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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilwen" data-source="post: 3219606" data-attributes="member: 1871">I tell my players to think of it as different power settings but it really can be more than that. I usally like my players to create an array with a certain theme and not just a hodge podge of powers so that they can have a lot of powers. For example a engery controller might have Fire Control as his main power but can also create a Fireball (Blast); Alternate Form (fire); Flight; Create Objects (fire contructs); Dazzle. Those other powers are cheap because you can't use them all at the same time, normally when you switch to another power the one you had activated stops working. It provides flexibility for character concepts. The AP powers will generally have one or more descriptors  in common, for instance the magic power iand the AP's taken with that power  would all have Magic as a descriptor, so any power that counters Magic would also counter the other AP's. What you will probably want to pay attention to are players creating arrays all with powers that have Lasting as part of their duration. The effects of lasting powers will last even after you switch to another power you in your array (although the player does lose control of that power). This becomes even more pronouced if the player has purchased the lasting power ot a duration of Continous because a Continous (lasting) power affects the victim until countered without the possibilty of another saving throw; athough all powers of this nature should have some sort of resonable means of countering it even it is complex.Gil</blockquote>

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