concept: alien human-pilot (think MIB)

[Rebar]

How would you build this:

A psuedo-humanoid alien has a "suit" that serves as:
- human costume (i.e allows the alien to pass as a human)
- powersuit
- spaceship
- etc.

So, the idea here is that the character is really the alien-in-suit, not simply the alien in a vehicle. He'd spend his on-duty time in the suit, but could exit the suit when safely off-duty.

(They did this in Men In Black, there was a tiny alien inside a human shell. but I'm thinkin' an alien almost human-size with advanced miniatuization technology.)

There were two ways I was thinking of this:
OHID - buy the alien base-level, buy all suit powers with OHID
Multiform - buy the alien-in-suit as the expensive form, buy the naked alien as the alternate form (I hate multiform for this reason! In a 350CP game, I would be throwing away 70CPs for nothing more than the privilege of having this other, less powerful form)


The suit takes on different tasks as needed; it can sprout blasters or sprout rockets for space travel, or perhaps grow to form a small base with living quarters.


Yeah, I guess OHID is the way to go...

[BobGreenwade]

If the alien is smaller than the suit, like the little guy in the first MiB movie, then it would be a Size 0 Vehicle.

If the alien is Human-sized, then use a Shape Change in an IIF, or Multiform in an OIF.

If the alien is larger than Human-sized, then use Multiform through the OIF.

[Rebar]

If the alien is smaller than the suit, like the little guy in the first MiB movie, then it would be a Size 0 Vehicle.

That'd be kind of cheating though, since he'd effectively be getting all his superpowers at 1/5 cost. The concept involves him spending most of his time in the suit (like an environment suit).


If the alien is Human-sized, then use a Shape Change in an IIFIn his naked form he doesn't have all the powers. Yeah - that would work. - he wouldn't have his focus, so he couldn't use his powers.

But I once read, years back, that Ironman's suit is not actually a focus since he never seems to lose it. The worst that happens to him is that he has trouble switching between his identities, so should actually bought as OHID.

Now, that being the case, the shapeshift would allow ET to look and sound like a human, but what would I do about the flying and the base and stuff? So he simply switches to powersuit shape? Would I simply give him the appropriate powers with no restrictions except OHID and consider the shapeshift simply cosmetic 'looks like a spaceship/suit'?

[BobGreenwade]

If he has different abilities in different forms, then you'd probably want to go with Multiform rather than Shapeshift. It's still OIF if it's paid for by the out-of-Suit form; the Focus comes into play at the time of changing. If it's paid for by the in-Suit form, then you'd use either OIHID, Restrainable, or a custom Limitation.

Whether other Suit powers would qualify for -1/4 Restrainable is up to you.