Question about Healing

[Gaelinic]

Healing (OM 91) – States you can spend 1 PP to recover your own or another’s Stress Type or step back your own or another’s Trauma Type by -1. Does that mean that if Iron Fist used his Chi Healing and spent 1 PP, he could automatically recover all his physical stress or help another figure recover all of their own physical stress?

Also, how many players (including himself) could Iron Fist use his Chi Healing on during a Transition Scene to help them recover their physical stress?

[spnickles]

Yes. That's what the healing power is all about. Though, in his case its only physical stress.

To your second question - it depends on how you frame the transition scene. If you've framed it so he only has time to help one person, then that's all he has time for. I had a transition scene where Mr. Fantastic was aiding people in his lab so he could provide his Medical Expert to multiple members of the FF. If the story pushes for more tension, reduce the time he has. If they're able to kill time, let him help anyone he wants.

Scotty

[EldritchFire]

Healing (OM 91) – States you can spend 1 PP to recover your own or another’s Stress Type or step back your own or another’s Trauma Type by -1. Does that mean that if Iron Fist used his Chi Healing and spent 1 PP, he could automatically recover all his physical stress or help another figure recover all of their own physical stress?

Nope. Per OM28 you compare your stamina die to your current stress level. If your stamina die is equal or greater the stress is gone, otherwise step it back by one.

Also, how many players (including himself) could Iron Fist use his Chi Healing on during a Transition Scene to help them recover their physical stress?

Depends on the time frame of the scene. If it's a few days, then he can help everyone. If it's an hour or so, I'd say one person.

-EF

[Gaelinic]

Nope. Per OM28 you compare your stamina die to your current stress level. If your stamina die is equal or greater the stress is gone, otherwise step it back by one.

-EF

However, OM28 talks about using Stamina and SFX of healing oneself, like Wolverine's healing factor. Does Iron Fist's Healing Chi work the same way when healing others and spending a PP?

If so, let me get this straight. Moon Knight has D8 physical stress. In an action scene, Iron Fist wants to help get Moon Knight back in the fight. He can use his Chi Healing (no PP) to roll dice against the Doom Pool as see if he helps a teammate step back his physical stress by one. Or, during the same action scene, he can spend a PP and compare his Stamina die to Moon Knight's physical stress and remove it entirely, with no roll.

Is that right?

[basspunk66]

My reading of it is that he can add his stamina when helping others recover stress, OR(as indicated by the period) spend one PP to completely recover you own, or another's, physical stress(OR step back their trauma).

That period makes all the difference. The first half is if you help someone recover, but don't spend a PP, the second half is if you spend a PP.

[Gaelinic]

My reading of it is that he can add his stamina when helping others recover stress, OR(as indicated by the period) spend one PP to completely recover you own, or another's, physical stress(OR step back their trauma).

That period makes all the difference. The first half is if you help someone recover, but don't spend a PP, the second half is if you spend a PP.

That is how I understood it at first as well. However, various posts have confirmed that OM 28 (Powers and Stress Recovery) outlines how you use powers during Action Scenes to Recover from Stress.

[Savage Disciple]

I took another look at the mentioned section and the sfx mentioned. Both sfx leave out how much is recovered, the example mentions specifically that Wolverine's Stamina is why its all gone.

[IxCptMorganxI]

I took another look at the mentioned section and the sfx mentioned. Both sfx leave out how much is recovered, the example mentions specifically that Wolverine's Stamina is why its all gone.

Look at page OM55 for automatic successes. Anytime their power is the same die rating or higher than whatever object or stress they're trying to recover then they shouldn't have a problem with eliminating it. This highlights the buying with a PP method. So Wolverine with his Godlike Stamina D12 is going to be able to heal all those broken bones and shredded flesh with ease cause that damage is rated D12 and below.

Otherwise when you're talking about rolls, you always compare your effect die to your target. In the case of recovery your stamina is automatically chosen as your effect die cause that's how powerful you are at healing.

Hope this clears things up a bit.

[basspunk66]

I took another look at the mentioned section and the sfx mentioned. Both sfx leave out how much is recovered, the example mentions specifically that Wolverine's Stamina is why its all gone.

Look at page OM55 for automatic successes. Anytime their power is the same die rating or higher than whatever object or stress they're trying to recover then they shouldn't have a problem with eliminating it. This highlights the buying with a PP method. So Wolverine with his Godlike Stamina D12 is going to be able to heal all those broken bones and shredded flesh with ease cause that damage is rated D12 and below.

Otherwise when you're talking about rolls, you always compare your effect die to your target. In the case of recovery your stamina is automatically chosen as your effect die cause that's how powerful you are at healing.

Hope this clears things up a bit.

I had actually forgotten about this section, which does seem to illustrate the point more clearly. If not for that, I would still have felt I was correct. I do think the SFX for healing could be written a bit more clearly, then.

[Savage Disciple]

just a thought, could a character that has the Unleashed SFX in a powerset with Stamina step that up to automatically heal stress at the higher rate?