Drive Mastery Ability

[Hedgehog]

Name: Drive Mastery
Requirements: Level 3 in the "Imperial" Style
Description: Each strike with the Drive Blade increases the heat within the blade which increases the magnitude of damage by one step for each strike to a maximum of ten levels of magnitude. With each degree of magnitude, the blade sinks deeper and makes finer slashes, truly cleaving into the target. Grants one strength advantage and one agility advantage to the user of the ability.

[Nobody]

damage is too vague a term, does it cause larger wounds? more impact? more bloodless? Please add more to the description what exactly the damage increase will cause

[Hedgehog]

I've added a qualifier

[Nobody]

Thank you but, I'm still curious on the wording since in a rp site, just saying damage is too vague.

Does it cause a cut of 12 inches when the original cut would of been 6? is the loss if blood doubled? Twice as much pain?

[Hedgehog]

RP makes damage Buffs almost pointless.. But in situations of enemies with insane size and/or mobility, don't overthink it.

[Nobody]

That's why I'm trying to balance it by giving a definate definition of damage so that it will have a expressed effect rather than being essentially affectless. I can approve as is but, it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense since in this form, it leaves it up to the other RPers interpretation of damage. Your call, would you like to keep it as they can choose how to interpret or would you like to put how exactly it does the double damage?

[Hedgehog]

Cuts better? Uses the residual heat to make it easier to slice solid or fleshy objects.

[Alexian]

Then add that to the app, say that the residual heat lends to deeper and finer slashes with the blade. That would be better than saying +100% damage. Also remember that damage is tied to strength advantages in a basic way, so you can always give it two-three strength advantages to effectively raise damage. Abilities do stack with Forms, after all.

[Hedgehog]

Edits have been made in the additional information section.

[Nobody]

awesome!

Approved

(edit that led to approval was clarification of damage)