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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
Centarion:
As far as my interpretation of the power in YS goes (which is largely colored by what Bob does in the books), you can touch stuff, but only barely, enough to read a book, not enough to move the book a significant distance. To do more you need the Poltergeist upgrade (a 2 cost upgrade allowing you to use conviction to replace might, and for you to attack with weapons etc, mostly equivalent to your Manifestation upgrade).
Your magic can almost certainly hit normal people, Bob, when outside his skull, puts the whammy on Harry when he goes evil in Dead Beat (?). This may just be because Bob is an incredibly powerful spirit, so doing this may require an upgrade if it presents a balance problem.
The book specifically states that you have variable manifestation, that in order to see/hear/talk to people you have to manifest such that you are visible, this cuts down on the perfect spy, but still allows you to disconnect further to get past the guard (when you see him while visible) and then pop back up after sneaking by. It also says that (at least when in any state such that you can see the normal world), you are effected normally by attacks (unless you take immunity powers). In Bob's case this is the orange (or purple for Evil Bob) cloud thing.
It is unclear weather you can fly in the power, but it would make sense that you could.
For some reason I am not a fan of the book power, but I like the fact that you can almost certainly see/talk in the real world and that your magic can affect it (when you are a nevernever spirit and not a ghost). I also like all of the upgrades you have on your power, I just don't see any way to imitate the parts I like form the book power (especially not in any cost effective/not under powered way, or a not overpowered/immune to everyone but still blowing them up way). Maybe this needs to be a separate power? Or just more add-ons?
Sanctaphrax:
Bob's abilities are not a good guide to the effects of Spirit Form. Partly because novels are not rulebooks, and partly because going by the books Bob probably doesn't have Spirit Form. The books say somewhere that they wouldn't represent him as a character at all.
Anyway, I'm still not really sure what you want. Variable manifestation? The ability to hit people? Vulnerability to attacks?
Centarion:
What I want:
* Be able to be either visible or invisible at will (while invisible, you would be unable to perceive "anything useful")
* Be able to pass through walls. Potentially also be able to fly (I don't know if this is built in, or should require an upgrade, like physics abuse, for balance reasons)
* Be able to cast spells (or pretty much do any non-physical thing) that affect normal people
* For balance purposes, you would likely have to be vulnerable (at least when manifested an able to affect people with spells)
This would also come with the vulnerabilities you listed, and would require upgrades (like you have) to make physical effects beyond maybe opening a book/flipping through pages (moving the book is a no-go without an upgrade).
Sanctaphrax:
I suggest you forget all about Spirit Form, then.
Fortunately, there are other custom Powers that can help.
My recommendation:
Displacement with the Invisibility upgrade, Wings, Teleportation, and a whole pile of Compels.
(If you want to be able to punch other spirits, add Ghost Speaker and Dual Nature.)
Silverblaze:
--- Quote from: Centarion on September 08, 2012, 12:13:42 AM ---What I want:
* Be able to be either visible or invisible at will (while invisible, you would be unable to perceive "anything useful")
* Be able to pass through walls. Potentially also be able to fly (I don't know if this is built in, or should require an upgrade, like physics abuse, for balance reasons)
* Be able to cast spells (or pretty much do any non-physical thing) that affect normal people
* For balance purposes, you would likely have to be vulnerable (at least when manifested an able to affect people with spells)
This would also come with the vulnerabilities you listed, and would require upgrades (like you have) to make physical effects beyond maybe opening a book/flipping through pages (moving the book is a no-go without an upgrade).
--- End quote ---
Could play a variety of Fae.
Glamours, gaseous form ( with an upgrade allowing a once per round free action to shift into and out of the form) wings (or an upgrade to gaseous form that allows faster movement), spell casting ability (could be sponsored or otherwise).
Sanctaphrax's idea works fine too.
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