07-05-2018, 05:34 PM
1. There’s a lot in the rules mentioned about Damage Points, but the only time I’ve ever seen those be used as legitimate measure of how a fight goes (correct me if I’m wrong) is in Dante’s Abyss and Graveyardverse. Otherwise, for the most part, it just seems like fights are judged based on quality of writing, which I think is the correct way since this, above everything IMO, a writing site. I’d love some clarity on why these are necessary, or if they... aren’t? Bc at the moment to me it just seems like another random number no one ever really uses except in the Move Approval thread.
2. Assist rules can get kinda fuzzy. To use a few examples, “Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack” (Gotenks, DBZ) seems like something that could fit as a move or an assist. Is any entity that we summon that has a mind of its own an assist, or if they have a specified purpose, is it a move?
3. On that note, and this is sort of a personal gripe, what’s the logic in having to pay NPC points for an assist to exist outside their combat capacity? They already cost more OM than almost anything else and it doesn’t always make sense to roleplay them as Shiva-style assists that just pop up and shoot ice (which, once again, feels like something that could even be rationalized as a move instead of an assist). If they show up for long periods of time (like my Simba and Retane’s Arith) should people like me who choose to integrate these canon characters into our story really need to use up one to three NPC points in addition to 1000+ OM? I can imagine a compromise on this that we should pay something if they’re A-listers, but it seems silly to drop OM and NPC points (and, for that matter, SP) on someone like Bambi. Especially when you also have to spend at least 300 OM (usually more) to make them even relatively useful bc it usually it doesn’t make narrative sense for them to use your moves? Like what us Simba without claws and teeth? He can’t exactly wield a keyblade.
2. Assist rules can get kinda fuzzy. To use a few examples, “Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack” (Gotenks, DBZ) seems like something that could fit as a move or an assist. Is any entity that we summon that has a mind of its own an assist, or if they have a specified purpose, is it a move?
3. On that note, and this is sort of a personal gripe, what’s the logic in having to pay NPC points for an assist to exist outside their combat capacity? They already cost more OM than almost anything else and it doesn’t always make sense to roleplay them as Shiva-style assists that just pop up and shoot ice (which, once again, feels like something that could even be rationalized as a move instead of an assist). If they show up for long periods of time (like my Simba and Retane’s Arith) should people like me who choose to integrate these canon characters into our story really need to use up one to three NPC points in addition to 1000+ OM? I can imagine a compromise on this that we should pay something if they’re A-listers, but it seems silly to drop OM and NPC points (and, for that matter, SP) on someone like Bambi. Especially when you also have to spend at least 300 OM (usually more) to make them even relatively useful bc it usually it doesn’t make narrative sense for them to use your moves? Like what us Simba without claws and teeth? He can’t exactly wield a keyblade.