OAF for Multi-Foci Multipowers

[JeffreyWKramer]

Per p. 207 of the HERO SYSTEM 5E core book, Multipowers in which each of the slots is represented by a different OAF get the -1 Limitation on the cost of the slots, but take only a -1/2 OIF focus for the Multipower reserve, reflecting the fact that one grab doesn't take away the entire multipower.

 

However, the write-up for Black Harlequin on p. 123-125 of CONQUERERS, KILLERS AND CROOKS gives him a Multipower of different toys, defined as "Fiendish Toychest", in which each separate toy is an OAF - but he also gets a -1 OAF limitation on the MP reserve.

 

So... which of these is true?

1) The "Fiendish Toybox" is more or less a box or basket or something BH carries all the toys in, and one can thus take away the entire MP by grabbing the box (in which case, what happens to toys he's already activated?); or

2) This is an error, and that particular Multipower reserve should have been given only a -1/2 limitation.

 

This point, as applied to a specific character (in this case Black Harlequin) is fairly trivial - especially if the answer to my question is 2) - but as a general rule point it is important.

[Steve Long]

#1 is correct. Note that 5E 207 doesn't say that a character has to take OIF on the reserve for a Multipower of OAF slots, just that it may make the most sense in many cases.