Turns out the actual Target (the beam particle system has two nodes for the start and end location of the beam, Target being the latter) location was a parameter that I could set. The actor parameter looked as if it overrode the line, but could not work with actors that weren't already in the scene. As for the particle distribution parameter, I used that instead and now have a beam that can be set with location!
As for the size parameter, I could not figure out a decent way to manage size of particles programmatically. As for Size By Life as a particle system node, I could combine that with proper timing of activation and deactivation of nodes to get a nice firing system that can be repeated and attached to actors at will:
As for the stalactites, I managed a quick and dirty implementation before I left work today, in which the stalactite consistently launches characters outside of its vicinity while they are in a set range. A bit of tweaking tomorrow should help finalize the stalactites as a threat.
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