New GM with Super Powers Questions

[ThaDium]

Hi. This is my first post to these boards, so apologies in advance if I mess something up. I've been running D&D games for over ten years, and I played in a GURPS WWII Supers game for about two years. Now, I'm the one on the hot seat to run a new game. They want classic supers. So, I have a huge amount of the system to learn.

Here are my questions, they're power specific... for now. :^)

1) I want an NPC with pretty much line of sight teleportation of objects. Basically pick pocket at range. If he knows you have it and where it is on your person, he can snag it from you.

2) I have a PC looking to the steal powers of other supers. He takes your super strength for a bit; he's super strong, you're not.

What would the builds for these be?

Thanks,
ThaDium

[ThaDium]

I just put this in the wrong spot. Sorry can it be moved to GURPS?

[Captain-Captain]

Originally Posted by ThaDium

Hi. This is my first post to these boards, so apologies in advance if I mess something up. I've been running D&D games for over ten years, and I played in a GURPS WWII Supers game for about two years. Now, I'm the one on the hot seat to run a new game. They want classic supers. So, I have a huge amount of the system to learn.

Here are my questions, they're power specific... for now. :^)

1) I want an NPC with pretty much line of sight teleportation of objects. Basically pick pocket at range. If he knows you have it and where it is on your person, he can snag it from you.

2) I have a PC looking to the steal powers of other supers. He takes your super strength for a bit; he's super strong, you're not.

What would the builds for these be?

Thanks,
ThaDium

1) See the Advantage "Snatcher" B. 86, restrict it's use to targets you can see. (you're effectively pulling a copy of it from another dimension.) Add the Nuissance Effect limitation of 'causes targeted item to be misplaced'. Now Snatcher EXPLICITLY states that it does not take an object from this dimension and specifically that you cannot use this power as an interrupt to take an object away from a foe. So, those attempts will negate the Nuissance Effect if you try it.

ie if you 'take' the gun in Dr. Sidewinder's hand, you get your own gun, he keeps his.

If interrupts are your goal, i might sugest linking the snatcher with Neutralize (mundane objects) with 'disappears from target's possession) as the special effect. ;)

2) I'm pretty sure that's covered in Powers.

[Captain-Captain]

Just out of curiousity, have you decided on what point range and power limits you want to put on your campaigh?

I also recommend this thread to you: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=11278 Plenty of character designs you may want to look at.

And there is the 50 pt Abilities pdf which could prove quite useful to you as well.

http://www.geocities.com/atreyu_hibi...Advantages.pdf

[David Johnston2]

1) The first thing to remember is that with NPCs you don't have to actually design the powers. Just say how it works. Faster than writing down Warp, Ranged, Reliable, or whatever.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by ThaDium

1) I want an NPC with pretty much line of sight teleportation of objects. Basically pick pocket at range. If he knows you have it and where it is on your person, he can snag it from you.

The ability to teleport yourself is Warp. But the ability to teleport someone else is Affliction (Warp). Basically, you temporarily grant the target the power to teleport, and make it do so. For what you want, you likely want it to be able to teleport only to *you*, which I think is defined in GURPS Powers; and you probably want it to be limited to teleporting objects up to your carrying capacity without the person carrying them coming along, which is discussed in GURPS Supers. In fact I covered a whole variety of teleportation variants in GURPS Supers.

Bill Stoddard

[Gurps Fan]

Originally Posted by ThaDium

1) I want an NPC with pretty much line of sight teleportation of objects. Basically pick pocket at range. If he knows you have it and where it is on your person, he can snag it from you.

I borrowed ideas from Psionic Powers (great book, just buy), specifically Exoteleport.

Ranged Pickpocket

50 points

You can teleport the subject to you. The subject (may be living or unliving) must weigh no more than 20 lbs. You must be able to see the subject or know exactly where it is.

To use this ability, take a 1-turn Concentrare maneuver and roll against your IQ at the distance penalty (p. B98). The "distance" to determine the penalty is the sum of the distance from you to the subject and the distance you want to teleport the subject, i.e., 2 times the distance between you and the subject.

If successful, the subject resists with HT at a penalty equal to your margin of success. Failure means you have it (or him/her). If the subject is a living being, he must make a successful Body Sense roll to avoid disorientation (see p. B181).

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Modified Warp, +250%; Based On IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Malediction 2, +150%; Nuisance Effect, Cannot concentrate for more or less than 1 second, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Cannot spend FP to offset penalties, -10%) [50]. Feature: Uses one roll with combined Teleportation distance penalties instead of two rolls with separate penalties. Advantage is Warp (Anchored, The afflicter himself, -50%; Exoteleport, -50%; Reliable 5, +25%) [25].

However, this is only a mental exercise; note that you don't have to tweak advantages and worry about point cost as long as it's an NPC's ability, as David Johnston2 already pointed out.

Originally Posted by ThaDium

2) I have a PC looking to the steal powers of other supers. He takes your super strength for a bit; he's super strong, you're not.

If he can steal strength only, Affliction (ST penalty) + ST (Accessibility, Only during Affliction's duration) is the way to go. If he can steal any super abilities from a foe, that's Neutralize with Power Theft enhancement (p. B71; Powers, p. 97).

[ThaDium]

Thanks, everyone! As to the power stealing, I mean it to be powers in general, not just strength. That was just an example.

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by ThaDium

Thanks, everyone! As to the power stealing, I mean it to be powers in general, not just strength. That was just an example.

As GURPS Fan said, Neutralize with Power Stealing (+200%) and Cosmic (Any source; +300%) would be the way to go. This would allow the character to steal all of his opponent's abilities which have a power modifier for a temporary period. Note that it doesn't effect "wild" advantages (which lack a power modifier).

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Gurps Fan

I borrowed ideas from Psionic Powers (great book, just buy), specifically Exoteleport.
[INDENT]Ranged Pickpocket

50 points

You can teleport the subject to you. The subject (may be living or unliving) must weigh no more than 20 lbs. You must be able to see the subject or know exactly where it is.

To use this ability, take a 1-turn Concentrare maneuver and roll against your IQ at the distance penalty (p. B98). The "distance" to determine the penalty is the sum of the distance from you to the subject and the distance you want to teleport the subject, i.e., 2 times the distance between you and the subject.

If successful, the subject resists with HT at a penalty equal to your margin of success. Failure means you have it (or him/her). If the subject is a living being, he must make a successful Body Sense roll to avoid disorientation (see p. B181).

[COLOR="DimGray"]Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Modified Warp, +250%; Based On IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Malediction 2, +150%; Nuisance Effect, Cannot concentrate for more or less than 1 second, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Cannot spend FP to offset penalties, -10%) [50]. Feature: Uses one roll with combined Teleportation distance penalties instead of two rolls with separate penalties. Advantage is Warp (Anchored, The afflicter himself, -50%; Exoteleport, -50%; Reliable 5, +25%) [25].

Hm... What is the function of Malediction in this build?