Disadvantage Points Used

[Blue]

Hi Dan,

I was double-checking one of my player's figures by putting the character into HD v.1.4

He actually wound up with more points from disadvantages than he expected, getting 115. This puts him 15 over the campaign starting limit. But this seems to have triggered somehing with the Disad. Pts. Used figure:

Base Points: 200
Max Disad. Points: 100
Disad. Points Used: 115
Experience Spent: 0
Unused Experience: 0
Total Points Spent: 300

He's spent only the 300 points (200 + 100), but it shows disad points used at 115, probably somehow the result of actually having 115pts available to spend.

The player will have to drop under the campaign limit of course. But I did notice this. Is the program applying the disadvantage points first to the character rather than the freebie points?

Thanks.

[Simon]

Disad points used shows, as the name implies, the total points of disads that have been purchased.

In your friend's case, he has purchased 115 points of Disads. The app therefore shows him with Disad Points Used: 115.

There is no problem here. HD will flag the number by putting it in red because it is outside of the bounds set by the Disad Points Available.....it won't stop you from buying more disads than the max available, but it will flag the number in red....the same as it will do for exceeding the available character points when purchasing Powers.

[Blue]

Ah! I see. The error then is in my understanding.

To me, you kind of "buy" disadvantage points then "use" those points to buy character abilities. Therefore he'd have "used" 200 freebie points and "used" 100 of his disadpoints, leaving 15 disasd points unused.

My mistake. Carry on!

Thanks.