Trigger

[Velocity]

This has been a pont of contention among several people. If you have a power purchased with a +1/2 variable Trigger on a power in a multipower as an ultra-slot, no matter if you switched powers in the multipower beforehand, if an action that is defined by your trigger occurs, your multipower will automatically switch to the triggered power in the multipower correct?

[Steve Long]

Here’s a new entry from yesterday’s update to the Rules FAQ:

 

Q: If a character has a power with Trigger in a Power Framework, and he sets the Trigger, can he then shift the points in the Framework to another power/slot and have the Triggered Power remain in effect, waiting to be Triggered?

 

A: Yes, subject to the GM’s discretion to prevent abuse.

 

Keeping that in mind, the answer is no, the Multipower won’t “automatically switch,” nor will it “cut off” the slot currently in use to activate the Trigger-based slot. The Triggered power just activates. Obviously, though, this is a situation where the GM needs to exercise some of the discretion mentioned above. For example, the situation I’m describing makes the most sense with regard to Instant Powers — a character certainly should not be allowed to Trigger a Constant Power (such as a Force Field) and keep using two slots for a long period of time (at the very least, after the Segment in which the Triggered power activates, the character should be required to choose between maintaining it, or maintaining the slot he had active at the time).