Still confused about Hardened PD.

[Mad Tech]

I reread the rules for Hardened but that really doesn't clear up my confusion.

A player has a character with 10 base PD. He then buys +25 PD and buys it as hardened. He also buys Damage Resistance 25 also hardened. So he has 35total PD and 25 rPD. So does that mean he has 25 rPD that is double hardened and 10 PD that is not resistant and not hardened?


And for some reason, I couldn't reply to my original post. :(

[Steve Long]

You couldn't reply because, as specifically noted on the main page and in one of the text banners on this page, only I can reply to posts in this board.

As noted on 5ER 115, a character can't Harden part of a defense. Therefore what you're describing sounds to me illegal on the face of it, unless the GM's allowing the character to buy extra PD via the Characteristics Power. Even then, the confusion you're experiencing indicates it probably ought not to be allowed. Assuming the GM were to allow this anyway, the character has 25 PD that's Hardened and 10 PD that's not (the effects of which are described on 5ER 115) As noted on 5ER 145, the Advantages on PD or ED must be matched by those on Damage Resistance bought for that PD or ED, and vice-versa, so it's not a question "doubling" the Hardened effect. To do that, you have to pay for Hardened twice on the same Power, not once on two Powers that happen to work together.