In conclusion, I'm still not keen on the draft rule (although I did
enjoy the discussion):
- It creates AP out of nothing
- It has positive feedback (higher TN gives me a better chance of
success, and more AP when I do succeed.)
- A character on -1 AP could have better prospects than a character
on 1 AP, since they can take a last action for an AP injection.
- It has a special table
Now, if we were talking about making a generic rule to replace the
current special rule wherby Animists can get an AP boost by deploying
another spirit.....
Cheers,
Jim
wrote:
> > How is the Convulsion draft Last Action rule different to loaning
> > youself AP exactly?
> >
> > (Apart from the fact that you can only do it when you're out of
APs.)
>
> At the risk of having more "Special Rule Alarms" go off..., and
noting that
> it *is* only a draft and therefore possibly a moot point...
>
> What I can think of off the top of my head (and I've been up since
> Coyoteepalooza at 4am, so not necessarily firing on all
cylinders...)
>
> Different Resistance - AP loans have a resistance specified by the
# of AP
> you are loaning, FA is based on your negative AP.
>
> Different outcome - An AP loan will not give you a "hurt" or drop
you down a
> level of damage (unless you were trying to loan yourself more AP
than you
> have, I suppose). Note that the "breakpoints" for what level of
> victory/defeat is needed to attain a specific effect remain the
same in the
> two charts:
> Complete Victory
> Minor/Major Victory
> Marginal V/D & Ties
> Minor/Major Defeat
> Complete Defeat
>
> You can only attempt FA once after going to negative AP. AP loaning
can take
> place as long as the Loaner has AP.
>
> RR