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Old 08-02-2019, 02:18 PM   #9
Christopher R. Rice
 
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Default Re: [Powers] Putting multiple abilities into an Alternative Ability slot

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Originally Posted by RogerBW View Post
I think possibly there's some confusion in what's being proposed.

It's not:

AA#1 (power A) or (power B) or (power C)
plus
AA#2 (power D) or (power E) or (power F)

as Christopher described. Rather, it's

AA (power A) or (power B) or (power C + power D)

where C and D are distinct abilities, collectively of lower cost than A, which may but need not be used at the same time. Using either or both of them would lock out A and B until the use of C and/or D stops.

On reflection I see why I found it aesthetically unappealing - modulo rounding errors, it costs the same as having each power in a separate slot, but it's better.
Ahhh. I see. Yeah, so I do that too. Some abilities require multiple advantages. I call that a feature and move on. It's worked fine for AEON so far. Do note (which is probably obvious) you can't have nested AAs.
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