Endurance Reserve

[tiger]

Perhaps a strange questions, But is there a range limit on how close the power and the endurance reserve need to be. I mean if you have a Force Field working off a Endurance Reserve is the a limit to how far the two can be apart?

[Steve Long]

I’m not sure I understand the question, so I’m going to restate it as part of my answer. If I don’t get it right, please post a follow-up.

 

Q:  If a character has an Endurance Reserve bought as a Focus (such as a battery or generator of some sort), if he’s separated from the Reserve can his powers still draw END from it? If so, what’s the “range” for the use of an Endurance Reserve.

 

A:  There are a couple of considerations here.

 

First, Endurance Reserve as a power has a Range of “Self.” By a strict reading of the rules, a character must therefore keep his Endurance Reserve with him to use it at all. If it’s at a distance from him, he can’t use it at all.

 

Second, the GM could choose to waive this rule in the interest of common sense, dramatic sense, or game balance. In that case, I’s up to him to establish rules for “Range” and whatnot. For example, maybe the character could draw on his Reserve at distances of up to 10m, but at decreased efficiency (he must spend 2 END from the Reserve to get 1 END to fuel his powers). However, regardless of any such GM ruling, if an Endurance Reserve is a Focus and the Focus is taken away from the character, he cannot draw END from it — that’s part of the Focus Limitation. He has to retain control over the Focus to make use of it.