Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)

[Hick Jr]

Looks good.

I am going to have a lot of fun with this.

[Sanctaphrax]

So it's clearer?

[Sanctaphrax]

I'd really appreciate a bit more feedback on the Limitation rewrite. It was a major effort and I'm not at all confident in the result.

It's hard to assess the clarity of your own writing, you know?

[Hick Jr]

I completely concur. It's a hell of a lot clearer- the examples help a lot- and I think it'll be easier to use with most characters and cause a lot less argument at the table.

[Theonlyspiral]

Limitation makes sense to me. First time I can say that.

[Sanctaphrax]

Awesome. That's what I was hoping to hear.

[Lavecki121]

Sorry, lol, I should have commented when I saw it but I was all "yea that makes way more sense" and moved on. But yes, the rewrite is fantastic, it clears up all the issues with the original

[Sanctaphrax]

Awesome.

I'm adding the Limitation revision to the list now. I'm not doing a full update, but Limitation is kind of important as custom Powers go so I think it should be updated ASAP.

[Gatts]

You know, I'm very surprised to find that there's no Veil/Invisibility power. Not exclusively anyway. With some searching I discovered that the Displacement power at one point in its life covered invisibility, but at an extortionate cost (3 refresh for a strength 4 veil.)

So how much would it cost for a simple personal veil? I'd be tempted to say -1, since you're basically halving Glamours. One one hand, I'm hesitant to butcher canon powers for parts, but on the other hand it seems a little conspicuous in its absence.

[Sanctaphrax]

Displacement still does invisibility if upgraded. It gives a little more bang for your buck now, though.

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DISPLACEMENT [-1]
Description: You are not where you appear to be. A glamor or other optical effect obscures your true location, making it difficult for opponents to properly target you.
Skills Affected: None
Effects:
Missed Me, Missed Me. Your uncertain location makes it difficult to target you in combat. All attacks against you are subject to a strength 3 block. You may suppress or resume this effect as a free action.
Too Fast To Hit. Moving quickly makes your displacement more effective. Add 1 to the strength of the block from Missed Me, Missed Me for each level of Speed that you possess.
Enhanced Displacement [-1]. Add 2 to the strength of the block from Missed Me, Missed Me.
Invisibility [-1]. You are invisible, simple as that. The block from Missed Me, Missed Me is now treated as a veil rather than as a block against attacks. It does not impede your ability to see at all.
Blinking [-1]. Your displacement is not just an optical effect: you are actually inconsistently tangible. You may treat all physical blocks, including grapples and zone borders, as if their strength was reduced by a margin equal to the strength of the block from Missed Me, Missed Me.

Looking at it now I don't think it's perfectly written (it should probably be clearly optional) but I'm pretty sure it's good enough to use.

[Gatts]

I don't know, while the flat strength 5 veil is great in lower refresh games, that's still 3 refresh compared to Glamours' 2. In a higher refresh game, with Deceit or Discipline capped Glamours does seem to be more useful.

[Sanctaphrax]

Glamours requires you to take an action. This is automatic.

And where Glamours has an uncertain duration, this lasts forever.

So you know. Pros and cons.

[Gatts]

It does have the benefit of not having to decide with my GM what 'a moment of concentration' means. And the benefit of being clear in what it does, assuming there's a line added about not being permanently invisible. I'm just not certain those things are worth another one or two (depending on the cost of Seemings) refresh.
On the other hand, I don't want Seemings and this is the only game in town.

[Lavecki121]

I don't know, while the flat strength 5 veil is great in lower refresh games, that's still 3 refresh compared to Glamours' 2. In a higher refresh game, with Deceit or Discipline capped Glamours does seem to be more useful.

It's only 2 refresh for invisibility. You don't have to take greater displacement of you don't want to

[MadAlchemist]

I'd really appreciate a bit more feedback on the Limitation rewrite. It was a major effort and I'm not at all confident in the result.

It's hard to assess the clarity of your own writing, you know?

This looks like a ton of work, and fairly well put together. That said, I don't think the write-up is really a power. Add in some more specifics on what refresh the different limitation levels are worth and this would be a worthy table for figuring out Catch values and for creating powered down versions of other powers.
Then again it's just my opinion and I ask for a complete write up for power variants, even just limited core book stuff, so other people might like it as is. I will probably refer my players to that post when they want to customize powers, or create their own. So thanks.