means that, while they won't be turned into a bloody paste as they would if they did not have the Barrier active, they may still be thrown hither and yon by the kinetic transfer, which may disrupt charging and other focus activities if the damage source exceeded 10% of their TotalPL. It likewise applies to psions who utilize Passive Defence and Active Defence (PD is essentially equivalent to a skintight Barrier, and AD remains within the psion's SoI, and is thus kinetically linked to them by its nature).
Gains when Transformed (Unwritten Rule now Written, awaiting merging into normal rules)
Fighting gains to PL are modified when you utilize a transformation technique for a significant portion of the fight. For instance, if you fight a character who has 1,500 PL, normally you would (gain cap allowing), gain 45 PL (assuming human-equivalent gain percentage). However, if you apply a 3x multiplier to your PL, for instance, then your gains will be divided by the same multiplier -- in this example, your PL gain would be reduced to 15 PL.
When applying this rule, you should calculate your raw gain first (typically, 3% of your opponent's PL), then apply this divisor, and then check to make sure your total gain is equal or less than your gain cap (typically, 6%).
If you possess multiple power levels, the divisor is only applied to gain set to the multiplied power level, not that distributed to an unmultiplied power level (if any).
This rule does not operate in reverse, that is, if you lower your power level, your gains are not increased.
Melee Speed/Eyesight Limitation (Rule Whose Parents Were Unwed)
Melee attacks by characters of any power type may not exceed half their eyesight rating in speed, generally, unless they possess a technique which explicitly discludes it from this rule.
A psion may perform melee attacks up to their Psionic Sense rating, or eyesight rating, whichever is greater. Other power types may not likewise depend on their supernatural senses, as a gimme -- they lack the fineness that psionic senses innately possess.
For a multi-PLed character, psionic senses do not stack with eyesight rating to determine their maximum speed.
This rule has been nullified. Movement and melee speed have been rationalized to both being limited by eyesight speed (or psionic sense speed, whichever is greater).
Transformations and Persistant Effects
Sometimes, when a character uses/has used on them a Power Level-multiplying effect, they already have effects on them that are dependent on their PL. The obvious example of this is a mage's Barrier or movement spell. The movement spell is simpler -- for the duration of the PL multiplier's effects, the speed granted by the spell is based on their multiplied PL. After the transformation wears off, the speed is based on the normal PL that they have returned to. This is because a mage's spells are still innately linked to them. Likewise, if the movement spell was cast during the transformation, instead of before, once the transformation wore off, the mage's speed would return to being calculated from their base PL.
Calculating the effects on a durability-granting effect is more complicated. Let us assume that the mage cast their Barrier (at 200% MagPL durability), and it was taken down to only half of its normal durability (or 100% of the mage's MagPL). Now, the mage uses a 2x MagPL multiplying transformation. The mage's PL doubles, and thus, so does the effectiveness of the Barrier -- but the damage remains proportionally the same. The Barrier remains at 50% of its new maxmimum strength. Let us further suppose that while transformed, the mage takes additional damage, reducing the Barrier to 25% of its maximum durability. When the transformation wears off, assuming no other changes, then the Barrier will be at 25% of its original maximum -- the overall percentage of strength stays constant.
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