Dispel vs. END Reserve

[Derek Hiemforth]

If an END Reserve is Dispelled, how much END is in it when the owner of the END Reserve turns it back on?

 

The obvious answer would be "the same amount of END that was in it when it was Dispelled," because that's how Dispel works with other Powers. (Flight does not turn back on with only part of its inches, for example.) But something about END Reserve in particular seems a little odd with Dispel, perhaps because it's the only thing I can think of that Dispel can effect, but is measured in pips (in the same manner as BODY, END, or STUN). That kinda makes it seem like the END Reserve would "empty" itself when Dispelled, and would have to recharge once reactivated.

 

Or maybe it's a SFX matter to which common and dramatic sense should be applied. Anyway, enquiring minds want to know. Thanks, Steve!

[Steve Long]

For the sake of consistency, the default answer should be: the same amount of END that was in it when it was Dispelled. However, the GM can certainly “tweak” that answer a bit to account for special effects, game balance, common sense, or dramatic sense. For example, maybe a Reserve defined as some sort of solar battery would have to “recharge” after the character “reactivates” it post-Dispel.