Uncontrolled Sticky

[2gunkid]

If you had an Uncontrolled, Sticky RKA, (fire) and you were to set aside 30 END to power it (and say it cost 2 END per phase). You hit a guy with it, and he starts to burn, paying END every time the attacker's phase comes up. When the END pool is down to 20 END, he is knocked back into another shmoe. Does the second target pick up the Uncontrolled, Sticky RKA at 30 END in the pool, or 20 END? How should this work?

 

 

Thanks,

James.

[Steve Long]

The Rules FAQ notes:

 

Q: When a Sticky power affects additional targets beyond the one it was first used on, does the character who used the Sticky power have to pay more END to affect the additional targets, or does the END cost remain the same no matter how many targets are affected?

 

A: If a Sticky power involves an expenditure of END beyond the initial use — for example, if it’s Uncontrolled — then the basic END cost for the power serves to carry it over and maintain it for any number of people who might be affected. As always, the GM is free to “rein in” this effect if it become unbalancing, unreasonable, silly, or contrary to common sense or dramatic sense.

 

Per this, in the situation you describe the other schmoe would suffer the effects of the attack with a pool of 30 END. If the GM thinks that doesn’t make sense, he could decrease that to 20 END instead.