Adaptive

Adaptive [Major] by Iczer

'that hurt buddy....once!'

The character has an adaptive, morphic quality that takes reflexive and defensive changes to absorb and mitigate further damage. After receiving damage from any sort in combat, the character gains one minor power to defend from that source. There are several limitations on this ability.

1) No attribute gain: The character does not gain any attribute bonus from the gained minor power, nor any SDC or HP bonus.

2) Only one power at a time: The character only has access to one minor power at a time. To gain a new one he must drop the old one.

3) Only one new power per round: While the character does not have to use any actions to change, he can only do so once per round, in response to damage taken. New powers last for one minute per level

At fifth level, the character can gain powers that are not strictly defensive in nature, and can gain them from circumstances out side of combat. (May develop gliding membranes if falling, may develop ex PS to resist being crushed, etc). 25% chance of invoking this effect outside of combat at level 5, plus 5% each level after 5.

Other bonuses: +1d4x10 SDC. Heals at 3 times normal rate