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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
By RAW, power talents explicitly only give bonuses to ability rolls, whether they involve attributes, secondary characteristics, or skills (Powers, p. 158). The Cosmic Talent specifically only gives bonuses to ability rolls for abilities with the Cosmic power modifier (Powers, 125). It does not benefit any roll except for those associated with abilities with the Cosmic modifier.
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"Rubber Body: Double-Jointed [15] + Modular Abilities (
Cosmic Power, 30 points; All-Out, -25%; Limited, Body Parts Only, -20%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP/5 points, -15%; Physical, +50%; Requires HT Roll, -10%; Takes Extra Time 3, -30%) [150] + Stretching 5 [30]" (Power p. 151) shows that is not how the rule is read. If it was then Double-Jointed would have to be Cosmic as well and be [23] points not [15] and the same is true of Stretching 5 for [45] not the [30] we're given.
From GURPS Horror: Ancient One ... Energy Reserve 300 (
Cosmic; Accessibility, Only where Euclidean geometry is weak and when the stars are right,
-80%) [180] (Horror p. 74).
That is the only mention of cosmic in the write up. So if only things that themselves are Cosmic can be used with a Cosmic power than what in the sam hill good does that 300 Cosmic Energy Reserve do? The position you are presenting doesn't hold and is not supported by the examples I know of.
Given how badly
Partially Limited Magery (the examples show the
opposite of how one would normally read the rules; yeh it's
that badly written) they really should have given us better examples of how the Comic talent works but instead we have plenty of examples of how the Comic
modifier works