I know this sounds straightforward but I wanted to make certain. Must duplicates created from the duplication power need to take the duplication power?

Thanks.

Generally, the answer is "yes and no."  Yes, they have to pay the cost of Duplication (if they didn't, they would end up with extra CP to spend), but no, they don't actually have the Duplication power (i.e., they cannot create additional duplicates of themselves). This is the answer for identical duplicates, equivalent duplicates, and "greater" duplicates.

 

For "lesser" duplicates, determine the base character’s Total CP minus the cost of Duplication. If that number is higher than a lesser duplicate’s total cost, then the duplicate does not “pay for” Duplication as describe above; if the number is lower, it does.