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You guys are sick.

i see your character and raise you any character with transmutation.

On my initiative, I turn anything into antimatter.

zerombr wrote:i see your character and raise you any character with transmutation.

On my initiative, I turn anything into antimatter.

Well I'd argue that antimatter is not matter, it's the opposite. As a GM I wouldn't allow that. But this power is broken enough to beat most things with clever application even without that, I would not allow a player with a strong chemistry background access to this power.

Given that the example character here can only duplicate themselves and has no other listed powers you could simply turn the air into mustard gas or acid vapor or chloroform or chlorine gas (which has no odor) or methane (also no odor without the additive they use so people can smell leaks). Heck, turn the air into fine particulates of raw potassium or sodium, both of which react violently/explosively with moisture (such as in the lungs, mouth and nostrils). Transform a couple inches of air around their heads into a wrapping of tar or other sticky hard to remove suffocating material. Make it rain gasoline or kerosene or napalm by transmuting the air then transmute something into a heat source.

indeed, I wouldn't allow it either, but hey, we're going by book legal, right? just wanted to show why I'll never allow transmutation in its current form into my game

I am pretty sure you can't do any of that. by the book. Cuz you can't do chemical compounds IIRC?

Steeler49er wrote:

paxmiles wrote:

Steeler49er wrote:►A great combo is 'Divine Healing' + 'Multiple Beings'
Makes fer a fun hero when you are your own medical trauma team.

And this is the best practical use for that multiple beings power I've seen.

Danka!

After playing a few games of Aberrant I realized that most Real super heroes should be played as Heroes and Not as Crime Fighters since Crime Fighters tend to Not save civilians in most games I play. Kids like crime fighters cuz they run around in cool duds bashing bad guys, but grown-ups tend to appreciate actually being Saved from Burning Buildings, Drowning/Sinking Ships, Falling debris, Tornados/Hurricanes, Floods, Flying in food during Drout/Famine, Power Outages/Blackouts, Locating Lost/Stranded Hikers, Finding missing/abuducted children, Being Cured from the sickness of a plagues deadly touch, and or being pulled from under a fallen building after an earthquake... Real Heroes.

Aberrant is still my favorite "supers" RPG of all time (Adventure and Trinity, not so much; I'm waiting to see what they do with the revamp of the setting). We actually adapted that version of the story-teller system to epic level D&D campaigns and it worked amazingly well, too (though the notes on that are all long gone).

Sir_Spirit wrote:I am pretty sure you can't do any of that. by the book. Cuz you can't do chemical compounds IIRC?

It specifically does say compounds like water, carbon dioxide, rubber, alcohol, etc. Those are examples, not a comprehensive list. It is likely incredibly broken and overpowered in the hands of a clever player (and character) with a strong chemistry background. I have yet to see a player really take advantage of it, but none of my players are chemistry freaks.