I Don't Feel Anything

[Zaratustra]

What would be the best way to make the power to block the nerves to a person's hands, making them numb (and hopefully causing them to drop whatever they're holding)?

[TheEmerged]

Question: what would be the game effect of making the person's hands numb? Perhaps a Dexterity penalty? If so, you need to build a construct that manages this, such as a Negative Skill Level, Change Environment/Usable As Attack, or perhaps a simple Suppress DEX.

[BobGreenwade]

How about a Drain (or Suppress) STR and DEX, Hands Only (-1)? :)

[Lord Liaden]

How long is the effect supposed to last? If it's only for a brief period, I think I'd do this as a Flash against the Touch Sense Group, Limited to the hands. FREd p. 228 has guidelines for the effect of losing the sense of touch due to a sense-affecting Power which could be applied to this situation.

If it's for a longer period, Drain vs. DEX with the same Limitation does sound right. If it's a Constant Power effect which stops when the Power shuts off, probably Suppress DEX, or perhaps Change Environment imposing some DEX penalties.

[farik]

Originally posted by Zaratustra
What would be the best way to make the power to block the nerves to a person's hands, making them numb (and hopefully causing them to drop whatever they're holding)?

How about a limited form of ranged disarm manuever with TK? Unless you want the hands to stay numb in which case I'd link with a supress or drain as suggested.

[Fireg0lem]

Another interesting idea is Entangle - Set Effect (Hands Only; -1), Transparent to Damage (+1/2), Based on Con (-?), Cannot Be Escaped With Teleportation (+ I forgot). After all, this power is essentially very similar to simply binding someone's hands completely, except that objects are dropped instead of bound in.