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Rules FAQ - Hero Games Company

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Page 293 — Takes No STUN<br />

Q: How does Takes No STUN affect the PD/ED gained from Density Increase or Growth?<br />

A: If a character has Growth or Density Increase and the Automaton Power Takes No STUN,<br />

divide the extra points of PD/ED gained from DI or Growth by 3.<br />

Page 294 — Telekinesis<br />

Q: If a character has Combat Skill Levels with his Martial Arts (or All HTH Combat), and has<br />

bought the ability to perform his Martial Maneuvers with his Telekinesis, can he apply the CSLs<br />

to the telekinetic Martial Maneuver attacks?<br />

A: Unless the GM prefers otherwise, a character cannot use Combat Skill Levels with regular<br />

Martial Arts or All HTH Combat when attacking with a Martial Maneuver via Telekinesis.<br />

Combat Skill Levels bought specifically for Telekinetic Martial Maneuver Attacks, or at the<br />

GM’s option with Ranged Martial Arts or All Ranged Attacks, could be.<br />

Q: For purposes of the Adding Damage rules, would Telekinesis (STR 40), which costs 60<br />

Active Points, have 8 DCs or 12 DCs?<br />

A: As written, and for the sake of consistency, the standard rule applies, making it 12 DCs.<br />

However, from a gameplay standpoint, I think many GMs would be perfectly comfortable ruling<br />

that it’s only 8 DCs. If you analogize Telekinesis to “STR with the Ranged Advantage,” and note<br />

that Ranged (+½) generally isn’t considered to be an Advantage that “directly affects how the<br />

victim takes damage,” from a practical perspective it works just fine as “8 DCs.”<br />

Page 297 — Telepathy<br />

Q: If a character uses Telepathy on a target to search for specific memories or other information,<br />

does the target know what facts are being sought?<br />

A: No. A target who’s attacked with Telepathy knows that he’s being attacked with Telepathy<br />

(unless, of course, the attacker declares and achieves the +20 Effect Roll modifier to hide it, or<br />

the Telepathy has the right form of Invisible Power Effects). He does not know what facts, if any,<br />

the attacker is looking for and/or has found.<br />

Page 300 — Teleportation<br />

Q: Since a Gate has Area Of Effect (Radius), is it spherical?<br />

A: No. It’s a two-dimensional “disk” like you’d expect a Gate to be, and anyone or anything<br />

that’s going to go through it has to be small enough to fit through it. Through of course you could

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