Powers and listed limitations/enhancements

[GLazelle]

Hi there,

I am pretty new to BASH, and have a query regarding the powers listed in chapter 3 of the BASH: UE rulebook.

Many of the powers listed note one or more limitations and/or enhancements in the title, just after the points cost.

I am unsure whether these are:

• * Mandatory extras (i.e.: you must take these at the normal cost)
  * "Free" mandatory extras (i.e.: included in the price of the power)
  * Suggested "useful" extras for the consideration of the user

Some, like "Special Attack", seem to be suggestions of useful extras (this is especially obvious when you consider that both of "Special Attack"s extras are of variable cost):

special attack
1-5 pts, Range, Area

Whilst many which include "Sustained" or "Maintained", seem to infer that these traits are already included in the cost of the Power (the whole Bio-Manipulation category in particular seems to work like this, as it is inferred that everything includes the "Personal" extra at no cost).

If these are mandatory, do any such limitations count against the "maximum of one limitation" providing cost reduction for the power?

I think that this issue if further confused by pages 39-41 where the sections on limitations/enhancements is somewhat blurred with the start of the power descriptions (you have a heading titled "Reading Power Descriptions" followed by descriptions of what seem to be a whole bunch of enhancements/limitations, like "Ranged" and "Area", which are clearly nor powers in their own right?).

[BASHMAN]

* "Free" mandatory extras (i.e.: included in the price of the power)

They also don't prohibit you from getting additional limitations or enhancements.

Note that Range and Area as an enhancement means that you are paying to be allowed to buy Range and Area for those powers. If the power is already listed with Range, Area, you can already sink points into that no enhancement needed.

[GLazelle]

Note that Range and Area as an enhancement means that you are paying to be allowed to buy Range and Area for those powers. If the power is already listed with Range, Area, you can already sink points into that no enhancement needed.

Ah, I see,

Does this mean that powers without Area or Range listed need to buy it as an enhancement as well as paying points for the ability?

e.g.: to buy Immunity with the ranged trait, I could have something like this:

Immunity (3points)
Ranged Enhancement (1 point)
Medium Range (2 points)
Total: 6 points

Whilst a similar Special Attack power already has the enhancement and would therefore cost only 5 points (assuming that you went with the same level 3 effect)?