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<blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5466809" data-attributes="member: 86312">I understand you think there is a difference. But there isn't. Powers have specific rules that you're not addressing, not the least of which is that they require their range and targeting rules be followed. Of course it breaks, because the rule is poorly written (in this case). You're just trying to keep it working when it doesn't work, which is fine for practical purposes but not for RAW purposes. RAW, PG says &quot;Make an OA.&quot; OK... out of range, done. This isn't any different then shifting away from a charge. Out of range? Damn, no MBA. That is the RAW order of events, because all PG does is say &quot;make an OA&quot; it does not modify the range of the power (because it doesn't /gasp, say it does, in order for specific &gt; general to apply there has to actually be a specific). You can't just make up things to make things work like you want them to, which is what you're doing. You get to make an OA. OA is a power with restrictions, those restrictions still exist because nothing overrides them. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aulirophile, post: 5466809, member: 86312"] I understand [I]you think [/I]there is a difference. But there isn't. Powers have specific rules that you're not addressing, not the [I]least [/I]of which is that they require their range and targeting rules be followed. [I]Of course [/I]it breaks, because the rule is poorly written (in this case). You're just trying to keep it working when it doesn't work, which is fine for practical purposes but not for RAW purposes. RAW, PG says "Make an OA." OK... out of range, done. This isn't any different then shifting away from a charge. Out of range? Damn, no MBA. That is the RAW order of events, because all PG does is say "make an OA" it does [I]not [/I]modify the range of the power (because it doesn't /gasp, say it does, in order for specific > general to apply there has to actually be a specific). You can't just make up things to make things work like you want them to, which is what you're doing. You get to make an OA. OA is a power with restrictions, [I]those restrictions still exist because nothing overrides them. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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