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Old 06-27-2018, 09:54 PM   #2
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: [Powers] Breaking Down "Alternative Abilities"

Having abilities all shut down at once is really just a product of their being part of the same power. It's inherent in the modifiers of being shut down by special powers (-5%), being shut down by advanced technology (-5%), and/or being stopped by mundane technology and the like (-10%). It's not a special product of being AAs. (I think you CAN by things like Neutralize and Static narrowed down to just single abilities, but I don't think that's inherent in the way they work.)

The limitation that's special to AAs is that you can't use both of them at once. That's where you get "divide by 5."

I think it would probably be okay to say that if you want to be able to use two abilities at once, you buy the two most expensive AAs at full price, and then pay 1/5 for the lesser abilities. Does that help?
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