12-20-2012, 06:45 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Shapeshifting Curse
I'm trying to design a curse that causes others to morph into an animal or monster of sorts. I originally thought I could design it as alternate form with the "affects others" modifier... but that only makes it work on willing participants. What I want is something more along the lines of an attack... almost like an affliction. Think like how the wicked witch turned the prince into a frog kind of scenario. I just don't know how to get this done without making my own advantage.
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12-20-2012, 06:56 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
Aflict them with all traits of a frog, both enhancements and disads.
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12-20-2012, 07:18 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vermont, USA
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
"Frog (+400%): Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Alternate Form, Frog, +150%; Costs Fatigue, 4 FP, -20%; Extended Duration, Permanent, +150%; Malediction 1, +100%; No Signature, +20%) [50]. Notes: Transforms the victim into a frog. Cancelled by a kiss from a member of the opposite sex, or any spell that removes curses. Costs 4 FP. Roll Will vs. subject’s HT. 50 points." (GURPS Powers, p. 143)
Adjust as needed. More generally, "conditions" that mimic the effects of an advantage can be imposed on others by Affliction with the Advantage enhancement. With that enhancement, you get to choose (when you create the ability, not when you use it) whether you afflict them with the use of the advantage (for the duration, they have it and can use it) or the effects of the advantage (it's not under their control, they're simply subject to it). A blessing might grant the former, while a curse afflicts the latter. Last edited by munin; 12-20-2012 at 07:23 PM. |
12-20-2012, 09:51 PM | #4 |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lynn, MA
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
In a Supers Genre, the fun part is playing the Superfrog that still has all his non racial abilities (if he is smart enough to still conceptualize "have to get back to headquarters") and hops for home with the bad guys on his tail...
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12-21-2012, 04:08 PM | #5 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
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12-21-2012, 06:34 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
Whosover yields this hammer, shall be Thor Frog of Thunder!!
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12-22-2012, 02:16 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Re: Shapeshifting Curse
Yeah, but that doesn't effect the power cost. A frog with no animal mental disadvantages is still going to be below 0 points. You'll have to specify whether the victim keeps his mental faculties when you select the advantage.
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