Help me understand M&M2ed 'Dynamic Alternate Power' rule...

[Storyteller01]

Title says it all. I understand the alternate power feat, but the dynamic subsection baffles me. Call me brain dead, but I can't wrap my head around it . Anyone out there able to assist?

 

[arwink]

Alternate powers largely mean that you can only use one of the powers at a time. So if I had Blast 10 (Alternate Power: Flight 10) I can either fire a blast or fly at any given time, but I can't actually do both. It's an either or equation - I can't mix and match the levels of the power used.

If the same power was a dynamic array, then I could choose to lower my Blast to 8 in order to use the other power in the array at 2 - So I can fire a weaker blast, but fly at a speed well below my maximum.

 

[Storyteller01]

So having a dynamic array allows you to use powers in said array at the same time, but at a significantly reduced amount (they have to share resources).

Is this correct?

 

[DanMcS]

Yes. Also remember that it's a 1 point cost to make the base power dynamic, too (2 points for each alternate power, 1 to make them alternate and 1 to make them dynamic).

 

[Zephier]

the thing to remember is the the dynamic array isnt based on ranks its based on point cost of the specific power.. so if you have powers costing 2pp/rank and 3pp/rank and have the 3pp/rank power capped at 10 ranks you'd have 30pp to divide between the 2 powers.. not simply 10 ranks..

 

[Storyteller01]

Okay, understood then. It allows two or more dynamic powers in a single array to be used at the same time, but they have to split the point cost (not the powers Rank).

Thanks for the responses everyone!!