Rules FAQ - Hero Games Company

SKILLS
Page 55 — Skill Rolls
Q: Is it legal to have a Skill (be it the Power Skill, or any other) based on a Characteristic other
than STR, DEX, CON, INT, EGO, or PRE?
A: The GM can certainly permit anything he wants. However, generally speaking, I think it’s
doubtful that a Skill Roll based on anything other than the Characteristics that have
Characteristic Rolls — STR, DEX, CON, INT, EGO, and PRE — would be legitimate (if for no
other reason than it seriously affects how the Skill Roll’s calculated). I certainly would never put
a Skill Roll based on any other Characteristic on an ability in a published book (or if I felt that
was appropriate, I would be sure to explain exactly what I was doing and why).
Page 66 — Breakfall
Q: If a Move Through attempt misses, and the attacker is about to slam into a wall, can he use
Breakfall to reduce the impact damage?
A: No.
Page 84 — Penalty Skill Levels
Q: Do Encumbrance PSLs offset the movement penalty imposed by Encumbrance?
A: No. You can buy such an ability as +Running (or whatever) with the Limitation Only To
Offset The Encumbrance Penalty (-2).
Q: Can a character use Penalty Skill levels to counter the cumlative -2 OCV penalty for
performing multiple Blocks, or does that require Combat Skill Levels?
A: The cumlative -2 OCV penalty for performing multiple Blocks cannot be reduced or
eliminated with Penalty Skill Levels; doing that requires Combat Skill Levels.
Page 92 — Two-Weapon Fighting
Q: If a character doesn’t have Two-Weapon Fighting, is there any rule stopping him from
making an attack with the “Combined Attack” rule under Multiple Attack with two different
weapons? How would having TWF help with this?
A: Combined Attack specifically says it’s for powers or similar abilities, and not for
Combat/Martial Maneuvers — and using a weapon is typically a Strike Combat Maneuver, or