Power feat for a linked power

[Woodclaw]

I'm working on a HR power feat that can be added to those power that are part of linked set, but I can't get it rightwith the editor. Can anybody give me some hint on how to do to this?

[Duggan]

Ah, so the power only applies to items which are Linked powers? Hrm... I'm not near my copy of HeroLab at the moment, but is Linked a valid power under Required Power in the definition of the feat? Or does this only apply to individual powers in a linked set? In either case, powers like Drain, Transfer, and the like probably won't work quite right with it since they're not designated in the editor as Linked (I think... although that might come into the "double cost" part of it. There's a checkbox to let you eliminate the double cost incidentally if that's your actual question).

[Woodclaw]

I applies to individual powers within a linked set.

[Colen]

Can you give an example of what the feat would do? I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here, sorry.

[Woodclaw]

Originally Posted by Colen

Can you give an example of what the feat would do? I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here, sorry.

I'm trying to implement a Power Feat from my HR set, it's called autonomous power and it can only be applyed to powers that are parts of a linked set.

[Duggan]

So what exactly does it do? Does it apply to one item of the Linked power and allow it to be used individually as compared to the +1 Extra to allow all powers to be used individually?

[Woodclaw]

Originally Posted by Duggan

So what exactly does it do? Does it apply to one item of the Linked power and allow it to be used individually as compared to the +1 Extra to allow all powers to be used individually?

That was the general idea, the +1 Extra always looked a little too costly to me. And, according to Ultimate Power, you can acquire the unlinked version of a power as an ALternate power of the Linked set, so the entire Extra thing makes little sense.

[Nigel Fogg The Wayfarer]

Originally Posted by Woodclaw

That was the general idea, the +1 Extra always looked a little too costly to me. And, according to Ultimate Power, you can acquire the unlinked version of a power as an ALternate power of the Linked set, so the entire Extra thing makes little sense.

Regarding the Power Extra making little sense: I guess that comes down to character concept and how stingy your GM is with Hero Points.

We've had this discussion in our group and some folks are happy burning a Hero Point to trigger an Alt Power. Others of us think if a variant is going to be used on a fairly regular basis, especially since our GM almost never awards a Hero Point, it's best to buy both versions of the power at full cost (if the GM isn't allowing Arrays) or place both the "normal" use & the "variant" use into an Array.

Anyway, that's my $0.02 worth.
Nigel Fogg, aka The Wayfarer

[Colen]

Woodclaw, here are some different ways to achieve this, in order of simplicity:

1) Add a custom power feat and change its name to "Autonomous Power". This is the easiest way.

2) In the editor, add a new power feat named "Autonomous Power" and use that only on linked powers. If you run through the editor tutorials, this should be fairly simple.

3) As 2, but also add an "expr-req" for the power feat, with the tag expression:

parent.tagis[Helper.LinkPower] <> 0

This will grey the power feat out unless it is being added to a linked power.

Hope this helps!

[Woodclaw]

Thank,I'll try this way... and it worked perfectly.