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taalismn wrote:It's VERY tough paper towel...for those TOUGH clean-up jobs. And the aftermath of that ill-fated decision to have the Burrito Surprise. Any tougher and it would be Matter Expulsion: Sandpaper.

But I'll drop the SDC to one and do some spelling corrections. Also adding the rule for intercepting attacks.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

taalismn wrote:It's VERY tough paper towel...for those TOUGH clean-up jobs. And the aftermath of that ill-fated decision to have the Burrito Surprise. Any tougher and it would be Matter Expulsion: Sandpaper.

But I'll drop the SDC to one and do some spelling corrections. Also adding the rule for intercepting attacks.

So then if it has 1 SDC normally, would that not drop the SDC when wet to zero? It would hold together but fall apart when you even touched it, regardless of if you had a PS bonus, so why give it any SDC to resist damage?

taalismn wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

taalismn wrote:It's VERY tough paper towel...for those TOUGH clean-up jobs. And the aftermath of that ill-fated decision to have the Burrito Surprise. Any tougher and it would be Matter Expulsion: Sandpaper.

But I'll drop the SDC to one and do some spelling corrections. Also adding the rule for intercepting attacks.

So then if it has 1 SDC normally, would that not drop the SDC when wet to zero? It would hold together but fall apart when you even touched it, regardless of if you had a PS bonus, so why give it any SDC to resist damage?

It's going back up to 2 SDC(I'm not recalculating a power based on toilet paper). Too tough? That's what perforations are for.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:LOL

ZEN wrote:The old powers archive is still there, heh, wow, memories..
Maybe I should update it at some point?
Or someone else can, if they are so inclined.

Mr. Deific NMI wrote:

ZEN wrote:The old powers archive is still there, heh, wow, memories..
Maybe I should update it at some point?
Or someone else can, if they are so inclined.

And they are all most likely on my Black Vault - The Black Vault

ZEN wrote:Re: Stinky Sweat..

Repulsive Aura (minor power)
"There is no word to describe what that smells like.. its like a kick in my brain face".

It's very unusual for a smell, no matter how bad, to cause actual physical harm, however, by a form of bio-manipulation, the character can cause the target's brain to experience an overloaded stench with elements of decomposing corpses, stewed in piles of fermented fruit, rotten eggs, and flaming excrement.. as the nose is completely bypassed and the neural structure attacked directly, there are few reliable methods to block this non-psionic ability.
Simply not breathing or blocking the nostrils has no effect, something like a Faraday cage or being enclosed in an armored car would do the trick.

Range: 25 feet per level, all targets within the area (at level 3 and beyond, the character can select specific targets within range)
Duration: Instant, and persists for 1 melee round per level.
Choose two of the following effects when activating the Repulsive Aura (add one more at level 3, and gain the ability to use all at level 6 and beyond).
1. Dizzy and Disoriented.
-4 to Parry and Dodge, -2 to Strike and Initiative
2. Overwhelming olfactory overload.
-2 to strike and Parry, visual range decreased by 25% (eyes water profusely, breaks out in a 'flop sweat'), sense of smell and taste is effectively neutralised.
3. Severe Nausea.
-25% on all skills, -4 to all combat skills, 25% chance of being violently ill per round (vomiting takes up all actions other than a possible staggering movement for the round)
4. Revulsion.
35% +5% per level chance of causing the target to attempt to leave the immediate area, by the most hasty means available, and the target is -5 to strike with grab or grapple attempts on the character.

ZEN wrote:Re: Stinky Sweat..

Repulsive Aura (minor power)
"There is no word to describe what that smells like.. its like a kick in my brain face".

It's very unusual for a smell, no matter how bad, to cause actual physical harm, however, by a form of bio-manipulation, the character can cause the target's brain to experience an overloaded stench with elements of decomposing corpses, stewed in piles of fermented fruit, rotten eggs, and flaming excrement.. as the nose is completely bypassed and the neural structure attacked directly, there are few reliable methods to block this non-psionic ability.
Simply not breathing or blocking the nostrils has no effect, something like a Faraday cage or being enclosed in an armored car would do the trick.

Range: 25 feet per level, all targets within the area (at level 3 and beyond, the character can select specific targets within range)
Duration: Instant, and persists for 1 melee round per level.
Choose two of the following effects when activating the Repulsive Aura (add one more at level 3, and gain the ability to use all at level 6 and beyond).
1. Dizzy and Disoriented.
-4 to Parry and Dodge, -2 to Strike and Initiative
2. Overwhelming olfactory overload.
-2 to strike and Parry, visual range decreased by 25% (eyes water profusely, breaks out in a 'flop sweat'), sense of smell and taste is effectively neutralised.
3. Severe Nausea.
-25% on all skills, -4 to all combat skills, 25% chance of being violently ill per round (vomiting takes up all actions other than a possible staggering movement for the round)
4. Revulsion.
35% +5% per level chance of causing the target to attempt to leave the immediate area, by the most hasty means available, and the target is -5 to strike with grab or grapple attempts on the character.

ZEN wrote:Re: Stinky Sweat..

Repulsive Aura (minor power)
"There is no word to describe what that smells like.. its like a kick in my brain face".

It's very unusual for a smell, no matter how bad, to cause actual physical harm, however, by a form of bio-manipulation, the character can cause the target's brain to experience an overloaded stench with elements of decomposing corpses, stewed in piles of fermented fruit, rotten eggs, and flaming excrement.. as the nose is completely bypassed and the neural structure attacked directly, there are few reliable methods to block this non-psionic ability.
Simply not breathing or blocking the nostrils has no effect, something like a Faraday cage or being enclosed in an armored car would do the trick.

Range: 25 feet per level, all targets within the area (at level 3 and beyond, the character can select specific targets within range)
Duration: Instant, and persists for 1 melee round per level.
Choose two of the following effects when activating the Repulsive Aura (add one more at level 3, and gain the ability to use all at level 6 and beyond).
1. Dizzy and Disoriented.
-4 to Parry and Dodge, -2 to Strike and Initiative
2. Overwhelming olfactory overload.
-2 to strike and Parry, visual range decreased by 25% (eyes water profusely, breaks out in a 'flop sweat'), sense of smell and taste is effectively neutralised.
3. Severe Nausea.
-25% on all skills, -4 to all combat skills, 25% chance of being violently ill per round (vomiting takes up all actions other than a possible staggering movement for the round)
4. Revulsion.
35% +5% per level chance of causing the target to attempt to leave the immediate area, by the most hasty means available, and the target is -5 to strike with grab or grapple attempts on the character.

Ectoplasmic Bidet wrote:

ZEN wrote:Re: Stinky Sweat..

Repulsive Aura (minor power)
"There is no word to describe what that smells like.. its like a kick in my brain face".

It's very unusual for a smell, no matter how bad, to cause actual physical harm, however, by a form of bio-manipulation, the character can cause the target's brain to experience an overloaded stench with elements of decomposing corpses, stewed in piles of fermented fruit, rotten eggs, and flaming excrement.. as the nose is completely bypassed and the neural structure attacked directly, there are few reliable methods to block this non-psionic ability.
Simply not breathing or blocking the nostrils has no effect, something like a Faraday cage or being enclosed in an armored car would do the trick.

Range: 25 feet per level, all targets within the area (at level 3 and beyond, the character can select specific targets within range)
Duration: Instant, and persists for 1 melee round per level.
Choose two of the following effects when activating the Repulsive Aura (add one more at level 3, and gain the ability to use all at level 6 and beyond).
1. Dizzy and Disoriented.
-4 to Parry and Dodge, -2 to Strike and Initiative
2. Overwhelming olfactory overload.
-2 to strike and Parry, visual range decreased by 25% (eyes water profusely, breaks out in a 'flop sweat'), sense of smell and taste is effectively neutralised.
3. Severe Nausea.
-25% on all skills, -4 to all combat skills, 25% chance of being violently ill per round (vomiting takes up all actions other than a possible staggering movement for the round)
4. Revulsion.
35% +5% per level chance of causing the target to attempt to leave the immediate area, by the most hasty means available, and the target is -5 to strike with grab or grapple attempts on the character.

There was a guy who lived in the same college dorm as me that had this power...

NMI wrote:

Ectoplasmic Bidet wrote:

ZEN wrote:Re: Stinky Sweat..

Repulsive Aura (minor power)
"There is no word to describe what that smells like.. its like a kick in my brain face".

It's very unusual for a smell, no matter how bad, to cause actual physical harm, however, by a form of bio-manipulation, the character can cause the target's brain to experience an overloaded stench with elements of decomposing corpses, stewed in piles of fermented fruit, rotten eggs, and flaming excrement.. as the nose is completely bypassed and the neural structure attacked directly, there are few reliable methods to block this non-psionic ability.
Simply not breathing or blocking the nostrils has no effect, something like a Faraday cage or being enclosed in an armored car would do the trick.

Range: 25 feet per level, all targets within the area (at level 3 and beyond, the character can select specific targets within range)
Duration: Instant, and persists for 1 melee round per level.
Choose two of the following effects when activating the Repulsive Aura (add one more at level 3, and gain the ability to use all at level 6 and beyond).
1. Dizzy and Disoriented.
-4 to Parry and Dodge, -2 to Strike and Initiative
2. Overwhelming olfactory overload.
-2 to strike and Parry, visual range decreased by 25% (eyes water profusely, breaks out in a 'flop sweat'), sense of smell and taste is effectively neutralised.
3. Severe Nausea.
-25% on all skills, -4 to all combat skills, 25% chance of being violently ill per round (vomiting takes up all actions other than a possible staggering movement for the round)
4. Revulsion.
35% +5% per level chance of causing the target to attempt to leave the immediate area, by the most hasty means available, and the target is -5 to strike with grab or grapple attempts on the character.

There was a guy who lived in the same college dorm as me that had this power...

was it yourself? LOL

taalismn wrote:Matter Expulsion: Pico-Missiles(Major)
“Is that a SAM in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”

Whether it’s some form of internal nanotech or technowizardry, the superbeing is able to shoot small self-propelled ‘smart’ projectiles from his hands or forearms. These projectles appear as small guided missiles that home in on a target like larger military ordnance, using whatever targeting media the character specifies.
Range: 1,000 ft +10 ft per level of experience
Damage: 1d6 per level of experience
Rate of Fire: Can fire as many volleys as the character has hand to hand attacks, but cannot exceed the maximum payload. Can volley the missiles as they see fit or launch the maximum payload all at once.
Payload: Can generate as many pico-missiles as they have P.E. points per every 30 minutes. So a character with 15 PE can create 15 pico-missiles per 30 minutes, and fire them off one at a time, in volleys, or all 15 at once.
Pico-Missiles CAN be stockpiled internally; though the stockpile numbers cannot exceed the character’s P.E. x5. Stockpiling, however, carries a risk beyond the base minimum number of pico-missiles. For every increment of the P.E. beyond baseline stockpiled, there is a 5% chance (up to a maximum 20%) of the pico-missiles being prematurely detonated if the character gets nailed with a critical strike(example: Arsenal has 20 P.E. and has internally stockpiled 100 pico-missiles, fairly bulging himself with his missile armaments. Unfortunately, Death-Sting nails him with a Natural 20, and rolls a 3 for the chance of a chain-fire. With each pico-missile doing a potential 1d6 MD, or more, the magazine fire does a minimum of 100 points of damage...leaving Arsenal a smoking crater in the ground and a drifting mushroom cloud).
Bonuses: Each pico-missile gets a +3 to strike, +1 per every three levels of experience.
Saves: Pico-Missiles CAN be dodged as normal. They can also be jammed, if the target(s) can identify the guidance type and have the means to jam or decoy the pico-missiles. Jammed missiles lose their bonuses and must be manual targeted(no bonus to strike).
Special:
-Guidance---The superbeing can specify the type of guidance used by the pico-missiles, declaring the type(radar, thermal-IR, laser-optical, anti-radiation, magic-homing, sonar, etc.) currently being used at the beginning of a turn. The character starts out with 1 available guidance type at level one, and can add another type every three levels of experience.

taalismn wrote:Matter Expulsion: Pico-Missiles(Major)
“Is that a SAM in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”

Whether it’s some form of internal nanotech or technowizardry, the superbeing is able to shoot small self-propelled ‘smart’ projectiles from his hands or forearms. These projectles appear as small guided missiles that home in on a target like larger military ordnance, using whatever targeting media the character specifies.
Range: 1,000 ft +10 ft per level of experience
Damage: 1d6 per level of experience
Rate of Fire: Can fire as many volleys as the character has hand to hand attacks, but cannot exceed the maximum payload. Can volley the missiles as they see fit or launch the maximum payload all at once.
Payload: Can generate as many pico-missiles as they have P.E. points per every 30 minutes. So a character with 15 PE can create 15 pico-missiles per 30 minutes, and fire them off one at a time, in volleys, or all 15 at once.
Pico-Missiles CAN be stockpiled internally; though the stockpile numbers cannot exceed the character’s P.E. x5. Stockpiling, however, carries a risk beyond the base minimum number of pico-missiles. For every increment of the P.E. beyond baseline stockpiled, there is a 5% chance (up to a maximum 20%) of the pico-missiles being prematurely detonated if the character gets nailed with a critical strike(example: Arsenal has 20 P.E. and has internally stockpiled 100 pico-missiles, fairly bulging himself with his missile armaments. Unfortunately, Death-Sting nails him with a Natural 20, and rolls a 3 for the chance of a chain-fire. With each pico-missile doing a potential 1d6 MD, or more, the magazine fire does a minimum of 100 points of damage...leaving Arsenal a smoking crater in the ground and a drifting mushroom cloud).
Bonuses: Each pico-missile gets a +3 to strike, +1 per every three levels of experience.
Saves: Pico-Missiles CAN be dodged as normal. They can also be jammed, if the target(s) can identify the guidance type and have the means to jam or decoy the pico-missiles. Jammed missiles lose their bonuses and must be manual targeted(no bonus to strike).
Special:
-Guidance---The superbeing can specify the type of guidance used by the pico-missiles, declaring the type(radar, thermal-IR, laser-optical, anti-radiation, magic-homing, sonar, etc.) currently being used at the beginning of a turn. The character starts out with 1 available guidance type at level one, and can add another type every three levels of experience.

PapaMambo wrote:

taalismn wrote:Matter Expulsion: Pico-Missiles(Major).

Just a quick question for clarification.. You said that the damage for each of the pico-missiles was 1d6 per level of experience, but later when talking about the chances of them blowing up internally on a critical strike, you mention that "with each pico-missile doing a potential 1d6 MD, or more, the magazine fire does a minimum of 100 points of damage...leaving Arsenal a smoking crater in the ground and a drifting mushroom cloud"

Do the missiles do SDC or MDC damage?? Pretty big difference between the two, and most likely the difference between life or death for the character who uses them or chooses to stockpile them.

taalismn wrote:Projective Pivot(Minor)
“I prefer to have trouble heading AWAY from my direction.”

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taalismn wrote:Matter Expulsion: Pico-Missiles(Major)
“Is that a SAM in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”

Whether it’s some form of internal nanotech or technowizardry, the superbeing is able to shoot small self-propelled ‘smart’ projectiles from his hands or forearms typically(but can also fire them from his chest or back). These projectles appear as small guided missiles that home in on a target like larger military ordnance, using whatever targeting media the character specifies.
Range: 1,000 ft +10 ft per level of experience
Damage: 1d6 per level of experience
Rate of Fire: Can fire as many volleys as the character has hand to hand attacks, but cannot exceed the maximum payload. Can volley the missiles as they see fit or launch the maximum payload all at once.
Payload: Can generate as many pico-missiles as they have P.E. points per every 30 minutes. So a character with 15 PE can create 15 pico-missiles per 30 minutes, and fire them off one at a time, in volleys, or all 15 at once.
Pico-Missiles CAN be stockpiled internally; though the stockpile numbers cannot exceed the character’s P.E. x5. Stockpiling, however, carries a risk beyond the base minimum number of pico-missiles. For every increment of the P.E. beyond baseline stockpiled, there is a 5% chance (up to a maximum 20%) of the pico-missiles being prematurely detonated if the character gets nailed with a critical strike(example: Arsenal has 20 P.E. and has internally stockpiled 100 pico-missiles, fairly bulging himself with his missile armaments. Unfortunately, Death-Sting nails him with a Natural 20, and rolls a 3 for the chance of a chain-fire. With each pico-missile doing a potential 1d6 MD, or more, the magazine fire does a minimum of 100 points of damage...leaving Arsenal a smoking crater in the ground and a drifting mushroom cloud).
Bonuses: Each pico-missile gets a +3 to strike, +1 per every three levels of experience.
Saves: Pico-Missiles CAN be dodged as normal. They can also be jammed, if the target(s) can identify the guidance type and have the means to jam or decoy the pico-missiles. Jammed missiles lose their bonuses and must be manual targeted(no bonus to strike).
Special:
-Guidance---The superbeing can specify the type of guidance used by the pico-missiles, declaring the type(radar, thermal-IR, laser-optical, anti-radiation, magic-homing, sonar, etc.) currently being used at the beginning of a turn. The character starts out with 1 available guidance type at level one, and can add another type every three levels of experience.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:[I would have gone with +100 feet per level of experience for the range instead of +10 feet, as only 10 feet seems really low for a bonus for level. Otherwise it looks good.

Iczer wrote:

taalismn wrote:Projective Pivot(Minor)
“I prefer to have trouble heading AWAY from my direction.”

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Pardon the Snippage.

Can we pivot a target to go upwards? If so, we could murder a great deal with this power. Likewise pivoting something downwards could be disastrous.

Batts

taalismn wrote:Orbital Arse-Kick(Minor)
“Well...I think Power-Lass is going to probably come down in Australia. Which oughta give you a head start to run because she’s gonna be MAD when she gets back, especially after that little dittie you were singing when you kicked her...”

This power allows the superbeing to hit his target with one serious arse-kicking with super hang-time. The target of an OA-K will be lofted an incredible distance, forcing them to abandon a fight or struggle to get back to it. This power is a great way to temporarily remove a person from combat or as a finishing move on an already defeated opponent, but the real damage is the humiliating nature of the attack.
A variant on this power is Orbital Uppercut, which applies only to punches, and can only target a person’s jaw.

Range: Melee
Damage: None; just very painful.
The superbeing can kick a target equal in weight equal to what they can lift a distance equal to their P.Sx10 ft. DOUBLE the distance for Superhuman Strength, TRIPLE distance for Supernatural P.S..
DOUBLE distance on a Critical Strike(Roll of Natural 20).
There’s also a shock component to the attack. The victim must save versus psionics; on a successful save, the victim is mildly stunned and only loses initiative and 1 APM while flying through the air(and thus can take measures towards a safe landing or activate a relevant superpower like Flying). On an unsuccessful save, the victim is in some serious pain from the arse-kicking; -10 to strike, parry, dodge, and roll, HALF APMs, Speed and skill proficiencies, and lose initiative for (kicker’s P.S./2) minutes afterwards.
Also, as a result of the OA-K, the victim must roll a 12 or better to avoid flinching in pain every time they sit down, for (kicker’s P.S./2) days afterwards, from lingering soreness(Reduce by HALF if the victim has a super-healing ability).

Saves: Dodge!
Bonuses: +1 to strike with a kick on levels 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Note: There's a 50% chance of the victim's flight being marked with a contrail.

Limitations:
-Specific Target---OA-K can only be applied to the (identifiable) backside of a target, and can only be a kick. Thus, the superbeing cannot, for instance, kick his target in the groin or face using this power(would do normal damage). They must attack from BEHIND.

-Non-lethal---However powerful the kicker, the kickee CANNOT die from the direct application of an Orbital Arse-Kick. This doesn’t mean that it’s not going to HURT, or that the victim isn’t going to take damage from anything they’re kicked THROUGH or INTO.
OA-K does NO additional damage on landing, as long as the person has a clear line of flight for the maximum distance of the attack. They DO, however, take additional damage if their flight path is interrupted. So a supervillian being punched for 200 ft will come to a (relatively) soft, if painful, landing(in a park, bouncing off pavement, splashdown in the river) but if that 200 ft intersects a skyscraper, an errant aircraft, or a wall in the intervening distance, they take damage from the collision.
Resolve damage for a collision the same as for a kick with the kicker’s strength.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:[Would the range not be touch instead of melee? Also, I think this would inflict damage as normal for the character's normal kick damage and should do damage upon landing, unless this power somehow negates the laws of physics.

taalismn wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:[Would the range not be touch instead of melee? Also, I think this would inflict damage as normal for the character's normal kick damage and should do damage upon landing, unless this power somehow negates the laws of physics.

My bad...I consider 'Melee' to BE contact/touch.
And it's more of a sight gag power(hence the Minor category). It's more of an anime-inspired "just got thrown over the horizon, but essentially okay " power than a hard physics aircraft catapult launch used on a human being(in which case, the target would most likely end up as a big red smear). However, if you WANT to kick somebody into the twenty-first floor of a high-rise building or into the jet intake of a passing jet...

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

taalismn wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:[Would the range not be touch instead of melee? Also, I think this would inflict damage as normal for the character's normal kick damage and should do damage upon landing, unless this power somehow negates the laws of physics.

My bad...I consider 'Melee' to BE contact/touch.
And it's more of a sight gag power(hence the Minor category). It's more of an anime-inspired "just got thrown over the horizon, but essentially okay " power than a hard physics aircraft catapult launch used on a human being(in which case, the target would most likely end up as a big red smear). However, if you WANT to kick somebody into the twenty-first floor of a high-rise building or into the jet intake of a passing jet...

It seems to me that the ability to defy such physics makes it more of a Major. Limiting the damage to limit it to a minor might work if the range the person thrown were less. You could essentially use this power on an ally to throw them to reach the enemy rather than throw them out of battle as well, could you not?

taalismn wrote:Orbital Arse-Kick(Minor)
“Well...I think Power-Lass is going to probably come down in Australia. Which oughta give you a head start to run because she’s gonna be MAD when she gets back, especially after that little dittie you were singing when you kicked her...”

This power allows the superbeing to hit his target with one serious arse-kicking with super hang-time. The target of an OA-K will be lofted an incredible distance, forcing them to abandon a fight or struggle to get back to it. This power is a great way to temporarily remove a person from combat or as a finishing move on an already defeated opponent, but the real damage is the humiliating nature of the attack.
A variant on this power is Orbital Uppercut, which applies only to punches, and can only target a person’s jaw.

Range: Melee
Damage: None; just very painful.
The superbeing can kick a target equal in weight equal to what they can lift a distance equal to their P.Sx10 ft. DOUBLE the distance for Superhuman Strength, TRIPLE distance for Supernatural P.S..
DOUBLE distance on a Critical Strike(Roll of Natural 20).
There’s also a shock component to the attack. The victim must save versus psionics; on a successful save, the victim is mildly stunned and only loses initiative and 1 APM while flying through the air(and thus can take measures towards a safe landing or activate a relevant superpower like Flying). On an unsuccessful save, the victim is in some serious pain from the arse-kicking; -10 to strike, parry, dodge, and roll, HALF APMs, Speed and skill proficiencies, and lose initiative for (kicker’s P.S./2) minutes afterwards.
Also, as a result of the OA-K, the victim must roll a 12 or better to avoid flinching in pain every time they sit down, for (kicker’s P.S./2) days afterwards, from lingering soreness(Reduce by HALF if the victim has a super-healing ability).

Saves: Dodge!
Bonuses: +1 to strike with a kick on levels 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Note: There's a 50% chance of the victim's flight being marked with a contrail.

Limitations:
-Specific Target---OA-K can only be applied to the (identifiable) backside of a target, and can only be a kick. Thus, the superbeing cannot, for instance, kick his target in the groin or face using this power(would do normal damage). They must attack from BEHIND.

-Non-lethal---However powerful the kicker, the kickee CANNOT die from the direct application of an Orbital Arse-Kick. This doesn’t mean that it’s not going to HURT, or that the victim isn’t going to take damage from anything they’re kicked THROUGH or INTO.
OA-K does NO additional damage on landing, as long as the person has a clear line of flight for the maximum distance of the attack. They DO, however, take additional damage if their flight path is interrupted. So a supervillian being punched for 200 ft will come to a (relatively) soft, if painful, landing(in a park, bouncing off pavement, splashdown in the river) but if that 200 ft intersects a skyscraper, an errant aircraft, or a wall in the intervening distance, they take damage from the collision.
Resolve damage for a collision the same as for a kick with the kicker’s strength.

NMI wrote:[qso a person with EO PS would hit a person just as far as someone with normal PS?
Staying with your numbers, I suggest the following..
Normal PS: PS*10 feet
EO PS: PS*10*0.5 [ie: +50%]
SH PS: PS*10*2
SN PS: PS*10*3

Sir_Spirit wrote:With all the other benefits it makes no sense to NOT increase their throwing range.

PapaMambo wrote:If I had to guess, I'd say Video Game View would be a Major, Inverted Immunity a Minor and Power Borker would be a Major, at least that's how I would allow them in a campaign.. But it's just a guess until Senator Cybus chimes in..

Roscoe Del'Tane wrote:All right, here we go, once more unto the breach my friends!
Cold Fire {Major} by Roscoe Del’Tane
”That’s your weakness Commander Crushinator, you underestimate the little things.”

The character with this ability is granted access to an exotic energy not found naturally in their dimension. The energy comes from a non-sentient but living energy being (like wasps, or cats, its alive but not a thinking person) that has bestowed a fraction of their essence to people in this new place. The entity has a hard time understanding wanting to hurt others, as its home dimension is filled by beings who are empathic, and able to feed without harming others, and so won’t give any directly offensive abilities. This energy responds to the intentions of the wielder, and does so by non-standard interactions with matter, and altering the strengths of molecular and atomic bonds.
1) Aura of Flame: The character is able to summon forth the cold fire to surround their body in a nimbus of energy to protect themselves from attack/atmosphere problems. The user is wreathed from head to foot in blue fire (albeit fire that doesn’t burn others), which will ‘burn off’ incoming attacks and airborne impurities.
The Aura will give a person 20 S.D.C. of protection from attacks per melee round, plus 1d4 per even level of advancement. The Aura will protect against all attacks, whether they are physical, energy, magical, psychic, gas, or any combination of the above.
Melee attacks and obstructions that contact the Aura will take 3d4 damage per melee round, but this damage is not added to any attacks made by the user. Gasses that touch the Aura are ‘purified’ into whatever the wielder needs to breath.
Every Third level, the wielder can bring ONE other person into the Aura with them.
This ability costs two actions to activate, but can be maintained indefinitely without effort, so long as the wielder is awake, cannot be kept up asleep or unconscious. Be warned, this will not protect you against the LACK of an atmosphere, or alterations in gravity, and you can still be buried/caught in traps.

2) Flame Enhancement: The wielder of the Cold Flame can strengthen and alter the atomic/molecular bonds of any item they are holding/wearing. With this ability, you can take something take is a normal and inoffensive item and turn it into a dangerous weapon.
Clothing can be enhanced into acting as armor, with 45 base S.D.C. (plus 1d6 per level). This costs one action to activate and can be maintained without effort for up to one hour per level at a time.
Armor can be enhanced with extra S.D.C. identical to the clothing example, and changing its AR into a Natural Armor Rating. This costs two actions to activate, one action to maintain, and will only work for 15 minutes per level. In M.D.C. areas, S.D.C. armor us boosted to its Mega-Damage equivalent, but without the extra Damage Capacity
Melee Weapons can be infused with Cold Fire, becoming unbreakable, and essentially Kisentite weaponry. In M.D.C. settings, weapons already made out of Kisentite do their base damage as Mega-Damage. This costs one four actions to accomplish, takes up two actions per melee, and it only lasts for 5 minutes per level at a time. Alternatively, one non-weapon item can be made unbreakable for two actions indefinitely, so long as it not used as a weapon against animals (mammals, lizards, birds, etc. insects and plants don’t count).
3) Flame Shield-Wall: The wielder can create a wall of Cold Flame to block off an area or pen people up. The wall can be as much as 30 feet tall and fifty feet long; note that the wall does NOT have to be a straight line, it can bend and meander, or even have arches and doorways in it, to herd people where the wielder wants them. If there is ‘extra area’ in the wall space, you can cause it to mold itself along the ceiling and floors, preventing anybody from trying to dig or smash their way through. Just touching the wall (or ceiling and floor, if applicable) won’t cause damage, but will make the area in contact tingle semi-unpleasantly.
It costs ALL of the creators’ actions that melee round to put up, and must be their FIRST action, and every melee that it stays up costs half of their actions to maintain. Those trying to pass through the wall without the creators permission take 3d6 damage (plus 1d6 per odd level), and must make a save vs psychic attack or be knocked back inside and knocked out.

4) Purify Person: If the wielder of the Cold Flame or someone they know is poisoned/infected, they have a chance to use the Cold Flame to ‘burn out’ the offending bits. With poison, they need a sample to hold onto (enough to make a puddle the size of a dime), then channel the Cold Flame into their hands, and then into the person to purify. This will grant the person poisoned an extra chance to make the save with a +5 bonus; if it’s successful, then poison is all burned out of them and purified into a form that is non-damaged to their body. If it’s not successful, they take the normal amount of damage, but the time is halved, and the Cold Flame cannot try again for 5 minutes (any faster and it would damage the person’s body, said body needs a chance to ‘purge the residue’ if you will).
With infections and disease, this can only be tried on the wielders body, but it’s the essentially same thing, one chance at +5 to save, but it will take 5 hours for their body to reset, due to the higher difficulty. Whether the wielder is attempting to purge poison or infection it takes 10 minutes, and that takes up ALL of their actions during that time, and no other powers can be used during that time.

5) Odds and Ends: When the cold fire is being used, it emits a flat blue light, roughly equal in strength to a 65 watt bulb in all directions. The light is a bit washed out, and causes stark shadows with very sharp lines of delineation. The light flickers and billows, just like real flames would, only it’s not effected by water, wind, and objects/people passing through it. When it is used to enhance an item, then said item glows with the power, with ripples of shadow passing through it, and occasionally small ‘tongues’ of flame lapping out. The flame won’t ignite flammable gasses or burn objects because, as said before, it has an exotic extra-dimensional energy source, and said source dislikes directly damaging things. Those touching it report that is feels “like silk made into mist”, or “Sunlight made liquid”. While this energy is mostly on the physical plain, it can damage ectoplasmic entities and ghosts, but at ¼ the normal rate.


I've got two more powers, but will be posting them later. Hope this one isn't too powerful!

Mephisto wrote:This is a question for Gryphon Chick: Do you have any more Create Elemental Entity Powers? Cause Storm Cloud is cool, and I could see Living Trees, Roving Mud, Jumping Flame, Eroding Water, and other facets of elemental powers also being done in that similar model.

Gryphon Chick wrote:

Mephisto wrote:This is a question for Gryphon Chick: Do you have any more Create Elemental Entity Powers? Cause Storm Cloud is cool, and I could see Living Trees, Roving Mud, Jumping Flame, Eroding Water, and other facets of elemental powers also being done in that similar model.

I don't have any written as of yet, but if you like I can see about trying to do more of them. I was not aware that anyone really cared for them, but since you seem to like them I shall endeavor to create more of them.

• Radiated Heat: Targets caught within the area of effect experience radiated heat and oven-like temperatures which cause unbearable pain, completely blinds while in the area, cannot breathe and 3d6 points of damage every melee. Victims are -10 to strike, parry, and dodge, and have an 86% chance of passing out every melee. Combustible material will be set ablaze within 2 melees.
• Wind: The winds generated by the firestorm are 120 mph at level 1, plus 10 mph at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15, and debris sucked into the firestorm will take an additional +4 damage per 20 mph of wind speed in addition to the heat damage. The firestorm sucks in anything under its weight limit.
• Ash Cloud/Smoke: The firestorm generates a smoke/ash cloud to a radius of 30 feet. Targets caught in the smoke will have their eyes water and burn, and find it difficult to breathe (smoke inhalation). This shortness of breath and coughing imposes the following penalties: -2 attacks per melee round, -10% on skill performance and -10% on Speed attribute. Visibility is reduced to 1 foot or less (can barely see your hand in front of your face).
• Black Rain: Besides the ash cloud produced by a firestorm, under the right conditions (typically outside, near water sources, or in high-humidity environments), it can also induce condensation, forming a pyrocumulus cloud or "fire cloud". This cloud does no damage, but there is a 01 – 30% chance of slipping and falling if those moving through puddles of sludge/ash are going beyond half their movement Speed. If the elemental entity is created high in the air, its intense heat will interact with the cold atmosphere and produce black rain out to a radius of 1,000 feet and visibility will be reduced accordingly.

Ferzth wrote:

Gryphon Chick wrote:

Mephisto wrote:This is a question for Gryphon Chick: Do you have any more Create Elemental Entity Powers? Cause Storm Cloud is cool, and I could see Living Trees, Roving Mud, Jumping Flame, Eroding Water, and other facets of elemental powers also being done in that similar model.

I don't have any written as of yet, but if you like I can see about trying to do more of them. I was not aware that anyone really cared for them, but since you seem to like them I shall endeavor to create more of them.

Hello all,

I am a long-time lurker and a first-time poster to the HU Powers Forum. The type and depth of powers that I have seen (and used) these last 129 pages have been awesome. Thanks. I have been waiting, not so patiently, for Gryphon Chick to post more Create Elemental Entity powers, but, alas, silence. So I thought I'd give it a shot.

Ferzth wrote:This is my first attempt at power creation (emulation/copying) of a continuation of Gryphon Chick's work on the Create Elemental Entity powers, in this case, Create Elemental Entity: Firestorm. Tip of the hat to Gryphon Chick for Create Elemental Entity: Storm Cloud (awesome power).

This power combines aspects of Create Elemental Entity: Storm Cloud, Create Elemental Entity: Tornado, Alter Physical Structure: Fire, Control Elemental Force: Fire, Rainmaker, and judicious use of the wiki on firestorms and pyrocumulous clouds. This is not so much a 'new' power as it is taking elements of many powers to create something in the vein of Create Elemental Entity.

Comments and criticisms are more than welcome. If I am stepping on anyone's toes by borrowing their work, and I have not cited them/their powers here, please let me know.

CREATE ELEMENTAL ENTITY: FIRESTORM [Major] by Ferzth, Gryphon Chick, et al
You see before you a roiling cloud of fire and smoke, with large hungry eyes, given terrible sentience by the power of the mind.

The character can generate an artificial firestorm that is self-aware. It will follow the commands of the character, generally, but may do as it sees fit. On the ground, the firestorm takes the shape of a continuous roiling mushroom cloud 10 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter, shot through with red and yellow fire, ash, and smoke. In the air, it takes the form of a ball of fire, ash and smoke, 10 feet in diameter.

Range: The firestorm is created within a range of a maximum distance of 300 feet from the character, plus 30 feet per level of experience, and cannot move any further than that from the character.
Area of Effect/Diameter: 10 foot diameter.
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes per level of experience. The firestorm will disappear if the character loses concentration or is knocked unconscious.
Attacks per Melee: Uses 2 melee attacks/actions to create, and 1 attack/action per melee round to maintain.
Movement Speed of Firestorm: The firestorm will move at a Speed equal to the character’s M.E. attribute number.
Damage/Effect:

• Radiated Heat: Targets caught within the area of effect experience radiated heat and oven-like temperatures which cause unbearable pain, completely blinds while in the area, cannot breathe and 3d6 points of damage every melee. Victims are -10 to strike, parry, and dodge, and have an 86% chance of passing out every melee. Combustible material will be set ablaze within 2 melees.
• Wind: The winds generated by the firestorm are 120 mph at level 1, plus 10 mph at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15, and debris sucked into the firestorm will take an additional +4 damage per 20 mph of wind speed in addition to the heat damage. The firestorm sucks in anything under its weight limit.
• Ash Cloud/Smoke: The firestorm generates a smoke/ash cloud to a radius of 30 feet. Targets caught in the smoke will have their eyes water and burn, and find it difficult to breathe (smoke inhalation). This shortness of breath and coughing imposes the following penalties: -2 attacks per melee round, -10% on skill performance and -10% on Speed attribute. Visibility is reduced to 1 foot or less (can barely see your hand in front of your face).
• Black Rain: Besides the ash cloud produced by a firestorm, under the right conditions (typically outside, near water sources, or in high-humidity environments), it can also induce condensation, forming a pyrocumulus cloud or "fire cloud". This cloud does no damage, but there is a 01 – 30% chance of slipping and falling if those moving through puddles of sludge/ash are going beyond half their movement Speed. If the elemental entity is created high in the air, its intense heat will interact with the cold atmosphere and produce black rain out to a radius of 1,000 feet and visibility will be reduced accordingly.

Weight Limits: The firestorm will pull into itself weights/movables up to 10 times the wind speed generated.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Charismatic Aura(minor) by Stone Gargoyle

Mephisto wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Charismatic Aura(minor) by Stone Gargoyle

Not to be confused with the spell of the same name (apologies, as when I wrote this I did not take a spell version into account), the character has overwhelming charisma and charm over those within range.
Range: 30 foot radius, plus 5 feet per level of experience
Duration: Constant, always on
Saving Throw: 14 or better, ME bonus applies
Effect: Those failing to save vs. the power will be affected as if the character has the equivalent of a Trust/Intimidate of +20%, Charm/Impress of +20% and a +10% to Seduction.

Courage (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The character possesses a level of braveness which allows him to face danger head on with courage.
Bonuses:
* +2 to initiative at level one, +1 to initiative at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15
* +4 to save vs. Horror Factor at level one, +1 to save vs. Horror Factor at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15

Interesting couple of powers. I don't know if Courage is really a power per se, as opposed to a mindset. It would probably work better as a psychic power, but that's just me. Same with Charismatic Aura. That could also be rolled into an option for Empathic Transmission as opposed to a full power. Also no duration was listed for Courage. But since Sensitive Psychics always need more interpersonal powers, these get a free pass from me.

Charismatic Aura (Psionics) is just another option for Empathic Transmission. No other changes need to be made.

Courage (Psionics) is a minor psionic power that lasts 2 minutes per level of experience. Range is Self, and I.S.P. is 10.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:As a variant to Courage, I also suggest the following:

Fearless (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The character is completely fearless in battle, gaining the following bonuses:
+1 to initiative at levels 1, 4, 8, and 12
+10 to save vs. Horror Factor at level one, +1 to save vs. Horror Factor at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

Ferzth wrote:

Gryphon Chick wrote:

Mephisto wrote:This is a question for Gryphon Chick: Do you have any more Create Elemental Entity Powers? Cause Storm Cloud is cool, and I could see Living Trees, Roving Mud, Jumping Flame, Eroding Water, and other facets of elemental powers also being done in that similar model.

I don't have any written as of yet, but if you like I can see about trying to do more of them. I was not aware that anyone really cared for them, but since you seem to like them I shall endeavor to create more of them.

Hello all,

I am a long-time lurker and a first-time poster to the HU Powers Forum. The type and depth of powers that I have seen (and used) these last 129 pages have been awesome. Thanks. I have been waiting, not so patiently, for Gryphon Chick to post more Create Elemental Entity powers, but, alas, silence. So I thought I'd give it a shot.

Alas, some of us have actual lives which take up a lot of our time and energy. While Gryphon Chick did intend to write more, I know for a fact that her schedule has been quite hectic and she has been unable to do so.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Not bad. I had expected it to be overly powerful, but you seem to have done an okay job.

Gryphon Chick wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

Ferzth wrote:

Gryphon Chick wrote:

Mephisto wrote:This is a question for Gryphon Chick: Do you have any more Create Elemental Entity Powers? Cause Storm Cloud is cool, and I could see Living Trees, Roving Mud, Jumping Flame, Eroding Water, and other facets of elemental powers also being done in that similar model.

I don't have any written as of yet, but if you like I can see about trying to do more of them. I was not aware that anyone really cared for them, but since you seem to like them I shall endeavor to create more of them.

Hello all,

I am a long-time lurker and a first-time poster to the HU Powers Forum. The type and depth of powers that I have seen (and used) these last 129 pages have been awesome. Thanks. I have been waiting, not so patiently, for Gryphon Chick to post more Create Elemental Entity powers, but, alas, silence. So I thought I'd give it a shot.

Alas, some of us have actual lives which take up a lot of our time and energy. While Gryphon Chick did intend to write more, I know for a fact that her schedule has been quite hectic and she has been unable to do so.

Yes, it is true that I have not had time or energy to devote to writing anything. I apologize if anyone was waiting for me. I will be endeavoring to devote some time to it in the next month, so hopefully will have some written up eventually.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Not bad. I had expected it to be overly powerful, but you seem to have done an okay job.

I agree, it looks pretty good.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Rather than have several versions, you should just have the character able to regulate the heat the way APS:Fire does. I also do not understand how you are now equating heat to radiation. Sure you can get sick from too much heat, but it does not affect someone the same way radiation does.