[ORE] Re: Call Assist

I'll take a crack at this (full disclosure...I'm new to the game but I just joined the group for exactly this reason).  

I would be hesitant in allowing a followup attack outside of the normal attacks someone has in a single round.  Sure, it can be done based on the rules of this game.  But it would be a special power designed solely for you only to trigger after your attack, which then allows you to call up another PC next to you and your opponent, allowing them a free attack. 

Consider this, unless that PC was already next to you when you triggered your special attack, you would need something like a teleport other miracle to allow someone else a shot at hitting the same target you had previously attacked. The mechanics are there for you to build this power with miracles, flaws and extras, but does it fit your Archetype, character background or overall power theme?  Are you the only one that will be able to use this miracle/power?

Here's how I would try building it.  To me, it sounds like it's more a highly practiced and trained group maneuver than a new miracle?  So, I'm going with that route.  

First, I'm going to create a new Special Maneuver based on some of the good examples already created in the rule book (as a House Rule/Special Maneuver, of course).  

Second, a special maneuver like this should allow melee & ranged weapons, miracles that work as melee and ranged attacks, or just about any crazy use of skills, powers and or devices the players/opponents can use.  

Third, it should justifiably be a extremely or very difficult thing to pull off, so I've decided to be deliberately (semi) harsh for balance purposes.  At least from my perspective, as a GM, a "Call Assist" attempt with brand new, untrained participants should be rare occurrence.  But a properly trained group of players or opponents, with points allocated for these types of maneuvers or individuals with over 10 dice in their dice pools, should have a better chance at a team combo attack.  Just imagine a heavy-duty, fully armored, tough opponent knocked out in one fell swoop!

So…how does this sound.

Special Maneuver:

Name - Call Assist (or other name example: Fast Ball Special)

Modifiers:  Choose the lowest attack dice pool from all participants (like when attempting multiple actions) and apply the normal -1d penalty to the attack pool for special maneuver. Also, subtract another -1d penalty per additional participant in this special maneuver (this provides the option for more simultaneous attacks/attackers to be added).  Finally, see the other additional modifiers as described below.

This special maneuver allows highly, practiced and trained team members to coordinate a "one-two" (possible higher) combination attack.   Individuals wanting to use this special maneuver must declare this attempt during the Declaration Phase, otherwise this maneuver cannot be accomplished.  If properly executed, it allows two or more individuals to technically combine their attacks on one opponent to occur at the same initiative.  Example, the attacks take place consecutively, one after the other, during the initiative of the first attacker.  This is a highly complicated and difficult maneuver. For it to be accomplished with another team member, as stated before, the secondary attacker(s) must be a willing participant, and they should not have already taken an action in this combat turn. Simply put, due to the precision and split-second timing in this maneuver, everyone still rolls their One Roll but all attacks take place on the best initiative of all those involved in the maneuver. Players keep all other aspects of their rolls (hit location, width and damage). Once their individual attacks have been completed, whether any of them were successful or not, each participating individual in this maneuver is considered to be done for their turn in initiative.  This maneuver cannot be combined with other special maneuvers. 

Further complicating this special maneuver, the distance to the target modifies the attacking dice pools of each participating individual as well:

Melee range: Your dice pool is unaffected.

Short range: Your dice pool is unaffected.

Long range: Reduce your pool by one additional die.

Extreme range: Reduce your roll by one gobble die as well.