Does the Cumulative enhancement on Affliction reset the duration?

[Raekai]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

I'd say you keep track of each time you used affliction and each use lasts 3 minutes. So you get a gradual build up, and a gradual wearing off.

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

If the players were comfortable with the additional book keeping, I would use this as it makes a much more interesting and dynamic ability.

From a general perspective, for +400% I think it should increase duration. That's a pretty huge enhancement.

So, as a simplification for playability, I would say "Yes. Due to the cost of the enhancement, you have reset the duration of the ability when you layer the effect on."

I agree that this is probably the "right" way, but it definitely would be too much to handle for my games, I think.

Also, +400% is a lot. But I also think it'd be nice to have a separate enhancement for cumulative duration if it isn't included in the price of Cumulative. Of, if it is, how much of Cumulative is for cumulative duration?

Originally Posted by Plane

What if we applied it to Extended Duration +20%? Quintuple the value is +100% so "it lasts 3x the duration PLUS I can add unused duration to my new duration" would cost as much as 300x duration, meaning you'd need to hit the guy 100x to actually get a longer duration for the same price.

I was kind of stuck between +50% and +100% myself. Based on GURPS Power-Ups 4: Enhancements, I could go either way. It almost feels between Adding Utility (+50%) and Cheating (100%). If it is worth +75%, that would make it a nice half of Extended Duration, Permanent, +150%.