Post by narrativium on May 19, 2007 10:42:52 GMT -5
I have an idea for a character, and I'm trying to figure out the cost of her power. Essentially, she can create duplicates of herself, but instead of these duplicates popping out of thin air (a la Jamie Madrox), she transforms other people into her duplicates. For the sake of argument, her name is Jane (named for two-headed god Janus).
The rules for the Transform modifier say she can touch an enemy and thus turn him into a given solid material or object, specified when the power is chosen. The example objects are a sword, a bird, and a frog.
The bird and the frog make this interesting, because they're living creatures. If a PC were transformed into a bird, could they fly somewhere they wanted to go and then wait for the power to wear off? Or do they become non-sentient for an hour?
Transforming another person into herself sounds more expensive, though it also has challenges (not least, extra CADs), moral dilemmas and lots of possibilities. Does Jane have to transform the whole person, or can she be selective? There has to be something left of the original person to return to when the power wears off, is the original accessible to the duplicate, as a bird form might be accessible to a transformed PC? If she's selective, the duplicate might be a copy of Jane's mind possessing a victim, or a personality accessing the victim's memory, or a temporary healing ability.
Jane herself can't read the minds of her victims or duplicates, unless she also has paid for telepathy. They're separate entities. She doesn't re-absorb duplicates, gaining their knowledge in the process. Whatever she herself needs to know, her duplicates must communicate to her normally (verbally, IM, whatever).
I'd place this new modifier ("Transform Others Into Self") at somewhere higher than the standard 15w, but I don't know how much higher (more or less expensive than Duplicate Self?) What do you think?
The rules for the Transform modifier say she can touch an enemy and thus turn him into a given solid material or object, specified when the power is chosen. The example objects are a sword, a bird, and a frog.
The bird and the frog make this interesting, because they're living creatures. If a PC were transformed into a bird, could they fly somewhere they wanted to go and then wait for the power to wear off? Or do they become non-sentient for an hour?
Transforming another person into herself sounds more expensive, though it also has challenges (not least, extra CADs), moral dilemmas and lots of possibilities. Does Jane have to transform the whole person, or can she be selective? There has to be something left of the original person to return to when the power wears off, is the original accessible to the duplicate, as a bird form might be accessible to a transformed PC? If she's selective, the duplicate might be a copy of Jane's mind possessing a victim, or a personality accessing the victim's memory, or a temporary healing ability.
Jane herself can't read the minds of her victims or duplicates, unless she also has paid for telepathy. They're separate entities. She doesn't re-absorb duplicates, gaining their knowledge in the process. Whatever she herself needs to know, her duplicates must communicate to her normally (verbally, IM, whatever).
I'd place this new modifier ("Transform Others Into Self") at somewhere higher than the standard 15w, but I don't know how much higher (more or less expensive than Duplicate Self?) What do you think?
