Ultra Timing

[Sketchpad]

Hiya Steve,
I'm working on a few spells and was curious about the timing structure of a MP's ultra slots. If you have a power with a a prolonged charge, does it still stay active if the ultra slot is switched? What about something like summon? Thanks in advance :)

[Steve Long]

Well, that depends on what you mean by a "prolonged charge." ;) If you're talking about Continuing Charges, see 5E 182-83. As for Summon, it's an Instant Power, so once it's used switching to another Multipower slot doesn't have any effect on the Summoned critter (any more than, say, switching away from an "Ice Bonds" Entangle slot causes the block of ice to vanish and the Entangle to stop working).