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Carlos · 10-14-2022, 05:16 AM

I'm about to play a Monster Hunter game and using the MH4: Sidekicks, I was considering to create a Weapon Master (Action 3: Furious Fist) + Psychic or Overman.

That said, is it possible to use Alternative Abilities with the Powers from MH1, whether they are Bioenhancement, Mysticism or Psionics?

For example:

Psionics

Autoteleport 2 [40]
Pyrokinesis 3 [8]
Telekinesis 7 [7]
Mind Control 1 [5]
Mind Reading [6]
Mind Probe [4]
Mindwipe [7]
Telescan [5]
Telesend [6]
Precognition [5]
Psychometry [4]

Total: 97 (3 points left)

In the example above, Autoteleport 2 is the most expensive ability (costing 40 points), while all the other psionic powers are bought as Alternative Abilities.

I believe the answer would be "Yes", because that's how it works for Divine Favor and the Xia template (Pyramid Magazine #3/70) that has mastery over all the five elements (Chinese Elemental Talent).

10-14-2022, 05:16 AM	#1
Carlos Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Campos dos Goytacazes - RJ - Brazil	[MH] Using Alternative Abilities for Powers I'm about to play a Monster Hunter game and using the MH4: Sidekicks, I was considering to create a Weapon Master (Action 3: Furious Fist) + Psychic or Overman. That said, is it possible to use Alternative Abilities with the Powers from MH1, whether they are Bioenhancement, Mysticism or Psionics? For example: Psionics Autoteleport 2 [40] Pyrokinesis 3 [8] Telekinesis 7 [7] Mind Control 1 [5] Mind Reading [6] Mind Probe [4] Mindwipe [7] Telescan [5] Telesend [6] Precognition [5] Psychometry [4] Total: 97 (3 points left) In the example above, Autoteleport 2 is the most expensive ability (costing 40 points), while all the other psionic powers are bought as Alternative Abilities. I believe the answer would be "Yes", because that's how it works for Divine Favor and the Xia template (Pyramid Magazine #3/70) that has mastery over all the five elements (Chinese Elemental Talent).