Core:Deliveries

Every ability has one and only one delivery. This always has at least two parts, a source and interaction.

Source

The source of an ability's delivery is the means by which it is transmitted from the executor to the target. There are many possible sources, but the most common ones are as follows.

Item

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.

Missile

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.

Sight

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.

Aura

Abilities with the aura delivery source are ones that could affect every target within some specified radius, centered on the executor. Unless specifically noted by the ability, the executor is not affected by aura abilities.

Hand

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.

Bite

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

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.

Interaction

In addition to a source, every ability is mediated by one of four interactions. This determines what types of dice rolls, if any, need to be done for an ability to affect its target. See the interactions page for complete detail.

Other Delivery Modifiers

Some abilities are always AV0 or UB. When this is the case, it's mentioned within the delivery.

Delivery Packages

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.