Death and PPE release and Super Powers

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Death and PPE release and Super Powers

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Do you think a superhero with Multiple Lives would release their PPE when the power is triggered?

Or should it only be the final 'true death' so to speak?

Same Q about any other reincarnation-type abilities, though the only which comes to mind is Enlightened Immortals from Mystic China.
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I can see a few ways to go about that. But my initial thought was that they power uses up what PPE the char had to fuel the resurrection or staying aliveness of the Multiple Lives Super ability, so none is released.

On the Final Death yes.
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With the immortals that re-incarnate (or when a Deity picks out someone they want to re-incarnate) then I would have it that all of the PPE goes with the soul to its rebirth.
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I'm in agreement with Drewkitty~..~
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This is a situation for which the rules are ambiguous. Arguments about what should happen are inherently predisposed towards people making entitled proclamations, which don't really forward the conversation. Better instead to investigate edge cases, and see if potential results fit within useful game constraints.

While of course I could be wrong, I think the most exploitable case for this would involve the sacrifice of a 15th level Immortal 36-40% Godling with a super ability roll of 71 -75% Super Abilities & Magic, with the major powers of Multiple Beings/Selves and Multiple Lives. Their P.P.E. would be (3d6x10+P.E.+14d6+56)x16, for a maximum of 13 total possible series of 16 sacrifices each separated by a decreasing amount of time (6d6xprevious level in minutes) and for a subsequently diminishing amount. With a whole series of high rolls and a ready source of P.P.E. the systematic destruction of a high level godling with something around 200 souls worth of P.P.E. could maybe be enough to summon a demon planet as found in Rifts WB35 or DB12, provided a summoning ritual measured in hours. For such a contrived circumstance that seems reasonable, and so I'm inclined to think that examples which might actually arise in-game probably aren't a big deal.
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Rules as written, they'd release PPE any time they died, just like anybody else.

It could be interesting to rule another way, though. Like if the PCs are up against a Multiple Lives villain, they could potentially determine when he/she was truly dead by the PPE release.
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