Design query 1-Birdy the Mighty

[philnicau]

I was thinking of writing up an Anime character for Champions, namely Birdy from Tetsuwan Birdy, she is a superpowered alien(but very human looking) police officer, who due to an accident ends up bound into the body of an earth normal(who happens to be male), and they can change from his non-powered form to her's at will, anyway while this could be accomplished by a multilform they question i have is how do i show the ability for them to communicate with each other regardless of the form, they can give advice to each other in and out of combat, and use their skills.
I was thinking of a mind link perhaps with a +1 advantage (can give helpful advise to dominant body).
anyone have any other ideas?

[MadWand]

Have each form buy a sentient AI defined as the spirit of the other person. That AI should have INT, EGO, and DEX of the correct form, and all appropriate skills and psych lims. If you want those skills to be useable by the current body, buy the "Usable by others" advantage for them.

[yamamura]

Have each form buy a sentient AI defined as the spirit of the other person. That AI should have INT, EGO, and DEX of the correct form, and all appropriate skills and psych lims. If you want those skills to be useable by the current body, buy the "Usable by others" advantage for them.

I would agree with MadWand. On the other hand if the GM doesn't think having access to each other mind and skills is unbalancing, he might let it go as a free power.

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[JmOz]

As a GM I would say: Buy the skills on both forms, the rest is F/X

[Superskrull]

Have each form buy a sentient AI defined as the spirit of the other person. That AI should have INT, EGO, and DEX of the correct form, and all appropriate skills and psych lims. If you want those skills to be useable by the current body, buy the "Usable by others" advantage for them.

Yeah, that sounds like the best bet to me as well. It would let you simulate some of the effects I saw in the anime as well. After all, when both have Ego stats, you can simulate the occasional fight for control of the body via Ego rolls. Then there's the fun of slapping a limitation or disadvantage on showing that when one mind is unconscious the other can take over like when Birdy ran Tsutomu's body around Tokyo while Tsutomu's mind was still asleep.

'Sides, since the base story involved psionics as well, you can never say when one or the other might find their mind removed from their shared form temporarily leaving, say Tsutomu's unskilled reflexes trying to control Birdy's superhuman powers. After all, power complications can be lots of fun and amusement for all.