Help with modeling a build in Hero Lab: Lowering Defenses while Growth is in use

[Retcon]

I’m trying to build in a limitation to a character’s Growth power so that it lowers his Dodge and Parry further when Growth is active in order to keep him within PL limitations. Maybe I’m overlooking something obvious in Hero Lab but I can’t figure out how to enter that into the system.
I can add the penalties to defense as temporary modifiers, but that doesn’t satisfy the system’s requirements because it’s not built into the character directly.

[FuzzyBoots]

I’m trying to build in a limitation to a character’s Growth power so that it lowers his Dodge and Parry further when Growth is active in order to keep him within PL limitations. Maybe I’m overlooking something obvious in Hero Lab but I can’t figure out how to enter that into the system.
I can add the penalties to defense as temporary modifiers, but that doesn’t satisfy the system’s requirements because it’s not built into the character directly.

If you go to the Editer via the Tool menu, you can duplicate the Growth power and modify its Eval script. Initially, give it a different name and ID. When you think you have it right, you can use the Replaces Thing ID to make it the standard Growth power.

How exactly do you want this to work?

[Retcon]

The player wants to alter the effects of the power slightly so that “When grown, add in a limitation that his dodge and parry go down an additional -1 (to cover for the increased Resistance)” in order to keep the current Strength and Stamina levels as well as Growth and still stay in line with his Power Level.
Here are the relevant sections of the character’s sheet:

PL 10

Strength 12, Stamina 10.

Skills
Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+10).

Powers
Armor Suit (Removable)
. . Armored: Protection 4 (+4 Toughness; Impervious [8 extra ranks])
Big Guy: Growth 2 (+2 STR, +2 STA, +1 Intimidate, -2 Stealth, -1 active defenses, +2 mass ranks)

Offense
Unarmed, +10 (DC 25)


Validation: Unarmed: Save DC exceeds Power Level limit by 2; Fortitude: Exceeds Power Level limit by 2; Toughness: Exceeds Power Level limit by 1

[FuzzyBoots]

So no change in cost? That shouldn't be too hard to change. Unfortunately, I'm out of town this week, but I suspect you can do this on your own in the Editer.

[FuzzyBoots]

I didn't get a chance to write up a user file last night, but the change should be pretty easy for you to make. You should see something like the following in the Eval Script:

      if (tagis[Helper.GrwNoDefs] = 0) then
        activepen = round(field[pwRanks].value/2, 0, 1)
        endif

Change that to

      if (tagis[Helper.GrwNoDefs] = 0) then
        activepen = round(field[pwRanks].value, 0, 1)
        endif

and you'll lose a defense rank for every rank of Growth. It's not too difficult to extend that to creating Flaws that will do this for you (the Helper.GrwNoDefs is a "tag", which you will see is assigned in the parallel Flaw/Extra), although I will leave that as an exercise to the reader unless you really get stumped.