Multiple attacks with multipower

[Lambprey]

Hello, new to 6th edition of Champions, and to forums for that matter.

A player has a multi-power with 60 pts. Several of the slots have 15 pts. Their intention is to use both as required, basically combining two attacks into one.

The Hero System Combat Handbook, pg 19, says "...a character may not combine two or more slots form a single attack, even if (they have) sufficient reserve or base points to use both slots at once."

I do not see a similar restriction in Champions Complete.

In first edition there were examples of characters shifting points between blast, flight and force field, but not more than one attack.

[Derek Hiemforth]

Hi Lambprey, welcome to the forums! 

 

The Hero System Combat Handbook is a 5E book, and the rule you cite was indeed the case in 5E.

 

However, that's no longer the case in 6E.  For 6E, the relevant text is the following from Hero System Sixth Edition, Vol. 2: Combat and Adventuring:  "A character can make a Multiple Attack with two or more slots in a single Power Framework, provided he has enough reserve/Pool points to allocate to the two or more slots used in the attack simultaneously."  (6E2, page 78).

Champions Complete doesn't specifically mention that using two or more slots like that is allowed, but it doesn't say it's not either; it just doesn't address that specific question.

 

Some instances where two attacks are used at once would be considered a Combined Attack (a type of Strike) rather than a Multiple Attack per se, but the same rule about two or more slots from the same Power Framework would apply.

 

Hope this helps!