Drell Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hey folks, need some help here with a power build. Buddy of mine is trying to put this character together, and we're having some trouble with putting it together. Here's more or less how it's supposed to go: 1) Character can leave his body in the fashion of the Desolidification / leaving the body behind option, and then either uses Clairsentience to see a far away location that will be their destination, or travels there in their spirit form. 2) Once the Character chooses the location they want to go to, a body begins to form out of whatever material is in the locale, which they will inhabit (body could be a collection of underbrush & dead leaves/vines, or rocks & dirt, water, mud - really whatever is in the area). 3) After the body is formed, the character's spirit is transported to the new body, which the character can then inhabit, or possess, leaving their Original Body behind. 4) The new body is more or less a vehicle for the character's spirit - if the body is damaged, it's only damage to the body; if it's "killed", the character finds themselves without a body, and they are whisked back to their original body - hurting the created bodies they create only damages the body - it doesn't hurt the character whatsoever - although attacks that work vs. the spirit or mind would still work, since the spirit and mind of the character is there. So - the Clairsentience bit is easy enough, we got that. We also got the leaving of the body - just some Desolidification & leaving the body behind limitation - Easy done. It's really the forming of the body we're having a bit of trouble with - we've thought Summons, possibly a VPP only for the creation of the bodies, etc., but we're not sure. Can't really nail that one down. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Sounds like Desolid with the Physical Manifestation Limitation. Since it has no effect on the character, it's mostly just SFX, but it's a limitation because if the body is destroyed, the Desolid/Clairsentience ends. Can the character do anything else with this body? Pick things up, manipluate the environment, attack? If so, it might be more like a Duplication + Teleport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowsoul Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Sounds like a Duplicate with the custom limitation, "Only One Body Active At One Time" (-1/2). Clairsentience to find the place where the Duplicate is formed and Teleportation to justify the fact that the Duplicate is formed some distance from the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drell Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Sounds like Desolid with the Physical Manifestation Limitation. Since it has no effect on the character, it's mostly just SFX, but it's a limitation because if the body is destroyed, the Desolid/Clairsentience ends. Can the character do anything else with this body? Pick things up, manipluate the environment, attack? If so, it might be more like a Duplication + Teleport. Oh yes, the character can do plenty with the fabricated body - move, attack, interact with the world, all of it - it's essentially an actual body that is theirs, just made out of random material. However, the bodies--depending on what they formed out of--might have slightly to greatly different characteristics/powers, etc. Like a body that formed out of stone & earth might be able to take more of a hit than one that formed out of mud & water, but it would be much slower; one made of wood & underbrush might be more susceptible to fire attacks than one made of clay, etc. Eventually, way down the line, the idea is that the character might toss away their own body, and just be a spirit-form that creates different bodies to inhabit, and could make them out of just about anything from water to fire, to light to magical essence, bla bla-bla bla-bla. It's almost like the character would need a repertoir of Golem-like body templates to work from whenever forming a body to inhabit. I dig the Duplication + Teleport idea - that very well may be the ticket. The last write-up I was tinkering with involved Desolid with a host of limitations, along with a VPP for the purposes of Summoning bodies which the character would then possess. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drell Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Sounds like a Duplicate with the custom limitation' date=' "Only One Body Active At One Time" (-1/2). Clairsentience to find the place where the Duplicate is formed and Teleportation to justify the fact that the Duplicate is formed some distance from the original.[/quote'] Well, that's 2 for 2 on the Duplication + Teleportation. I'm going to get to work on that one. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! It's close, but Duplication has some things that you might not want - you get a limited number of duplicates and if one dies, you don't get it back (of course, you can buy more for very cheap). You also have to pay extra if the duplicate has different abilities than the base character. You might take a look at Multiform instead. With some kind of "Leaves a body behind" limitation, and "Forms are limited to whatever natural materials are in the area". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Summon with Ranged and Increased Range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! I'd start with Duplication. The astral body has Desolidification and a Shapeshift (to humanoid forms that appear to be made out of local stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! under certain Gm's a Summon would also be usable. Or perhaps a Regeneration power bringing back from the dead sort of idea (the character 'regenerates' back at his own body) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! Silly idea, might help start you down the right path Telekinesis with Physical Manifestation, and lots of Megascale. Use clairsentience for the "spirit" form, then TK for the "body". Might need some images to (For talking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Re: Having trouble with a Power Build - Herogame Fantasy Forum Gurus GO!!! I think that Duplication is the ticket. Use a variation on the "Astral Form" that is in the side bar of 5er pg 152. You could mega scale it so that your hex is 1km or 10km and place your anywhere in that first "Hex" Tasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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