| Reksew_Trebla |
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One source says it is a standard action to recharge an item with a battery, the other says it is a move action to put the battery into a tech item, and it instantly (read: non action) charges the item. Which is it? I was going to run a tech game soon, my first real one, and this is pretty important.
| Ryze Kuja |
I haven't used these rules, so I may be wrong here, but I'll take a stab at it. From a cursory reading of the Technology guide, there seems to be a difference between inserting/ejecting a battery (Move Action) and then once it's inserted, allowing that battery to recharge an Item's Capacity (Standard Action).
Most of the Technology Weapons have Capacities of 10, 20, or 30 charges that it can store in its Capacity, and then use 1, 2, or 5 charges to fire. And a single battery looks like it has 10 charges max.
So if a 30 charge weapon is empty, it would go:
Eject dead battery (Move)
Insert fresh battery (Move)
Recharge 10 charges to Item (Standard)
Eject dead battery (Move)
Insert fresh battery (Move)
Recharge 10 charges to Item (Standard)
Eject dead battery (Move)
Insert fresh battery (Move)
Recharge 10 charges to Item (Standard)
Item now has 30 charges and is full Capacity.