[BNW] Goliaths and Blasters

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

As far as goliaths go I like the idea of dropping the armor down to 5/-
that seems like a decent compromise. I don't know about dropping the
"slow" quirk though. It just seems odd to have one of these big, lumbering
behemoths as fast as an average person...

> You guys must not have run into a lot of Blasters, then.  :)  Their Energy
> Blast averages 19-20 points of damage on their worst days (with no delta
> point use), based on the fact that an average roll for 5d6 BNW-style is
> 9-10.  Their Blast Punch averages about 24-25, and once they get Superblast
> (which almost all of them do), you can add +5 to +20 to either of those
> averages (scary...).  You're right about most damage rolls: typical results
> are usually more like 8-15, plus about 3 or 4 with the use of delta points.
> But there are several powers that do a whole lot more on a regular basis,
> and, frankly, they are some of the most common ones out there (Blasters are
> a dime a dozen in most campaigns and in the BNW official history, for that
> matter).
> 
> BTW, this brings up another question.  Does anyone else think that
> Superblast is just a little overkill?  Blasters already do a lot more damage
> than almost everyone else, as this whole conversation has brought up.  In my
> experience, the ones with Superblast are usually willing to build up for a
> couple of rounds, so they average close to 35 points of damage.  I know that
> this is a Blaster's main talent (although they also get armor), but
> still....

Well I've always kind of assumed that the superblast has to be a
continuous thing. So if the blaster has to spend an action to, say, dodge
then he loses the superblast. So all you have to do is plug the guy while
he's charging up and he's either going to lose the charge or get hurt.

The flip side is that all it takes is a dodge to totally nullify the
super-blast (and the 2-5 actions it took to build it up and fire). Spend a
DP or two to make sure the dodge is successful and all the blaster's done
is waste his time.

Man, I really wish my group liked BNW more. I can count on one hand the
number of times I've actually gotten to play it. We do all Pinnacle stuff
these days.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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