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Post by Racebred on Feb 20, 2005 14:39:51 GMT
Dunno if this has been discussed before, but Kai Blast was explained in the book to be able to reduce an enemy's ep by between 2 to 18, while you reduce your own ep by 4.
The numbers lead me to think further that the enemy's ep loss could be linked to a number picked from the Random Number Table, multiplied by 2.
If not, then why would anyone choose any enemy loss to be anything other than 18?
And if the RNT is not being used here, then Kai Ray will be made redundant, since it only gives you a loss of 15ep.
The RNT is not mentioned at all in the explanation of Kai Blast. What do you guys think?
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Post by outspaced on Feb 20, 2005 15:05:26 GMT
The answer is actually found in Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #24:
I assume PA are going to incorporate this directly into the text of TLoV when it's finally released.
Hope it helps.
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Post by Racebred on Feb 21, 2005 2:14:53 GMT
thank you for your clarification.
Also, since kai blast/kai ray cannot be used in conjuction with any other mindforce attack, does it mean that during a battle where you are using Kai Surge +8 cs, and during one of the rounds you wish to use kai blast/ kai ray, you will need to reduce your cs by 8, conduct that round, include additional ep loss by yourself & enemy through kai blast, then resume your +8cs the following round?
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Post by outspaced on Feb 21, 2005 9:42:58 GMT
Outspaced, where is your qoute from? What, the Kai-blast one? Page 3 of Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #24 under the heading Rules Errata. It's next to an ad for Alternative Armies and above a short piece regarding why publication of The Skull of Agarash was put back. Also, since kai blast/kai ray cannot be used in conjuction with any other mindforce attack, does it mean that during a battle where you are using Kai Surge +8 cs, and during one of the rounds you wish to use kai blast/ kai ray, you will need to reduce your cs by 8, conduct that round, include additional ep loss by yourself & enemy through kai blast, then resume your +8cs the following round? Yes, that would seem to be correct. It will probably be worth footnoting that for clarity in the rules and stating it in the Rules Handbook.
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Post by outspaced on Feb 27, 2005 12:36:27 GMT
Still need to see that movie. Hear it's good stuff. I can recommend it as undemanding cheesy fun, though it might help if you have already seen Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn before watching it. It's not essential, but both films are darn funny. Yeah, I got a bit bored and decided on a quote from Spaced, a very funny TV series where quite a few of the actors from Shaun of the Dead got together to write a genuinely clever sit-com for the late 90s. Highly recommended. I'll probably chop and change between a few of them over the next few weeks, just to see which one I find funniest on repeated reading. The quote I'm using now is what Tim says to his girlfriend as they're breaking up (if my memory serves). JOOI, where does your quote come from? I'm not sure if I recognise it or not. Oh, and rumour has it that we may just possibly see TLoV ready for publication (or at least ready for the comment period) in two weeks. My breath can be considered bated. Edit: &^%£$%^(*ing TYPOS! I blame this new keyboard I was forced to buy.
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Post by karnage79 on Nov 8, 2006 18:10:59 GMT
Thanks for the help, but it no where in that thread does it answer my question I just don't get how the turn based attack works.... Can I just use Kai-Blast over and over and over till the battle is done, or do I have to switch back and fourth each round, one with Kai-blast and one with a melee weapon. It just seems that if I can use Kai-Blast over and over, it's never giving the enemy a chance to attack me.
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Post by beowuuf on Nov 8, 2006 18:18:15 GMT
You kai blast at the same time as normal combat - so ontop of LW's normal losses he loses 4EP, and ontop of your enemy's losses he loses 2 - 18EP
So for an easy fight there is no reason to reduce your EP by four each round, and if it's a tough fight then that 4 - 8 CS for Mindblast or Kai-surge might protect you better that losing 4 extra EP each round
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Post by Al on Nov 9, 2006 9:47:16 GMT
Hi Karnage, is your question about the Kai Blast, or is it about the turn based system? it seems that you and Outs may be talking past each other here.
Let us know, and hopefully we can help (afterall, we all want everyone to enjoy the books)
Al
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Post by Doomy on Nov 9, 2006 9:57:47 GMT
Why is everybody posting on this ancient thread instead of the current one?
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Post by Al on Nov 9, 2006 11:21:09 GMT
because the conversation in the current one keeps pointing to this one - these two threads are intertwined (which I guess makes them a rope)
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Post by Doomy on Nov 9, 2006 21:21:11 GMT
Not exactly my intention, I merely flagged that one up for reference. Oh well...
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Post by beowuuf on Nov 9, 2006 23:44:00 GMT
Read this one first and he seemed to have asked here so I posted here...so yeah, either it multiple posted or he posted the same question in both threads , but I posted in this thread - sorry!
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