Patch 2.3.X Hotfixes

Patch 2.3.2: CRISPY-FRIED HOTFIX
 
BASIC MECHANICS

- Area of Effect Attacks have been edited as follows:

- The check to block an Area of Effect Attack has been changed to simply Power vs Power.

- Area of Effect Attacks may no longer be used to block attacks.

- A cooldown has been added based on the AoE's range. This may be lessened or removed through drawbacks, as normal.

- The rules text has been rewritten to better communicate how they work given these changes.

- The rules concerning changing range while dodging an attack have been simplified, to make it easier to dodge large AoEs:

Range changes may be combined with any sensible action, such as dodging, or chasing and attempting a sword strike. However, a range change should only occur once in a post; running several range increments away to avoid an attack and running back to slash your opponent with a sword all in a single round stretches credibility to the extreme.

Area of Effect Attacks
Attacking with something akin to an explosion or otherwise, targeting a large area using base stats.
Costs a base of 5 stamina at Close Range, doubled with each range increment.
Requires a cooldown of 1 round at Close Range, increasing by one with each range increment.
At Melee Range, costs a base of 3 stamina and requires a single-action cooldown.
May only be dodged by moving outside of the attack's range or blocked with a barrier or other appropriate method.
AoEs do not possess a Precision component. What this means is that blocking an AoE is a single Power vs Power check and dodging one is a Speed vs Power check, they may not be used defensively, and the cost of boosting their Power is doubled.
Barriers or blocking techniques that block all attacks in an area may be created, but must possess a Precision component.
James projects a blast of energy that explodes upon impact and reaches everyone in Close Range, attacking at base Power and costing him 5 Stamina.

SHINIGAMI
- Hadō #63, Raikōhō and Hadō #91, Senjū Kōten Taihō now have a shared single-action cooldown.

Patch 2.3.3: LET'S NERF SHUN'S BANKAI

Negation
- The 'X' in the cost of Negation only refers to the cost of the action being negated, not any buffs or attack modifiers added to it. This means that people stacking multiple actionless techniques together to create powerful attacks should be wary; negating their attacks is now incredibly stamina-efficient

This was a thing in 2.2. Given direct power negations and the drastic hit boosts/buffs took in 2.3 that rendered them far more balanced, this is no longer needed and bordering on exploitative. Negations, as before, require the full cost of the technique to be paid, including added boosts from other techniques.