Variable Power Pool with Advantages

[Dr.Device]

If you take an advantage on the control cost of a VPP so that it affects all powers in the pool, how does that advantage affect the distribution of pool points?

 

Example: A 20 point VPP is purchased with Reduced End (Zero End) on the control cost.

 

The character wants a 20" flight power in the VPP. With reduced endurance figured in, this is a 30 AP power. According to the FAQ, that's okay, since the overage comes from the advantage on the control cost. But, without limitations, it's also a 30 RP power. Can he put that in the pool as is, or does he have to come up with -1/2 worh of limitations to make it fit?

 

Would two 15 Base Point powers with no other advantages or limitations fit?

[Steve Long]

The powers bought for an Advantaged Variable Power Pool still have to fit within the Pool; the Advantage doesn’t increase the number of Active Points an individual power can have, nor the total number of points available to spend on Pool powers. For example, suppose a character has a 20-point Variable Power Pool bought with the Advantage Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) so that all powers bought through the Pool don’t cost END. He cannot buy a power in that Pool with more than 20 Active Points, nor a total Real Points’ worth of powers in excess of 20 points. The +1/2 Advantage doesn’t increase the number of Active Points a power can have, nor the total Real Points’ worth of powers the character can have in the Pool at once.