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Question. HU2, pg. 68 talks about Holds. With a Neck Hold it reads "Neck Hold: The victim is held around the neck from behind. This leaves the victim totally vulnerable to attacks from any other character." Could you not knock an opponent out if you held it long enough? Like a Rear Naked C...

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I'm going to chip in for the other option and say I wouldn't allow it! Fungi isn't plants, so I would say the default answer is no, unless you as the GM decide to expand the power to affect things other than plants - which you are quite welcome to do! I think that some kind of control fungi type po...

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I know that fungi are not considered plants in reality. So does anyone know if Plant Control and other such plant powers work on Fungi?

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Hmmm, we can't ever make it easy can we. Ok, a normal Person with a PS of 20 can carry their PS X 20. Someone with Supernatural strength can carry their PS X 300 But here's the thing, someone with a PS less then 17 can only carry their PS X 15. So with that said, to make things easy I'd just go wit...

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With the Adhesion power in the main book, it says "The only limits to this power are the character's own strength and speed. Attempting to carry a heavy load greater than his/her P.S.x10 in pounds, will cause the character to immediately fall off." If a character has Supernatural P.S. what...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:From a GM's PoV I would say it would be LoS and Line of Video. I don't see any text saying that cameras can't see them.

Thank you.

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IP power, no, but they get an extra +2 to save vs them, and will only suffer the DBI effects half as long as the text indicate. Sentient AI's: It depends on the GM's ruling whether or not the power is only a super power or is real a psionic. If a power they are not immune. If a psionic they are imm...

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IP power, no, but they get an extra +2 to save vs them, and will only suffer the DBI effects half as long as the text indicate. Sentient AI's: It depends on the GM's ruling whether or not the power is only a super power or is real a psionic. If a power they are not immune. If a psionic they are imm...

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If someone is Immune to Psionics, or a sentient A.I. are they immune to the major power of Illusions? I know the Minor power of Immune to psionics does not include illusions that are not psionic but gives a +2 against them. But what about sentient A.I. android/robot characters?

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That is a great power. Perfect for a Wizard type character. The only issue is trying to know what skills you need beforehand. Without a dimensional bookshelf, the power of the power (hahaha) drops a bit. -STS Get Dimensional Pocket. Can carry A lot of books just on you Actually!!! Take Heightened S...

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So after playing so many heroes with so many different powers, I decided to play a character with Bookworm. For any that doesn't know what Bookworm does let me break it down. Bookworm allows the character to first able to read any book, paper, magazine, that is done on paper and understand it totall...

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Yeah, it could let you do more damage as you level but it would only be that power channeling damage. Which isn't bad, and gives you a little more range due to the tentacles you can create with mercury. Now if you're looking to do more synergistic damage (is that even a word? I'm gonna go with it a...

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While both would work with the fluid form of the APS: Quicksilver, they are both limited to what they can do. While power weapon works well with the body weapons sub-power, in that it boosts the damage done by the weapon. But with the Power Channeling would work well with the tentacle sub-power in ...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Was giving examples what the resultant of the power combo might 'look like'.

So would it be possible that one of those powers could work with the Body Weapons of APS Mercury? I don't want to go over what powers can combine, I just want to make good power selections when making this character.

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Can you say vitro-blade or plasma sword (a la rifts Atlantis ).

So do either work with the APS Mercury Body Weapons? Or am I just over reading things?

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Hi guys. With APS Mercury it says you can make body weapons from your limbs. With Power Channeling it says you can power your hands, feet, and even tails to deal more damage. My question is would Power Channeling boost the damage of your Body Weapons from APS Mercury, or would it be Power Weapon tha...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:I see three options...
✦ While the Psi-Sword can be selected @ L1, but still can't be Used till L3. (My GMing choice.)
✦ The PS @L1 only does 2d6 SD till L3.
✦ The PS starts @ 4D6 SD @ L1, and stays that way till the char reaches L4

Well, guess my GM with make final say

Thanks guys.

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Borast wrote:I'd say 1D6 until 3rd level...

Well it does say under the the power that minimum you can do is 2d6 and raise it 1d6 up till your max.
Plus if you go with the 2d6 level 1 then level 2 is 3d6 and level 3 is 4d6 as it should be at that level.

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Hey guys. In PU2 pg.13, The Empowered that takes Psionic Powers to Compensate, if you take Superior Telekinesis (Special) category. You are able to take Psi-Sword at level 1. As the category does not gain new powers as you progress through levels, what would the damage of the Psi-Sword be at level 1...

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I have a question on multi-action attacks, power use (Heroes) others. if something requires 2 or more attacks, does the action/attack fire off on the beginning of the attack/action, then the remaining actions are recovering? Or is it that you ready for the attack and on the last action it fires off...

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So long as they don't violate the text's limitations, yes. As a GM, I would have to look at carefully to see if the combo you want to do violates the spirit of the rules before allowing it. So My advice is to talk to your own GM about specific situations. If you mean 'to activate' the super power I...

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So long as they don't violate the text's limitations, yes. As a GM, I would have to look at carefully to see if the combo you want to do violates the spirit of the rules before allowing it. So My advice is to talk to your own GM about specific situations. If you mean 'to activate' the super power I...

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Hey guys, If someone has the power Multi-Tasking, which states that a hero with this power can to a Full-set of actions while simultaneously doing another non-attack action, could a person who is doing an action that says uses all your attacks for that melee round still do a non-attack action as the...

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There is a FAQ section in another area of the forums, though I'm not sure if this question falls into that area. Yeah I have posted another question on that section due to it being all settings but have not had an answer yet, some views. But no replies. It sometimes takes a while for someone to ans...

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Stone Gargoyle wrote:There is a FAQ section in another area of the forums, though I'm not sure if this question falls into that area.

Yeah I have posted another question on that section due to it being all settings but have not had an answer yet, some views. But no replies.

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I just wanted to know more than anything if there was some Definitive answer. But, I do love a good debate on things I enjoy, and have been convinced many times through others thoughts and insights on the matter. As I mentioned, rarely do writers come into this area of the forums. And there have be...

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Hey guys question: If a hero with APS Energy also has Energy Conversion can then convert their APS Energy into lets say APS Fire, or light? No. However, they would be able to change their expulsions to other forms of energy attacks. I know that while converting they have to use one of their attacks...

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Please know that I am really enjoying our conversation on this topic. The more I talk with people, the more their own thoughts I take with me for games I run and characters I make. I hope that my texts don't come off as" I don't think you know what you are talking about! This guy is wrong!&quo...

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There is some powers that make you immune to insanity. Remember that that combo is just 2 major. Well, I suppose you have an answer for everything. Don't know why you even posed the question. I already explained why I ask. And I also explained that I want to hear other peoples thoughts. But always ...

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Please know that I am really enjoying our conversation on this topic. The more I talk with people, the more their own thoughts I take with me for games I run and characters I make. I hope that my texts don't come off as" I don't think you know what you are talking about! This guy is wrong!"...

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I am against it due to the power creep that happens in Palladium games and the way some people want to max out their characters to Munchkin levels. Any power combo that grants you the ability to gain four or more powers for free is overpowered. Any power combo that lets you insta-kill is likewise o...

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There is some powers that make you immune to insanity. Remember that that combo is just 2 major. Well, I suppose you have an answer for everything. Don't know why you even posed the question. I already explained why I ask. And I also explained that I want to hear other peoples thoughts. But always ...

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Remember that as the characters are out there using such powers, combos, technology etc. So are the Villains watching who they may have to contend with. A Smart villain will do as the players do. They will find out who they are up against, and plan ahead on how to best deal with each. If they canno...

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Or How about Swarm Selves, and Intangibility. It says that if you go tangible while in a victim you both would die a horrible painful death. Who cares if you lose a swarm self, it does next to nothing to you. Now add in Massive Damage Capacity and you have TONS of swarm selves and can one shot ever...

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Or How about Swarm Selves, and Intangibility. It says that if you go tangible while in a victim you both would die a horrible painful death. Who cares if you lose a swarm self, it does next to nothing to you. Now add in Massive Damage Capacity and you have TONS of swarm selves and can one shot ever...

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Remember that as the characters are out there using such powers, combos, technology etc. So are the Villains watching who they may have to contend with. A Smart villain will do as the players do. They will find out who they are up against, and plan ahead on how to best deal with each. If they cannot...

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Being overpowered is no biggie. A GOOD gm can work around it all. I can name hundreds of combo powers that just are mind boggling.
But that is the nature of a Super-Hero/Villain world. And the GM running the game should be prepared for such things to come up.

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You are citing combos which are blatantly overpowered and not allowed on most games. There was a thread not too long ago about combos that are disallowed. You might want to find it and read it. You Want a Combo that is overpower but totally legal in game?? How about Self-Explosion, Invisibility, Te...

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You are citing combos which are blatantly overpowered and not allowed on most games. There was a thread not too long ago about combos that are disallowed. You might want to find it and read it. I totally forgot and should have said that APS: Energy does not have an AR or SDC, therefore all APS's th...

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The writers of this particular game setting don't comment here, so you won't find an answer posting your question here. According to the rules though, you're not supposed to have more than one APS power. So good luck on getting them to tell you that you've come up with a way around that particular ...

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The writers of this particular game setting don't comment here, so you won't find an answer posting your question here. According to the rules though, you're not supposed to have more than one APS power. So good luck on getting them to tell you that you've come up with a way around that particular ...

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So you're really not finding out what other people think, you're trying to justify something you've already done. Pretty much anything is doable if you have GM permission. I truly don't want other peoples opinions on how a power works or comboed. I want what the creators of this game meant. They cr...

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There would also have to be penalties for using a power you are unfamiliar with. Someone suddenly changing to APS Fire would not know how to fly using it for instance. Mimic is also one of those powers that can get out of hand fairly quickly. Agreed, but that is something to work out between the pl...

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Remember Mimic. If you had a group of players and opponents with APS powers, one hero with Mimic can drop and change into any power that is there. That is more versatile then the APS Energy + Energy Conversion combo as they are not losing a constant attack to maintain the powers, nor are limited to ...

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As a GM I would rule against it. That would basically be giving you a bunch of extra powers for free. I wwold be interested in hearing how you would limit it to make it playable in a game. I am not saying they are exactly the same as each APS. Each has their own SDC and most have different AR, I wo...

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I have a question on multi-action attacks, power use (Heroes) others. if something requires 2 or more attacks, does the action/attack fire off on the beginning of the attack/action, then the remaining actions are recovering? Or is it that you ready for the attack and on the last action it fires off?...

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Heya guys, I have a question. If I Mimic a character with Extraordinary IQ, will I get the enhanced IQ and be able to pick two skills I have to go beyond 98%? I know I will not get the skills, but if I have the skills already say 98% Computer Hacking, can I enhance it to go beyond 98% and get the +...

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Hey guys question: If a hero with APS Energy also has Energy Conversion can then convert their APS Energy into lets say APS Fire, or light? I know that while converting they have to use one of their attacks per melee round to keep it going normally, but could they convert their own APS Energy into a...

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I would say no, you cannot choose the skills. If I allowed the bonus at all I would rule that if you happen to have the skills that the person you are mimicing has chosen, and they happen to be able to go above 98%, then you would benefit from those skills being above 98%. But if you don't happen t...

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Heya guys, I have a question. If I Mimic a character with Extraordinary IQ, will I get the enhanced IQ and be able to pick two skills I have to go beyond 98%? I know I will not get the skills, but if I have the skills already say 98% Computer Hacking, can I enhance it to go beyond 98% and get the +2...

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