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power channeling question

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:52 pm
by 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?

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:13 pm
by 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

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:51 pm
by NMI
Power Weapon, PU1 I believe.

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:42 pm
by Jay05
Mr. Deific NMI wrote:Power Weapon, PU1 I believe.

Thanks NMI!

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:23 am
by 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?

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:51 pm
by Glistam
Jay05 wrote: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.

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:29 pm
by Daniel Stoker
Energy Fists work better if you want to add combat damage.

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:39 pm
by 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.

Re: power channeling question

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:07 pm
by 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