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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
KOFFEYKID:
Well, you do have indirect access to the Item of Power abilities *if* you possess your bearer. If you make your bearer inhumanly strong and then possess him, then you have access to that power.
Id say that the whether or not the bearer has to pay for the powers is entirely dependent on the situation. If your bearer is an NPC then it is not nearly so important as it would be if the bearer was a player. If the bearer only has access to said powers on an intermittent basis that should be factored in as well.
As a general rule of thumb though I am inclined to say No, the bearer doesn't have to pay refresh for the IoP benefits and likewise doesn't receive a rebate for it unless the character with the Bound Spiritual Entity power is an NPC, though if its an NPC then you really dont *need* the Bound Spiritual Entity power at all.
Tedronai:
If you would gain access to your own IoP-granted abilities by way of possessing your bearer, then you would also gain access to all of their powers. As such, any argument on that basis for having to pay refresh for the ability to grant those powers would have to also extend to any powers your possessed bearer has of their own accord.
The more I look at this power, the more I find the complications it produces to be problematic.
KOFFEYKID:
Well, on the flip side there is no such consideration for the possession upgrade to begin with. Any character with access to Possession, PC or NPC, gets the ability to use their hosts powers, stunts, skills etc.
One thing to note is that having the possession upgrade without domination does not grant you a way to perform mental attacks, so any possession scenario must be played out via compels, perhaps I should note that in the power.
Tedronai:
--- Quote from: KOFFEYKID on December 26, 2011, 06:18:30 AM ---Well, on the flip side there is no such consideration for the possession upgrade to begin with. Any character with access to Possession, PC or NPC, gets the ability to use their hosts powers, stunts, skills etc.
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The point being that if the Possession power grants you access to the powers they had before they picked you up, why doesn't it equally grant you access to the powers they gained by virtue of picking you up? It doesn't make sense.
And if you DON'T have Possession, why are you paying to make another character, over which you have no direct control, more powerful?
ie. Why is PC A paying for PC B's powers?
Sanctaphrax:
This one's going to be a lot of work...the weird powers are always the hardest.
I'm not really sure of much yet, except that spending 3 refresh in order to have an excuse for a Compel is really not worth it. If you take Possession, you should get the mental attacks.
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