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Mimic Power Abuses
KOFFEYKID:
Well, nothing says they have to be people, also, murder is a pretty heavy word, a player just has to tag along with the other players, and eat bits off of whatever they kill.
Deadmanwalking:
--- Quote from: drnuncheon on May 01, 2010, 04:46:44 AM ---There's some controls on this: the character's got to find someone with the abilities he wants, after all. Nothing says you get to start with everything you want mimiced...
Also, the guy mimicking a bunch of skills at superb is going to be responsible for the death (or otherwise deeply harming) nine extremely talented people - people who probably have friends and allies who would be upset to see them hurt or killed. Plus there's the police (whatever the local version of SI is) who would be interested in the identity of the serial killer who seems to target the city's most talented people.
...kinda sounds like a Harry Dresden case, doesn't it?
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Oh, yeah. But there's not anything saying one way or the other about whether you can start having Mimicked. There needs to be to prevent starting out like this with a 'perfectly reasonable' story about how you did it without getting caught.
I'm also still not convinced that you can Mimic more than one person at a time. Either way the power needs to be clarified somewhat.
SaintAndSinner:
--- Quote from: Deadmanwalking on May 01, 2010, 04:53:36 AM ---I'm also still not convinced that you can Mimic more than one person at a time. Either way the power needs to be clarified somewhat.
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I also thought you could only mimic one person at a time.
Moriden:
Like many of the other powers in this system weather it can do one thing or another seems to be up to the st, for weather you can mimic more then one person at a time i think it depends on how exactly your mimic works, if its a you touch your target and take all of there power[ala rogue from x men] then your probably limited to one at a time or your gonna be an npc real quick. If its more of a scalping thing. where you eat your enemies heart and gain there "strongest talent/skill" then id say that it most definitely can work on more then one target at a time. bumping the "weakest" bonuses as appropriate.
The balancing factors i don't think anyone has mentioned yet are mostly ic. For one weather your technically killing anyone or not, your talking big chunks of who and what they are to fuel your power. that's Black Magic regardless of if you get lawbreaker or not, and if you do it to a human i at least would hit you with lawbreaker First [as appropriate] , Second [nearly always], Third [especially if taking skills] and Fifth [ if you use the power on corpses]. Not to mention the fact that wardens and other things are likly to come gunning for you.
KOFFEYKID:
--- Quote from: Moriden on May 01, 2010, 03:50:49 PM ---The balancing factors i don't think anyone has mentioned yet are mostly ic. For one weather your technically killing anyone or not, your talking big chunks of who and what they are to fuel your power. That's Black Magic regardless of if you get lawbreaker or not, and if you do it to a human i at least would hit you with lawbreaker First [as appropriate] , Second [nearly always], Third [especially if taking skills] and Fifth [ if you use the power on corpses]. Not to mention the fact that wardens and other things are likly to come gunning for you.
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This is utterly ridiculous, as has been argued many times, the cost of such evil is payed for as part of the powers. Like how WCVs dont get a Lawbreaker 3rd for inciting emotion. The only way to ever get a lawbreaker is to break the laws of magic with a spell.
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