Control Over Reality for Supers

[Christopher R. Rice]

So a concept I'm playing with for my upcoming Supers campaign, Aeon is the ability to "control reality" by some of the more powerful superbeings in the setting. I'm thinking the easiest way to do this is probably some combination of Super Luck + a form of God-Like Control (Reality). With the Control having a higher than normal base cost - at least 60 points. Regardless, how would you price this. Please no posts of "You're the GM, handwave it" I already know this, that's not what I'm asking. Thanks for anyone who reply!

[zoncxs]

Serendipity!

IDHMBWM but serendipity lets something go your way once per session or something (I never use it). I would take that at a high enough level to justify having everything go your way all the time and then slap on the wildcard power modifier (x4 cost) and BAM!.

Anything they can think of that fits with bending reality (and fits withing the price range) they would be able to pull off, as long as they still have a usage of serendipity left.

This also gives a nice weakness if you can figure it out :D

[Nereidalbel]

I'd go with a 100/lvl Create + Control. At that point cost, the limits are the imagination of the player, and the occasional GM saying "Umm, no."

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by zoncxs

Serendipity!

IDHMBWM but serendipity lets something go your way once per session or something (I never use it). I would take that at a high enough level to justify having everything go your way all the time and then slap on the wildcard power modifier (x4 cost) and BAM!.

Anything they can think of that fits with bending reality (and fits withing the price range) they would be able to pull off, as long as they still have a usage of serendipity left.

This also gives a nice weakness if you can figure it out :D

Serendipity...Hmmm. That's clever. Let's see. Something like...


Serendipity 1 (Game Time, +0%; PM, -10%; Reduced Time 14, +280%; Wishing, +100%) [71].


No, that's too cheap for being able to use Serendipity every 36 seconds... It does kind of prove that "Control (Reality)" is probably worth around 60 points though.

Originally Posted by Nereidalbel

I'd go with a 100/lvl Create + Control. At that point cost, the limits are the imagination of the player, and the occasional GM saying "Umm, no."

Hmmm. Interesting. So Control (Reality) + Create (anything) or something like that? Could you elaborate a bit please?

[Lia Valenth]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Serendipity 1 (Game Time, +0%; PM, -10%; Reduced Time 14, +280%; Wishing, +100%) [71].


No, that's too cheap for being able to use Serendipity every 36 seconds... It does kind of prove that "Control (Reality)" is probably worth around 60 points though.

Then don't allow Reduced Time on Serendipity. Require it to be bought in levels, or at least limit Reduced Time to 1-3 levels, then it won't be cheap.

As for Control (reality) [100] seems right to me. I would have the in-game effect give a +1 or -1 to all rolls the character can influence (generally anything they know is happening).

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Lia Valenth

Then don't allow Reduced Time on Serendipity. Require it to be bought in levels, or at least limit Reduced Time to 1-3 levels, then it won't be cheap.

As for Control (reality) [100] seems right to me. I would have the in-game effect give a +1 or -1 to all rolls the character can influence (generally anything they know is happening).

I'm not worried too much about price, I'm just trying to get the details right. This is something that may end up published and I'd rather not have to renoddle the concept if I can just get it right the first time. I wonder if God-Like Control made into a Wildcard! Power might be another way to go. Hmmm.

[Jerander]

Originally Posted by Lia Valenth

Then don't allow Reduced Time on Serendipity. Require it to be bought in levels, or at least limit Reduced Time to 1-3 levels, then it won't be cheap.

I believe Serendipity needs to be bought in levels. Reduced Time would be inappropriate. PK used it (Serendipity) in a build here on the forums and bought in levels, so that seems to give weight to that method. I'll see if I can find it...Here.

[zoncxs]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Serendipity...Hmmm. That's clever. Let's see. Something like...


Serendipity 1 (Game Time, +0%; PM, -10%; Reduced Time 14, +280%; Wishing, +100%) [71].


No, that's too cheap for being able to use Serendipity every 36 seconds... It does kind of prove that "Control (Reality)" is probably worth around 60 points though.

you forgot the wildcard part:

Serendipity 1 (Game Time, +0%; PM, -10%; Wishing, +100%; Cosmic, Godlike, +300%; Wildcard, x4) [294]

Once per (In game) week you can dictate what happens per level of this ability you can also use any other ability that can be explained as you use this ability. To use the ability more frequent buy more levels.


The Cosmic part is there so the user can make the implausible and impossible happen without the GM saying "No, No no no. NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!"

as far as I know you can not put reduce time on meta traits like Serendipity and Luck. you just have to buy more of it to use it more often.

[chandley]

A few (lots) levels of the right power Talent, Ultrapower, a LOT of Will, and a FP pool several multiples of his natural FP score?

[Nereidalbel]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Serendipity...Hmmm. That's clever. Let's see. Something like...


Serendipity 1 (Game Time, +0%; PM, -10%; Reduced Time 14, +280%; Wishing, +100%) [71].


No, that's too cheap for being able to use Serendipity every 36 seconds... It does kind of prove that "Control (Reality)" is probably worth around 60 points though.



Hmmm. Interesting. So Control (Reality) + Create (anything) or something like that? Could you elaborate a bit please?

Control + Create Reality. Levels improve mass and radius, with literally everything being valid. Time, space, matter, and energy are all covered under reality, and the only hard limitation is the GM saying no. Even the laws of physics have no say over your creations, and any character with sufficient levels to make a personal universe can write their own laws of physics!