Category:Ability rules: Difference between revisions

Abilities that target creatures affect some sort of being. A "creature" doesn't necessarily have to be an animal, it may be an animated statue or a sentient plant. Check with your GM if in doubt of whether something is a creature or not.

Rather than hitting an entire creature, some abilities will say that they only hit arms, legs, or limbs. If these abilities are attacks, then they are slightly harder to land a hit with than ones that can hit a creature anywhere. They require hitting that creature's AC + 2.

Vitals targeted abilities need to hit a creature's head or other vital organs rather than landing anywhere. If these abilities are attacks, then they require hitting a creature's AC + 3.

Attacks that target items need different hit rolls depending on the type of item.

• Wielded items (such as weapons or shields): AC + 3 - BV
• Large worn items (such as armor or cloaks): AC
• Small searchable items (such as rings or amulets): AC + 6

If an ability that targets an item is successfully blocked, it automatically hits the item that blocked it.

Abilities that target an area do not have a precisely defined size. Rather, they affect a small, cohesive space such as a campsite, a room in a dungeon, or a small shack. These abilities may or may not have a range specified.

Self targeted abilities affect the creature that executes them. They typically do not have a range specified.

Instead of targeting some person, place, or other physical thing, some abilities target other abilities. These include cases that target attack target abilities, conjured spells, or other types of abilities.

Some ability targets don't fit nearly into one of the predefined categories. In these cases, the ability's target will just say "other".

Item delivery abilities are transmitted from the executor to the target via one of the executor's items. Some item delivery abilities may only specify "item" as the source. Others may give a more specific description such as "weapon", "shield", or "armor". These are all considered to be delivered with items and are just a shorthand for the type of item that can be used.

The range of item delivery abilities is that of the item that delivers it.

Abilities with the missile source are those that would have spell stones in live action FanWar. These are most often attacks, but do not have any physical weapon or other item that mediates them. Instead, these abilities may correspond to a ball of fire, a bolt of lightning, a gust of wind, or some other phenomenon. Missile attacks have disadvantage on targets that have their executor within melee range. Missile sourced abilities also requite that the creature executing them have an open hand.

Note: A creature with Staff Touch wielding a magelore item in their hand, counts as having that hand open.

Abilities sourced by sight do not require the user to literally see the target with their eyeballs. While that's still necessary in most cases, some creatures may have some sort of "blindsight" that allows them to "see" other creatures even when there's no light in the environment. Nevertheless, these abilities always require that the user have some sort of direct "visibility" of the target akin to seeing them directly. Regardless of how exactly the user sees the target, sight abilities can be used over some range that may not actually be as far as the user can see. For instance, Duel operates by sight, but has a range of 30 feet even though the user may see the target from much further away.

Abilities with the aura delivery source are ones that could affect every target within some specified radius, centered on the executor. Any targeted creatures that are at least partially within the area are affected. Any targeted items bared by creatures at least partially within the area are affected as well. Unless specifically noted by the ability, the executor is not affected.

Abilities with the cone delivery source are ones that could affect every target within some specified radius, originating from the executor. Rather than extending uniformly from the executor like an aura, these spread in a 60 degree arc centered along a direction of executor's choice. Any targeted creatures that are at least partially within the area are affected. Any targeted items bared by creatures at least partially within the area are affected as well. Unless specifically noted by the ability, the executor is not affected.

Like with sight and eyeballs, hand delivery sourced abilities don't require the user to physically have a dexterous humanoid hand with recognizable fingers. Some creatures with claws, tentacles, or other appendages can use hand abilities without problem. However, something of this nature is always required. Such body parts have the handy property. If a creature that typically has literal hands has their arms Hacked or has their hands cut off, then they are unable to use hand delivered abilities. It may be possible for them to find other ways to use these abilities in the future, but that's up to GM discretion.

The range of hand delivery sourced abilities is the reach of the executor's arm (or other appendage). This depends in part on the creature's size, but is usually 5 feet.

Abilities with the bite delivery source are similar to hand abilities, but they are transmitted with something that at least resembles a mouth rather than a hand. These are typically biting.

The range of bite delivered abilities is the reach of the executor's neck (or other similar body part). This depends in part on the creature's size, but is usually 5 feet.

Self sourced abilities are the simplest ones. They have no special means of transmission, but simply come from the executor. This is sometimes used as a catch-all for abilities that don't fit with any other source.

Abilities may be listed as strikes, rituals, touches, balls, or rays. These represent certain common deliveries composed out of the source and interaction primitives as well as other modifiers. What exactly these mean is listed in parentheses in the "delivery" section of relevant abilities.