Strategic ER

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So I have wanted to build an Energy Reserve that acts more like Threshold Magery in that it has a good sized cap but recovers slower. The limitations for recovering 1/day or 1/hour did not get me the feel I was looking for.

Strategic ER

50 points

You have an Energy Reserve that has a high capacity but recovers much slower than the standard Energy Reserve. The ER holds 30 energy and recovers 8 per day.
New Enhancements: Increased Cap +6, +10%; and Increased Recovery 2, +10%.
New Limitations: Reduced Cap -6, -10% (Max 5 levels); and Reduced Recovery -2, -10% (Max 5 levels).
Other optional modifiers: From GURPS Horror Corrupting, -20%; from GURPS Power (p. 119) Abilities only, -10%; One Power, -50%; and Stunts only, -10%. Also Backlash
Note: The new limitation values mach up with the suggested version for Magery under Threshold Magic!

EDIT: To be clear, this ability does not allow the borrowing of energy such as can be done with Threshold Magery. I am considering that option as a +300% enhancement, similar to Super Effort and the highest level of Cosmic.
The above ability is just an ER but has different scaling in how it recovers energy.
I go over some of my math in my blog post here. Scroll down to the heading "The Strategic Option" in that post to see it.


Examples of customization...
Demonic Reserve that can be accessed anywhere but only recharges in hell, and even then it takes awhile.
Statistics: Strategic ER (Reduced Recovery -8, -50%; Increased Recovery +2 (Only in Hell, -50%) +5%) [18].
My math might be off on that Accessibility that partially limits the enhancement, its late but I wanted to offer an example of some things this might do better than a standard Energy Reserve. ER would have to have the Accessibility on slow Recovery to be similar.