Mixed HA defense?

[Boll Weevil]

Hi, Steve. It just occurred to me I have been on this board since the beginning and have never posted a question here  

 

I have been using Hand Attack adders (eg. +4d6 HA) for years and, for some reason, this question had never come up. Say I have a character with 10 STR (so, 2d6 punch) with a +4d6 HA adder defined as an electric shock gauntlet. My normal punch would be defensible with PD but my HA is defined as vs ED. Do I now have a 6d6 punch vs ED or do I have to split the damage between PD & ED? 

[Steve Long]

That's OK, you don't have to post questions.

 

See the upper right of 6E1 231 for the answer to your question. Basically, you can define the attack as effecting PD or ED when you buy it. You can't change it thereafter, of course.