Pyrokinesis vs Bursters fire eruption

chaserone · Unread post by **chaserone** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:55 am

Pyrokinesis- Create flame can make up to a 6d6 MD flame... No visual restrictions. GMs guide pg 103.

Burster: Fire Eruption: 6d6 MD Limited to line of sight. page 103 main book.

Making a mind melters ability to create a wall of fire nastier than the burster. What gives?

chaserone · Unread post by **chaserone** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:57 am

LoL Let me reiterate what is bothering me is basically the visual restrictions of both the bursters ability to fire erupt and the pyrokinetic create flame... A standard mind melter with pyrokinesis could create a flame around a corner where a burster would have to actually look to create it.

chaserone · Unread post by **chaserone** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:44 pm

doh! didnt catch that part. Phew! had me worried there.

Killer Cyborg · Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:21 pm

Personally, I've always been baffled why they didn't give Bursters the Pyrokinesis power.

Killer Cyborg · Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:05 am

GlitterMan wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Personally, I've always been baffled why they didn't give Bursters the Pyrokinesis power.

Because the Burster's powers are better so why bother?

Bursters can't throw a 6d6 MD fireball.

(SHIFTY) · Unread post by **(SHIFTY)** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:13 am

Killer Cyborg wrote:Personally, I've always been baffled why they didn't give Bursters the Pyrokinesis power.

ditto, that never made any sense to me.

Killer Cyborg · Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:37 pm

GlitterMan wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Bursters can't throw a 6d6 MD fireball.

Whoopy ding.

Pyrokinesis: 6d6 MD, 30ft + 2ft/lvl range, +2 to strike, 25 ISP

Burster: 2d6 MD, 200ft + 20ft/lvl range, +4 to strike, 4 ISP

Once again, I prove that bursters are superior to pyrokinesis. Better range, better strike, cheaper cost. Only thing pyro has going for it is better damage.

I remain unconvinced. If you don't like that one single aspect, then say the burster can create 6d6 MD bolts for 12 ISP. There is NO reason to give a burster pyrokinesis because they ARE pyrokinesis by virtue of their PCC stats.

There is no real need to, the way things are written.
But it would have simplified things a LOT if they had just said that bursters "Have all the abilities provided by the Pyrokinesis psionic power, only with range, duration, and damages increased by x amount"

Sureshot · Unread post by **Sureshot** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:32 pm

Make things simple? The next thing you tell us is that things should be logical in Rifts. :lol: