Effect Descriptions

Effect Descriptions

TABLE: POWER EFFECTS
NAME TYPE ACTION RANGE DURATION RESISTANCE COST
Affliction Attack Standard Close Instant Fort. or Will 1 per rank
Alternate Form Varies Varies Varies Varies See description
Blast Attack Standard Ranged Instant Toughness 2 per rank
Burrowing Movement Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Communication Sensory Free Rank Sustained 4 per rank
Comprehend Sensory None Personal Permanent 2 per rank
Concealment Sensory Free Personal Sustained 2 per rank
Create Control Standard Ranged Sustained 2 per rank
Damage Attack Standard Close Instant Toughness 1 per rank
Dazzle Attack Standard Ranged Instant Fort. or Will 2 per rank
Deflect Defense Standard Ranged Instant 1 per rank
Duplication Control Standard Close Sustained 3 per rank
Element Control Control Standard Perception Sustained Strength 2 per rank
Elongation General Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Energy Absorption General Free Personal Sustained See description
Energy Aura Attack Reaction Close Instant Toughness 4 per rank
Energy Control Attack Standard Ranged Instant Toughness 2 per rank
Enhanced Trait General Free Personal Sustained As base trait
Environment Control Standard Rank Sustained 1-2 per rank
Extra Limbs General None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Feature General None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Flight Movement Free Personal Sustained 2 per rank
Force Field Defense Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Growth General Free Personal Sustained 2 per rank
Healing General Standard Close Instant 2 per rank
Illusion Control Standard Perception Sustained Awareness 1-5 per rank
Immortality Defense None Personal Permanent 2 per rank
Immunity Defense None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Insubstantial General Free Personal Sustained 5 per rank
Invisibility Sensory Free Personal Sustained 4 or 8 points
Leaping Movement Free Personal Instant 1 per rank
Luck Control Control Reaction Perception Instant 3 per rank
Magic Attack Standard Ranged Instant Toughness 2 per rank
Mental Blast Attack Standard Perception Instant Will 4 per rank
Mimic General Move Personal Sustained 8 per rank
Mind Control Attack Standard Perception Instant Will 4 per rank
Mind Reading Sensory Standard Perception Sustained Will 2 per rank
Morph General Free Personal Sustained 5 per rank
Move Object Control Standard Ranged Sustained Strength 2 per rank
Movement Movement Free Personal Sustained 2 per rank
Nullify Attack Standard Ranged Instant Rank/Will 1 per rank
Power-Lifting General Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Protection Defense None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Quickness General Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Regeneration Defense None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Remote Sensing Sensory Free Rank Sustained 1-5 per rank
Senses Sensory None Personal Permanent 1 per rank
Shapeshift General Move Personal Sustained 8 per rank
Shrinking General Free Personal Sustained 2 per rank
Sleep Attack Standard Ranged Instant Fortitude 2 per rank
Snare Attack Standard Ranged Instant Dodge 3 per rank
Speed Movement Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Strike Attack Standard Close Instant Toughness 1 per rank
Suffocation Attack Standard Ranged Instant Fortitude 4 per rank
Summon Control Standard Close Sustained 2 per rank
Super-Speed See description Free Personal See description 3 per rank
Swimming Movement Free Personal Sustained 1 per rank
Teleport Movement Move Rank Instant 2 per rank
Transform Control Standard Close Sustained 2-5 per rank
Variable General Standard Personal Sustained 7 per rank
Weaken Attack Standard Close Instant Fort or Will 1 per rank
EFFECT DESCRIPTION FORMAT
Each power is presented in the following format:

EFFECT NAME (TYPE)

ActionRangeDurationCost
Name: What the effect is called.
Type: The type of effect.
Action: The action required to use the effect: standard, move, free, reaction, or none.
Range: The range at which the effect operates: personal, close, ranged, perception, or rank.
Duration: The effect’s duration: instant, concentration, sustained, continuous, or permanent.
Cost: How many character points the base effect costs per rank.
A description of the effect and what it does in game terms follows.
LIST OF EFFECTS
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