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Post by Scriptus on Mar 22, 2008 1:26:55 GMT -5
This power is similar to reconstitute self but with the limitation that it is not automatic. This would be a great power for a cyborg or a robot to have. It could also work well for a supernatural being.
The way that it works is, if at any point in play your character is reduced to 0 red stones of health you are for all intents and purposes dead until/unless someone else comes along to rebuild you/call you back from the dead/provides the mystic ingredient that will restore you to life etc... While a GM can reconstitute anyone she wants any time she wants this power makes it expected once the conditions have been met. If those conditions are never met then you stay dead.
I'm thinking that the cost should be around 5 stones. Feel free to make suggestions and comments. I admit that this is not the most revolutionary house rule ever but I thought it adds a flavor to the game that was worth the time to write this up.
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Post by spook on Mar 22, 2008 2:19:54 GMT -5
Neat.I have never really used reconstitute self, but this actually sounds better that the original. Very Freddy Kruegerish!
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Post by Pope Mega Force on Mar 22, 2008 2:24:11 GMT -5
Very Freddy Kruegerish! Yeah, but instead, this idea is cool. Heh, sorry, I had to say that.
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Post by Brainstem on Mar 22, 2008 8:55:19 GMT -5
While it does add flavor, I'm not sure that it's really needed (at least at 5w). Really, what this is saying is that you can do what Marvel has done to basically every superhero. Nobody ever expects a superhero to stay dead forever, it's just the way things are done. Not saying that it's a bad Modifier, but it just seems a bit trivial to have, essentially, a CL 6.5(ish... 5 stones lies between CL6 and 7).
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Post by Jet on Mar 22, 2008 10:56:25 GMT -5
Absolutely not needed. If hero needs t ogo back, he/she shouldnt need any prerequisition to do. Being a her/villain pretty much gives it to you for free, not to mention that all important cyborgs/androids are repaired all the time, even if they say its not possible.
edit: Actually, NOT BEING ABLE to come back is a challange worth a lot of stones, like cyborg that doesnt have a possibility to use spare parts.
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Post by Dionon on Mar 22, 2008 19:50:08 GMT -5
You could have a Modifier that needs a specific trigger to enact the Reconstitute Self... Like a Phoenix must be in a fire.
So Example: Drench the Water Controller has died, but has this modifier. His body stays dead unless it is placed in Water for a week.
So make it cost 3 white stones, and have the person specify what the conditions are that will trigger the Reconstitute Self.
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Post by beryl on Mar 23, 2008 1:02:40 GMT -5
I like it.
While Marvel generally tends to bring characters back from the dead, this modifier helps ensure that it happens promptly. Also, for those campaigns/GMs that don't usually allow for the dead being revived, this can provide a way out.
If you want to take it the other way, too, this could be a challenge, in a way. If somebody tries to revive the character in any other fashion than the one chosen at character creation, it fails. Interesting twist, especially if the campaign has a standard method of revivification.
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Post by spook on Mar 23, 2008 5:37:10 GMT -5
I see extremely nice plothooks that come with this power... But in anycase, since "normal" reconstitute self costs 8w, so I'd price this around 4, or Gm could give discount if the requiments are "cool"(=hard to achieve, ex. Sprinkle corpse with some dragonblood, on wednesday, while it's raining and you have to sing Shakira's "my hips don't lie" while doing it.)
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Post by Scriptus on Mar 23, 2008 12:37:41 GMT -5
yeah, I'm fine with 4 stones or even 3 stones depending on how specific the requirements are to reconstitute yourself.
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Post by Dionon on Mar 23, 2008 13:44:23 GMT -5
Horay for new Modifier
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Post by spook on Mar 24, 2008 5:30:31 GMT -5
Huray for the plothooks this mod gives!
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Post by Neros on Mar 25, 2008 8:05:02 GMT -5
Hmm.. Since you like it, do you wan't this modifier added to the House Rule Book?
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Post by Dionon on Mar 26, 2008 1:26:08 GMT -5
I vote YES! (sorry... since I contributed to it successfully I'd love to see it in print lol)
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Post by Stark on Mar 27, 2008 0:36:09 GMT -5
Personately, I like it, but playah's right on one major thing: robots do not need it. A robot is by definition a machine, and thus can be rebuilt by whoever has the knowledge in technology and the materials required to do so. (And... please don't remind me that robots get such a huge discount on most things anyway and shouldn't get that for free... I make my players pay for everything just as everyone do, even if they are robots, 'cause otherwise it's simply not fair at all. ) Also, I think 4 stones is a good cost, and that 3 would be good with the so-mentioned requirements.
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Post by Dionon on Mar 27, 2008 0:56:17 GMT -5
Well this Modifier would be say if you left your Robot in a vat of oil, he'd rebuild himself... That's what this Modifier is. I mean with outside help anyone can be revived... Look at Electra...
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