Entangle Advantage Followup

[Simon]

I think this followup is in two parts...

 

1.  Should an Entangle be considered a Defense Power?  Within HD, that's currently the main restricting factor that I show in Impenetrable -- that it applies to Defense Powers.  If it's a Defense Power, then there's a fair number of other Modifiers that HD will need to allow...

 

2.  Assuming that the answer to 1 is "partially - the PD/ED aspect should be considered a Defense Power" (note:  BIG assumption there...) should the cost/value of Impenetrable apply to the Entangle as a whole or somehow apply to just the PD/ED component of the Entangle?

[Steve Long]

Here's my answer, largely from the standpoint of "let's keep this simple."

 

1. I wouldn't consider it such in the rules, but if that makes it easier to program HD, I have no objection. It's such a marginal case I don't think there's any upside to struggling to make it work; find an easy route.

 

2.  Apply it to the whole cost. If a GM wants to rule otherwise, he can work out the math himself.