[Powers] Ability to change own weight (mass)

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by RyanW

Anyone else's first thought about this not have anything to do with combat?

Build a wheel with a swing seat and a counterweight on opposite edges, such that the super's natural weight is slightly less than the counterweight. Turn on power, go down, turn off power, go up. Connect wheel to generator.

Superheroics generally don't survive long after contact with real world economics.

And if he says no to your idea, pointing out he's only one guy, you'd need thousands just like him to match the output of a small hydroelectric dam, and he's entering the police academy instead so he can do some good on the streets instead? You gonna force him to swing mindlessly for 8 to 12 hours a day, not counting lunch and restroom breaks?

[Refplace]

*2 Mass is half a point based on the Increased Density Affliction in GURPS Power Ups Enhancements.
Extra support for the perk idea.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by RyanW

Anyone else's first thought about this not have anything to do with combat?

Build a wheel with a swing seat and a counterweight on opposite edges, such that the super's natural weight is slightly less than the counterweight. Turn on power, go down, turn off power, go up. Connect wheel to generator.

Superheroics generally don't survive long after contact with real world economics.

Bah. You've invented a watermill. It's not a terribly significant power source. And those superhumans who could power a city probably wouldn't be inclined to.

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

And if he says no to your idea, pointing out he's only one guy, you'd need thousands just like him to match the output of a small hydroelectric dam, and he's entering the police academy instead so he can do some good on the streets instead? You gonna force him to swing mindlessly for 8 to 12 hours a day, not counting lunch and restroom breaks?

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