Character Ability Guidelines Table - Follow-up questions on defenses

[Steve]

In regards to defenses, since the guideline presents them in terms of Def/rDef, do defense powers like Damage Reduction and Damage Negation figure into this?

 

For example, I take four levels of Damage Negation or 50% Damage Reduction, would having either of those powers reduce what can be taken as Def/rDef by some amount?

 

Do the guideline amounts get affected by having defenses that only work versus STUN damage? If I have 5 PD and an additional 5 PD that only works versus STUN damage, do I treat that as 5 PD or 10 PD when comparing to the guidelines?

[Steve Long]

Those are all questions that are best left to the GM. Obviously major Defense Powers should factor into the calculations somehow, as should Limited defenses, but exactly how I leave to the wisdom of the benevolent GM.