Singularities

ssveter · 10-01-2012, 06:51 PM

Im building a super that can create or can be a blackhole "singularity"

How would I go about that?

the_matrix_walker · 10-01-2012, 07:21 PM

That would be Create Matter, at extreme levels. Of course creating one that was not microscopic would destroy the planet.

It might be more practical to define the gravity, light absorbing and time dilation effects you want, and build powers accordingly.

David Johnston2 · 10-01-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ssveter

Im building a super that can create or can be a blackhole "singularity"

How would I go about that?

What do you want him do with them? Create micro-black holes that punch through people doing damage? Attract objects and life from around him and destroy them as they make contact?

cosmicfish · 10-01-2012, 07:33 PM

I agree - start with specific effects you want and go from there. GURPS is not going to give you a points-friendly method for creating a true black hole. Think instead of what effects you want to create and buy those - the "black hole" then becomes part of the associated special effects.

As a note, the term "singularity" in this case refers to a specific region at or near the center of the black hole, and varies a bit based on the type of the black hole. Plus, it is a mathematical construct that probably does not actually exist the way it does in the ideal mathematical solutions, and regardless has no effect on anything outside the black hole itself!

sir_pudding · 10-01-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cosmicfish

and regardless has no effect on anything outside the black hole itself!

Unless "naked" singularities exist. Which they might.

cosmicfish · 10-01-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Unless "naked" singularities exist. Which they might.

First of all, I doubt that they do - not a physicist myself, but as an engineer I don't think that they would as anything other than extremely small-scale phenomena.

Second, my point about being "inside" the black hole was really meant to refer to the fact that whatever happens AT the singularity is of no real important to anyone buy physicists - any life or technological creation will be destroyed before reaching the singularity itself.

Snaps · 10-01-2012, 08:10 PM

How to build this depends a lot on how powerful or large a blackhole he can become or create.

If he can create and shoot out the black holes like bullets then they'd probably ignore armor and do up to as much damage as you want. Or you could build it like a ranged area attack with a linked telekinesis effect that pulls enemies around it into the area of effect.

David Johnston2 · 10-01-2012, 08:28 PM

Other vaguely black holish superpowers might include Warp or DR with Forcefield,

sir_pudding · 10-01-2012, 08:30 PM

Jumper (Within the Event Horizon) (Backlash: Really Really Really Dead) (One Use Only) ;)

ErhnamDJ · 10-01-2012, 08:43 PM

Alternate Form for fifteen points should do it. You can choose any weight you want for your character for free.

If you can't get away with that, then a high enough level of Growth should cover you. On the other hand, it costs considerably less to do the same thing with the Enlarge spell from Magic.

10-01-2012, 06:51 PM	#1
ssveter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Richmond, VA	Singularities Im building a super that can create or can be a blackhole "singularity" How would I go about that?

10-01-2012, 07:21 PM	#2
the_matrix_walker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lynn, MA	Re: Singularities That would be Create Matter, at extreme levels. Of course creating one that was not microscopic would destroy the planet. It might be more practical to define the gravity, light absorbing and time dilation effects you want, and build powers accordingly.

10-01-2012, 07:33 PM	#4
cosmicfish Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Singularities I agree - start with specific effects you want and go from there. GURPS is not going to give you a points-friendly method for creating a true black hole. Think instead of what effects you want to create and buy those - the "black hole" then becomes part of the associated special effects. As a note, the term "singularity" in this case refers to a specific region at or near the center of the black hole, and varies a bit based on the type of the black hole. Plus, it is a mathematical construct that probably does not actually exist the way it does in the ideal mathematical solutions, and regardless has no effect on anything outside the black hole itself!

10-01-2012, 08:10 PM	#7
Snaps Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Provo, UT	Re: Singularities How to build this depends a lot on how powerful or large a blackhole he can become or create. If he can create and shoot out the black holes like bullets then they'd probably ignore armor and do up to as much damage as you want. Or you could build it like a ranged area attack with a linked telekinesis effect that pulls enemies around it into the area of effect.

10-01-2012, 08:28 PM	#8
David Johnston2 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Singularities Other vaguely black holish superpowers might include Warp or DR with Forcefield,

10-01-2012, 08:30 PM	#9
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: Singularities Jumper (Within the Event Horizon) (Backlash: Really Really Really Dead) (One Use Only) ;)

10-01-2012, 08:43 PM	#10
ErhnamDJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK	Re: Singularities Alternate Form for fifteen points should do it. You can choose any weight you want for your character for free. If you can't get away with that, then a high enough level of Growth should cover you. On the other hand, it costs considerably less to do the same thing with the Enlarge spell from Magic. __________________ "For the rays, to speak properly, are not colored. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color." —Isaac Newton, Optics My blog.