Compartmentalised Mind

[smurf]

Thanks. I thought it was -40% in total.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by smurf

Well each Talent governs the above quoted abilities.

Compartmentalized Mind allows an extra mental maneuver per turn; Power Talents are passive, always on abilities; they take no maneuvers to use (they don't even take free actions to use) but rather just add their bonus at all times; Compartmentalized Mind (Power Talent Only) therefore doesn't do anything.

You need the Compartmentalized Mind able to use the abilities of the power and if it can use all the abilities of a single power that is the "One Power Only" limitation, not the "One Ability Only" limitation which would only allow a specific ability (e.g. Mind Probe) to be used by that compartment.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Mind 1 is Limited: No Psi because it cannot add any Psi abilities (and gets a -5% limitation, it's just that -5% of 0 is still 0).

I'd give some disadvantage value to the first mind having no access to psionic abilities, simply because otherwise (A + B + C) should cost less than (A&B&C + B + C).

Simplifying, you've got:

• Compartmentalized Mind (No separation, One Power) [30] - Gives the ability to do a psionic action plus anything else, including a second psionic action.
• Compartmentalized Mind (No separation, One Power) [30] + No Psionics in First Mind [?] - Gives the ability to do a psionic action plus anything other than a psionic action.

Shouldn't be worth much. If you say "No psionics" is a -5% limitation, -2 seems right. It's equivalent to taking a -5% limitation on a 50-point psuedovantage, a la adding the limitation from Extra Arms to one's original two arms.

[sir_pudding]

Something like:
Decreased Time Rate (Mental Only -20%, Psi Only -75%, Mentalism -70%) [-2]; which would give you one less Concentrate maneuver per turn to use on psionic powers (limitation values are fairly arbitrary here; limiting disadvantages being what it is).
Or just Quirk: Can only use Compartmentalized Mind for Psi [-1].