Based on points

Based on points is a cosmic enhancement which Kromm mentioned in a 22 January 2021 post:
:I see no reason not to permit Affliction 1 (Will; Based on Will, +20%; Malediction 1, +100%; Negated Advantage, Magic Resistance 10 (Cosmic, Based on points, +50%), +30%; PM, ‑XX%) with almost any power modifier.
:Malediction 1 puts it on an even playing field with Regular spells.
:Negated Advantage, Magic Resistance 10 (Cosmic, Based on points, +50%), +30% just means that instead of being a flat Negated Advantage, Magic Resistance 10, +20% that knocks 10 levels off MR but has no effect on stuff like Improved MR, it slices 20 points off anything built from MR. So IMR, at 5 points/level, drops by four levels instead of 10.
:As for PM: I think the most balanced ones would not be associated with spellcasting (so not Divine, Magical, Nature, or Spirit). In fantasy, I strongly recommend Cosmic, +50%, though I'd entertain Chi, -10%. Thus:
:Affliction 1 (Will; Based on Will, +20%; Cosmic, +50%; Malediction 1, +100%; Negated Advantage, Magic Resistance 10 (Cosmic, Based on points, +50%), +30%) [30]
:Affliction 1 (Will; Based on Will, +20%; Chi, -10%; Malediction 1, +100%; Negated Advantage, Magic Resistance 10 (Cosmic, Based on points, +50%), +30%) [24]
:The latter is cheaper because the user could conceivably burn it out or lose access to it, and usually needs to buy Trained by a Master or something even to have it.
This enhancement is essentially worthless for a raw ability, it is only intended for altering the cost of the Negated Advantage enhancement on Affliction (advantage) to make it usable against a wider variety of abilities.
*by comparison Variable Enhancement could do something similar but would cost ten times the normal amount, in exchange for being even more versatile
IMR in this case is probably short for "Improved Magic Resistance" which references the +150% Improved enhancement for Magic Resistance on B67 which adds 3 points (150% of the base 2) raising the cost-per-level to 5 points.
Four levels of a five-point ability is worth twenty points.
Category:Cosmic Enhancements