Reverse Leech

[ssveter]

I am building a mutant that can heal people by leeching her own hp to the victim. The effect is she transfers the wounds the victim has taken to her body and regenerates to heal herself. This will also work with diseases and poisons too.

I am thinking the basic mechanic is a Reverse of the Leech power.

[the_matrix_walker]

See GURPS Powers Page 51, You want Healing with (Empathic,-50%)

[vierasmarius]

I think the proper mechanic is to use Healing with the Empathic modifier (Powers pg 51). "When you heal others, you take on the injuries, diseases, and Afflictions you remove instead of paying FP."

[ssveter]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

Sounds like Healing with Costs HP to me...

Yea I looked at that...that might be the way I go however healing doesn't restore lost limbs and such.

The effect I'm going for is the mutant essentially transfers the damage to herself. Thus if the victim has lost a limb she would lose hers while the victims limb regrows.

[Refplace]

It can restore Crippled.
For actually lost limbs you want an affliction with Regrowth with a nice duration.
Buy it as an alternate ability to your Healing to save points and then use the Afflcition adn then your Heal power to get the limb to regrow quickly.

[ssveter]

Hmm, Affliction with regrowth...how would that account for the mutant losing her limb, or do I chalk it up to special effect.

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by ssveter

Hmm, Affliction with regrowth...how would that account for the mutant losing her limb, or do I chalk it up to special effect.

That could be a Backlash, assuming it's temporary (such as if she has Regrowth). If it's a permanent loss, you could attach the Costs CP modifier to the Affliction, cutting its cost to 1/5 after all other modifiers are tallied. And that stacks with the Alternative Advantage discount. Which is only fair; it's not a power she can use lightly. It literally costs an arm and a leg. =P

[ssveter]

Nope the character has fast regeneration with regrowth

[ssveter]

To quote GURPS Powers

"It’s possible
to use Affliction (p. 39) with the
Advantage enhancement to give someone
else Regrowth – but this is
too slow to be useful unless the
subject also gains (or already has)
Regeneration."

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by ssveter

I am building a mutant that can heal people by leeching her own hp to the victim. The effect is she transfers the wounds the victim has taken to her body and regenerates to heal herself. This will also work with diseases and poisons too.

I am thinking the basic mechanic is a Reverse of the Leech power.

It's amazing how much people hate Healing.