I do have one character in my game that has (unless I've drastically misinterpreted things) a reliable 12 dice for casting Magic, Witchcraft spells (Level 5 Magic, Witchcraft + Level 5 Smart), but that's also while he's in a Transformed state, and the character's basically been set up specifically t...

Yeah--how we used it was a character using Magic, Arcane to set up different "blessings" on several different targets, or to give himself an ability and then use that ability on the same turn. The multiple action rules prevent doing the same action to the same target more than once a turn,...

Hey, folks. Not sure if I'm interpreting something correctly here. The ability "Time Freeze" seems to state that in addition to allowing you to gain bonuses in tests of speed/quickness, if you use it as an action, it offsets the multiple action penalty by its level. Is that only in cases o...

Scale is a good suggestion. Additionally, you might just consider redefining "normal" for your game. In a universe like DBZ, for instance, all characters who matter in a fight scene generally have astronomical abilities...so rather than making higher and higher ability levels, just define ...

A good way to think of it is that being Agile, even if you don't think it would help with the actual *attack*, helps you *get in position* for the attack or *unleash it faster*, so mechanically it's the same thing from OVA's perspective. Thus, it and Combat Expert both add to your attack rolls.

Thanks--I got the update but missed that change. Thank you and have a Happy New Year!

But how would you cover using earthbending to toss together a building, reinforce a fortress wall, or what have you? Hm...to me, this sounds like something that's more likely to be kind of a "preparing for battle" or "helping repair the city" challenge, yes? In that case, I'd le...

Just as an update to this...I've since done some character building with my group and thus far I've found that allowing multiple instances of these weaknesses (or other ones like Sensitivity) doesn't feel "off" to me as long as the effects both seem likely to come up over the course of the...

That's pretty much what I would advise too: basically, think about what the effect should be rather than necessarily what the method is and you'll have more success. Earthbending is shaping Earth to your will, correct? Someone with that might have Attack powers, and also probably something like Barr...

Pretty new to things myself, but maybe I can help a little. :-) For building a character in general, you pick from the Abilities and Weaknesses, like you said. There's a few different options for character build rules depending on GM preference: in some, higher levels of an ability/weakness cost/ret...

Another noob question-- Certain weaknesses, such as "Suppressed Power" and "Trigger," state that they apply to "one or more of your Abilities." However, their level is not determined by the number of abilities affected like that of "Focus," but by other elemen...

Thanks, Clay--I hadn't considered the Magic, Arcane model for that. That sounds like a great option.

Hi, guys-- Had a rules question. It seems possible in the OVA rules, using Perks, to end up with an ability that would normally be thought of as a lasting effect (say, Invisibility) which have an endurance cost. In those cases, is the endurance cost taken any time the ability is used in a roll (like...