Variable Special Effect/Usable as other form of movement and Drain

[Christopher]

I wonder how those two advantages interact with Drain:

Is a power with Variable Special Effect drained as a power of it's currently selected special effect, or as one of every possible special effect?

 

Is a "Flight, Useable as Swimming, Useable as running" affeted by:

a) only Drain Flight, regardless of current movement mode?

the Drain Specific for it's currently selected movement mode?

c) Drains that affect any of the movement modes? And if so, what if a Drain affects multiple movement modes at once?

[Steve Long]

Re: Variable Special Effect/Usable as other form of movement and Drain

 

1. A power with Variable Special Effects is only affected by Adjustment Powers that apply to the special effect it currently manifests as. For example, if a Blast 8d6, VSFX, is currently a Fire Blast, it could be Drained by a Drain Fire/Heat Powers 4d6, but not by a Drain Ice/Cold Powers 3d6 (even if one Phase ago it manifested as a cold blast).

 

2. A Movement Power with Usable As [second Mode Of Movement] is only affected by Adjustment Powers that affect its base Movement Power, not the Movement Power it’s “used as.” The Advantage indicates that it can be used like another mode of movement, not that it becomes another mode of movement for Adjustment Powers purposes. For example, Flight 20m, Usable As Running, is affected by Aid Flight 4d6 but not by Aid Running 4d6, even if the character’s currently using it to simulate Running.