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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salix" data-source="post: 2997428" data-attributes="member: 40003">OOC:  I'm going to rule against that.  One of your compadres might be able to use thier hero point to heal you from a distance.  I'd have to delve into it a little.  Since you have two you could burn one to take care of the stunned and one to force a constitution check to take care of the staggered condition.  Looks like a job for the resident medic to me.[Sblock=hero point rules from the book]HERO POINTS Whether it ’s luck,talent,or sheer determination,heroes have somethingsetting them apart from everyone else,allowing them to perform amazingdeeds under the most difficult circumstances.In Mutants &Mastermindsthat something is hero points .Spending a hero point can make the differ-ence between success and failure.When you ’re entrusted with the safetyof the world that means a lot!Hero points allow players to “edit ”the plot of the adventure and therules of the game to a degree.They give heroes the ability to do theamazing things heroes do in the comics,but with certain limits,and theyencourage players to make the sort of choices heroes do in the comics,inorder to get more hero points.Heroes start each game session with 1 hero point.During the adven-ture they get opportunities to earn more hero points.Players can usevarious tokens (poker chips,glass beads,etc .)to keep track of their heropoints,handing them over to the Gamemaster when they spend them.TheGamemaster can likewise give out tokens when awarding hero points tothe players.Unspent hero points don ’t carry over to the next adventure;the heroes start out with 1 point again.USING HERO POINTSUnless otherwise noted,spending a hero point is a reaction,taking notime.You can spend as many hero points as you have,but only one heropoint on any given benefit per round.You can spend hero points for anyof the following things.IMPROVE ROLLOne hero point allows you to re-roll any die roll you make and take thebetter of the two rolls.On a result of 1 through 10 on the second roll,add10 to the result,an 11 or higher remains as-is (so the second roll is alwaysa result of 11-20).You must spend the hero point to improve a roll beforethe GM announces the result of your roll.You cannot spend hero pointson die rolls made by the GM or other players without the Luck Controlpower (see page 90).HEROIC FEATYou can spend a hero point to gain the benefits of a feat (either a regularor power feat)you don ’t already have for one round (see Chapter 4 ).Youmust be capable of using the feat and cannot gain the benefits of fortunefeats,only other types of feats.If the feat has another feat as a prerequisite,you must have the prerequisite to gain the benefit of the more advancedfeat.For feats acquired in ranks,you gain the benefit of one rank of thefeat by spending a hero point.The GM can veto any performance of a featacquired with a hero point if considered inappropriate for the game.DODGEYou can spend a hero point to double your dodge bonus for one round.This includes any modifiers to your dodge bonus from feats,powers,orcombat actions (such as the total defense action,page 159).The improveddodge bonus lasts until the beginning of your next round.You can alsospend a hero point whenever you are denied your dodge bonus,but stillcapable of action (surprised,flat-footed,etc .).In this case,you retain yourdodge bonus until your next action (this is the same as spending a heropoint to perform the Uncanny Dodge feat).INSTANT COUNTERYou can spend a hero point to attempt to counter a power used againstyou as a reaction.See Countering Powers ,page 70,for details.CANCEL FATIGUEAny time you would suffer fatigue (including the effects of the Fatiguepower and the use of extra effort),you can spend a hero point and reducethe amount of fatigue by one level (so you suffer no fatigue from afatigued result,are fatigued by an exhausted result,etc .).RECOVERYou can spend a hero point to recover faster.A hero point allows you toimmediately shake off a stunned or fatigued condition.If you are exhausted,spending a hero point causes you to becomefatigued.If you have suffered damage,a hero point allows you an imme-diate recovery check as a full-round action (see Recovery ,page 165).Ittakes two rounds for a staggered hero to make a recovery check,since you[/sblock]</blockquote>

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