Supervillian switch disad

[Nothere]

So I'm playing around with a supervillian idea. It's the old usually an ally until he stops taking his medication, puts on the mask, etc then spends days as a supervillian, The obvious course is a psyche lim but as he isn't really trying tostop being a supervillian he isn't trying to overcome the lim. So stick with lim or any other ideas? 

[Hyper-Man]

Sounds like some form of Multiple Personality Disorder with the two personalities.  The Supervillain one which is dominant and fully aware of the other but can only maintain control for so long (Accidental Change with set effect - change every X days).  The Superhero one which is only vaguely aware of the other and attempts to keep the Accidental Change at bay via meds.

 

HM

[Christopher]

So I'm playing around with a supervillian idea. It's the old usually an ally until he stops taking his medication, puts on the mask, etc then spends days as a supervillian, The obvious course is a psyche lim but as he isn't really trying tostop being a supervillian he isn't trying to overcome the lim. So stick with lim or any other ideas? 

Something like Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker?

 

It depends how different both Characters actually are.

Do they have the same powers with slighly changed special effects (the Blast being a Bat-a-rang instead of a Pumpkin Bomb)?

Something more around Carrol Ferris (DNCP) being the Star Saphire?

[Nothere]

More like the Star Sapphire.

[Christopher]

More like the Star Sapphire.

Hal Jordan has both "DNCP: Carrol Denvers" and Hunted: "Star Sapphire" on his sheet.

That he needs to pull out the gem to get her back to normal after knocking her out is just a special effect of how 'incarcerating' this specific villain works.

You could maybe add a extended Social Compliation (has do hide Star Sapphires secret identity on top of his own)?

 

It depends heavily on how often that is going to happen. My usual rule is "once or twice per campaign is not worth a writeup". Every DNCP could be hit by Grodds Devolution Ray and turned into a mook or villain under the enemies control. Or pick up the Star Sapphire gem by accident and turn into the current Star Sapphire.

But it does sounds like you want that to happen more regulary.

[Greywind]

Hal Jordan has both "DNCP: Carrol Denvers" and Hunted: "Star Sapphire" on his sheet.

That he needs to pull out the gem to get her back to normal after knocking her out is just a special effect of how 'incarcerating' this specific villain works.

You could maybe add a extended Social Compliation (has do hide Star Sapphires secret identity on top of his own)?

 

It depends heavily on how often that is going to happen. My usual rule is "once or twice per campaign is not worth a writeup". Every DNCP could be hit by Grodds Devolution Ray and turned into a mook or villain under the enemies control. Or pick up the Star Sapphire gem by accident and turn into the current Star Sapphire.

But it does sounds like you want that to happen more regulary.

 

No, he doesn't. Carol Danvers is Marvel.

[Christopher]

No, he doesn't. Carol Danvers is Marvel.

Oh right, Ferris (like the wheel), not Denvers (like the City). My youth Alzheimers is at it again

 

But hey, they both are Carrols that have scantly Super outfits, fly and shoot blasts, that propably explains my mixing them up.

[Tasha]

Oh right, Ferris (like the wheel), not Denvers (like the City). My youth Alzheimers is at it again

 

But hey, they both are Carrols that have scantly Super outfits, fly and shoot blasts, that propably explains my mixing them up.

Captain Marvel (formerly MsMarvel) is Carol Danvers. While shape hugging her current costume is not barely there. It actually covers her pretty much head to toe. She ditched her old costume years ago. Hell the current MsMarvel doesn't have a revealing costume.

 

[Tasha]

So the Character has a Mental issue that they can't use ego to get around. Which makes it a PHYSICAL Limitation. Probably infrequent because they usually take their meds. Slightly because it causes them problems like getting beat up and placed in jail and it changes their whole mental condition.

Also know your Audience because this way of looking at Mental Health could be insulting to those who are dealing with such issues.

[Christopher]

So the Character has a Mental issue that they can't use ego to get around. Which makes it a PHYSICAL Limitation. Probably infrequent because they usually take their meds. Slightly because it causes them problems like getting beat up and placed in jail and it changes their whole mental condition.

 

Also know your Audience because this way of looking at Mental Health could be insulting to those who are dealing with such issues.

I am against using Complications for switching personalities, actually.

Looking at the Hulk, he always switched personality when it suited the Author. And for all intents and purposes, the Hulks player is the Hulks Author. Just because the Character has no control over it, does not mean the Player has no control over it.

And since this is a NPC/Villain, the GM is the Author.

 

Regarding the Audience, such stuff can be lighthearted too. Let's just start saying "Flash, Batman and Orion walk into a Villain bar...."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJq2PAI-Fxc

[Tasha]

There are other ways to deal with the Hulk. Multiform is one of them.

The OP sounded like the PC had the same abilities no matter what personality. Therefor the Suggestion of a Physical Limitation.

[Hadmar von Wieser]

Sounds like Accidental Change to me, too.

And if the good side is a normal and the evil side is a super, then this could be a case of the classic old "Only in Super Villain ID (-1/4)" on most chars and powers.