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POWER LIMITATIONS Page 147 — Ablative 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 381 — Gestures Q: Can a character make a Multiple Attack with two powers that both have Gestures, or both have Incantations? A: As noted on 6E1 381-82, a character can activate two or more powers with Gestures (or Incantations) in the same Phase if they only require Gestures (or Incantations) to activate, so he could Multiple Attack with them in that case. If a power requires Gestures (or Incantations) throughout or to maintain, that prevents the character from using other powers with Gestures (or Incantations) in the same Phase, so that power couldn’t be used in a Multiple Attack with other powers that have Gestures (or Incantations). The note on 6E2 73 concerning “mutually exclusive” Limitations is referring to the latter situation, not stating that it’s never possible to Multiple Attack with two or more powers that have Gestures (or Incantations). Page 381 — Incantations Q: Can a character make a Multiple Attack with two powers that both have Gestures, or both have Incantations? A: As noted on 6E1 381-82, a character can activate two or more powers with Gestures (or Incantations) in the same Phase if they only require Gestures (or Incantations) to activate, so he could Multiple Attack with them in that case. If a power requires Gestures (or Incantations) throughout or to maintain, that prevents the character from using other powers with Gestures (or Incantations) in the same Phase, so that power couldn’t be used in a Multiple Attack with other powers that have Gestures (or Incantations). The note on 6E2 73 concerning “mutually exclusive” Limitations is referring to the latter situation, not stating that it’s never possible to Multiple Attack with two or more powers that have Gestures (or Incantations). Page 383 — Linked Q: How do Adjustment Powers affect a Linked power? A: Adjustment Powers affect a power built with Linked as if it’s two powers. The character using the Adjustment Power has to target one of the powers — typically the greater power,
though it may depend on special effects, the attacker’s knowledge of the target’s powers, and other factors. For example, let’s suppose a character has a Lightning Bolt Spell (RKA 2d6 + Linked Flash 4d6). A character with Drain Magic 3d6, Variable Effect (any one Magic power at a time; +1/2), has to choose whether to Drain the RKA or the Flash — he can’t affect both at once. (A GM who wants to deal with the additional complication could split the Drain effect between the two powers if he wanted to, but that’s not the default rule.) If his power could affect “any two Magic powers at once” (Expanded Effect + Variable Effect; +1), then he could Drain both powers at the same time. The standard rules on the proportionality of Linked powers (6E1 385) still apply. Draining a greater power doesn’t affect a character’s ability to use the lesser power at all, and for purposes of determining proportionality you determine a power’s “full strength” based on its current (Adjusted) cost. Continuing the above example, suppose the RKA 2d6 were Drained 10 points, making it an RKA 1d6+1. If the character uses the RKA at its current full strength (1d6+1), he can still use the full Flash 4d6 even though the RKA is normally an RKA 2d6; if he only uses the RKA at half strength, he can only use Flash 2d6. Page 396 — Variable Limitations Q: Can a Variable Limitation be used to to “counteract” an Advantage the power has (like applying Increased Endurance Cost to a power that has Reduced Endurance (0 END))? A: No. A character can’t use Variable Limitation to counteract, negate, nullify, or contradict an Advantage that a power has. Nor can a character use Variable Advantage to counteract, negate, nullify, or contradict a Limitation that a power has.
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