Powerstone Quirks Suggestions

Johnny1A.2 · 05-08-2024, 11:47 PM

Powerstone gains triple power at the stroke of noon and at midnight, lasting one minute, but if you use that extra power the stones shatters.

Powerstone will only recharge inside your body. The easiest way is to swallow it (obviously this is only for small smooth stones). The stone will recharge completely with a single pass through the digestive tract. Subquirks: only the person who swallowed it to recharge it can use it/anyone except that person can use it.

Powerstone can be recharged at double speed by submerging it in a bowl of one's own blood. Triple-speed recharge if you use someone else's blood, but it has to be from a sapient being.

Powerstone turns red-hot when used. It slowly cools off at the normal pace for a crystal of its composition and size. Alternatively, the Powerstone turns so cold that it inflicts frostbite when touched with bare skin.

When fully discharged, the Powerstone begins to drain first ST and then HT to fast-recharge as long as it is in contact with bare flesh. Out of contact it recharges normally. The fast recharge works only on sapients. (This could actually be useful, if one was in an emergency situation and needed to recharge it fast, and could risk sparing some ST and HT. But you'd want to be really careful with it. Of course an unscrupulous user could use any prisoner he had no other use for...)

The Powerstone behaves normally until it charges up to 50% power. At 60% roll 1d, on a '6' it explodes. At 70% roll 1d, on a '5' or a '6' it explodes. At 80% of full charge it explodes on a 4, 5, or 6. At 90% it explodes unless you roll a 1 or a 2. When it hits 100%, it explodes on anything but a '1'. Once you start discharging it, it's perfectly safe until the next time it recharges past 50%. (That is, say you let it reach 80% and it didn't blow. Now you can use it normally and safely. But if you take it down to 70% and then let it start recharging, at 80% there's another 2/3 chance of a boom.)

If you know about this quirk, you can use the stone perfectly safely as long as you stop the recharge at 50%. But if you think you might really need extra power, do y you risk it?

05-08-2024, 11:47 PM	#10
Johnny1A.2 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: Powerstone Quirks Suggestions Powerstone gains triple power at the stroke of noon and at midnight, lasting one minute, but if you use that extra power the stones shatters. Powerstone will only recharge inside your body. The easiest way is to swallow it (obviously this is only for small smooth stones). The stone will recharge completely with a single pass through the digestive tract. Subquirks: only the person who swallowed it to recharge it can use it/anyone except that person can use it. Powerstone can be recharged at double speed by submerging it in a bowl of one's own blood. Triple-speed recharge if you use someone else's blood, but it has to be from a sapient being. Powerstone turns red-hot when used. It slowly cools off at the normal pace for a crystal of its composition and size. Alternatively, the Powerstone turns so cold that it inflicts frostbite when touched with bare skin. When fully discharged, the Powerstone begins to drain first ST and then HT to fast-recharge as long as it is in contact with bare flesh. Out of contact it recharges normally. The fast recharge works only on sapients. (This could actually be useful, if one was in an emergency situation and needed to recharge it fast, and could risk sparing some ST and HT. But you'd want to be really careful with it. Of course an unscrupulous user could use any prisoner he had no other use for...) The Powerstone behaves normally until it charges up to 50% power. At 60% roll 1d, on a '6' it explodes. At 70% roll 1d, on a '5' or a '6' it explodes. At 80% of full charge it explodes on a 4, 5, or 6. At 90% it explodes unless you roll a 1 or a 2. When it hits 100%, it explodes on anything but a '1'. Once you start discharging it, it's perfectly safe until the next time it recharges past 50%. (That is, say you let it reach 80% and it didn't blow. Now you can use it normally and safely. But if you take it down to 70% and then let it start recharging, at 80% there's another 2/3 chance of a boom.) If you know about this quirk, you can use the stone perfectly safely as long as you stop the recharge at 50%. But if you think you might really need extra power, do y you risk it? __________________ HMS Overflow-For conversations off topic here. Last edited by Johnny1A.2; 05-08-2024 at 11:52 PM.