A character that can split into different characters?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:50 pm
I've had an idea for a while for a character with some odd abilities. He's a supernatural being of uncertain origin (he's the manifestation of a recurring nightmare suffered by a guy with illusion powers).
Most of his powers are pretty easy. But there's one I thought of that I don't know how to do.
Noctis (I'll refer to it by name since I don't think you can apply 'he' and 'she' to Noctis) is permanently intangible, but has a devastating weakness to light. This is really the only thing that can cause Noctis harm. He needs to 'feed' on people's fears, but since even starlight would harm Noctis, it has to hide in the sewers since that's the only way it can avoid exposure to any light within the city. But it can create 'shadows', beings that look normal and lack its weakness to light. They're not sentient, they're just an extention of Noctis. It uses these to try and lure people into the sewers where it can feed on them in safety.
Yeah, I could just do this with the 'summon' power, but I view these beings as well just being a part of Noctis. I know the duplication power causes you to lose hit points when you lose it, and regain it when the dupes 'recombine'. But the problem with that is all the dupes are identical to the original. I was wondering if there was a way I could have a power be, a mixture of these two. Have Noctis lose hit points to make a minion with different stats from itself, which it could regain by taking the minion back into itself. Also, like I said they aren't seperate entities. Noctis can see through its 'shadows' eyes and is the sole arbiter of what it does. Essentially, they're puppets it makes out of, whatever itself is made of.
I can imagine a power like this existing for other non-solid characters that can divide themselves. You could simulate this with duplication and shape-shifting, but the problem is I want these 'shadows' to have different stats from Noctis itself, including lacking its weakness.
I guess you could rough it by giving its 'summon' power the backlash limitation, and a healing power that only works when it 'recollects' one of its minions. But I would kind of like something more a combination of duplication and summoning. I guess you would have to make a custom power for something this weird?
Most of his powers are pretty easy. But there's one I thought of that I don't know how to do.
Noctis (I'll refer to it by name since I don't think you can apply 'he' and 'she' to Noctis) is permanently intangible, but has a devastating weakness to light. This is really the only thing that can cause Noctis harm. He needs to 'feed' on people's fears, but since even starlight would harm Noctis, it has to hide in the sewers since that's the only way it can avoid exposure to any light within the city. But it can create 'shadows', beings that look normal and lack its weakness to light. They're not sentient, they're just an extention of Noctis. It uses these to try and lure people into the sewers where it can feed on them in safety.
Yeah, I could just do this with the 'summon' power, but I view these beings as well just being a part of Noctis. I know the duplication power causes you to lose hit points when you lose it, and regain it when the dupes 'recombine'. But the problem with that is all the dupes are identical to the original. I was wondering if there was a way I could have a power be, a mixture of these two. Have Noctis lose hit points to make a minion with different stats from itself, which it could regain by taking the minion back into itself. Also, like I said they aren't seperate entities. Noctis can see through its 'shadows' eyes and is the sole arbiter of what it does. Essentially, they're puppets it makes out of, whatever itself is made of.
I can imagine a power like this existing for other non-solid characters that can divide themselves. You could simulate this with duplication and shape-shifting, but the problem is I want these 'shadows' to have different stats from Noctis itself, including lacking its weakness.
I guess you could rough it by giving its 'summon' power the backlash limitation, and a healing power that only works when it 'recollects' one of its minions. But I would kind of like something more a combination of duplication and summoning. I guess you would have to make a custom power for something this weird?
