Reduced Endurance and VPPs

[megaplayboy]

Can you buy reduced Endurance on a VPP, outside of the VPP itself?(that is, as a naked advantage) If so, how should the point cost be calculated:

a. based on the pool points only?

b. based on the pool points plus the unmodified control cost?

c. based on the total vpp cost(including any modifiers on the control cost)?

 

Thanks.

[Steve Long]

Re: Reduced Endurance and VPPs

 

Like any other naked Advantage, this one requires the GM’s permission, but aside from that there’s nothing in the rules that would per se prevent a character from buying it. The cost would be calculated to take into account the Pool power with the largest possible Active Points. For example, for a VPP 60 Pool + 40 Control Cost, the largest possible Active Point total, as indicated by the Control Cost, is 40 Active Points. Therefore a naked Advantage to cover any possible VPP slot would have to be bought to apply to 40 Active Points: Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½) for any VPP power of up to 40 Active Points (total cost: 20 points).