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Page 215 — Entangle Q: Can Entangle have the Costs Endurance (to maintain) Limitation? A: Yes. If the character stops paying END, the Entangle collapses in total at the end of that Segment, freeing anyone captured. Paying an END maintenance cost does not in any way cause the Entangle to “heal” itself or the like. Q: Can a character apply an Adjustment Power to an already erected Barrier or Entangle? A: In general, no — these are Instant Powers, so a character can’t Adjust them any more than he could somehow use an Adjustment Power to make a Blast weaker after it’s already injured someone. However, in the case of Instant Powers that cost END to maintain, which in some respects thus function like “Constant Powers,” the GM might permit this. For example, in a Fantasy <strong>Hero</strong> campaign, the GM might allow a Dispel Magic spell (Drain Magic 6d6) to affect a Wall Of Stone spell built using Barrier, provided the creator of the Wall has to pay END to keep it in existence. Q: What abilities can a character use to break out of an Entangle? A: Strength, obviously, is an innate ability that can be used to break out of an Entangle (unless it’s bought as a Mental Paralysis). Whether an HA can add its dice to STR for purposes of breaking out of an Entangle is ultimately up to the GM and may depend on the various special effects involved, but typically the default answer is “Yes, it can be.” The same applies to HKAs. (Caveat: the rule about an Entangle preventing the use of Accessible Foci may come into play if the HA/HKA is defined as a weapon of some sort.) Page 225 — Faster-Than-Light Travel Q: Since FTL Travel is bought as distance traveled per real-time value, rather than per Phase, how much END does it cost if you apply the Costs Endurance (-½) Limitation to it? A: It costs END every Phase it’s used, just like any other power that costs END; you can use the Long-Term END rules to determine the effect over long periods of time if desired. If the GM thinks the standard END cost isn’t going to be very restrictive (because the character’s not going to use the ability in combat, or has so much END or REC that the cost is meaningless), then he should disallow the Limitation or assign it a value of -0.
Page 226 — Flash Q: Can Flash have the Costs Endurance (to maintain) Limitation? A: Yes. If the character stops paying END, the Flash effect stops working in total at the end of that Segment, allowing the victim to perceive again. Paying an END maintenance cost does not in any way cause the Flash to keep functioning beyond its rolled duration. Page 229 — Growth Q: If a character has both Growth (or is defined as being permanently large) and a Damage Shield, does he need to buy up the Area Of Effect (Surface) to match his size, or can he just stick with the usual +¼ for ordinary human size? A: If a character is larger than normal, or can become larger than normal by using Growth, and he wants to have a Damage Shield that covers his entire body, he needs to buy the Area Of Effect (Surface) to cover his entire size; otherwise the Damage Shield only covers part of his body. Page 231 — Hand-To-Hand Attack Q: If a character has an HA, can he perform a Multiple Attack with one or more Martial Maneuvers and add the HA damage to both of them? A: Yes, he can. He pays the END cost for both the STR used and the HA for each attack. Q: Could a character buy an HA, AVAD to add damage to a Nerve Strike, and if so would his STR add to the HA damage? A: Assuming the GM would allow you to buy an HA AVAD to add to Nerve Strike damage in the first place, no, you can’t also add STR. By definition you can’t use STR to improve a Nerve Strike. That makes improving Nerve Strike damage with an HA dubious at best (since HA adds to STR, it doesn’t stand on its own), and improving it with actual STR, even indirectly via HA, illegal under the rules. Page 232 — Healing Q: Can a character use Healing to counteract the effects of Drain/Suppress? A: As noted on 6E 232, Healing can be used to restore Characteristics or Powers that “have been lost or reduced by any cause.” That would certainly include Adjustment Powers. ;)
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