Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[shinryu]

I'm certain this has come up but I wasn't able to find it anywhere: if a Mad Scientist has a single device that performs multiple Powers, do the powers pool their effective Power Points or are they always drawing from multiple pools?

e.g. If Dr. Hudson, with 10 PP, builds a sonic-electronic ballbreaker with "stun" (Stun) and Kill (Burst) settings, would the device have an effective Power Point pool of 20 for either power to use, or would each power have its own 10 point pool?

I could see circumstances where this makes a lot of sense to me: assuming use of the powers is mutually exclusive and a breakdown for either power knocks out both, and since the character can't two-fist both powers at once or share the devices around, it seems fair from a balance prespective. Also, they're variable settings of the same device, so from a flavor perspective it makes a lot of sense. On the other hand, it's (sort of) a cheap way to double the shots available for a given power and while I'm not sure it's the most efficient use of your slot to strap two powers together I could see the potential for some situations where it might be a poor idea.

[Clint]