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VGryphon
Oct 29th, '04, 12:57 PM
Okay, what I'm trying to accomplish is what you answered in this thread Steve.

http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14259&highlight=Spd

Which agrees with this FAQ question in the characteristics FAQ:

Q: Can a character spend more on SPD than he strictly needs to, to take advantage of a power he has or the like? For example, could a DEX 10 character with a magic ring (+16 DEX, for a total fo 26) spend 14 points on SPD so that when he’s wearing the ring, he has SPD 5?

A: Yes, though the extra points (4, in this case) are wasted when he can’t use the power. In your example, without the ring the character would have SPD 3.

But it doesn't agree with the Powers FAQ which states that SPD can only be bought at 10 points.

In other words, is it legal to buy less than a full 10 points of SPD as a characteristic?

If it <em>IS</em> legal to pruchase it as a characteristic, why can't you in HD?

Steve Long
Oct 29th, '04, 02:14 PM
I'm not seeing what the problem is. Buying SPD as a Characteristic (as in the question you quoted) is a different thing than buying SPD as a Power. The Rules FAQ answers are non-contradictory and consistent with one another as far as I can tell.

As for what HD does or does not do, and how it arranges the things it does do, that's a matter for Dan.