Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[ValhallaGH]

I'm thinking of a new modifier for Immunity, and I'd like some feedback.

Background Effects (-3): Your immunity only protects against environmental and background effects. It has no effect upon damage.

My pricing idea was to make it a) on par with Ageless (immunity to aging effects) and b) affordable to make a character that can fly through space safely.

So, what do other folks think?
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[Zadmar]

I wouldn't personally compare it with Ageless, as a direct attack with an "aging" trapping wouldn't even affect an Ageless character - so it's actually better than Immunity, but only against a very specific damage type. Immunity (fire/heat) is probably going to come up far more frequently during play in most campaigns.

1 PP to make you immune to one particular type of background or environmental damage seems reasonable - in fact you could probably view Aquatic as "Immunity (underwater environment)" with your modifier.

But how would that stack with the other Immunity modifiers? If you took Background Effects, Requires Activation and Almost Complete Coverage, wouldn't that give you immunity to almost all forms of environmental and background damage for just 1 PP (technically 0, but rounded up to 1)?

You may also want to check out the 2 PP Life Support power on Savagepedia, explicitly designed "for characters who want to fly in space"

[seanwalsh]

As a GM, I might be inclined to grant all heroes immunity from the vacuum of space as a setting rule, if the heroes were going to be flying in space a lot. Certainly some would have the immunity naturally, while others would use mechanical devices, but unless it was important to make it difficult to move through space, I would permit the heroes the ability to solve that problem easily. 1 PP seems reasonable to me.

However, Background Effects (-3): as a modifier to Immunity raises red flags to me. In my mind the immunity to the background effects can often be more powerful, more desirable, than taking 1/2 damage. With a high toughness, Soak rolls and Armor you can reduce the impact of damage, but often you cannot reduce the effect of the incidentals.

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[Zadmar]

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