Alter Physical Structure: Fluid

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Alter Physical Structure: Fluid (minor) by AJ Pickett (ad4emperor@hotmail.com)-

"Whats so bad about getting drunk? Just ask a glass of water!"

This is unusual for a minor ability as it involves a full physical transformation, the character can, at will, become liquid, unfortunately, as a liquid, the super being has no control over his liquid mass and simply turns into a puddle until the process is reversed and the character returns to a solid state. The process of transformation is instantaneous and the character can avoid damage by becoming liquid, however, while turning to liquid is fast, returning to a solid state is slow, taking 3D6 melee rounds (up to four and a half minutes), however in ideal conditions (where the liquid is contained or spread over a non-absorbent surface) this time is cut down to a mere 1D4 melee rounds.
The appearance of the liquid is that of water, however it is not pure water and contains salts and other substances that can be found in the body, also, trace amounts of these salts remain behind on surfaces which can be detected if you know what you are looking for.
While in liquid form the character has full awareness of their surroundings, though they can not speak they are able to gurgle a few bubbles (though they only have a limited supply of gas they can condense to do this) and they have a temperature which starts at body temperature and gradually cools to room temperature (when they reform to solid they rapidly generate bodyheat so as not to suffer hypothermia).
The character can not compress their liquid form, their liquid mass is equal to their solid mass (and volume) and has the same basic qualities as water.. some of the character's liquid volume can be lost with no ill effects (other than being thirsty when reformed to solid) but anything over 10% will inflict damage at a rate of 1D4 Hit Points per additional 10% of volume, every 10% over 50% of total volume is potentially lethal, inflicting 1D6 Hit Points per 5% of volume. If the character reforms having lost a significant portion of their liquid mass they will appear horribly dessicated, like a shriveled mummy, but recovery is rapid and they suffer no long term ill effects as long as they can consume large amounts of water to replace the loss.
The character can remain in liquid form for as long as they like, as they do not require air or food while fluid, and yes, they can be frozen solid with no ill effect, the super being will age at a reduced rate while frozen (1 year per 10 actual years) but will not be aware of anything while frozen.
The character can liquify and remain contained in something like a water cooler or other sealed container, portions of their volume could be removed (such as people draining cup fulls of liquid from the cooler) but they probably could not reform because they wouldn't be able to break free of the plastic cooler bottle from the inside. If contained and unable to resolidify, nothing can force them to resolidify (even negate super powers), they will simply be unable to become solid again while the super power is shut down.