[ORE] Re: [Wild Talents] Variable Effect Usage

If your buy the variable power with several dice, say 2 hard and 5 standard, you can then use the multiple actions rules.  Just drop one die, set aside the hard dice to activate the variable effect and then roll the other four to use the now emulated power.  You could even go really crazy and replace a standard with a wiggle die and then whatever effect you emulate will always garner a success when actually used. 

Seems to work based on RAW, but may not be how it was intended?

On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 9:57:44 PM UTC-4, William Seaton wrote:

Right, I'm trying to understand a couple of things about Variable Effect. I understand that it changes the effect of a power, can be used to add extras and flaws, the original power's extras and flaws fall off when the effect is changed, and you need to roll to activate it. My question is when does the emulated power get used? Is the earliest it can be used next round? 

The second thing is restricting the Power Quality to only be used for Variable Effect. Does that have any influence on when the emulated power can be used?

Thanks for any help in advance.