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Re: ballooning and you ?

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Chronic_GreenHorn wrote:Hi there :D me and my friend were setting up for a game this weekend and he asked instead of having three powers(empowered) he just wanted two and he wanted to sort of intertwine them APS:Rubber and Elasticity and he was arguing that he could balloon up individual limbs other than his whole body would this affect gameplay in anyway like added weight and or extra punching damage? thank you



If he's simply ballooning/inflating up the limbs, I'd say NO...in fact, he'd be REDUCING the damage because the force of a punch from a ballooned limb would be distributed over a larger area, reducing its overall force.
It would LOOK impressive, but it would be like suiting up in an inflatable sumo-suit and punching somebody, or beating them with a pool toy.
You'd need something like Growth and/or Density Control in the mix to make substantial supersized limbs with some actual 'umph' to them.
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Sounds like he wants to essentially duplicate the Enlarge Body Parts power from PU1...
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Actually, I think the Prodigious Limbs major power from PU3 (pg 88) would accomplish this feat better.
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Just give him Prodigious Limbs as a third power...
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Actually it would be rather amusing to have the OP character try out his amazing new attack combo and be wondering why Doctor Destructo isn't going down under the balloon-beating he's being subjected to.
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Actually he might get a good stinging attack stretching out his arms, pulling back(WAAAAYYYY back) one of his fingers, and using it like a rubberband snap.
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Re: ballooning and you ?

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maybe you could create "slingshot" as a attack option for elastic people period?
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