Pushing in Heroic Campaigns

[Stagliano]

6E2 p.134 states, "A character in a Heroic campaign may push his STR or abilities up to 5 Character Points with a successful EGO Roll, +1 Character Point for every point by which he makes the EGO Roll." Our group has read and re-read this and discussed subtleties of grammar and word order. We think it means either

 

A character with a STR of 10 who makes his EGO roll by 3 can push his STR to

 

1) 18 (5CP plus 3 for the 3 points by which he made his EGO roll)

OR

2) 13 (3CP because the 5CP is a max, not a starting point.)

[Steve Long]

He can Push for 8 points of STR in this situation. He can Push for up to 5 Character Points' worth of an ability (STR, in this case) just for succeeding with the EGO Roll. If he succeeds by a greater margin, he can exceed that amount as indicated in the rulebook.