power channeling question

[say652]

can this power be linked to a weapon. as in the scrawny 90lb swordsman cutting engine blocks in half with his trusty katana or is this increase weapon damage a seperate power?

[Jay05]

That is a seperate power. Power channeling only works with punches, kicks, body blocks etc. There probably is a (power weapon) power between HU2 and the Powers Unlimited books. But I don't have the books in front of me and cannot remember off hand

[NMI]

Power Weapon, PU1 I believe.

[Jay05]

Power Weapon, PU1 I believe.

Thanks NMI!

[Tor]

That and if it's a Weapon of Good you can get super-strength options that only apply while you're holding it... so other than the ability to throw strong punches (slicing with a sword would do more damage anyway) it's essentially the same thing.

While we're talking about power-channeling though, PU2 gives an option to use it without having to touch anything. Anyone a little confused about how that works?

[Glistam]

That is a seperate power. Power channeling only works with punches, kicks, body blocks etc. There probably is a (power weapon) power between HU2 and the Powers Unlimited books. But I don't have the books in front of me and cannot remember off hand

Power channeling works with punches, kicks, body blocks, etc, but REPLACES those damages with its own. Power Channeling does not add to any combat damages.

[Daniel Stoker]

Energy Fists work better if you want to add combat damage.

[Tor]

That doesn't help much with katanas though eh?

Disarming people is very easy in Palladium if you know the right means, so I can relate to wanting fist-amplifiers.

[Daniel Stoker]

Sorry, that'll teach me to come in halfway through a post and not read the first one. Yea that wouldn't help but your best bet then is to go with either Energy Fists and say it comes in a sword shape, take the power weapon from PU, or you can take the energy weapon power from Scrapers if you have it. Or give him the psionic power Psi-Sword.


Daniel Stoker