Basic Action Super Heroes!

Ok,

I need some help coming up with the right power for my Cosmic one shot villain. Basically, he can reanimate the dead in large quantities, so that in a short period of time, he is able to turn the dead of an entire race into servants for his mission.

Initially, I considered giving him the cosmic power of Life, but since they're undead, that doesn't seem right. I considered summoning, with the summoned creatures being able to reanimate the bodies (ala Starro's creations taking control of a living person). The alternate power of Animation, or X Mastery (with the mastery being Supernatural, limited to undead).

I'm considering maybe making this power rated "Beyond" due to the massive scale this being does this on. I just figured I'd throw this out there, and see what people might suggest before making a final decision

My opinion? Just work out the details of how his power works, make sure it's not too overwhelming, and just say he has it.

It's not like he has to fit within a point limit. He's a NPC!

Animation 5 (or more...) (Limit: only affects corpses, Enhancement: Area Huge Burst) Cost 8pts (or more...)

Off screen he can push this power to animate larger areas, and have plenty of time to recover, or he has all the time he needs off screen to go about animating the dead.

As a plot hook, you may say there is an object that is enhancing this power to affect entire dead planets. This way, he can face your heroes with the regular power, summoning corpses from the ground, and still raise entire armies while preparing.

I'd say:

Animation Beyond Rating [Limitation: Only affects corpses; Enhancement: Space]

So he could raise all the dead on an entire planet if he wanted to!

BASHMAN wrote:I'd say:

Animation Beyond Rating [Limitation: Only affects corpses; Enhancement: Space]

So he could raise all the dead on an entire planet if he wanted to!

Of course, the simplest solution seems best.

Just wondering why the enhancement Space is added? Is that so it affects the whole planet?

yes, I was going to suggest the same thing.

urbwar wrote:

BASHMAN wrote:I'd say:

Animation Beyond Rating [Limitation: Only affects corpses; Enhancement: Space]

So he could raise all the dead on an entire planet if he wanted to!

Of course, the simplest solution seems best.

Just wondering why the enhancement Space is added? Is that so it affects the whole planet?

Yes- it's so you can use grids instead of squares to measure area.

Ok, so I'm thinking of the power he uses to wipe out a planet's population.

Here's the basics I have, but any suggestions are appreciated, as I want to make sure I use the right enhancements, etc:

Special Attack 5 (Enhancement: Annihilation, Space. Limitation: only vs sentient life forms)

Now, I'm debating giving this levels in Arc, unless space covers that. Also, if I have the space enhancement, do I still need to purchase Range?

Why annihilation if it only affects Sentient life, since annihilation only really affects collateral damage, which you aren't doing? You need to put points into range otherwise you are making a melee attack that destroys the planet, I think.

BeardedDork wrote:Why annihilation if it only affects Sentient life, since annihilation only really affects collateral damage, which you aren't doing? You need to put points into range otherwise you are making a melee attack that destroys the planet, I think.

Yeah, I was thinking there was a -5 to hit objects in Grids, but I see it is a -5 DM, so you're right, I don't need it. I also made the mistake of not making the Special Attack a Beyond Rating.

So let's see if this works better:

Special Attack Beyond Rating (enhancement: Area (Large Burst), Range (Extreme Range), Space limitation: Burn -Out, Only affects sentient beings)

That'll do it. A beyond rating special attack essentially does infinity damage- so if he uses it, everyone dies!

So having Burst and Space together isn't overkill? I wasn't sure if having just Space would cover a planet, which is why I added Burst to the effect (figuring the space enhancement would expand the radius of the burst to cover a world)

Yep. A Space enhanced Large Burst should cover most planets. A medium would get small planets.

BASHMAN wrote:Yep. A Space enhanced Large Burst should cover most planets. A medium would get small planets.

Ok, cool. As we discussed via IM on Facebook, this is going to be an interesting being....