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Devices etc: I have just got around to reading Gun Monkeys Character sheet and that looks very wrong to me. I think I would have tried doing it a different way, something like "must be successfully disarmed twice" which might be a one point feat or "immunity to disarm limited to once per...

My gut insticts. On devices etc. I would be perfectly fine with a device as an alternate power of a normal power, especially for someone like Circe who channels her mental/magical powers through the device in order to get some effect. However I would rule that if a character got disarmed while...

Hmm, was this a hint that the new Judges should be voting on the old proposals in order to clear them up? I thought it might be but then I looked back and there are definitely times in some of the older ones where someone (H4H?) says they can not vote because the proposal was issued before they...

Thanks, I will take that as a compliment. I tend to think of myself as easy going but the moment I look at specific example I see that I do like to keep things very much by the book. Raylis is a lot more relaxed and I am sure he and HoV will keep me balanced. (I am glad I am not doing character...

<bump> [ooc] You guys are driving, I think Sergeant, Martin, Clay and Flux are all back together walking back to the car. Paladin is Fighting in Ms Green's office.

Sort of. Alternate form from the core book is an example. (Superspeed is another though it is much harder to see.) The forms in the core book (Energy, liquid, etc) are just examples. You buy Alternate Form with the descriptor "Liquid Skin" and then pick any powers you think are appropriate to be...

HoV - What would Dr A's attitude be to making technological modifications to a magical device? I was thinking a touch of technology intermixed with the magic might be nice, but if Dr A would not deign to touch such an item or would insist on taking it apart to find out how it worked first I...

My books are a little vague on that point. "The GM decides how a faded effect recovers, but it should generally occur outside combat and take at least an hour's time" I read that as the whole power will recover after an hour so if you use a power 10 times and lose 10pp you get the 10 back...

[Opinion only.] For me your comment about rules backing is one of the joys of the system, you should be able to build virtually any powerset you can think of, first work out what you want then work out how to do it, exactly as you appear to be doing. (Of course sometimes the concept is...

Yep :> I guess I consider it rude to hold whispered conversations at the table. If I knew in advance that was the game I would probably not read the Sblocks, [sblock]But I would be very unlikely to try and pass that sort of message by sblock. And I might well avoid that game...

Its not that worthy of respect to own up to something I do not consider to be a sin. :>

I almost invariably read Sblocks marked private or GM, and I would expect others to read what I put there even if it is not addressed to them. (Maybe I am just nosey) There is always a danger that OOC knowledge will sneak across and become IC knowledge, but I think the ability to separate those...

Thread Lifted from Tokyo Problem Typically I will read all public character sheets if I am involved in the game, and try and read the entire back story if I join mid way. I do try and keep a paper wall in my mind between IC and OOC knowledge but that does not mean I will not act on OOC...

I think grabbing Ms Green is a grapple even if she doesn't resist. So Paladin will not be able to use his shield (no dodge bonus while in a grapple (he will have already used his standard action this round as well.) Still want to try and drag her out? IN LEEDS Akbar takes the proffered card...

It is definitely possible with the Array structure from UP (Although not quite as eficient). And I think in the standard rules as well. A fully worked example may follow but it is late and would take a lot of typing. Mr Contradiction Base Power: Physical Array - Rank 17 (17x2+1=35pp) AP =...

In this case I agree, it is not a complete 4 for 2 but in principle it could be. If we Take Mr Jones as an example his mental array has a base power at 32 points and 7 APs for a total cost of 39pp But if I could have got the same effect by buying a base power at 34pp with 1 AP for a total cost...

You're welcome to expand, after all I had already stolen the idea. Nested arrays: from the above example their are really 5 alternate powers, you can only use one of the 5 at any one time, but because of the construction only 2pp have been paid for APs not 4. Constructions like that can...

I think I have seen builds which got around this sort of problem by nesting the APs and then flawing each one so it can only be used at a specific size setting so: Stun 4 (PF: 2 APs) [2x4 +2 = 10pp] AP 1: Blast 4 AP 2: Force Field AP (6+2aps) FF1:(Limited usable at huge size only) - Force...

Looks like he has said differnt things at different times :> As the answer I found is different to the one Velmont found.

That sounds right to me, over buying is forbiden (by RAW) for exactly this reason. It is good too good for ablative and simple bruses (as well as against drains and nullifies etc.) Imagine if you bought ablative protection +16 on a no-tradeoff PL10 character, it costs 8pp but will almost always...