Re: [HOE] 70 new powers for your playing pleasure

[Jim Burzelic <zombi_bobb@yahoo.com>]

--- Joey Fanning <wraith530@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hey, I've created a list of over 70 powers for my
> android class of
> characters.  I'd really love any feedback or
> criticism, so I'm putting up
> the link for the list.
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Wraith530/droidpow.html
> if anyone can think of anything to help me, please
> reply.  this includes
> other powers.
> 

Alright, just jumping into this:
-The Wired West seems rather powerful. Now I think
it's well balanced for cost and strain and speed, it's
that duration that's a bit much. A whole week of
zipping around the Net, assuming you can exit at any
point of opening anywhere across the globe, just to
jump back in during that same week is quite
powerful.(Unless of course there are details missing)
-Bubbly Fizz is rather powerful too. If it's just
something like a soda can or equivalent it's okay, but
the way it's worded, any container will do. This means
I could make barrels explode, or to be cheesy entire
septic tanks or even ship bilges.
-Trap door is a bit nebulous. Where does the victim
go? This alone will determine exactly how powerful
this power is.
-Clear out should probably be a contested roll.
Actually, alot more of these should probably be
contested rolls. For example, Soul Switch.
-Storage is another example of full descriptions being
needed. Does it just render the object invisible or
remove it from it's three dimensional space, or does
it put it in the Hunting Grounds? What do you mean by
permanent duration? Does it remain gone forever, thus
an instant kill sort of thing? Is it now voluntary as
to when the Android brings the object back and forth
at will without cost? How large is large? How large is
too large? Shouldn't different sizes cost different
strain and difficulty?

I really would need to see exact effects of these
powers to give a good analysis, if this is all you
have for an android to work by, they are easily
abusable to the point I would not allow them in my
game. I am interested to see full descriptions though.

Jim

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