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(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. Q: Does the minimum damage incurred because an attack is Penetrating count as “exceeding” an Ablative defense for lowering the Required Roll? A: Yes. Page 334 — Persistent Q: How does Persistent interact with Costs Endurance and Costs Endurance Only To Activate? A: There are two situations involved here. The first is Powers that are Persistent by default, such as Mental Defense. By definition they don’t normally cost END to use. If any form of the Costs Endurance Limitation is applied to them, they become Constant, per 6E1 128, 374. The second is Powers that are Constant and are made Persistent by application of the Persistent Advantage (6E1 334). Typically these Powers are bought with Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½), but that’s not mandatory (the statement to the contrary on 6E1 345 should have been altered in editing). What is mandatory is that the Power has to fall into one of these categories: —costs 0 END —costs END to maintain (either naturally, or via application of a Limitation) A Persistent Power cannot simply cost END to activate (either via an Advantage or a Limitation).
It’s either got to cost 0 END, or cost END to maintain. Any implication to the contrary under Time Limit should be ignored as erroneous. Page 343 — Personal Immunity Q: Can a character buy Personal Immunity to another character’s power as a naked Advantage? A: Generally, no — it’s Personal Immunity, after all, not just Immunity. But the GM could allow this if he wanted to. Page 345 — Reduced Endurance/Costs END Only To Activate Q: How does Persistent interact with Costs Endurance and Costs Endurance Only To Activate? A: There are two situations involved here. The first is Powers that are Persistent by default, such as Mental Defense. By definition they don’t normally cost END to use. If any form of the Costs Endurance Limitation is applied to them, they become Constant, per 6E1 128, 374. The second is Powers that are Constant and are made Persistent by application of the Persistent Advantage (6E1 334). Typically these Powers are bought with Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½), but that’s not mandatory (the statement to the contrary on 6E1 345 should have been altered in editing). What is mandatory is that the Power has to fall into one of these categories: —costs 0 END —costs END to maintain (either naturally, or via application of a Limitation) A Persistent Power cannot simply cost END to activate (either via an Advantage or a Limitation). It’s either got to cost 0 END, or cost END to maintain. Any implication to the contrary under Time Limit should be ignored as erroneous. Page 349 — Trigger Q: If a character has a Triggered ability where it takes a Full Phase Action to reset the Trigger, once that Trigger is set can he use it as a normal power? A: Once a Trigger is set, using a Triggered power is governed by the rules on 6E1 350, which state that activating a Trigger is usually a Zero Phase Action. The time required to reset a Trigger does not affect the time required to activate a Trigger; those are two separate things. Q: If a character has a Triggered ability (regardless of how long it takes to set the Trigger), can he use it as a “normal” ability without setting the Trigger (for example, if it’s an attack, by taking
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