A -1 limitation only cuts the cost of a power in half if it is the only limitation. Example 1: Power costs 100 points. -1 limitation reduces that to 50. Example 2: Power costs 100 points, but already has a -1/2 limitation, reducing the cost to 67. -1 limitation reduces that to 40. Example 3: If it was a 100 point power in…
If it's a -1 limitation it's cutting the cost in half, which is all an EC ever did. Also, the suggested starting points in 6e are 450, iirc. The few points you might lose in a fractional adjustment are meaningless in the big picture when you have an extra 100 pts to play with.
Yes, but my point was that they give you 100 extra starting points to offset the increase. So the 7 point difference between 33 and 40 above is not that big of a deal when you have an extra 100 points to compensate. In your example that could be 14 slots of an EC with no real cost penalty to the respective character…
The increased point total is mostly do to turning all secondary characteristics into actual characteristics, including CV. Meaning you have to buy them all up separately. This helped balance considerably and allowed for effective supers that didn't have at least 30 DEX. Characteristic point costs were changed…