There is a rule in the Monsters section of the Gamma World rule book (page 105) that makes note of the fact that a monster can turn their aura on or off with a Minor Action. Obviously by RAW, this doesn't give a PC the same ability, but it seems to me to be in about the same category as allowing Charging et al as combat maneuvers.

That said, I kind of enjoy the idea of a Pyrokinetic that's just on fire all the time.

Oct 20, 2010 -- 11:19PM, AFossDDI wrote:

There is a rule in the Monsters section of the Gamma World rule book (page 105) that makes note of the fact that a monster can turn their aura on or off with a Minor Action. Obviously by RAW, this doesn't give a PC the same ability, but it seems to me to be in about the same category as allowing Charging et al as combat maneuvers.

That said, I kind of enjoy the idea of a Pyrokinetic that's just on fire all the time.

My DM just made me roll up my character, and I am a Pyrokinetic; Mind Breaker. I have a horse that I can't touch, I mean out of battle I can't be close to anyone or they start to burn. My character is mainly ranged anyway so i don't care about it in battle, but when trying to interact with people it's frustrating.

Oct 20, 2010 -- 11:34PM, rampant wrote:

Every desert is Flambe, and all the drinks are hot.

Actually that wouldn't happen, the aura is only creatures so no damage to anything else which is good because that would mean no weapons, artifacts or anything else. Which would make eating and drinking a pain if not impossible.

Captain technicality to the rescue, again...

Fiery Aura says "Whenever a creature ends its turn adjacent to you," you burn it.

Turns only happen in combat, when there's no initiative counts, there are no turns being started or ended, so people can stand next to you, no problem.  Out of combat, you should be able to interact with people normally.  Maybe the Fiery Aura only happens in the tense situations like combat - an adrenal thing?  For RP purposes, you might occassionally burn someone out of combat when you're startled or nervous or something.

You and a mount share a space, so your mount is not technically 'adjacent' to you (be careful with this one, because a swarm can also occupy your space!  you'll probably want to argue that's 'adjacent'), and a mount does not have it's own initiative count or turn, it ends its movement at the end of /your/ turn, not its turn.  So, again, the 'ends its turn' technicality might let you ride a mount, even in combat (though, really, read the entry for the horse, you don't ever want to ride in combat).

Oct 21, 2010 -- 3:39PM, Badu777 wrote:

Attacking your team mates always works plus if your lucky you can take one of them out with you.

Amen. I'm used to LFR, where you have to ask your ally to attack them.  Screw that. I hate babies and bathwater equally.*


*The post does not necessary reflect my opinion of babies. No babies were harmed in the writing of this post.