Hi, if this question should be somewhere else, please move it. And I will try to be as clear as possible.
This questions all come from me getting back into the Hero System after a long break. Got back in school, engineering, Hero System..
I am reading the rules, I'm at the Power chapter of volume 1. And using Hero Disigner (which helps me get back into the construction mecanics.).
So preparing a very simple game that contains some zombies.
There is definitively something I do not understand that is made right and ok in the books, cause all the undeads from THE BOOKS OF THE UNDEAD, Volume 2: ZOMBIES, have the same sort of undead racial package.
So as example, I will use the Zombie NPC, page 296 of HSB6 (same zombie as BotU-V2-Zombies, p4). Will try to be as clear as possible. My questions are all about cost calculation.
Zombie
Characteristics section
Val Char Cost Notes
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4 PD 9 Total: 4 PD (4 rPD)
2 ED 3 Total: 2 ED (2 rED)
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Question: How is the cost calcutaled here for PD and ED, and does (X rPD or rED) adds or is it to say the defense is resistant? 4PD (2CP), +4PD resistant protection (6CP)? So I don't undestand the cost of 9(pd) and 3(ed) respectively.
Power Section
Cost Powers END
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4 Undead Body: +2 PD 0
Only Protects Against Slashing Or
Piercing Attacks (-½)
3 Undead Body: +2 PD 0
Only Protects Against Piercing Attacks (-1)
15 Undead Body: Resistant (+½) for 8 PD/2 ED) 0
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Question: Again I don't get the cost calculations. Undertands the cost of 4, 3, and 15. Why is the cost of the original power (ie PD or ED) not deducted to signify only the cost of the Naked Advantage? Naked advantages normally use END to use? I see it as if paying more than needed to for the Resistant(+1/2) for 8PD/2ED.
What do I not get
Thanks, and have a nice day.