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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Arcteryx on November 17, 2010, 03:55:41 AM
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So how does a vampire 'touch' - is s/he using
a) Intimidation/Deceit to attack the target's Discipline in one action to both touch and incite emotion?
b) Or Fist to hit and THEN incite?
I'm reading Option A.
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I'd say be in the same zone, and describe the attack as a touch with the relevant emotion coming from it. Like a mental fists attack, sorta. Let a player use Athletics to avoid being touched.
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Here's how the rule block reads:
"If you can touch someone, you can make him feel something. You’re able to do maneuvers at +2 to your roll (using Intimidation for anger or fear and Deceit for every other emotion) that force an emotion on a target (as a temporary aspect), so long as you’re in the same zone as he is and you can physically touch him. The victim defends with his Discipline."
(page 173)
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As long as it seems reasonable to be able to touch the other guy based on whats happening in the fiction, you can touch him.
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Yup. If you're close enough, there's no "avoid being touched." Just discipline to see if the incite goes off.
I guess if someone wanted to try to keep out of reach of the touch, I'd let them defend with Athletics instead of Discipline. But I wouldn't require the Vampire to succeed twice.
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I find it useful to think of the touching as "being in the same zone". There are a lot of times Harry feels a lot of lust coming off a WCV when he hadn't been touching them. And a lot of them didn't have the At Range upgrade in their stats.
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OK, thanks all, appreciate the feedback and confirming my understanding :)