10-24-2013, 04:10 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Dreamland
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Duplication questions; upgrading capabilities
A character idea I've recently come up with uses Duplication. But I'm not quite sure how to go about it right, so I have a few questions;
Is 100% fair to add onto Construct so I have all the advantages of both (most importantly, there isn't a 'real' me, so either dupe can recreate the other one)? Do you have to touch to merge? Is this also true of Construct? If so, what would the price be to get rid of this (is it just Ranged)? Would Ranged allow me to create dupes at a distance? Signature Gear is a 100% enhancement, but would Can Carry Objects also work? Since Extra Heavy is worth +150%, do I have to combine these together? Reduced time can make it a free action, if I put Reflexive on it, can I 'dodge' by splitting in two? Side note, can I do the same for Alternate Form, Morph, and other powers that could reasonably 'dodge' by using them? Do I put Reduced Cost on Construct or Duplication itself to make Construct free? I'm pretty sure I use Alternate Form with Uncontrollable Trigger (Duplication) for changing into two different people. Do I need to do this if only cosmetic changes happen? If only a couple mental traits do (as per Split Personality)? If other features change (such as sex, SM, or handedness)? I can use Extra Lives to replace lost Dupes. What if I'm using one of the limitations on Extra Life, especially Copy? Lastly, what is a fair limitation that I have to split my traits among the dupes (and also if I have to choose ahead of time how it is done)? One dupe is a fighting master, the other a politician, and combine their abilities when combined, as an example. Thank you ahead of time. (One last cute note, linking Morph with Duplication could do silly things like run around as a wolf and have a hawk fly out of me to look around) |
10-24-2013, 04:43 PM | #2 | ||||||
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10-24-2013, 05:49 PM | #3 | |||||||
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As Dupes are copies of you, I would allow any Dupe to make more Dupes, as long as the total number didn't exceed your Duplication level. If you want the "Dupes" to all be "you" like unmodified Duplication, but also Disposable like constructs (so if any on survives, you're still good to go after you rest and replace your dupes), then I think you're looking at a pile of Cosmic to make that happen. Quote:
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I would allow this as a variation on "Shared Resources", but rather than splitting up HP and FP, you split up the skill list. For that to work fairly though, no two dupes could share a skill. (I might be convinced that they could share skills with more than 1 pt in them by splitting the points, but I'd have to give it some thought.) |
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10-27-2013, 11:05 PM | #4 | ||||||||
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10-28-2013, 06:49 AM | #5 |
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Re: Duplication questions; upgrading capabilities
The line would be where switching those things becomes an advantage. Looking one "normal" way all the time is no more advantageous than looking another "normal" way all the time, for example, but being able to change from one "normal" appearance to another is a game advantage because you could eg: run around the corner while being chased by the cops, change appearance, then point and shout, "He went that-a-way!"
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10-28-2013, 12:22 PM | #6 | |||
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But if you can split up your Disadvantages, that's a big ol Enhancement. |
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10-28-2013, 04:03 PM | #7 | |||
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It almost sounds like it would come out to a wash if it applied to everything then. The idea that sparked this was taking two (say) 100pt dupes that when combined are a 200pt character. Or a slime that spreads parts of itself around (even metaphysical parts). |
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10-28-2013, 05:34 PM | #8 |
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Location: Lynn, MA
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Re: Duplication questions; upgrading capabilities
"Everything" Is a toughy... Normally shared resources divides HP and FP from their value, not how much they've been improved, so splitting everything would mean your IQ 14 guy splits into two IQ 7 guys... so you may want to be a bit more specific!
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10-30-2013, 12:18 AM | #9 |
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11-06-2013, 01:19 PM | #10 |
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Re: Duplication questions; upgrading capabilities
I think the best way to cover 'everything' is to cover point values; IQ 14 [80] becomes IQ 12 [40], or maybe 11 and 13. Since ST makes more sense that way (or at least taking the square root), it seems fair to apply it the same way amongst the other attributes.
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