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Mimic Power Abuses

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Deadmanwalking:
I guess from a rules standpoint it's not too different from skill substitution Stunts...but being whole skills makes it much more powrful. Quite likely to the point of being TOO powerful. The other uses aren't bad, but this one's murder as a starting character...

Maybe just a sidebar that says you can't start out with your Mimic points assigned, and thus you have to find people to Mimic during play?

That'd keep this particular problem from happening since you can only mimic one guy at a time, and the GM's never going to have you run into the guy who's Superb at everything.



We really need some sort of official ruling on this.

KOFFEYKID:
The power doesn't limit it to only mimicing one target at a time, thats Mimic Form. Mimic Powers just says you can mimic powers of your victim, and nothing says you have to spend all of your mimic points on one guy. This character just has to find something skilled at each thing he wants to be skilled in, kill them, and then cannibalize part of them.

I agree that you probably shouldn't start out with by spending all of your mimic points, but it shouldn't be too difficult to start amassing skills.

Deadmanwalking:
Everything about Mimic Power specifies a single target, so I think you need to have only one. That said, it could be much more clear.


Again, I think we absolutely need an official response here.

Biff Dyskolos:
Took me a while to look this up but Fred had this to say about Mimic Abilities,

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FateRPG/message/17319

--- Quote ---This'll depend on the creature (this is a monster ability after all, not something I'd really want PCs considering), really. Grave Peril should be guidance enough here, given what the Nightmare did to Harry (bit a huge hunk out of one of his chakras -- that's a mental consequence by my book).  I don't know that I'd want to tie the amount of power gained to the size of the consequence; it might be more appropriate to tie the *duration* of the mimicry to that.
--- End quote ---

The emphasis is mine.

This doesn't really fix anything but perhaps it only seem broken because it was never intended to be used by a PC.

Archmage_Cowl:
i actually have a character in my game using it and while she is tough my soulfire wizard who has less refresh than her can take her. I dont really think its broken or even that Op but in my opinion it isnt something players should easily get(i made the girl take an aspect pertaining to it, if anyone is curious it's her trouble "you are what you eat" so she feels like the more power she gains from monsters the more she becomes like them) also it can be a great plot point or even plot device.

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