All sorts of Duplication questions

[kirbwarrior]

Originally Posted by transmetahuman

Where did you see this?!?

Throughout the forums and other internet areas I hear it's in Powers: The Weird. Since I don't have the book, I decided to figure out if they are actually fair based on options already available, namely Reliable 10.

Reliable 10 vs No Preparation Table; Reliable is strictly better, but considering a large part of buying it is specifically due to the -10, it's only marginally better.

Reliable 10 vs No Distance Penalties; Reliable is better unless you think you'll often and casually want to go in trips of 10 million miles, which isn't even an option in most campaigns, plus needing to 'see' your destination makes long distances still harder which Reliable can make up for.

Reliable 10 is overall better than either enhancement. Then comparing Cosmic as written in PU4:7, it sounds like an example of Avoiding Drawbacks. And No Distance Penalties is basically what Long Range 1 +50% would do to Warp if it was allowed to be bought on it.

I don't know if it's actually true (I still need to buy the book) but after comparing them both to Reliable 10 and other similar costed enhancements, it seems perfectly fair.

EDIT: Either is +50%. Both would then be +100%