Character creation

Already mentioned but if we're going around the table: OOLIN is immune to Shestendeliath's (lenpelletier) energy ability. And when her implants malfunction, Jerry Riggs (Apexwolf)knows what to do.

Works for me Lenpelletier. I guess you'll be Mikkitto's voice of reason at times to show compassion.

That puts us at:
Manhunter both connections
Ped Xing's connection to someone else
The Great Ricktator both connection
Mikkitto's connection to someone else

His is known throughout the Blacktusks as Jerry Riggs. It was a goof name given to him because he doesn' ever speak.

Oh. So it results in some sort of ring. Pretty nifty.

Neat.

(note I'm here and present -- and largely happy to have you guys sort these things out without my getting involved! I haven't disappeared)

@Remnant: Shestendeliath will probably not make a good voice of reason for compassion. If you were hoping to have that dynamic with a character, we should probably switch sooner rather than later.

If Shestendeliath saw you give compassion to an animal, it would perplex him since you are a hunter and it was your prey, and he's pretty literal and without understanding of the nuances of humanity. I could see it leading to interesting discussions about the value of compassion, but Shestendeliath would be arguing against its value at first. Maybe your character could teach him about compassion, and the complexity of human nature in general.

That sounds like a fascinating character development.

Thanks Apexwolf - we'll see! I hope so :)

Falryx, I wanted to clarify a few things with the rules of my Focus, Absorbs Energy (Character Options 2, page 50):
So, to confirm:

1. If I have no stored energy, any time I take a physical impact or blow (does not include poison, fire, etc.), I can spend 1 intellect point to negate up to 5 points of that damage. I then have stored energy.

Question: If my armor absorbs all the damage,I assume I cannot use that impact to trigger this ability because I didn't take damage?

2. Any time I have stored energy, I can use an action to do 5 points of damage to a foe in long range.

Questions: This is an intellect task to hit the foe? Can i fire it harmlessly into the air or into the ground? Does it have any effect on inanimate objects like doors?

Thanks in advance.

I'm okay with this. Everything's fine.

I think you have to choose but it's situational, can you make a defense roll? You make the roll don't put any effort, if you get damaged I think you have to take the hit or use armor to absorb. It's up to the GM but I guess this is asking if direct damage can be buffered by armor (reduction) then gobble up to 5 points of damage with the ability. From my other game where someone took this foci here's what we've found out, the GM will let them release only up to the amount they absorb, if they take 3 low mob hits of 2 damage each they can absorb 2 and get hit for another 2 then another 2 (they absorb the first and take four from the other two attacks). She still had to wait until their next action before she could release it, mental damage wasn't something she could absorb since it wasn't kinetic. Getting hit by a two type damage you can only get one of the two (electric spear or slash that caused bleeding).

It's intellect to unleash if you're going to use effort, you could just burn it out on the air/ground but it's kind of a waste. As for objects it probably depends on the GM and the object (like what kind of door? If it's a older wooden door, it might have the effect of a doorknocker breach battering ram).

Hi Remnant, thanks for your reply.

That seems like a pretty major reinterpretation of the rules. I'm glad it worked for your group and it sounds like the player had a good time, so no criticism. But, I guess I'm a little bit worried now that this ability might be interpreted different than what I'm expecting so I'm going to assert what's in the text of the book just to check it against falryx's interpretation.

1. Absorb Energy says you absorb damage (max 5 points, anything more spills over and hurts you) from 1 attack and then you can't Absorb Energy again until you release energy. You can't negate multiple mob hits.

2. Release energy always does 5 damage, regardless of how much damage you've absorbed. It only works if the switch is on, and using it turns the switch off.

3. Release energy doesn't cost any points.

Again, not trying to rules lawyer argue you or criticize how your table does things Remnant.

Also, falryx, I'll respect your rulings on the ability, I just want to know what to expect before I get into a situation in the game.

Coming from DnD so I might be hearing it a bit differently but you sound right Len. It sounds like temp HP almost.

Len: let me read up on things and get back to you. I'm generally happy to go with RAW and not reinterpret things, but if we wind up having something weirdly unbalancing I'd talk to you about how to smooth it out a bit.

Thanks falryx. Sounds entirely fair.

Sorry again for prolonged silence, work has been kicking my brain-ass

Don't forget it's that time of year.

As promised, I read the details in Character Options 2. I think I agree with your reading of it, which means that even if you absorb only 1 point of damage, you can turn the energy of that into a 5 point strike. It's weird, but it is what it is (and I'll just have to keep in mind that I need to not have someone who can't hurt you as your only opponent... ;)).

As noted, if this starts to feel weirdly out of balance, then we'll chat and either rethink the focus / morph it or house rule it into something more appropriate. But for now we'll treat it RAW.