Qc Storm
2014-03-13, 04:17 AM
The blaster psion in the party just got a new toy. While it's not as brutally (and simply) effective as Energy Missile, it has an interesting cost/effect ratio, when the PP gets low (and this guy tends to blast, fast).
Upon manifesting this power, you choose cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. Your body’s psionically fueled bioenergetic currents produce an arc of energy of the chosen type that targets a creature you designate as the primary foe for 9d6 points of damage in every round when the power remains in effect. Energy also arcs off the primary foe to strike one additional foe that is initially within 15 feet of the primary foe, or that subsequently moves within 15 feet of the primary foe while the duration lasts. Secondary foes take half the damage that the primary foe takes in every round while the duration lasts.
Should either the primary or secondary foe fall to less than 0 hit points (or should a target completely evade the effect with a special ability or power), the energy current’s arc randomly retargets another primary and/or secondary foe while the duration lasts. Targeted foes can move normally, possibly moving out of range of the effect, but each round they are targeted and remain in range they must make a saving throw to avoid taking full damage in that round.
Energy Current states that if the secondary and/or primary target dies, the current is redirected to a random target. What makes a target valid? Is it anywhere within close range of the caster?( Even including the caster himself?). Must it be within 15ft of the last primary target?
And a more general question. If the power is empowered, does the damage remain as such every round?
Upon manifesting this power, you choose cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. Your body’s psionically fueled bioenergetic currents produce an arc of energy of the chosen type that targets a creature you designate as the primary foe for 9d6 points of damage in every round when the power remains in effect. Energy also arcs off the primary foe to strike one additional foe that is initially within 15 feet of the primary foe, or that subsequently moves within 15 feet of the primary foe while the duration lasts. Secondary foes take half the damage that the primary foe takes in every round while the duration lasts.
Should either the primary or secondary foe fall to less than 0 hit points (or should a target completely evade the effect with a special ability or power), the energy current’s arc randomly retargets another primary and/or secondary foe while the duration lasts. Targeted foes can move normally, possibly moving out of range of the effect, but each round they are targeted and remain in range they must make a saving throw to avoid taking full damage in that round.
Energy Current states that if the secondary and/or primary target dies, the current is redirected to a random target. What makes a target valid? Is it anywhere within close range of the caster?( Even including the caster himself?). Must it be within 15ft of the last primary target?
And a more general question. If the power is empowered, does the damage remain as such every round?