Repeated Attempts

B348 / powers 159 / GURPS Psionic Powers 6
==Kromm quote==
January 2019 http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php?p=2238962&postcount=5
Unless a spell names some special penalty for repeated attempts (mainly an issue for the Healing college), there isn't one. The general rules for repeated attempts (p. B348) identify four cases:
#Failure kills/destroys subject, preventing repeated attempts.
#Failure causes damage, so repeated attempts "cost" damage.
#Failure causes no damage, but repeated attempts have a cumulative -1.
#Failure costs only time; repeated attempts have no penalty at all.
Spells are normally case #2, with the "damage" in this case being to FP, not HP.
==Nuisance Effect==
Powers 109 mentions that it is a -5% drawback "being unable to affect a given subject for 24 hours after a failure when using Repeated Attempts (p. 159)"
This differs than Increased Immunity which is -10% for the first level (cumulative -2 lasting an hour) and -20% for the second (immune for one hour) or -30% for the third (immune for one day)
It is probably worth less of a discount since it is entirely avoidable by waiting 5 minutes between attempts, while the others are not.
==see also==
*No cumulative penalty / no Repeat Use Penalty for Healing
*Powers and Options
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