It slices! It dices! It makes julienne Freaks! It's: The KNIFEPLAY set

[AspieAnarchy]

KNIFEPLAY (Pool)

Set Color: Steel White-on-Blood Red

 

You carry one or more fighting-knives, and have exceptional, if not ‘super’, proficiency in their use; this is a good pick if you want a few more close-ranged attacks, or find you need an extra ‘edge’ to counter enemy mobility and defenses.

 

1) Simple Stab – a simple attack with your knife that will also cause bleeding for additional damage over time.

Damage: Minor Lethal Recharge: Fast

 

2) Side-Slash – a long slash with your knife damages and reduces the defense of enemies in an arc in front of you.

Damage: Minor Lethal Recharge: Moderate

 

3) Toss Knife – tossing one of your knives at a foe will deal decent damage and might knock it down.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Moderate

 

4) Underhanded Feint – with a quick swap to your offhand, you make an attack that exposes your enemy, greatly reducing its defense.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Medium

 

5) Mumblety-Peg – You forcefully toss a knife at a close-by target’s foot (or other locomotive appendage), pinning it where it stands and causing enough acute pain to reduce its resistance to further damage.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Medium

 

Example Character Concept: The Wily Taipan-Girl! (Rogueish Mind Control/Poison/Knifeplay Mutant Controller)

Edited October 10, 2023 by AspieAnarchy
formatting; slightly increased Underhanded Feint's recharge time; color-coded attack damage-types

[Saiyajinzoningen]

isnt this just dual blades with a dagger skin?

[Akisan]

This set sounds nearly perfect as a side set for my Knight (Sword/Shield Scrapper).  The main request I have for it is that the thrown knife be one of the 2 starter powers - I need something fast to throw at would-be runners, and the utility of if goes down substantially if I have to burn a power pick on a weaker version of the powers I already have (possible position swap with the AoE slash)

[AspieAnarchy]

1 hour ago, Saiyajinzoningen said:

isnt this just dual blades with a dagger skin?

 

Hardly - it's a "Power Pool" set, just for starters (and you'd only have one knife in your hand at any one time).

 

1 hour ago, Akisan said:

This set sounds nearly perfect as a side set for my Knight (Sword/Shield Scrapper).  The main request I have for it is that the thrown knife be one of the 2 starter powers - I need something fast to throw at would-be runners, and the utility of if goes down substantially if I have to burn a power pick on a weaker version of the powers I already have (possible position swap with the AoE slash)

 

 

It was sort of meant with ATs like Controllers, Masterminds, Defenders, etc in mind, and meant to emphasize melee (in deliberate contrast with my previous submission); it might be unbalanced if you could get a ranged attack right off the bat, I'm not sure.

[Akisan]

2 hours ago, AspieAnarchy said:

it might be unbalanced if you could get a ranged attack right off the bat, I'm not sure.

 

You may be on to something with that - I just noticed that none of the regular pool sets have *any* ranged attacks (only Origin, Epic and Patron pools do).  There are a lot of melee attacks to chose from though.  

 

Edit to add: I appreciate the ranged power pool, it's just wildly out of character for a medival knight to use...

Edited August 10, 2023 by Akisan

[Dryfter]

Maybe a bandolier full of knives as a costume option to go with this. I like it!

[Chance Jackson]

On 8/10/2023 at 1:55 PM, AspieAnarchy said:

KNIFEPLAY (Pool)

Set Color: Steel White-on-Blood Red

 

You carry one or more fighting-knives, and have exceptional, if not ‘super’, proficiency in their use; this is a good pick if you want a few more close-ranged attacks, or find you need an extra ‘edge’ to counter enemy mobility and defenses.

 

1) Simple Stab – a simple attack with your knife that will also cause bleeding for additional damage over time.

Damage: Minor Lethal Recharge: Fast

 

2) Side-Slash – a long slash with your knife damages and reduces the defense of enemies in an arc in front of you.

Damage: Minor Lethal Recharge: Moderate

 

3) Toss Knife – tossing one of your knives at a foe will deal decent damage and might knock it down.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Moderate

 

4) Underhanded Feint – with a quick swap to your offhand, you make an attack that exposes your enemy, greatly reducing its defense.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Moderate

 

5) Mumblety-Peg – You forcefully toss a knife at a close-by target’s foot (or other locomotive appendage), pinning it where it stands and causing enough acute pain to reduce its resistance to further damage.

Damage: Moderate Lethal Recharge: Medium

 

Example Character Concept: The Wily Taipan-Girl! (Rogueish Mind Control/Poison/Knifeplay Mutant Controller)

I support this set