Help me build this Disad:

[wrestlinggeek]

In a game I am about to run, one of the NPC heroes gets his powers from his body being a living nuclear reactor. If he doesn't use his active powers for at least an hour a day, he begins to leak radiation, becoming a danger to those around him. How would you build this disad? I can't figure it out.

[csyphrett]

Re: Help me build this Disad:

 

The only three that fit are dependence, physical limitiation, and susceptability.

 

The easiest would probably be dependence: must use powers for a hour or x damage.

 

CES

[Lord Liaden]

Re: Help me build this Disad:

 

I was thinking along the same lines as csyphrett. I think I'd also take a cue from the Side Effects Limitation for Powers, where the value of the Lim is less if the character's surroundings are damaged by the SE rather than the character himself. If building this as a Dependence, I'd probably reduce the value of it by 5 or 10 points for that reason.

[Silbeg]

Re: Help me build this Disad:

 

I think that a physical limitation may be the best way to do it.

 

Start with, Powers Damage Character's Surroundings.

Frequently, Fully: 20 Points

 

(taken from the Master Lists on the Global Guardian's site)

 

Now, if they only cause damage if they aren't being used, make it Infrequently, Fully. If they case more damage when they are not being used, just bump it up a notch.

 

I think this is simple enough, and to the point.

 

Damn... be careful when he is sleeping!

[Robyn]

Re: Help me build this Disad:

 

In a game I am about to run' date=' one of the NPC heroes gets his powers from his body being a living nuclear reactor. If he doesn't use his active powers for at least an hour a day, he begins to leak radiation, becoming a danger to those around him.[/quote']

 

A living nuclear reactor? What happens if he should become, say, a dead nuclear reactor?

 

I don't know if you'd need to buy the explosion as Independent to have it take place after you died.

 

To the question, I would consider a gradual Drain or Transform (very slow, with lengthy return rates) to reflect the contamination of everything around him.

[prodigyduck]

Re: Help me build this Disad:

 

For the Nuclear Reactor feel, I would give the character an END Reserve with the Side Effect that if the character does not draw from the Reserve on a regualr basis, it causes xd6 damage (Gradual Effect) to the surrounding area.

 

And after that, I would get the character a super-science-crafted suit that blocks this effect from happening. If the character is a hero who know about thi9s effect (I am assuming), they should wear a suit that blocks the radiation.... otherwise, he is not being very responsible.