Help Me Understand Enhancements

[TommyBrownell]

While writing up my old SAGA characters, I have hit some issues with understanding enhancements.

For instance, I built Talos with a 2 point Push, and a Medium Burst...near as I understood it, that makes it 4 points.

However, I noticed that the Behemoth from the core rules has Push 3 with a Large Burst...but is only paying 3 points for it instead of the 6 that I would have assumed he would.

Similarly, Champion off Justice has spent 5 pts on Special Attack with the Mid-Range Enhancement and x5 Damage. Should that be 7 points, or did 2 points go to the Range, while 3 went to damage and combined with the Mind score of 2?

Thanks for any help, folks.

[BASHMAN]

Well, that is an error I made with consistency in the write-ups for characters. You are correct in how it should be done. However for the Behemouth, I counted 2 levels of PUSH as the Area part, and only 1 point is towards the effect part. Confusing, I'm sure. In the future, I'll be making things more consistent with the Range & Area not being counted as part of the level.

[TommyBrownell]

Gotcha. So, with Champion of Justice, which take is correct? 7 pts or 5 pts with 2 going to Range and 3 combining with Mind, just so I know how to do it correctly?

[BASHMAN]

When I built the Champion of Justice, I included the Mid Range in the power's level. I shouldn't. It should be 5 points, but it should say:

"Special Attack 3 (+3DM, x5 Dmg) (Mid Range) 5pts

[TommyBrownell]

Got it!

Thanks very much.

Sorry for so many questions...just now getting a chance to really play with the book and I wanna make sure I'm clear on things.