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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:57 pm    Post subject: Poss new "Sith power". Force Sink Reply with quote

This nasty and parasitical force power used back in the hey day of the sith empire, allows a Sith to slowly strip the force potential of a jedi (or other force user), like as if he was a energy sink. He first must make contact (CSA) with them, then each round he and the 'target' contest wills. If the Sith succeeds in that contest, he strips off some of the targets force power. Should the Target win 3 straight contests, the contact the sith had with him is lost.
IF the target is ever wounded while contact is maintained by the sith, he instantly loses that round of contesting wills, but if the Sith gets wounded while it is in effect, the power drops. If the wound level is mortal, he actually kicks out some of the stolen power back to the target jedi.

Initiating contact
Cont - Difficult (modified by proximity and relationship)
Sense - Difficult (modified by proximity and relationship)
Alter - Very difficult (modified by Proximity and relationship
1FP must be spent.

Contest of wills.
The Sith rolls his alter, while the target rolls his Control.
Target = or above sith's total, he wins that round.
Sith = 1-5 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from 1 force skill (highest first)
6-10 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from the 2 highest force skills
11-15 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from all 3 force powers.
16-20 over target. Jedi loses 2 pips from all 3 force Skills
21-26 over target. Jedi loses 1d from all 3 force skills
27+ same as 21-26, but jedi also loses a force point.

If at any time in the contest of wills, the Sith rolls a 1' on the wild die for his Alter roll, he imediately bleeds back 1d of stolen force potential to the target jedi. If he rolls all 1's on the alter roll, All of the stolen power bleeds back.

Once contact is lost, or the Sith maintaining it dies, the Jedi regains his 'stolen power' at the rate of 1 pip a day per force skill (in any order he desires).


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does the Sith gain what the target loses?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Esoomian wrote:
Does the Sith gain what the target loses?

And if so is the gain temporary or permanent?

If permanent that seems too unbalanced in favor of the Sith.

I'd prefer the gain was temporary. Possibly bleeding away at the same rate as the target regains the power.

Use by a Sith on a PC or an important NPC would certainly give PCs a reason to try to break the contact one way or another. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I view it more as him stripping the power from you.. not absorbing it into himself.. BUT i could see a temp gain for the sith using this.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nasty. It almost sounds like the various Level Drain monster attacks in D&D. I'd use this as is, but certainly not often.

In fact, I recall mention somewhere that Force Lightning had a power draining effect on its victims. This might be something interesting to work into that.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you..
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At first glance, I like it. It's insidious Smile

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I view it more as him stripping the power from you.. not absorbing it into himself.. BUT i could see a temp gain for the sith using this.


I think it makes sense in the theme of the power and the Sith way for it to offer a temporary increase in power, though a smaller increase than the decrease suffered by the target. It could last a certain number of rounds based on how long the contest had been going on... longer you drain, the longer it lasts kind of thing.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't the Derriphan have a similar power? Basically something about feeding off the Force to sustain itself?

That might be a good comparison to what you're proposing.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ankhanu wrote:
At first glance, I like it. It's insidious Smile

garhkal wrote:
I view it more as him stripping the power from you.. not absorbing it into himself.. BUT i could see a temp gain for the sith using this.


I think it makes sense in the theme of the power and the Sith way for it to offer a temporary increase in power, though a smaller increase than the decrease suffered by the target. It could last a certain number of rounds based on how long the contest had been going on... longer you drain, the longer it lasts kind of thing.


So... Say for every full D the sith strips, he gains a temp +1pip for 2d rounds?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More like +1 pip for every D drained and it lasts for half the number of rounds that the contact was maintained for. That way there is a real incentive for the Sith to attempt to maintain the contact for as long as possible and risk that one on the wild dice.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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More like +1 pip for every D drained and it lasts for half the number of rounds that the contact was maintained for. That way there is a real incentive for the Sith to attempt to maintain the contact for as long as possible and risk that one on the wild dice.


This is a little more in line with what I was thinking, yeah.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK.. First re-write.

This nasty and parasitical force power used back in the hey day of the sith empire, allows a Sith to slowly strip the force potential of a jedi (or other force user), like as if he was a energy sink. He first must make contact (CSA) with them, then each round he and the 'target' contest wills. If the Sith succeeds in that contest, he strips off some of the targets force power. Should the Target win 3 straight contests, the contact the sith had with him is lost.
IF the target is ever wounded while contact is maintained by the sith, he instantly loses that round of contesting wills, but if the Sith gets wounded while it is in effect, the power drops. If the wound level is mortal, he actually kicks out some of the stolen power back to the target jedi.

Initiating contact
Cont - Difficult (modified by proximity and relationship)
Sense - Difficult (modified by proximity and relationship)
Alter - Very difficult (modified by Proximity and relationship
1FP must be spent.

Contest of wills.
The Sith rolls his alter, while the target rolls his Control.
Target = or above sith's total, he wins that round.
Sith = 1-5 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from 1 force skill (highest first)
6-10 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from the 2 highest force skills
11-15 over target. Target jedi loses 1 pip from all 3 force powers.
16-20 over target. Jedi loses 2 pips from all 3 force Skills
21-26 over target. Jedi loses 1d from all 3 force skills
27+ same as 21-26, but jedi also loses a force point.

The sith who is using this power gains 1pip to allocate as he see fit for every D stolen, and the bonus pip(s) stay for 1 round per 2 that contact was maintained with the target.

If at any time in the contest of wills, the Sith rolls a 1' on the wild die for his Alter roll, he imediately bleeds back 1d of stolen force potential to the target jedi. If he rolls all 1's on the alter roll, All of the stolen power bleeds back.

Once contact is lost, or the Sith maintaining it dies, the Jedi regains his 'stolen power' at the rate of 1 pip a day per force skill (in any order he desires).
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Esoomian wrote:
More like +1 pip for every D drained and it lasts for half the number of rounds that the contact was maintained for. That way there is a real incentive for the Sith to attempt to maintain the contact for as long as possible and risk that one on the wild dice.
This gets my vote.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks good, garhkal.

Somehow I missed this part, first read:
garhkal wrote:
Once contact is lost, or the Sith maintaining it dies, the Jedi regains his 'stolen power' at the rate of 1 pip a day per force skill (in any order he desires).


I love the slow recovery! It's so Sith Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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