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Old 11-16-2022, 12:27 PM   #11
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Default Re: Maximum Duration vs. Limited Use

Yeah, but I specifically looked at 1/day for that reason.
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Old 11-19-2022, 01:23 PM   #12
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Default Re: Maximum Duration vs. Limited Use

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Why is Limited Use worth so much less than Maximum Duration. If I take Limited Use 1/day I can use a continuous ability for 1 minute per day* (-40%). If I take Maximum Duration, 5 minutes, I can use it half the time (-50%). The second one seems more useful.

* from Basic Set, p. 112: "For most advantages, each "use" is 1 minute of activation."
I think Maximum Duraiton is intended for ongoing abilities whereas Limited Use makes more sense for transient non-duration ones like Innate Attack.
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