Lord Liaden Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Ah, got it now... an mentalist S/FX rationale for Shrinking. Psychokinesis is a common power set for mentalists. In this case the character can psychokinetically strengthen the attraction between the atoms of his/her body, causing their volume to compress. If you're worried about the character's mass, you could say that a side effect of the intense psychokinetic field is to mildly repulse all other nearby matter, effectively countering the effects of greater density. Is that sufficiently coherent pseudoscientific shovelling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Shrinking with a mental special effect? Hmmm. MIND OVER BODY: Yogi mystics train in the ability to contort their bodies. Perhaps they have some mental ability to control shrinking. SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE: The power is simply a matter of self-image. Character simply perceives themselves as smaller and *poof*, they are. This of course works better if they have other forms as well. FIGMENT: The character is smaller because they've convinced others that they are smaller. (Wrap your brain around that one!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmerged Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Originally posted by JmOz Sorry did not clarify, I am rewriting Hummingbird of GRAB... See I try to keep powers around a center theme, and I do not allow mutants other than mental powers... So How can shinking be a mental power? OH, okay. Call it biokinesis. Since the "true Hummingbird" is a spirit/soul construct, it doesn't matter what happens to the contianer (translation, her body). So she can use biokinesis to shrink her contianer into a smaller form. Or perhaps she creates a smaller "homonucleous" form via biokinesis and then transmits her "self" into the smaller form telepathically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Logue Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 A lot of good suggestions here for rationales. But in the end, superhero worlds are fantasy. And fantasy can have any property you deem fitting: justify it if you want, or take away the power if you don't want. "Daddy, why is the sky blue?" "Magic." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrushing Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 mental? I really liked Lord Laiden's suggestion: Psychokinesis is a common power set for mentalists. In this case the character can psychokinetically strengthen the attraction between the atoms of his/her body, causing their volume to compress. If you're worried about the character's mass, you could say that a side effect of the intense psychokinetic field is to mildly repulse all other nearby matter, effectively countering the effects of greater density. But you didn't specify if the character retains his/her original mass, if that's the case, then the appropriate amount of Density Increase should be bought, linked to the shrinking. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caris Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 Re: mental? Originally posted by drrushing But you didn't specify if the character retains his/her original mass, if that's the case, then the appropriate amount of Density Increase should be bought, linked to the shrinking. Right? i wouldn't recommend that at all. I let a player do that in one of my games, and the combination of increased DCV and Def turned out to be abusive for my campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Originally posted by lemming Wasn't that the justification for Dense Head? Gah! and here I thought I had wiped that memory from my brian! Now where's the cerebral paste and cranium brush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Originally posted by Chromatic Gah! and here I thought I had wiped that memory from my brian! Now where's the cerebral paste and cranium brush? Hey. You started it. BTW, Happy New Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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