Targetting

[tenguitarz]

I'm sure I'm not saying anything that hasn't been said already (probably in the last few weeks on this forum, heh) but I thought I'd run this idea a friend of mine and I had and see what people think.

Basically this sprung from a conversation where we were trying to make people like Havoc, Cyclops, and various people with Mastery Force blasts not suck compared to people like Bishop (by the way, we agreed his guns were way broken, as well), and to make Bullseye be able to kill people with pens and paperclips, like he should.

Targetting: CL+4 (Like Before)

OPTIONS
-1: Only applies to a Force Blast (either from a mastery or from Force Blast itself).
+2: Apply your full targetting modifier to all Ranged attacks.

Obvious question: Doesn't the Force Blast thing kind of imply that you always apply your full modifier, since Force Blasts don't have weapon modifiers?

To fix this, I'd call your Weapon Modifier for a Force Blast however many stones you spent. Ie. Cyclops only has the first option and a Targetting of +4. If he spent 2 stones in Optic blast he'd only get 2 free Targetting stones, for a total of 4. If he had both options, though, he'd get the full targetting mod for a total of 6.

Naturally, I suppose this rule would be open for abuse, but I think it's a good, simple way of fixing the problem of Force Blast characters who run out of energy ridiculously quickly and for characters with "perfect aim".

(My opinion for "fixing" Cyclops would be to give him Targetting at 3 or 4 with both of these options and maybe to add and option for Area Effect to his Force Blast, giving it the "automatica collateral damage" option)

Questions? Comments?

[i3ullseye]

Hmmm... not sure this is neccessary. Targetting already DOES work this way actualy. If you use a natural weapon, or anythign without a weapon mod, it adds your full targetting rank. If you are using a pre-designated weapon, the modifier can only double that weapons bonus.

If Cyclops had a targetting of +3, he would add 3 stones to EVERY optic blast, whethere it was a 1 stone blast or a 9 stone blast. Full targetting always applies.

Bullseye adds a full 5 stones to every item he throws. A baseball, a paperclip, a pencil, etc.... so assiming he is using at least 1 stone from ranged combat, even the most mundane item is a 6 stone attack in his hands, for only 1 red stone. VERY lethal.

The limit on targetting is ONLY when a gun or shuriken is used. And then it is merely stating that you can only make a weapon so effective by accurrate aiming. A +2 hand gun can only become a +4, doubly effective.

Now in my games Bullseye ignores this and adds +5 to EVERY ranged attack. OR he can double the weapon mod, whichever is higher. So a +2 gun he ignores and makes it a +5, but a +3 gun he doubles to a +6.

[beyonder]

*L* Me[glow=red,2,300]TEXT[/glow]ntal note: ;D

[beyonder]

This is what happens when one leaves the computer in the hands of one's bored, pregnant, smartass wife.

What I was gonna say is, Mental Note: for a very rapid response, direct all queries re: Targeting and/or throwing stuff to i3ullseye.