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Q: If the target of a Cumulative Mental Power has Mental Defense, does the Mental Defense<br />
reduce the maximum result the attacker can achieve?<br />
A: No. The defense against a Cumulative attack doesn’t reduce the maximum possible<br />
accumulated total, it simply makes it take longer to achieve that total by reducing each Effect<br />
Roll, as described in the rulebook.<br />
Q: If multiple attackers have the same Cumulative power, do the amounts they roll combine?<br />
A: No. Each Cumulative attack is a separate thing and accumulates its points separately.<br />
Allowing characters to Coordinate to add them together might make for an interesting rule in<br />
some campaigns, but given that it’s far more likely to be used by the GM against the PCs than by<br />
the PCs on their enemies, I suspect most players wouldn’t be in favor. ;)<br />
Page 328 — Damage Over Time<br />
Q: If a character buys a Damage Over Time ability that has the AVAD Advantage, does he have<br />
to pay for the “defense only applies once” modifier to Damage Over Time’s value?<br />
A: Yes.<br />
Q: Can a character buy Damage Over Time for a non-damaging attack, such as an Entangle or<br />
Flash, and if so what’s the effect?<br />
A: That’s up to the GM. The rules on 6E1 328 specifically refer to DoT being applied to powers<br />
rd<br />
that “do damage,” even in its discussion of looking beyond Blast and KA. Long ago (3 Edition,<br />
IIRC), there was briefly an Advantage like this specifically for Entangle that let an Entangle keep<br />
getting stronger the longer it lasted... and again IIRC, it was pretty quickly removed when it<br />
became apparent how abusive it could be. But that’s why we have GMs, to evaluate these sort of<br />
unusual issues. ;)<br />
Page 333 — Does Knockback<br />
Q: If a character has a Power like Flash, Drain, or Dispel with the Advantage Does Knockback,<br />
and the target lacks the Sense or ability the Power affects, does the target still take Knockback?<br />
A: No. As noted on APG 54, an Adjustment Power with a secondary effect (such as Does<br />
Knockback, which is specifically cited) doesn’t have that secondary effect if the target doesn’t<br />
have the Characteristic/Power/whatever that the Adjustment Power affects. For example, a Drain<br />
Blast, Does Knockback, if used against a target with no Blast attack, has no effect at all — it<br />
doesn’t cause Knockback.
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