Transform Self by Touch 2.0

[Neros]

I really like the concept of this power, but it was very wishy washy and there wasn't really any mechanics on how it actually worked.

I think allot of the ideas I had could work, but still, there are things I am unsure of. Like the size of the growth increase.
I am also unsure about the pricing. It has some of Growths power, just at a more "random" level, and yet, it also contains more adaptability.

But as I reworked this power, I realized that maybe the Environmental Damage list on the D&R chart could also use some more examples. Like electricity, campfires.... Diseases??

NOTE: I am not sure if the balance between solids, liquids and energy is balanced, so I am really hoping on getting feedback on that part.

Elemental Adaption (Transform Self By Touch)
Cost Level = AN +3

Description
This power allows you to assume at will, the physical properties (height, weight, density, hardness, Toughness, and permeability) of anything you touch, thus affecting your Abilities and Defense. This includes different mundane materials and forms of energy. If the thing you touch has magical properties, you do not gain access to these.

Below are some rough guidelines for some of the basic types of materials that can be absorbed and what effects each stone spent will have. These may vary dependent on what is being touched and the below just serves as a general guideline.
If you havn't placed enough stones to copy the material, then you still gain the bonus's up to the stones spend.

Solids
• Gain 1 Toughness/stone, up to the materials Hardness on the D&R.
• Gain 1 Strength/stone, up to the materials Weight
• Gain the Material Class of the material

Liquids
• Gain a Phase Shift AN/stone with the Gaseous/Liquid/Energy Form option. This functions as a Modifier (it is free and constant)
• Gain 1 Agility/stone, up to the the liquids Area
• If the liquid is hazardous, consult the Environmental Damage to find out how much damage is dealt.

Energies
• Gain a Phase Shift AN/stone with the Gaseous/Liquid/Energy Form option. This functions as a Modifier (it is free and constant)
• Gain 1 Speed, up to the energy's Environmental Damage
• Can't physically interact with things
• Damage what is touched. Damage = Environmental Damage of the energy

When using this power you must touch the subject. If the subject is resisting, you must succeed in a Close Combat or Touch attack.

Options
• Magical (+1 CL): If the thing you touch has magical properties and you can logically benefit from it, you also gain them.

• Multi-Material (+2 CL): Can benefit from multiple materials at the same time. You may divide your spend stones among Solids, Liquids or Energy.

• Growth (+1 CL): When adopting the properties of materials, you may also increase your size based on the Weight and Area coverage of the material
- Solids: Grow 10 ft./Stone for each Weight above your own. For each size increase, gain 1 Durability
- Liquids: Grow 10 ft./Stone for each Area above 2, up to the liquids "coverage" on the Area row. For each size increase, gain 1 Pool
- Energy: Grow 10 ft./Stone for each Environmental Damage above 2, up to the energy's "coverage" on the Area row. For each size increase, gain 1 Energy Regen

• Consume Material (-1 CL): You must absorb at least a couple pounds worth of off the material to take on its properties, making a shard of adamantium in your pocket that much more cherished.

• Single Type (-2 CL): You can only take on the properties from either solids, liquids or energy. Selected upon purchase.

Comments
Its very expensive, but it's adaptable to the degree where it can really pay off. You'll probably want to carry around a selection of objects whose properties you'd want to turn into.

[kito]

Few questions

is it aromatic to w/e you touch or do you have to want to change into it?

is energy off running speed or flight speed?

i'm assuming gas is in with energy?

seems like you could add a few more ad/dis like consumption(absorb the material into yourself leaving a hole in the wall floor ect) absorbent of element to heal so when your made of rock and you arm get blown off you can absorb more rock for a new arm?

might think it is harder for you to maintain you form if your in like an energy or gas form as it naturally disperses might add a disadvantage to that.

liquid might work better as manipulate density over getting agility as liquid can be used in both ways.

might want to add weapon morphing?

really like this idea tho seems very fun.

one last thought if you are an element like say gas and you hit a spark or if you water and someone freezes you are u now the new element (fire/ice) or are you stuck or in pain?

do you take any weekness the element might have? (wood needing water/air/sun to live and getting a 2x weakness to fire) (fire needing oxygen and things to burn and getting like a 2x weakness to water)

[Neros]

1. Not sure what w/e means. But I think I understood: It is not automatic. You decide if you wish to take on the materials properties. This is especially true since you actually have to spend stones into the action to work.
But you could give it the "Out of Control" diadvantage.. Could be a very fun power to have that disadvantage for

2. To keep it balanced, it is the Running speed (Speed also uses this).

3. The 3 materials are just to give a guideline for the GM, so yes; gas would fall in with many of the "bonus's" of energy.

4A. The idea for literally absorbing the material is good, but it would kinda be more of advantage since this would mean you could absorb whole tanks and buildings. The Absorbing Man once talked about absorbing the properties of a whole island.. So with that option, the island would be gone.
But if we are talking about that it is only a small amount that is absorbed, I think it might just be a descriptive flavor thing. Hmmm.. Or maybe not.. It would make it impossible to have a piece of adamantium in your pocket since you would absorb it.

4B. You could gain this effect by also buying a healing factor with the "Only in Conjunction with ________" disadvantage.. Maybe with some small changes, but it would work.

5. Logically, yes. It would be harder to maintain a form made of gas or energy. But marvel doesn't do complexity to well (especially MURPG). But, you are completely unable to interact with the world physically in those two states. No lifting, grabbing or the likes. Also, the "Gaseous/Liquid/Energy Form" already covers some of the weaknesses of being made of that material.

6. Manipulate Density also increases your weight. The base effect as I see Transform Self by Touch, is that you do not adopt the mass of the material touched.

7. Just pick Psi Weapons or buy a Generic Modifier with the "Only in Conjunction with ________" disadvantage. No need to invent an option for that

8. You would not turn into the new element. You would take damage since these things would disrupt your form, or at least, lose some energy.
Copied from Phase Shift: "you may treat your Phase Shift AN as free defensive stones against most normal physical harms (you may be weaker against certain elements like water could be weak against heat/fire)."

BUT!! If you where made of gas and spend stones into your Transform Self by Touch Action, you could take on the properties of the spark instead of the gas, essentially, replacing your material.

[Neros]

Today I realized that the version I had posted was a Modifier, when the "final" version I decided upon was a Action
Figured it would better come in line with many of the other converted 1.0 powers like Copy Superpower..

Changes & Additions

• Changed it into a Action instead of a Modifier
• Renamed it Elemental Adaption. When a player saw "Transform self by touch", it was rather vague and somewhat misleading about what it actually did. So I wanted to give it a more informative name.
• Changed the growth option's size increase, since it worked a little like Growth. It only gave some of the advantages and all the disadvantages.
• Added a Consume Material (-1 CL) option after Kito's suggestion

Changes to Phase Shift Option
I've been looking at the Liquid/Gaseous/Energy option for Phase Shift, and think it could use abit of work. Like dividing them up so they aren't so similar. I mean, there is a difference between being made of fire and sand.[/b]