Transfer and defenses

[SteveZilla]

You recently answered a question by directing the asker to the sidebar on p110 of 5re. After reading that sidebar, I had two questions:

1. While the points given to the "to" power (PD in the sidebar example) are halved, does the transfer still remove the full value from the "from" power (STR in same example), and still have the full max limit on that power?

2. If transferring both from and to a defensive power, is the effect halved once, or twice?

[Steve Long]

If a Transfer removes points from a non-defense Characteristic/ability and provides them to a defense Characteristic/ability, it removes the full value rolled on the dice but provides only half that value to the recipient. For example, if a character rolls 10 for a Transfer STR to PD, he removes 10 points of STR and adds 5 points of PD.

If a Transfer removes points from a defense Characteristic/ability and provides them to a non-defense Characteristic/ability, it removes half the value rolled on the dice and provides that amount to the recipient. For example, if a character rolls 10 for a Transfer PD to STR, he removes 5 points of PD and adds 5 points of STR.

If a Transfer removes points from a defense Characteristic/ability and provides them to a defense Characteristic/ability, it removes half the value rolled on the dice and provides that amount to the recipient. For example, if a character rolls 10 for a Transfer PD to ED, he removes 5 points of PD and adds 5 points of ED. In other words, he’s not subjected to the halving effect twice.