I was in the early stages of lucidity and i noticed i was in SP. I was being chased by someone with murderous intentions. I tried to use my dream powers to fight back. It didn't work. The technique i used to fight back always worked when i was fully lucid.

It's true that you only gain your powers at a certain level of lucidity correct?

And during SP is not a good time to be attacked because you are usually not fully lucid correct?