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Mar 19th, 2013 at 12:38am
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  Pcionics; Inventing:  This power permits the hero to construct inventions with only 1/10 of an inventing point.    This bonus is only good with actual inventions.  No power stunts, no deductions, no learning new knowledge areas, just pure tinkering and building of machines.   


This should account for Tony Stark's new toys every time you see him.   

Of course, the other inventing rules still apply, that means time and money are still needed.   This is not gadget powers!
  

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Re: Pcionics: Inventing
Reply #1 - Mar 19th, 2013 at 3:10am
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hmmm, I know what Glare needs to get when he returns from the dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

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Reply #2 - Mar 19th, 2013 at 8:28pm
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So based off the specifics of Machines it would not work with Spells.
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 19th, 2013 at 10:10pm
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But there likely is (or will be) a similar ability for magic
  

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Reply #4 - Mar 21st, 2013 at 12:15am
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An idea I never got around to using in print was a version of Absorption that drains Inventing Points (until reaching zero). In non-game terms, a character with this power saps others of their creativity and ingenuity. Those affected can regain Inventing Points normally by going up levels.
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Reply #5 - Mar 21st, 2013 at 12:19am
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I have a succubus NPC that has that power.  She drains your dreams and uses them to manifest on this plane of existence.
  

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Reply #6 - Mar 21st, 2013 at 12:27am
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John wrote on Mar 21st, 2013 at 12:19am:
I have a succubus NPC that has that power.  She drains your dreams and uses them to manifest on this plane of existence.



OT: I have an incubus dubbed Night Stand (as in one-night-stand) who robs others of good-old-fashioned Experience Points. He hooks up with unsuspecting police officers and military personnel (and others who are likely to have some Experience Points), then steals their Experience Points while they sleep.
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 21st, 2013 at 12:57am
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Back on topic, I've thought about the following weakness.

Diminished Senses: Due to a reduced sense of imagination, the character earns Inventing Points at one-quarter the usual rate.
  
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Reply #8 - Mar 21st, 2013 at 1:13pm
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Both of those are great ideas!
  
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Re: Pcionics: Inventing
Reply #9 - Mar 25th, 2016 at 11:23pm
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THE ONI wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 8:28pm:
So based off the specifics of Machines it would not work with Spells.
I don't see why not.
  

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Re: Pcionics: Inventing
Reply #10 - Mar 26th, 2016 at 8:18am
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I might have taken this for Dick as a new power instead of Brilliant. Close though
  
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