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13 hours ago, Lucius said:

Resentful Djinn:  Variable Power Pool (Djinn), 90 base + 90 control cost, Powers Can Be Changed As A Half-Phase Action (+1/2), No Skill Roll Required (+1) (202 Active Points); 3 Charges (-1 1/4); all slots Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Side Effect affects both character and recipient of Power's benefits, Side Effect always occurs whenever the character does some specific act; Djinn will twist the wording maliciously whenever possible.; -2), Conditional Power Power does not work in Uncommon Circumstances (Limited to exact wording of wish; -1/4), Incantations ("I Wish...."; -1/4) 113 Real Points

 

The "some specific act" referenced in Side Effects is "Make a wish that can be misinterpreted or twisted."

 

So saying "I wish I were in Philadelphia" could put you right in the middle of the city's busiest intersection (or if there's one going on that moment, into a gun battle.) Saying "I wish my Uncle Al didn't have cancer" could give YOU the cancer instead. Saying "I wish my djinn would like and respect me" could get your djinn exchanged with a junior djinn who would be thrilled to help you, but doesn't have much power.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

I wish my palindromedary would like and respect me.

 

 

Thank you very much! Side effect is a great direction! I might stick with a summon since I want the genie to physically attack things but give him a VPP as well. That solves this thread.

7 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said:

Well and the nature of Genii.  Are they variable?  Are the uniformly wicked?  Are they arrogant and contemptuous toward humanity?  Disney made the genie a nice guy who worked with Alladin (and the old stories kind of do as well).

I want to make a Genii who is a powerful creature. He would have good attributes, fighting abilities, and a VPP for grand magics, but I want to make him wish to destroy me. The only way he could do this though is by twisting what I say and making it backfire in a manner that still complies with my wish I issued. So @Michael Hopcroft he does resent me because he does not want to work for a lesser being (myself) and will try to get out of it using my words. But he can ONLY do what I say is the challenge I am finding here. @Toxxus I like that idea, but how do I make him try to twist my words? I want points for it. @L. Marcus Is that a custom disadvantage? My DM is not comfortable with the system enough yet to have customs.

I am creating a wizard who summons genie’s to do the work for him. Basically, i want to summon a creature that follows my commands, but tries to find loopholes with my commands. He has to obey what I say without question, but can exploit loopholes. I was thinking of a summon power that summons a creature with a VPP, but I cannot figure out how to do the whole obeys my commands but finds loopholes thing. I also don’t want an ego role. I want Charges on that power, he comes out and does one job with the above specifications, then leaves. Rinse repeat until I run out of my three charges for the day. Something like that. How do I do such a thing?