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How do you make: Controlling a foe using electricity to control their body?


Tombfisted Kid

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The villain can zap his foe with electricity and then use the electricity to control their movements.  

 

I am thinking Mind Control

Based on Con

ACV: mental power uses OCV

ACV: mental power attacks against DCV

Telepathic (it is not really telepathic but he does not have to issue commands to control them)

 

possibly also

concentration 

One Use at a Time (not sure what the limitation is for only one mind control at a time)

 

But based on Con means anyone can command them - not just the villain

and how would I make this work on automaton since he could use his electric powers to control robots and such (which doesn't really matter since as a villain he probably won't face automaton heroes)

 

and lastly - is this the right forum for questions like this?

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If it can only control actions, not thoughts ,that is a variation of the Set Effect Limitation.

 

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Mind Control is an instant Mental Power w/ continuing effects.

 

The way you describe the your electrical remote control Power, it sounds like it only works instantly w/o the lingering effects.

 

Is this what you imagined?

 

Costs Endurance To Maintain:

 

"represents a continuing-effect Mental Power that costs END both to activate and to maintain. If the character wants to keep the Power working, he must pay END for it each phase; if he does not, in instantly stops affecting the target." (6E1 153)

 

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Rather than Based On CON, you might use Based On DEX which is more precisely about motor control.

 

Then rule that characters affected by Based On DEX Mental Powers respond not to "the first person to give commands" but rather to "remote control".

 

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Manditory Effect: EGO +30, Target will perform actions he is violently opposed to doing (-3/4).

 

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The Machine Class Of Minds? What is that exactly?

 

Do not most people's bodies essentially possess a mechanical element?

 

Should not this mechanic element render characters prone to certain Mental Powers that attack Machine Class Of Minds?

 

Idk

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If you have the Advanced Player's Guide, what you are looking for might be on page 122.  It describes "Puppeteering," and defines it as taking "control of a target's body and making him do things he doesn't want to do."    Of course, since that is a limited use of Telekinesis, a Limitation is probably called for.

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My villian, The Ace of Spades, has a similar power, the ability to control a person's body by pushing pressure points. I used AVLD (NND variation), Based on CON, Telepathic, and a -1/4 variation of Set Effect ("simple" body control). ACV is a part of Based on CON, and need not be written up.

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