Move Approval V

[Dane Regan]

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Quick question, did you really mean "To anyone with DEF lower than his"? Or did you mean to say "To anyone with DEF lower than his ATK"? Since I don't think anyone has a DEF lower than you >_>

Oops. Yeah. Changed that.

Doesn't breaking off parts just count as using Disassemble, though?

It does, yes. But using those parts to damage people isn't part of the base power (unless you want it to be incidental).

But that's what the first 300 OM is for... right?
I mean, I know that you wrote it as being 'stabbing people with a broken limb'... but that was just an example I was giving. The effect I'm actually paying for here is having his body be made of a material which is sharp when it breaks.
I'm not sure why it matters whether the parts were broken by an enemy or broken using Disassemble.


Also, on another note related to pricing: I know that having Ranged Proficiency along with Hive Mind & Flight allows me to use his broken body parts to attack at further than 12' away... but is Ranged Proficiency alone enough for this, or do I also have to go through all of his 'body part' Moves and pay an extra 300 OM for every single one to be able to get that effect?

If so, then this one might have to cost an extra 300 for that reason as well?

Fine China Sharp Shards (600)
(Physical Strength, Ranged Proficiency, Survival, Hive Mind, Disassemble, Flight)
As China’s entire body is composed of hollow porcelain, any broken parts will generally have sharp edges, and as such can be used as weapons in battle (e.g. stabbing someone with the stump of his arm after having a hand shattered). That said, they’re not particularly effective weapons, as they still have his DEF, so in clashes with swords or other weapons, they will just end up breaking more. Further, they will also usually end up breaking if he strikes a target with comparatively high DEF (equal to or greater than his ATK) with too much force. To anyone with DEF lower than his ATK, they will cut just as easily as would any other bladed weapon wielded by someone with his ATK.

These shards can also be made to fly through use of the Flight and Hive Mind Powers, no different from how those would function with any other broken off body parts. Further, one way that China can choose to Disassemble his body is to voluntarily shatter it into a multitude of these shards, with only his Central Eye being left intact (see ‘Resilient China Central Eye’). That said, unlike in a fully Disassembled form, these shards are still able to be damaged in the exact same ways his normal body could, aside from the fact that it’s usually much easier for them to dodge, due to being so much smaller (like trying to shoot a shoal of fish, as opposed to a single shark). [b]Note that using his body in the form of these shards requires the exact same amount of Focus as it would to control an equal portion of his body mass if it was Disassembled in a normal way through the use of the Power without a Move.

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Approved, as before.

Think of it like throwing knives. Those cost 600 OM at times. 300 for melee, 300 for ranged. It's the same thing here, basically. That's why your move costs 600 OM. Sure you're just paying for sharpness, similar to someone just paying for knives. But punching someone in the face with a sharp snapped arm is one thing, and shooting lots of razor shards at someone is another.

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Also, on another note related to pricing: I know that having Ranged Proficiency along with Hive Mind & Flight allows me to use his broken body parts to attack at further than 12' away... but is Ranged Proficiency alone enough for this, or do I also have to go through all of his 'body part' Moves and pay an extra 300 OM for every single one to be able to get that effect?

You just need ranged prof to control parts of you further than 12ft away - you don't need a move. The OM cost from this move comes from using broken parts of your body as a sharp weapon for melee and for ranged.