Variable Advantage

[sacolcor]

How does Variable Advantage interact with Advantages that have properties that are fixed at the time of purchase, such as Indirect at the +1/4 level, which requires specifying the origin point, or AVAD, which requires specifying the defense?

 

I can see at least three possibilities:

 

1) The character cannot allocate VA to such Advantages at all.

2) The character can allocate VA to such Advantages, but must specify any fixed properties at the time the VA is purchased.

3) The character can allocate VA to such Advantages, and can redefine the 'fixed' properties when they reallocate the VA.

[Steve Long]

Re: Variable Advantage

 

See 6E1 361, left-hand column, bottom paragraph expresses the general rule that with the GM’s permission, a character can use a Variable Advantage to expand or complement an existing Advantage, using the example of increasing Reduced Endurance (½ END; +¼) to Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½) by “adding to it” +¼ worth of Variable Advantage. That logic holds true for most other Advantages, such as improving Indirect or Invisible Power Effects, making an Area Of Effect or MegaScale cover a greater/larger area, and so on. However, Variable Advantage can’t be used to “change” an existing Advantage (such as changing the defense on an AVAD) unless (a) the Variable Advantage is large enough to completely replace the existing Advantage, and ( the GM permits it (which is unlikely in the case of trying to devise a way to quickly and easily change an AVAD’s defined defense, for example).