Linked Multipowers

[Mavnn]

I'm putting together a character with a slightly strange power construct. Basically, he has a HKA which also reduces his targets END - first with a Transfer, and when that can absorb no more points, with a Drain.

I was planning to put the Drain and Transfer in a Multipower to reduce the cost, and then MPA the HKA and the relevant slot from the Multipower.

The question is this: can I place Linked on the overall Multipower? (each of the slots has a lower AP cost then the HKA)

I can't see any reason why not in FReD, but Hero Designer won't let me and Dan is normally quite accurate about these things...

Hope this makes some sense, and opinions please :)

Michael

[Talon]

I don't think there's anything in the rules or FAQ prohibiting this -- Linking the outside power /to/ the entire MP is a no-no, but Linking each slot to the outside power is fine. Seems OK to me.

[Christougher]

Except that he doesn't really need to. I can't quote page #, but I recall that even after a Transfer capped out, it could still be used to Drain the target.

[Mavnn]

Unfortunately not...

I checked recently and discovered this wasn't the case (I always thought it was too).

Michael

[Talon]

Originally posted by Christougher
Except that he doesn't really need to. I can't quote page #, but I recall that even after a Transfer capped out, it could still be used to Drain the target.

Page 151 of FREd pretty specifically says the opposite; a Transfer can't function as a Drain if it's capped out. Surprised me -- I thought he was just trying to get a more efficient Drain effect. :)

[Mavnn]

Nope - in fact it's quite inefficient... the Drain has a much lower AP cost then the multipower pool would allow, because I wanted it to match the drain rate of the Transfer.

Michael