Overpowered Elemental control?

[Brutal]

It says on page 203 that a slot in elemental control can cost for example 20 points even if the BASE cost is 30. This is something that must've missed before somehow, I always thought the slot cost had to be AT LEAST the same ammount as the base points ammount. Also I've noticed how several villains (found 5 so far i think in CKC) that has slots that cost UNDER the base cost, tell me if you specific pointers to which characters/pages.

 

This would mean that I could buy a base pool, of say 100 points and have slots that cost 5 points (a 21d6 energy blast) for example.

 

Is this how its calculated, or have I missed something?

 

edit: yeah i meant page 203

[Solomon]

Re: Overpowered Elemental control?

 

I assume you meant page 203 of the rulebook, not 2003.

 

The cost of a slot can be reduced below the bease cost of the Elemental Control, by applying limitations. That's what happens in the example on page 203; the cost of the slot is 30, but a -1/2 limitation reduces the cost to 20 points.

 

You can have a 100 points base Elemental Control with a slot whose real cost is 5 points - just make it a 100 points slot, then apply limitations for a grand total of -19.

[Brutal]

Re: Overpowered Elemental control?

 

I assume you meant page 203 of the rulebook, not 2003.

 

The cost of a slot can be reduced below the bease cost of the Elemental Control, by applying limitations. That's what happens in the example on page 203; the cost of the slot is 30, but a -1/2 limitation reduces the cost to 20 points.

 

You can have a 100 points base Elemental Control with a slot whose real cost is 5 points - just make it a 100 points slot, then apply limitations for a grand total of -19.

 

Ahh, Ok you explain better than the book does, guess my english is a little tacky (not my first language). Thanks for explaining