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Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery
I think it only works like that (in the example given on p39) because it's Always On. There wouldn't be any reason to use the Aura+AE construct if Emanation+AE worked that way, as the latter would always be cheaper.
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Well, the big question with that usage of Emanation is - what happens to someone who is affected, leaves the radius, then comes back within it? If they can only be affected once in a fight, once in a day, or once ever, then obviously there's a big reason to take Aura instead of Emanation. And depending on the answer to that question, making it switchable wouldn't make much difference so long as switching it off then on again didn't "reset" the one use.
If leaving the area affected resets the one use, then it's broken whether it's always on or not - a one yard radius would be -70% the price of an Aura + Melee Attack, and pretty much as useful as long as you can keep stepping back a yard.