Absorb's varying effect too expensive?

[Insaniac99]

ok, one thing that strikes me as funny is the varying effect for Absorb, i mean look at the math alone:

with sixty points you can get:

12d6 absorbtion VS PD

6d6 absorbtion with varying effect so you can spend a zero phase to switch to PD or ED, but he can't absorb both at the same time and you have a max limit of 36 points

6d6 absorbtion VS PD AND 6d6 absorbtion VS ED this system has teh advantage that you can absorb both at the same time and you get twice as many points to absorb making it MUCH better than the 6d6 absorbtion with varying effect.


so, why even buy varying effect, i mean you might as well go the route of buying both absorbtions then having both have a limitation of something like "can only use onne absorb per turn" or buy a multipower for those two Absorbtions, either way you get better than the version made with Varying effect, and you can keep the special effect...


so why ever even buy it with the varying effect? :confused:



and yeah, I guess I'm a munchkin or a power gamer or something, but in al fairness the advantage isn't worth +1...

[TheEmerged]

Let me double check something before I make a fool of myself...

Good thing I did -- I thought you were talking about the +2 option for the "pool" to apply to a number of things at once.

[Blue Angel]

Originally posted by Insaniac99
ok, one thing that strikes me as funny is the varying effect for Absorb, i mean look at the math alone:

with sixty points you can get:

12d6 absorbtion VS PD

6d6 absorbtion with varying effect so you can spend a zero phase to switch to PD or ED, but he can't absorb both at the same time and you have a max limit of 36 points

6d6 absorbtion VS PD AND 6d6 absorbtion VS ED this system has teh advantage that you can absorb both at the same time and you get twice as many points to absorb making it MUCH better than the 6d6 absorbtion with varying effect.


so, why even buy varying effect, i mean you might as well go the route of buying both absorbtions then having both have a limitation of something like "can only use onne absorb per turn" or buy a multipower for those two Absorbtions, either way you get better than the version made with Varying effect, and you can keep the special effect...


so why ever even buy it with the varying effect? :confused:



and yeah, I guess I'm a munchkin or a power gamer or something, but in al fairness the advantage isn't worth +1...


Yep you are right. The varying effect modifier is isn't worth +1. You are much better off buying it in one of the other ways you mentioned. At best I would put it at +1/2.