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Q: If the target of a Cumulative Mental Power has Mental Defense, does the Mental Defense reduce the maximum result the attacker can achieve? A: No. The defense against a Cumulative attack doesn’t reduce the maximum possible accumulated total, it simply makes it take longer to achieve that total by reducing each Effect Roll, as described in the rulebook. Q: If multiple attackers have the same Cumulative power, do the amounts they roll combine? A: No. Each Cumulative attack is a separate thing and accumulates its points separately. Allowing characters to Coordinate to add them together might make for an interesting rule in some campaigns, but given that it’s far more likely to be used by the GM against the PCs than by the PCs on their enemies, I suspect most players wouldn’t be in favor. ;) Page 328 — Damage Over Time Q: If a character buys a Damage Over Time ability that has the AVAD Advantage, does he have to pay for the “defense only applies once” modifier to Damage Over Time’s value? A: Yes. Q: Can a character buy Damage Over Time for a non-damaging attack, such as an Entangle or Flash, and if so what’s the effect? A: That’s up to the GM. The rules on 6E1 328 specifically refer to DoT being applied to powers rd that “do damage,” even in its discussion of looking beyond Blast and KA. Long ago (3 Edition, IIRC), there was briefly an Advantage like this specifically for Entangle that let an Entangle keep getting stronger the longer it lasted... and again IIRC, it was pretty quickly removed when it became apparent how abusive it could be. But that’s why we have GMs, to evaluate these sort of unusual issues. ;) Page 333 — Does Knockback Q: If a character has a Power like Flash, Drain, or Dispel with the Advantage Does Knockback, and the target lacks the Sense or ability the Power affects, does the target still take Knockback? A: No. As noted on APG 54, an Adjustment Power with a secondary effect (such as Does Knockback, which is specifically cited) doesn’t have that secondary effect if the target doesn’t have the Characteristic/Power/whatever that the Adjustment Power affects. For example, a Drain Blast, Does Knockback, if used against a target with no Blast attack, has no effect at all — it doesn’t cause Knockback.
Generally speaking, this reasoning extends to other powers, including Dispel (which is similar to Adjustment Powers in many ways), Flash, and the like. If the target cannot be affected by the power because he lacks what it targets (e.g., a blind person hit with a Sight Group Flash; a person without Flight hit with Dispel Flight), then the secondary effect (such as Does Knockback) also cannot apply. Note, however, that having a lot of defense against an attack (e.g., enough Sight Group Flash Defense to totally block a Flash) or being temporarily immune to a power (e.g., a character being protected from Sight Group Flashes because he was just affected by one and is now temporarily blind) does not qualify as “cannot be affected” — as used above, that term generally means it’s impossible for the character ever to be affected, not just temporarily impossible. As always, the GM should apply these rules with an eye toward common sense, dramatic sense, special effects, and game balance. Page 147 — Impenetrable Q: If a character has some defenses that are Impenetrable and some that are not (as discussed on 6E1 147), how do you determine whether Impenetrable “cancels out” Penetrating (and thus that the damage applies to the character normally), or the Penetrating attack has its standard (Advantaged) effect? A: If a character who has some Impenetrable defenses and some defenses that are not Impenetrable is hit with a Penetrating attack, compare the average BODY for the Penetrating attack to the Impenetrable defenses. (In the case of Drains and the like, count the “Normal Damage BODY” for these purposes, unless it’s a Drain BODY, in which case determine the average in the standard mathematical way.) If the average BODY exceeds the Impenetrable defenses, the Impenetrable is “overcome” and the Penetrating attack has its standard (Advantaged) effect. If the average BODY is less than or equal to the Impenetrable defenses, the Impenetrable “negates” the Penetrating and the attack applies to the target’s defenses in its standard (non-Advantaged) way. Example: Protector has 20 PD (non-Advantaged). He also has Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED), Impenetrable. He’s hit with an RKA 2½d6, Penetrating bullet. The average BODY for that RKA would be 8.75 (2.5d6 x 3.5). That’s less than 10 PD, so Impenetrable applies and the Penetrating effect is negated. Later, Protector’s slashed with a magic sword (HKA 4d6, Penetrating). The average BODY on this attack is 14. That’s more than 10 PD, so the Impenetrable doesn’t apply; the attack has its usual Penetrating effect. Page 343 — Penetrating Q: If a character has some defenses that are Impenetrable and some that are not (as discussed on 6E1 147), how do you determine whether Impenetrable “cancels out” Penetrating (and thus that the damage applies to the character normally), or the Penetrating attack has its standard
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