update 1.31 does not fix resistant MD [Archive]

nuada

Apr 12th, '03, 09:46 PM

Hi Dan,

I just updated (to 1.32 actually) and checked my export (I'm using the "HTML - 3 Page Qelan" export template) and it is still displaying my MD as 40, despite the fact that it's only 20, with 20 points of resistance added separately.

Not complaining, just updating. Thanks again for all your endless toils. :)

Simon

Apr 13th, '03, 04:37 AM

Please show me how you're building the defenses again. If possible, post the character.

When I build a character with 20 Mental Defense and Damage Resistance (10 PD/10 ED/20 Mental Defense), the export shows him as having 20 Mental Defense (correct).

nuada

Apr 14th, '03, 02:32 PM

Here's the character. I've bolded the appropriate powers, for ease of use. Thanks again.

Thermal

Player:

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val  </td><td>Char   </td><td>Cost</td></tr><tr><td align="right">80/92  </td><td>STR</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">33/37  </td><td>DEX</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">48  </td><td>CON</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">23  </td><td>BODY</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">8  </td><td>INT</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td align="right">13  </td><td>EGO</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td align="right">18  </td><td>PRE</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td align="right">8  </td><td>COM</td><td>-1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">20  </td><td>PD</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td align="right">20  </td><td>ED</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td align="right">6/7  </td><td>SPD</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">26  </td><td>REC</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">96/120  </td><td>END</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">87/99  </td><td>STUN</td><td>0</td></tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">7"  </td><td>RUN</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td align="right">2"  </td><td>SWIM</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">16"/18"  </td><td>LEAP</td><td>0</td></tr></table>Characteristics Cost: 27

<table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Power</td><td align="right">END</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">16  </td><td>Magma Powers: EC, 40-point powers, all slots: OIHID (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">16  </td><td>1) Made of Magma: Life Support (Eating: once per week, Immunity: disease, Immunity: poison, Safe in High Press., Safe in High Rad., Safe in Intense Heat, Safe in Low Press./Vac., Self-Contained Breathing, Sleeping: 8 hours per year) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">16  </td><td>2) Strength of Stone: +0 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) (added to Primary Value)  </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">17  </td><td>3) Too Dumb To Notice: +17 Mental Def. (20 points total), Hardened (+1/4) plus Flash Def. (15 points) (Sight Group), Hardened (+1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">21  </td><td>4) Too Tough To Care: Damage Resistance (20 PD/20 ED/20 Mental Def./15 Flash Def.) plus +0 PD, Hardened (+1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) (added to Primary Value) plus +0 ED, Hardened (+1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) (added to Primary Value)  </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">15  </td><td>Vengeance Sprite Powers: EC, 60-point powers, all slots: (Powers only work if vengeance sprite permits; -1) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">16  </td><td>1) Domination of the Air: Flight 21" (Imp. NC Move (x4)), Reduced End. (0 END; +1/2); (Limited Turn Mode; -1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">7  </td><td>2) Domination of the Flesh: Regen 3 BODY, Reduced End. (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2); Extra Time (Regen-Only) (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12); -1 1/4), Self Only (-1/2), (Cannot Regenerate Ice Damage; -1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">15  </td><td>3) Domination of the Flux: Energy DR, Resistant, 75% </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">15  </td><td>4) Domination of the Rime: Physical DR, Resistant, 75% </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">13  </td><td>5) Scourging of the Foe: Damage Shield 3d6 (vs. ED), Damage Shield (+1/2), Reduced End. (0 END; +1/2), Continuous (+1), NND (defeated by: LS: Safe in Extreme Heat; +1); No KB (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">8  </td><td>6) Sustenance of Wrath: Simplified Healing 3d6 (max. Healed Points: 18), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Continuous (+1); Conditional Power (Power does not unless Enraged; -2), No Conscious Control (-2), Self Only (-1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">7  </td><td>7) Body of Fury: +12 BODY; (Power does not work unless Enraged; -2), No Figured Characteristics (-1/2) (not added to totals) plus +36 STUN; (Power does not work unless Enraged; -2) (not added to totals) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">30  </td><td>Brick Tricks: Multipower, 105-point reserve, all slots: Act. Roll to Change Slots 13- (-3/4), Gestures (-1/4), Requires both hands (-1/4), Restrainable (-1/2), Extra Time to Change Slots (Full Phase; -1/2), OIHID (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">2u  </td><td>1) Trashing the Place: Tunneling 1" through 19 DEF material (59 Active Points); No NC Move (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right">6</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1u  </td><td>2) Hot Stuff: HA +4d6 (Energy Based Damage) (20 Active Points); Increased End. Cost (5x END; -2), HA (-1/2), (Must Grab Target First; -1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right">10</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1u  </td><td>3) Hot Foot: KB Resist. -10" (20 Active Points); (Must Be Touching Ground; -1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1u  </td><td>4) Fusion: Clinging (110/122 STR) (20 Active Points); Not Concealable At ALL; Easily Tracked (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">2u  </td><td>5) Mighty Shove: Dispel 12d6: KB Resist., Does KB (+1/4), Double KB (2x KB; +3/4) (72 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Increased End. Cost (2x END; -1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right">14</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1u  </td><td>6) Mystery Power (?? Active Points)  </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">  </td><td>Heroic ID Characteristics, all slots: OIHID (-1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">56  </td><td>1) +70 STR (added to Primary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right">7</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">55  </td><td>2) +23 DEX (added to Primary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">61  </td><td>3) +38 CON (added to Primary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">21  </td><td>4) +13 BODY (added to Primary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">12  </td><td>5) +2 SPD (added to Primary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">  </td><td>Adder's Buffs </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>1) +12 STR; (-1/2) (added to Secondary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>2) +4 DEX; (-1/2) (added to Secondary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>3) +1 SPD (added to Secondary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>4) +24 END (added to Secondary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>5) +12 STUN (added to Secondary Value) </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">0  </td><td>Enigma Force Link: Mind Link (Specific Group of Minds; Any dimension, No LOS Needed); IIF Expendable (Extremely Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4), Only With Others Who Have Enigma Force Link (-1), No Mental Awareness Granted (-1/4) [Notes: Focus: Diamond claw in body] </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">  </td><td> </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr></table>Powers Cost: 425

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Skill</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Acrobatics 16- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">8  </td><td>+2 with HTH Combat (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>+1 Punch </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">6  </td><td>+2 Sweep </td></tr></table>Skills Cost: 19

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Perk</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">5  </td><td>Enigma Base: Base (25 Base, 0 Disad) </td></tr></table>Perks Cost: 5

Total Character Cost: 476

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val  </td><td>Disadvantages</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Distinctive Features: Magma Skin Not Concealable, Noticed and Recognizable, Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Hunted: Crime Boss 8- (Occasionally), More Powerful, Harshly Punish </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10  </td><td>Mystery Disadvantage: GM's discretion </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Physical Limitation: 200 degree skin temperature All the Time, Slightly Impairing </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">25  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: Cannot Lie Very Common, Total </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: Overconfident Very Common, Moderate </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">20  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: Won't Kill Very Common, Strong </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">25  </td><td>Enraged: Whenever he takes body from an attack Uncommon, go 14-, recover 8- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: Doesn't know he has a "normal" form, or how to change into/out of it. Uncommon, Strong </td></tr></table>
Disadvantage Points: 150

Base Points: 300
Experience Required: 26
Total Experience Available: 27
Experience Unspent: 1

nuada

Apr 14th, '03, 02:33 PM

oh, and for those of you wondering why my GM would allow any of this stuff, he said it was okay, and I'm not going to argue. :)

nuada

Apr 14th, '03, 04:54 PM

Hi Dan,

I did some testing and it looks like it is fixed if it's a straight couple of powers, one as mental defense, and another as damage resistance: mental.

If, on the other hand, the damage resistance is part of a compound power (the other powers in the compound power are of no consequence, but there must be at least 2), then it adds to the total mental defense, rather than just making it resistant.

Hope that this helps. Sorry for making you wade through the giganto-character writeup. It might have been worth it if my character's origin/background were included... :)

So, here you go, if you feel like reading it:
(oh the vanity)

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"So, like, my Da is this rich businessman, you know? And so, like, when I was in college, it was all bummin', so I totally dropped. My Da threw a conniption, of course. He's such a spaz. But anyway, after that, I just wandered around, looking for stuff to do. This bud of mine, who was just wiz on a board, he, like, showed me how to do it, and, like, it ROCKED. So, I decided that THAT'S what I wanted to do. I didn't really tell my Da, but he figured it out. Prolly saw me on ESPN in those totally bogus X-Games. Whatever. That show is SO rigged. Anyway, my Da was super-wigged, and yelled a lot.
Anyway, then, this other time, my bud, who we all called Hangnail, but I totally can't remember why, we all went to Mount Cypress. You know, that volcano? Well, this was before it levelled that town. Anyway, we did this bitchin' thing, with a helicopter, and me jumping out, and surfing down the melting snowfalls, while the lava was, like, right behind me. Did you know that lava is, like, wicked fast? Dude, what a killer rush, man. Anyway, Han--, um... Ha--, Hershall! Yeah, Hershall had to pull the helicopter away because of the winds that the lava was kicking up, and then I was just surfing down this mountain as it melted behind me. Man, I wish Hamilton could have filmed that..."
[time passes]
"What? Oh, this? Right, well, I don't really know how I got this way. Next thing I remember, I was in the town, whatsitsname. You know, the one that got wiped out? Well, it was all on fire, and there were these cops, and they seemed to think I started the fires, when, DUH!, they were living under a VOLCANO? Hello? Bueller? These cops were, like, seriously dumb. Anyway, when they didn't believe me about the fires, they ran away and got some army guys. I guess it was about then that I realized that some of that lava got on me, and my skin was all burned. Maybe that's why they were freaking out. Anyway, those army guys were, like, pointing guns, and stuff, and yelling, and even got out a megaphone, which was dumb, because I was, like, right there, you know? And they were all yelling at me to stop causing fires, and I was all, like, Dude, I'm not! I'm just here to snowboard!, and they were like, we're going to totally shoot you now. That's when I ran away, you know?
"So, anyway, then I realized I was this cool-ass super-hero, and figured I should, like, help people, and make the world a better place, and all that. Right? I mean, it's got to be more interesting than college. I can say 'ass' on TV, right?"
_ _ _ _ _

Zachary Ardent is the second son of Regis Ardent, head of the Ardent crime family. Upset by Zach's decision to make nothing of his life, Mr. Ardent assigned a 'friend' to watch over him. This watcher, whose name Zach can never recall (so he just makes one up as needed), quickly saw, in Zach, a path to his own ambitious future. This watcher decided that, to further his own plans, Zach had to die in a horrible and spectacular way, so he called upon magic of the darkest sort, channelling the chaotic forces of the volcano, Mount Cypress. But instead of killing Zach, the magic changed Zach into a reviled monster of stone and fire. In the confusion of his new shape, Zach has completely forgotten about the watcher, and has not thought to look for him.

Simon

Apr 14th, '03, 06:53 PM

Ah...the Compound Power bit helps. A lot. I'll get that fixed post-haste and include it in the next update.

Thanks!

Monolith

Apr 14th, '03, 07:13 PM

Nice of you to include that one skill in the character. I was beginning to think Thermal was going to be unbalanced. :)

nuada

Apr 15th, '03, 07:47 PM

he's got a SKILL?!? That must be a typo! :)