Sleeping Gas Gun

[chaosnet]

Working on my "Creating Stuff" mental muscles...


Sleeping Gas Gun


Power Sets

Sleeping Gas D8

SFX: Sleepy Time – Add a d6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting Sleepy complication on a target. If the complication is stepped up beyond D12, then the target is considered stressed out and incapacitated.

SFX: Gas Bomb – Add a d6 and keep an additional effect die for each additional target.

Limit: Out of Ammo! – Shutdown Sleeping Gas Gun and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. doom pool to recover.

[Doc Hydrogen]

That's how I would do it, but you don't need the second sentence of the Sleepy Time SFX. All complications work that way already; it's not unique to this SFX.

[chaosnet]

I would also assume that my Sleepy Gun wielding hero would be immune to the effects (i.e. Sandman's gas-mask), or would I need to specify that explicitly?

[MidnightBlue]

I would also assume that my Sleepy Gun wielding hero would be immune to the effects (i.e. Sandman's gas-mask), or would I need to specify that explicitly?

It's handled mechanically in your own text as it talks about "targets."

You don't have to target yourself.

That said, you'd want your own narrative as to why it doesn't effect you if the gas is described as filling the area the character is in. Gas mask works easy enough as you showed in example.

[salsa]

I would also assume that my Sleepy Gun wielding hero would be immune to the effects (i.e. Sandman's gas-mask), or would I need to specify that explicitly?

It's handled mechanically in your own text as it talks about "targets."

You don't have to target yourself.

That said, you'd want your own narrative as to why it doesn't effect you if the gas is described as filling the area the character is in. Gas mask works easy enough as you showed in example.

If the immunity to your own power is crystal clear to the Watcher during character creation you don't need to worry about any failed actions that turn into a complication back on yourself! Cause if the character isn't immune, that's one of the things my evil side as a watcher would go for

[MidnightBlue]

Very true...intent in character concept can go a long way for avoiding unnecessary issues later on in the game.

[chaosnet]

Also, if a gas-mask on the hero character protects him from the sleepy gas, then any mook could resist the exact same way.

Then he wouldnt be able to retroactively say that the gas is actually a skin contact neurotoxin if he saw 4D6 worth of mooks coming at him with gas-masks

[MidnightBlue]

Also, if a gas-mask on the hero character protects him from the sleepy gas, then any mook could resist the exact same way.

Then he wouldnt be able to retroactively say that the gas is actually a skin contact neurotoxin if he saw 4D6 worth of mooks coming at him with gas-masks

Too true.

Player input can help to show the non-mechanical limits of a power.

Great points.

[Keji]

He is, of course, using an antidote to that specific strain of sleeping, skin contact gas.

Naturally.