Healing, Aid, and Drain

[dsatow]

Here is another thorny question which I didn't find an answer but I will admit not researching it too hard.

 

If we have three paranormals and one normal

 

Draino w/3d6 Str Drain

Steroid w/3d6 Str Aid

Healer w/3d6 Str Healing

 

and Steve Rodgers a normal 13 Strength.

 

If Steroid aids Steve for 12 points of Strength (making him a super solider per say) then Draino drains Steve for 10 points of Strength. Can Healer heal Steve for 10 points of Strength? What if Healer had Suppress or Dispel Drain? Lastly, what if Steroid used Succor instead of Aid? Does this affect how things are applied?

[Steve Long]

Re: Healing, Aid, and Drain

 

Healing only applies to raise to its ordinary starting level a Characteristic (or what have you) that’s been reduced below its ordinary starting level. A Characteristic that’s been raised above its ordinary starting level via a positive Adjustment Power (Aid or the like) by definition is above its ordinary starting level and thus cannot be Healed, even if the effect of the positive Adjustment Power has been slightly reduced by a competing negative Adjustment Power (such as Drain). For example, if a character who normally has STR 15 gets an Aid STR to STR 25, and then suffers a Drain STR of 7 points that reduces his STR to 18, the 7 lost points cannot be Healed, because his STR is not below its ordinary starting level of 15.