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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 3289360" data-attributes="member: 11437">Since multiple people have asked, here is the deal with 20pp limit on one power:One power means just that, one entry in the list of powers.  Remember, though, that the existence of things like Alternate Powers means that you can fit multiple powers under one umbrella or create them separately if you want to be able to use them at the same time.  For example, Bastion (one of the sample characters) has Kinetic Control (20pp) and both Force Field (20pp) and Flight (8pp).  Flight and Force Field are available as Alternate Powers under Kinetic Control, but I wanted him to be able to fly and be protected while potentially moving objects, slowing a foe, etc, so I bought them outside the Kinetic Control.In many cases, since this is PL 10, you are going to max out with 10 ranks in a power that costs 2pp/rank.  You can also add flaws that will bring the total pp/rank down to 2 or less.  You can also add Drawbacks to a power to reduce its cost.As for Devices, and other powers that represent a "container" array, you can purchase more than 20pp of the array itself, but no power listed within the array can be more than 20pp.  One of the sample characters has an Alternate Form array that I am buying at more than 20pp, but all the set powers beneath that Alternate Form are 20pp or less.I hope that helps.  A lot of the early part of this discussion will involve character construction.  I fully expect that, so keep the questions coming.</blockquote>

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