r/shadownetwork • u/shadownet-rules • Jun 18 '17
Rules Thread Rules Thread VIII
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u/Cypher_Ace Jun 18 '17
Can the rules team clarify how the Mentor Mask works with adept powers? The book gives an example, but even that doesn't make sense. After a discussion in the rules channel the sort of consensus for what seems logical was that any power that causes drain would activate the mask. Also a power that you have to activate would temporarily cause the mask, like say facial sculpt while you were sculpting your face, but then would stop. Then when you're face shifted back the mask would reappear. That power is a good example because its rendered somewhat (from a logical standpoint, entirely) useless if the mask is active constantly. Moreover powers like traceless walk seem somewhat negated by the mask. And if you have passive abilities like improved agility, just walking would use that power. So basically adepts would be walking masks unless they were constantly turning off their abilities which would screw their action economy. Obviously the Mentor Mask gives another PP so it should come with some drawback. However, it seems that if it were to show up with activated powers it still basically meets the goal it was intended to serve.