First off, the power uses AtkDiffDC, something which I\'ve called out
before as potentially problematic due to how it and AtkDiffAtk only
have correct values when there\'s a tradeoff going on. So, in my case,
I\'ve got a PL 8 character with a +5 melee attack and a stun gun (DC
17 Fortitude) and 2 ranks of Favored Opponent. By iteself, that gives
me an atkDiffDC of -1 (1 below PL) and atkDiffAtk of -3. Makes sense
since my attack bonus is 3 below my PL and the Fortitude DC is 1 below
PL. Except that the code for Favored Opponent adds 2 to the atkDiffDC
and gets a value above 0 and panics. My immediate response was to try
subtracting atkDiffAtk from atkDiffDC, add the bonus, and then check
to see if adding Favored Opponent would work. That works for this
attack, but fails when I have an accuracy-shifted attack. For example,
his assault rifle attack is at a +9 attack bonus and +5 damage. This
gives me an atkDiffAtk of -2 (!) and an atkDiffDC of -3, which means
Hero Lab would let me have five ranks of Favored Opponent without
complaining about going over PL. I finally got it working by
calculating the shift to work by adding the atkAttack, the atkDC, and
the number of ranks in the feat and then subtracting the atkDCBase and
the hero\'s PL * 2. That one still causes slight issues in that Area
and Perception attacks will start to raise flags because they still
use the attack bonus, but if you use the fix in the linked bit by
Woodclaw to set those up to just check against PL (assuming they\'re
general and not targetted), then you\'re good.
Sorry, that got a bit long-winded. Second problem is a small
typographical one. Currently, the evaluation message comes out as
something like \"Damage Bonus exceeds PL limit:Assault Rifle by1\".
There\'s a missing space.
Third, the feat calls out adding to damage in Rules As Written, but
the current code flags things like the Stun Gun that have a Fortitude
save. I know different GMs handle that one differently, so that may or
may not be a bug.
