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Ginormous
07/23/2010, 09:32
POWER BARRAGE

Cost: 6

Prerequisite:

Choose a character. If this character possesses Blades/Claws/Fangs, Energy Explosion, Pulse Wave, Quake, Incapacitate, Penetrating/Psychic Blast or Telekinesis and uses it as an attack, after actions resolve, it may make a close or ranged combat attack as a free action, but modifies its attack and damage values by -1 for that attack.

First, I'm sorry for making another thread, but ClClix closed the other one before I could ask my question (I personally hate it when that happens, because it doesn't let other people easily ask questions they may have or reference the thread: rant over).

Since B/C/F is one of the powers, could you potentially attack forever? Or am I overlooking something?
Example:
My 9 on your 17. Roll an 8, then roll blades. Even if I roll a 1 with blades, and you have toughness, the attack was still a success, right?
Next attack: 8 on your 17. I roll a 9. Hit, roll blades.
Next attack: 7 on your 17
...
Next attack: 0 on your 17. I roll a 12. Roll blades.
Next attack: 0 on your 17. I roll a 12. Roll blades.

Maybe you had Invulnerable or Impervious and my blades rolls were bad and your impervious rolls great, so I kept not damaging you, but kept hitting 12's even when I had no attack. Because blades locks your roll, the feat would not reduce that damage, correct?

I apologize for not quoting blades, but I can't copy text from a PDF using my phone.

normalview
07/23/2010, 09:37
could you potentially attack forever?

No.

From the PG:

Free Actions
 Any game effect that grants the character a free action can never use that free action to initiate the action that granted the free action in the first place. (For example, the power action of Multiattack cannot be used to give the character a power action for another Multiattack).


The second attack granted via this feat is a free action, so whatever you do there (even if you do it with BCF) can not be used to activate the feat again.

Ginormous
07/23/2010, 09:40
Ah. Thanks, normal. I figured there was something, but I could not find it.

Quebbster
07/23/2010, 09:57
Also, the close combat attack granted by PB is insufficent to activate BCF - that requires a close combat action.

Questions
07/23/2010, 10:31
Also, the close combat attack granted by PB is insufficent to activate BCF - that requires a close combat action.

If a character uses Blades/Claws/Fangs and Power Barrage, is the damage value from the Blades/Claws/Fangs locked in for the Power Barrage attack?

fersidhe
07/23/2010, 13:36
If a character uses Blades/Claws/Fangs and Power Barrage, is the damage value from the Blades/Claws/Fangs locked in for the Power Barrage attack?

Nope, it would be -1 to your printed damage amount.

Questions
07/23/2010, 13:40
Nope, it would be -1 to your printed damage amount.

Why is that?

Harpua
07/23/2010, 13:50
Why is that?

Because that's what Power Barrage does. (Other modifiers would still apply, of course.)


EDIT: Anyway, the BCF replacement is gone because that action has resolved.

Questions
07/23/2010, 14:08
EDIT: Anyway, the BCF replacement is gone because that action has resolved.

So a wild card could change team abilities, right?

normalview
07/23/2010, 14:15
So a wild card could change team abilities, right?

POWER BARRAGE

Cost: 6

Prerequisite:

Choose a character. If this character possesses Blades/Claws/Fangs, Energy Explosion, Pulse Wave, Quake, Incapacitate, Penetrating/Psychic Blast or Telekinesis and uses it as an attack, after actions resolve, it may make a close or ranged combat attack as a free action, but modifies its attack and damage values by -1 for that attack.



The previous action(s) have ended and the free action attack is a new action. So, yes, you could change TAs.

JoeGualtieri
10/31/2010, 23:09
If one of the powers that can trigger Power Barrage is used in conjunction with another (say, if Bats/Green Arrow used Running Shot/Incap), would that trigger it or does the triggering power have to b used by itself?

normalview
10/31/2010, 23:11
If one of the powers that can trigger Power Barrage is used in conjunction with another (say, if Bats/Green Arrow used Running Shot/Incap), would that trigger it or does the triggering power have to b used by itself?

If the power is used, that's all that matters.

JoeGualtieri
11/01/2010, 00:23
Thank you, Norm.

Questions
11/01/2010, 00:29
Thank you, Norm.

He's actually not Norm. Norm is nbperp the RA. normalview is Jeff, a RD.

UniqueLoginNamor
11/01/2010, 12:40
He's actually not Norm. Norm is nbperp the RA. normalview is Jeff, a RD.

Actually both of them, Harpau, and Quebbster are all secretly the same person

Rellkin
11/01/2010, 13:04
Actually both of them, Harpau, and Quebbster are all secretly the same person
Multiple Man?

Harpua
11/01/2010, 13:24
Actually both of them, Harpau, and Quebbster are all secretly the same person

No way, I'm ten times more man-pretty than nbperp.

nbperp
11/01/2010, 13:51
No way, I'm ten times more man-pretty than nbperp.

I read these threads, you know. I don't post as much since you RDs do such a fine job.

And by "you RDs" I mean normalview and Quebbster.

aahhhh, I kid. What would I do without Harpua???

Rellkin
11/01/2010, 13:54
I read these threads, you know. I don't post as much since you RDs do such a fine job.

And by "you RDs" I mean normalview and Quebbster.

aahhhh, I kid. What would I do without Harpua???

get the last piece of pie?