BACKGROUND: In 5th Edition and earlier, the sellback floor (for the sellback of base characteristics) was 1pt and only one figured characteristic could be sold back. This made logical sense as characters tend to have bodily issues when things such as STR, DEX, CON, BODY, END, REC, STUN, etc. are at 0. For context, back then OCV/DCV were not considered characteristics, so they couldn't be sold back -- and MOCV/MDCV did not exist.
TODAY:
Per 6e RAW, characteristics can be sold back to a floor value of 1, and an exception is made for Running/Leaping/Swimming to allow them to be sold back to 0m if the character lacks that movement ability entirely. Enter the new characteristics of OCV/DCV/MOCV/MDCV. Since no RAW callout is made to allow them to be sold to 0 if the character lacks that ability, this sets a sellback floor of 1 for each of them.
QUESTION: Shouldn't CV's be able to be sold back to 0 if the character lacks combat capability that would result in an applicable base CV of 0?
POSTERCHILD EXAMPLE:: Why, per RAW, when a non-mentalist sells back MOCV must he still keep a MOCV of 1 -- which he would have no way to develop and no way of using? If the character has no mental powers and, thus, no experience or means to use them -- shouldn't he be able to sell this back to 0 ... much like he sells back base swimming to 0 if he can't swim?
NOTES:
I realize that on the surface this gets a little comical with DCV and OCV, but CV's of 0 still translate to being able to fight -- just badly. That can be a boon for some, as in some cases a DCV of 0 may be desired -- say, by a character that LIKES getting hit because he uses Absorption as a defense to feed his abilities. Hence why I am asking if CV's can be sold to 0 like running/swimming/etc. when appropriate.
Please advise.
Surreal
P.S. PD/ED come to mind, here, too. There may be situations where a character lacks one or both (lacking ED would probably be the most common). Shouldn't these be able to be sold to 0, too, if the character reasonably lacks one or both, due to concept -- much like running/swimming/etc being able to go to 0?
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Surrealone
BACKGROUND:
In 5th Edition and earlier, the sellback floor (for the sellback of base characteristics) was 1pt and only one figured characteristic could be sold back. This made logical sense as characters tend to have bodily issues when things such as STR, DEX, CON, BODY, END, REC, STUN, etc. are at 0. For context, back then OCV/DCV were not considered characteristics, so they couldn't be sold back -- and MOCV/MDCV did not exist.
TODAY:
Per 6e RAW, characteristics can be sold back to a floor value of 1, and an exception is made for Running/Leaping/Swimming to allow them to be sold back to 0m if the character lacks that movement ability entirely. Enter the new characteristics of OCV/DCV/MOCV/MDCV. Since no RAW callout is made to allow them to be sold to 0 if the character lacks that ability, this sets a sellback floor of 1 for each of them.
QUESTION:
Shouldn't CV's be able to be sold back to 0 if the character lacks combat capability that would result in an applicable base CV of 0?
POSTERCHILD EXAMPLE::
Why, per RAW, when a non-mentalist sells back MOCV must he still keep a MOCV of 1 -- which he would have no way to develop and no way of using? If the character has no mental powers and, thus, no experience or means to use them -- shouldn't he be able to sell this back to 0 ... much like he sells back base swimming to 0 if he can't swim?
NOTES:
I realize that on the surface this gets a little comical with DCV and OCV, but CV's of 0 still translate to being able to fight -- just badly. That can be a boon for some, as in some cases a DCV of 0 may be desired -- say, by a character that LIKES getting hit because he uses Absorption as a defense to feed his abilities. Hence why I am asking if CV's can be sold to 0 like running/swimming/etc. when appropriate.
Please advise.
Surreal
P.S. PD/ED come to mind, here, too. There may be situations where a character lacks one or both (lacking ED would probably be the most common). Shouldn't these be able to be sold to 0, too, if the character reasonably lacks one or both, due to concept -- much like running/swimming/etc being able to go to 0?
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