Barrier with no Defense

[Edsel]

I am just getting back into Hero System after about a 10-year absence so I am busy relearning all I have forgotten.

 

A character in my Fantasy Hero game has a Barrier that has 9 BODY and 0 Defenses, it is meant to englobe enemies since it has Backlash (+1/2) bought for it.  I assume that he can specify at least one defense it provides, but is it legal to say that it is stops any more that one attack effect?  For instance can he specify that it resists Physical and Energy Attacks?  

[Simon]

If the Barrier is bought with 0 Defenses, then it does not have any Defenses that need to be specified. Characters englobed by the Barrier are protected from attacks that are affected by the Barrier (e.g. Physical or Energy Attacks or other attacks based on Adders purchased and SFX) the same way they would be by a physical wall. If the attacks can bypass or penetrate the Barrier, or if the attacks exceed the Barrier's BODY, then the character can be struck as normal.