Power stacking doesn't work

“I was telling myself a lie, telling myself what I wanted to believe,” he said. “The problem is that the powers aren’t cumulative… kill a cape who can lift eight tons, and another who can lift five, you don’t get to lift thirteen tons. You get the strongest. There are certain power combinations that can surpass that, of course. If a cape with a growth power and normal strength has his strength multiplied as he grows, for example, then that eight tons will get multiplied too, maybe. It depends on how the power works. There are synergies that can make you stronger, but generally you’re limited to your strongest powers, and there’s only so many you can use at once, due to the fact that there’s just one of you. Sometimes thirty attacks really is better than the five or six you can keep control of at once, if you are lucky.”

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