The Merge - Gestalt Syndrome (M&M 3rd ED) - (Full) - OOC

[Bladewind]

It’s been a mood.

Computer went down. My back went out and the roof needed to be redone.
I had taken the week off last week, and had planned to stat characters, work on another setting/ timeline for a tabletop group and post all kinds here.

I swear, I cannot make this *#@ up...

Back to work tomorrow, so once I get my inbox up to date, I should be able to actually, you know... post...

[FuzzyBoots]

No worries. We're patient.

[kirinke]

Real life can sometimes kick you in the reproductive organs. Looks like you got hit 3 times below the belt this past week.

[jmucchiello]

Yay, Bladewind is posting again.

Amy feels like she's been holding her breath for a long time now.

[Flynnarrel]

Good. none of us were going to throw the first punch.

[Bladewind]

Yeah. And these guys weren't going to back off... so I had to push it a little.

[kirinke]

Hey, we gave them the opportunity to be reasonable. Would this affect everyone or just the bad guys, depending on where she aimed it?

Dream Dementia: Affliction 8 (1st degree: Entranced, 2nd degree: Compelled, 3rd degree: Controlled, Resisted by: Will, DC 18; Increased Range: ranged, Variable Descriptor: close group - Emotions)

[Flynnarrel]

Since you have no modifiers for area or split the power stunt as designed would target one person. Not sure what the Variable Descriptor is doing there.

[Doctor Malsyn]

Flynn seems on point with that. You likely don't need variable as well, the flavor of your affliction being emotional in general.

[kirinke]

Mmm. It was written that way in Hero Lab and in the Dream section of the power profiles I think. I just copy-pasta'd it. It's more or less just emotion control, only with the flavor geared towards hallucinations/dreams and related mind-screws. It actually had insidious and cumulative. I took those two out as I didn't really see the point of them.

[jmucchiello]

I generally find the application of the rules in Power Profiles "loose" at worst. This is one where is seems "excessive". To me "limited to emotions" sounds like a flaw, not an extra. A normal "controlled" affliction effect allows you to describe the control in any manner at the time of taking control. To only control emotions is less than the normal capability of the effect.

[kirinke]

Okay, I'll go with that. Once I can think straight that is. Right now I'm having a freaking allergy attack and am waiting for it to go away.

[jmucchiello]

Pratfall has a mime power? I had a Champions character called the Mime (20+ years ago). His whole shtick was creating invisible permanent objects (walls, escalators, etc ) and of course mute and none of the objects make a sound.

[FuzzyBoots]

Pratfall has a mime power? I had a Champions character called the Mime (20+ years ago). His whole shtick was creating invisible permanent objects (walls, escalators, etc ) and of course mute and none of the objects make a sound.

^_^ Yup, it's in there. Create, Subtle 2, Quirk (always Subtle 2, so no Concealment), Touch Range, Stationary. I wasn't certain how the mechanics worked for getting people to run into a wall they didn't see, so I went for the Trick.

[kirinke]

Well, here's a reworked Dream Dementia that keeps the original points spent intact.
Dream Dementia: Shapeable Area Affliction 8 (1st degree: Entranced, 2nd degree: Compelled, 3rd degree: Controlled, Resisted by: Will, DC 18; Shapeable Area: 30 cft., DC 18, Increased Range 2: perception; Limited: Emotions)