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VPP and advantage costs


Lollypopalopicus

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Good day. I recently got into the game, and looking over some different books, I got a bit confused on something.

 

Today, I was looking over the master villains book, and saw Takofanes "Darkest Sorcery" VPP of 150 control and 150 pool, which would have a base cost of 225 CP. However, he also has the +2 Cosmic advantage and -1/4 magic only limitation, for a total of +1.75. From what I understand, that would make it (225*2.75) for a total of 618 CP. However, it says it costs him only 330 CP. Is this a misprint, or am I misunderstanding how the advantages and limitations calculations work?

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Couple of problems here, but both easily fixed.

 

First, you're misunderstanding the Advantage/Limitation rules slightly. You don't add the Advantages and Limitations together, you apply their values separately. So instead of subtracting the Limitation from the Advantage value, as you did, you multiply by the full Advantage value, then divide by the full Limitation value. 

 

Second, and more directly related to your question, you're overlooking one rule about VPPs:  "Advantages and Limitations apply only to the Control Cost. Characters never apply Advantages or Limitations to the Pool cost; it always remains unmodified." (I would provide a page reference, but my books aren't at hand right now. ;) )

 

Glad to hear you've gotten into HERO -- we hope you're enjoying it!

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