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Old 08-09-2017, 10:06 PM   #1
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Default Gadgeteering Question

This may seem a dumb question but I've only got the 4e basic set: characters.

In the old rules (3e), if you bought, say, an energy blast in a gadget, and put enhancements and limitations on it, you would subtract any gadget limitations from the total.

I'll give an example of what I mean.

Laser 5 (6 points per level) bought with the Instantaneous enhancement (+20%) and the unreliable limitation: activation 14- (-10%) would come to 33 points.

Then let's say you have gadget limitations. Breakable: DR 15 or less (-15%) and can be hit at no penalty (-25%). Total -40%.

You would then subtract that -40% from the total of 33 points. The final cost would be 20 points.

In 4e, the gadget section is brief but it does not say that gadget limitations in 4e are treated differently than other limitations the way they were in 3e.

In 4e, are you still supposed to total all other enhancements and limitations and then subtract the gadget limitations from that total? Or do gadget limitations just tally up like all other limitations?
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Old 08-09-2017, 10:10 PM   #2
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Default Re: Gadgeteering Question

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In 4e, the gadget section is brief but it does not say that gadget limitations in 4e are treated differently than other limitations the way they were in 3e.
Right, because they aren't.

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In 4e, are you still supposed to total all other enhancements and limitations and then subtract the gadget limitations from that total? Or do gadget limitations just tally up like all other limitations?
The latter. For example, you might represent a jetpack as:

Flight (Breakable, DR 15, SM -6, -20%; Can Be Stolen, Forcibly removed, -10%; Limited Use, 4/day, -20%; Nuisance Effect, Noisy, -5%) [18].
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