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Old 12-09-2016, 07:59 PM   #5
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Default Re: [Powers] Can you use an ability on default from it's talent?

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Originally Posted by Ghostdancer View Post
By RAW? It doesn't say you can't use a Power Talent to default an ability part of that Power (and in some cases it makes sense). Since a Power Talent isn't related to defaulted powers you're always going to suffer the -2 penalty for different abilities. Since you're temporarily turning your Talent into something else you're not going to get the benefit from it. You could opt to use a lower level of Talent for improvising, of course. For example, if you have Heat/Fire Talent 4 [20] and want to improvise a 2d burning attack you could opt to use just two levels of your ability, take a -8 to your Will roll (-8 because it's worth 100% of the points of the improvised ability, -2 because it's dissimilar, and +2 from your Power Talent level), and get a +2 bonus on rolls to attack with it.
I would need to see the justification for that theorem.
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