The "Essay"(ESSE/UEH) Project(Warning: mature/controversial content contained herein)

[megaplayboy]

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The possibilities with Create Object are vast...

 

On a related note

Power Perversion Potential

 

Well, you can create anything that doesn't have a direct in-game application, so most sex toys, including hyper-realistic sex dolls, could be created fairly cheaply(points-wise).

I once wrote up a character with "Adolescent Male Power Fantasy" abilities--he could turn invisible, see through walls(and clothing--n-ray was stopped by human skin), use invisible TK with fine manipulation, create small objects from nothing, and telepathically "influence" others(i.e., mind control), along with the usual superboy-type power set. He had a twin brother who was lacking in any sense of ethical boundaries, and took a permanent turn to the dark side when he got a power boost. Very Iron Age-y plot turn.

 

 

Someone like Menton could, if they wished, use their abilities to become the most successful serial rapist* ever(*-manufactured consent <> consent). It's strongly implied that he does do this, at least to some extent.

 

 

[James Gillen]

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Someone like Menton could, if they wished, use their abilities to become the most successful serial rapist* ever(*-manufactured consent <> consent). It's strongly implied that he does do this, at least to some extent.

 

 

 

In the first UNTIL Superpowers Database, that was more than implied.

 

[megaplayboy]

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In the first UNTIL Superpowers Database' date=' that was more than implied.

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Yep. Although it wasn't clear that it was something he did as a matter of routine, or as an object lesson for the politician in question.

 

[megaplayboy]

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For clean up, fleshing out, etc. Placeholder.

 

Miscellaneous Powers

Cyber Sex--1. The Internet Is For Porn--High Range Radio Perception, x1,000,000 rapid & 15d6 Telepathy(machine class of minds)/Mind Scan 12d6, +20 MCV, Extra Time(5 minutes, -2)(only for viewing pornography/erotica online, -2), 41 points(205 active);

2. Virtual Sex--Mind Link, any 8 minds, & Images to Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell/Taste,-12 PER rolls, ACV(OMCV/DMCV) (through mind link) only to simulate sexual intimacy, -1), 50 points(100 active);

3. Cyber-Hypnosis(target must be online and looking at computer)Mind Scan 12d6, +20 to MCV+Mind Control 20d6 or 5d6 Major Transform, Partial, ACV(OMCV/DMCV), AVAD(Mental Defense), Works vs. EGO not body, target must be online and looking at computer(-1), Extra Time(5 Minutes, -2), 50 points;

4. Enter VR Fantasy World--Extra Dimensional Movement, to any location in any VR fantasy world, x 8 mass,Usable As Attack, x8 Targets, Ranged, Transdimensional(across internet, +1/4), Extra Time(5 minutes), Target must be online and looking at computer(-1), 50 points

5. Summon Virtual Girl/Boy(with variants for summoning video game characters)--Summon 1-64 Virtual Girls/Boys, built on 300 to 3000 points, Improved Group(+1/2), Slavishly Devoted(+1), Extra Time(1 hour), RSR, SE(hostile summon or opposite of intent), 30 to 315 points

Fantasy to Reality(AoE(4m radius) Severe Transform 50d6/50d6 vs. physical/mental, Megascale(1m = 10 billion light years(10^23 km), +6 3/4),Partial Transform, Extra Time: 1 day(-4), Concentrate(-1/4), Gestures(-1/4), Incantations(-1/4), Focus(erotic short story or novel written by the character, IAF, -1/2, focus components are difficult to acquire, -1/2), Req. straight EGO roll(-1/4), SE(author is transported to someone else's fantasy world, and not in a good way(-1)), Maximum duration (1 year)(-1/4), recovers more quickly if character is bored, sexually sated, or if people confront character about the changes(-1/2), Can only be "cast" on the character's birthday(-4)), 1000 points

Enter Sexual Fantasy Worlds--Extradimensional Movement, to any person's sexual fantasy "world", any location, x8 mass, 50 points

Send to Sexual Fantasy World--as above, add Usable As Attack(+1 1/4), x 8 targets(+3/4), Ranged(+1/2), 175 points

Alter Morality(Severe Social Transform, 20d6, AoE(4m),Partial Transform, Improved Effect Group(+1/4 any legal/moral/ethical change to society/populace), Megascale(1m = 10,000km, +2 1/4),Extra time: 1 month(-5), 212 points

Peeping Tom--Clairsentience, sight, hearing, touch, smell/taste, mobile perception point, 0 Endurance, Stops working if character "satisfies" themself, -1/4, 53 points

Seductive Dance--+10 Bonus to Charm rolls/Mind Control 12d6, Inobvious Effects, Extra Time(5 minutes), Requires Dance roll, Gestures, 27 points

Seductive Song--+ 10 Bonus to Charm/Mind Control 12d6,Inobvious Effects, Extra Time(5 minutes), Requires Singing roll, Incantations, 27 points

Pornomancy(in 5 minutes flat, everyone is having sex, people “revert” a few minutes after the money shot)--10d6 Mind Control, Fully Invisible(+1), AoE(+1),Line of Sight(+1/2), Cumulative x4(+1), Telepathic, Constant,0 Endurance, Persistent; Extra Time(1 minute, -1 1/2), Set Effect: Engage in sexual activity as directed until "scene" ends, then clean up, dress and sleep, wake up and remember nothing, -1/4, "Scene" ends as soon as character or climaxes(or all male targets do), -1/4, 75 points

Temporal Seduction Loop(Replays up to one day of time over and over, only for seduction attempts, until character succeeds and target fails), Replay up to one day of time(270 active),Invisible Power Effects(+1/2), Trigger: When Character Fails a Seduction/Charm Attempt(+1/4), Only to replay seduction/charm task, -2; Loop does not end until Character rolls critical success and target rolls critical failure, -0; 157 points

Instant Orgy Version 1. 5d6 Mind Control, Telepathic, Effects Inobvious to Target, Cumulative x8, 0 Endurance, Constant, Area of Effect(Radius, +1), Line of Sight(+1/2), Penetrating(+1/2), Extra Time(1 minute, -1 1/2), No Range(-1/2), 60 points

Version 2. 3d6 Severe Transform, ACV(OMCV/DMCV), AVAD(mental Defense), works vs. Ego not Body, Partial Transform, 0 Endurance, Constant, Areas of Effect(Radius, +1), Line of Sight(+1/2), Penetrating(+1/2), Extra time(1 minute, -1 1/2), No Range(-1/2), Faster Recovery(hourly, -1), 45 points

Version 3. Summon humanoids up to 300 points, up to x250, specific beings, improved results(+1/2), Slavishly Devoted, Must Come from local area, must arrive under own power, Extra time(1 minute, -1 1/2), 100 points

Version 4. Send to Sexual Fantasy World, x250 targets, Extra Time(1 minute), 90 points AND Duplication 300 points, Usable as Attack, x250 targets(+2 1/4), Ranged(+1/2), Rapid Duplication, x250 per half phase, (+2), Effects Inobvious(+1/2),(375 active points), Extra Time(1 minute), 150 points, 240 total points(this replaces all of the targets with completely loyal duplicates, and sends the targets to their own sexual fantasy worlds)

[Steve]

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For a Matchmaking ability, I think Mind Scan would be a better power to use than Mind Control.

[megaplayboy]

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For a Matchmaking ability' date=' I think Mind Scan would be a better power to use than Mind Control.[/quote']

 

Possibly. The Mind Control is certainly more "pro-active" than Mind Scan--I'll probably re-write it as a "jump start the romance" type ability(i.e., they feel "love at first sight" and think those feelings were natural, then in the course of interacting with each other discover how well-suited they are for each other). Find Love is intended to locate the ideal Romantic Prospects for a person(s).

[phoenix240]

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Well, you can create anything that doesn't have a direct in-game application, so most sex toys, including hyper-realistic sex dolls, could be created fairly cheaply(points-wise).

I once wrote up a character with "Adolescent Male Power Fantasy" abilities--he could turn invisible, see through walls(and clothing--n-ray was stopped by human skin), use invisible TK with fine manipulation, create small objects from nothing, and telepathically "influence" others(i.e., mind control), along with the usual superboy-type power set. He had a twin brother who was lacking in any sense of ethical boundaries, and took a permanent turn to the dark side when he got a power boost. Very Iron Age-y plot turn.

 

Dark but pretty cool, IMO. The closest to that I've had in among PCs was a young man who grew up in a quite a bit of anguish over his sexuality, came out to his best friend and found that he was gay as well and attractied to him. Only to discover years later that his at the time latent psionic powers had altered his friend's mind unconsciously to induce those feelings. Naturally, he was wracked by guilt and had to deal with the fact that love of his life was lie but the changes were starting to wear off.

[phoenix240]

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Well, you can create anything that doesn't have a direct in-game application, so most sex toys, including hyper-realistic sex dolls, could be created fairly cheaply(points-wise).

 

True, I just meant as far as Power Perversion Potential went Really I think the restrictions on Object Creation are best handled in a case by case basis and the APG 2 overstates them a little.

 

Hope the PPP article provided some laughs at least, maybe some ideas if you hadn't seen it before. Again, this is a really impressive amount of time and effort you're putting into this.

[megaplayboy]

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True, I just meant as far as Power Perversion Potential went Really I think the restrictions on Object Creation are best handled in a case by case basis and the APG 2 overstates them a little.

 

Hope the PPP article provided some laughs at least, maybe some ideas if you hadn't seen it before. Again, this is a really impressive amount of time and effort you're putting into this.

 

Thanks. Yeah, probably a few ideas in there. I think part of this is just a lot of pent up gamer energy from not gaming for 4 or 5 years. Some of it is probably procrastination from my job hunt, too.

[megaplayboy]

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I think Temporal Seduction Loop is one of the most munchkin powers I've ever written up. Basically, the loop doesn't end until the character wins, and wins absolutely. The defense should probably be Luck, Romantic Luck, Power Defense, Probability Manipulation, Time Powers or LS: Immunity to Time Shifts. It's like "Groundhog Day" but strictly for purposes of romantic endeavors--you just keep cycling through(unbeknownst to the target) until you finally succeed. I see the power as a more of a curse than a blessing(suppose you don't succeed (rolling a 3 to the target's 18) until the 4,081st attempt)--the character should be bored/mentally fatigued and merely relieved instead of triumphant). I suppose you could add some advantage that allows the character to forget going through the process thousands of times and simply hand-wave that, for some reason, their seduction attempts are almost always wildly successful. It does cost a bucket-load of points.

[megaplayboy]

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Just two power sets left to do. Yay. I don't really have a long list for either. I know the Tantric/Sex Magic thing is mostly just that sexual ritual activity is a requirement for the use of more conventional spells, along with a few things for boosting libido/prowess, communing with partners, compelling someone from a distance and so forth. Fetish Powers was a little trickier, I had to get a little inventive to think of what that might entail. Bondage is pretty straight forward--you just tie up the target with the restraints of choice and according to preference. Doll Animation involves animating a sophisticated Sex Doll to move and act like a living person(think Real Dolls). OTOHEnDollMent involves turning a living person into an obedient Doll, giving them a glossy plastic sheen to their skin, a porcelain look to their face, glazed eyes, and a weird fixed expression(usually a slight or broad smile). Object Animation essentially animates various fetish objects(like shoes, sex toys, etc.). Costume Changes enables a character to instantly alter the clothing of a target to any preferred type(e.g., latex/leather/rubber, nurse's costume, school girl dress, nun's habit, dominatrix, etc.). Discipline is a power I haven't quite worked out yet, but it definitely goes hand in hand(or is that hand in glove?) with Bondage. Ditto for Dominance and Submission. Furry Transformation will have at least two versions, one where the character turns into an anthropomorphic "furry", and the other where they turn someone else into one. Convert to Fetishist should be a simple Transform. I'm sure there are zillions of fetishes that could be interpreted as powers, but this is as far down that road as I dare to tread.

[Lucius]

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When that guy Pipkin came along, I sort of steered him away from the fetishes.

 

If he came along today, I'd steer him to this thread.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary proposes threading him to a steer.

[megaplayboy]

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When that guy Pipkin came along, I sort of steered him away from the fetishes.

 

If he came along today, I'd steer him to this thread.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary proposes threading him to a steer.

 

Well, I expect I'm not done with the spoiler tags, at any rate. I don't recall the poster in question, though.

 

--the megaplayboy wonders how long he has to wait to run for political office until he can refer to this project as a "youthful indiscretion"...

[Lucius]

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That wasn't really his name; it was the name of his furry character. It intrigued me enough I wrote it up and presumably he's happily playing it now with his buddies that are into Hero system. If they're into the same fetishes I don't know.

 

I could never run for office.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Who would vote for a man on a palindromedary?

[Steve]

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For endolling someone, one version could be as simple as some kind of powerful ego drain with a slow return rate or a Suppress versus Ego, turning a living person into an obedient flesh doll. A very low-level Transform working against their reduced Ego could then lock them into a Slavishly Obedient mode.

 

The living doll could be done with a form of semi-uncontrolled TK. The power turns on at the characters will, but the doll acts in a seemingly-autonomous fashion.

[Chris Goodwin]

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Base--Love Shack--a small apartment tricked out for romance

Base--Love Nest--a medium sized apartment or getaway pad tricked out for romance

Base--Love Palace--a decadent, comfy penthouse suite optimized for McLovin'

Base--Sex Club--a place where people go for anonymous hookups and various freaky-deaky stuff

Base--Megaplayboy Mansion--where reality upbraids fantasy for lacking an appropriate sense of grandeur

 

I haven't gotten through the whole thread yet, so apologies if someone has gotten there before me, but...

 

Vehicle -- Shaggin' Wagon

[Chris Goodwin]

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I'm plugging away at an essay about sexuality and superheroes, and will post it as soon as it's done.

 

Very good stuff coming, I especially like that comprehensive list of skills. More specifically on the kink side, a lot of "kink-related" activities require some degree of special training to perform safely. Even in just the relatively simple prospect of tying someone up (consensually, of course) there are all sorts of things to keep in mind so you don't cause the person being tied nerve damage/circulatory issues/etc. A simple Knowledge or Professional skill will suffice in almost all campaigns, I agree. Call it KS: BDSM or KS: Kink or whatever. But for a campaign that does go into that level of detail, pretty much any individual kink could be its own skill.

 

KS: Safe Play

KS: Aftercare

[Lucius]

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KS: Safe Play

KS: Aftercare

 

I'd classify those as PS

 

Lucius Alexander

 

No, not Palindromedary Skills

[megaplayboy]

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I haven't gotten through the whole thread yet, so apologies if someone has gotten there before me, but...

 

Vehicle -- Shaggin' Wagon

 

Yes, I hadn't thought of vehicles, though cars, private jets, yachts, trains and even starships could be fitted out for recreational and romantic purposes.

[megaplayboy]

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Tantric/Sex Magic includes any spell or ability that builds up a "storehouse" of sexual energy(ki/chi/orgone/kundalini energy etc.) via autoerotic/couple/group sexual ritual, for employment of any conventional or sexual "magic".

 

Common limitations include:

Concentration

Extra Time(from 1 minute to 1 day)

Requires a skill roll, Tantric Magic or Sex Magic(-1/10 active points)

Focus(not always, but often a ritual may include use of a focus object)

Gestures

Incantations

Limited Power(limitations and conditions vary according to the nature of the spell)

Requires Multiple Users(for any spell with a coupling or group ritual)

Restrainable

Side Effects

 

Boost Sexual Prowess--Aid to Endurance, PS: Perform Sexual Technique

Boost Libido--CE Add up to +11 Libido Levels, 0 Endurance, Persistent, Long-Lasting: Up to one week(123 active points)

Far Compulsion--Mind Scan 12d6, +20 to MCV roll, 20d6 Mind Control or Major Transform, ACV/AVAD/WVENB

Shared Intimacy--Mind Link with up to 32 participants, any planetary distance, must be part of group

There are likely "Mass" versions of the first 3 powers, as well.

[Steve]

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I haven't gotten through the whole thread yet, so apologies if someone has gotten there before me, but...

 

Vehicle -- Shaggin' Wagon

 

Repped!

[Steve]

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Tantric/Sex Magic includes any spell or ability that builds up a "storehouse" of sexual energy(ki/chi/orgone/kundalini energy etc.) via autoerotic/couple/group sexual ritual, for employment of any conventional or sexual "magic".

 

Common limitations include:

Concentration

Extra Time(from 1 minute to 1 day)

Requires a skill roll, Tantric Magic or Sex Magic(-1/10 active points)

Focus(not always, but often a ritual may include use of a focus object)

Gestures

Incantations

Limited Power(limitations and conditions vary according to the nature of the spell)

Requires Multiple Users(for any spell with a coupling or group ritual)

Restrainable

Side Effects

 

Boost Sexual Prowess--Aid to Endurance, PS: Perform Sexual Technique

Boost Libido--CE Add up to +11 Libido Levels, 0 Endurance, Persistent, Long-Lasting: Up to one week(123 active points)

Far Compulsion--Mind Scan 12d6, +20 to MCV roll, 20d6 Mind Control or Major Transform, ACV/AVAD/WVENB

Shared Intimacy--Mind Link with up to 32 participants, any planetary distance, must be part of group

There are likely "Mass" versions of the first 3 powers, as well.

 

The storehouse could be an Endurance Reserve that only fills during sexual activities.

 

Mind Link has a "spirit bond" option that might also be good to use with one person or a small group.

[megaplayboy]

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The storehouse could be an Endurance Reserve that only fills during sexual activities.

 

Mind Link has a "spirit bond" option that might also be good to use with one person or a small group.

 

good suggestions. Could a person be a "Focus"? E.g., if they have to involve a specific person in the ritual(e.g., a virgin, a parent, a fertile woman or potent male, etc.), and this may be somewhat difficult to obtain(and if you remove that person from the ritual, the spell won't work until they replace that person, and that isn't necessarily easy to do).

[Lucius]

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good suggestions. Could a person be a "Focus"? E.g.' date=' if they have to involve a specific person in the ritual(e.g., a virgin, a parent, a fertile woman or potent male, etc.), and this may be somewhat difficult to obtain(and if you remove that person from the ritual, the spell won't work until they replace that person, and that isn't necessarily easy to do).[/quote']

 

Yes, it's been done. "Difficult to obtain" however refers to an expendable focus....which might describe a virgin now I think of it.

 

Might also describe "I may only perform the rite with a given person once in their lifetime." And, naturally, it applies if the person is a sacrifice and not expected to survive the ritual.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

XB3 Palindromedary

[Steve]

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Using another person as a focus could also involve a "window of opportunity" limitation. Perhaps the spell can only be cast during a woman's time of the month when she is at maximum fertility, or some mystical calculation of the other person's biorhythm high point.