Attacks, Flaws, and Weaponry - Confused with disarmament.
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:45 am
There's one part of creating attacks that's always confused me: weaponry. There are so many different ways to deal with a weapon and the loss of it.
I've seen varying instances of this in the OVA sample characters:
Raine has Attack (Kaze Satsujinsha) which would suggest the ability comes from having his sword. But he then has mist touch which is a will attack and doesn't have the weapon flaw, which still has the +3 DX.
Then you compare this to Karis and Natsuki: All of Karis' attacks require the weapon, but there's nothing to suggest that if she loses he boomerang she loses the +3 DX on a normal attack.
While Natsuki has Focus (Strong Requires Gauntlet) and has three weapon-flawed attacks, bt has a final attack which shows her without it as she loses the +3 DX strong provides her. But her Attack ability is still listed as being from her "Iron Fist" which I'm not sure if it means her gauntlet or just her personality.
So here's the question: I have two characters. One uses a scythe, but can't really attack without it, and isn't physically strong, her damage output comes from the speed she can move the weapon rather than brute force. The second is more burly and has special gauntlets to augment her natural strength with shotgun blasts on impact, but she's still a capable martial artist without them. How do i build their abilities to cope appropriately if they are disarmed?
The idea is the first character shouldn't be able to do much without her weapon, and just be able to flail a bit to do damage, but not as a listed attack just a basic attack roll with roll 2, DX 1. The weapon does not grant her strength like Natsuki's gauntlet, she can't lift heavy things just because he has her weapon, it just allows her to attack more effectively. So i was considering the Focus weakness on her Attack ability, but in order to disallow her suite of attacks while disarmed and still allow her to flail, her suite of attacks all have to have the weapon flaw. But according to the rules, you can't double up on weaknesses and flaws doing the same. So I don't know how to deal with that situation.
The second character seems simpler, but I'm unsure if it's right. If she loses her shotgun gauntlets she should still be able to use most of her melee attacks getting her DX boost from Strong, but losing the DX bonus the gauntlets provide. So the weapon flaw is only used for attacks where she's just using them for their ranged shotgun attack. So my theory is Attack should be subject to the Focus weakness so she loses the DX boost from the blasts, while the weapon flaw says that only one of the attacks is unavailable while disarmed.
Of course this is all based on a character being able to attack without the Attack Ability as shown on Braun. There are other characters in the campaign similar in design to one of these characters: either being totally vulnerable when disarmed, or able to do something when disarmed but losing a lot of damage output. So they all look like they should have the focus weakness on their attack. Am I missing a trick here?
For those who know the series RWBY, the characters are Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long respectively. If that helps.
I've seen varying instances of this in the OVA sample characters:
Raine has Attack (Kaze Satsujinsha) which would suggest the ability comes from having his sword. But he then has mist touch which is a will attack and doesn't have the weapon flaw, which still has the +3 DX.
Then you compare this to Karis and Natsuki: All of Karis' attacks require the weapon, but there's nothing to suggest that if she loses he boomerang she loses the +3 DX on a normal attack.
While Natsuki has Focus (Strong Requires Gauntlet) and has three weapon-flawed attacks, bt has a final attack which shows her without it as she loses the +3 DX strong provides her. But her Attack ability is still listed as being from her "Iron Fist" which I'm not sure if it means her gauntlet or just her personality.
So here's the question: I have two characters. One uses a scythe, but can't really attack without it, and isn't physically strong, her damage output comes from the speed she can move the weapon rather than brute force. The second is more burly and has special gauntlets to augment her natural strength with shotgun blasts on impact, but she's still a capable martial artist without them. How do i build their abilities to cope appropriately if they are disarmed?
The idea is the first character shouldn't be able to do much without her weapon, and just be able to flail a bit to do damage, but not as a listed attack just a basic attack roll with roll 2, DX 1. The weapon does not grant her strength like Natsuki's gauntlet, she can't lift heavy things just because he has her weapon, it just allows her to attack more effectively. So i was considering the Focus weakness on her Attack ability, but in order to disallow her suite of attacks while disarmed and still allow her to flail, her suite of attacks all have to have the weapon flaw. But according to the rules, you can't double up on weaknesses and flaws doing the same. So I don't know how to deal with that situation.
The second character seems simpler, but I'm unsure if it's right. If she loses her shotgun gauntlets she should still be able to use most of her melee attacks getting her DX boost from Strong, but losing the DX bonus the gauntlets provide. So the weapon flaw is only used for attacks where she's just using them for their ranged shotgun attack. So my theory is Attack should be subject to the Focus weakness so she loses the DX boost from the blasts, while the weapon flaw says that only one of the attacks is unavailable while disarmed.
Of course this is all based on a character being able to attack without the Attack Ability as shown on Braun. There are other characters in the campaign similar in design to one of these characters: either being totally vulnerable when disarmed, or able to do something when disarmed but losing a lot of damage output. So they all look like they should have the focus weakness on their attack. Am I missing a trick here?
For those who know the series RWBY, the characters are Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long respectively. If that helps.