Re: [HOE] Sykers and healing [Hopler]

[Grant Vanderhule <vandergm@willinet.net>]

i may be mistaken, but isnt fleshknit useable only once every day or two, whether
it succeeds or fails?

Grant V

Theo McGuckin wrote:

> > You're right, if the power fails, the syker doesn't pay the Strain. The syker
> > can basically try over and over again until he gets it right. Although as a
> > Marshal I would rule that if he ever went bust on a roll, that wound cannot
> > be healed by magical means.
> >
> > John Hopler
> > Pinnacle
>
> Doesn't this make Sykers INCREDIBLY powerful and also kind of annoying?
> After any fight they can heal ANY wound no matter what (just takes time to
> build up the strain) sure they might go bust, but as most sykers have a
> 5d12+ in blastin' the odds are pretty much negligible (maybe I'll try and
> figure it out). Add to that an annoyance factor:
> "Before we go in I want heal."
> <roll>
> "Didn't make it, I'll try again."
> <roll>
> "Almost, another try."
> <roll>
> "Damn!"
> <roll>
>
> Meanwhile the trucker has grown a third leg because the Doomsayer healed
> that critical wound and the templar is desperately waiting for that 23
> hours and 59 minutes to pass so he can try and heal his critical wound to
> the guts all the way down to a serious wound.
> This seems a little out of balance...
>
>  Theo McGuckin -
>         "It's not worth it"
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