Mental Entangle Defense

[Uthanar]

Is the cost to increase a Mental Entangle Defense correct?  It seems strange that the normal Adder is 5 cost for 2 Defense, while Mental is 3 cost for 2 Defense.  

[ghost-angel]

Where are you seeing this behavior? Mental Entangles are built with a series of Advantages and Limitations and otherwise use PD/ED and Body and the standard cost for Adders with the aforementioned Advantages/Limitations.

[Uthanar]

Yes, I understand that.  The adder to add Defense to a Mental Entangle costs 3 for 2 points of Defense.  I guess after you have all the necessary modifiers on the Entangle it moves it up by the +1.25 that the Mental Entangle has.  

That adder cost is literally listed in the rules for Mental Entangle in the 6E book.  I believe it is also listed in Complete Champions.  

[eepjr24]

The adder is correct. And yes, after the advantages are applied, the Mental Defense for Mental Paralysis (6e1, 217) would be 3*2.25 = 6.75 per point of mental defense, making is slightly more expensive than standard defense (assuming no other advantages or limitations), likely to account for the fact that it is actually working to make an attack less easy to break out of.

 

- E

[Uthanar]

Copy and thanks!

Now I just have to figure out how to get Hero Designer to work right for it.