Butterfly Knives

Butterfly Knives (Major) by Stone Gargoyle

The character can create and control a swarm of butterflies which can use their wings as blades.

1. Create Butterflies: The character can create and control a swarm of butterfly-like constructs which originate within his body and can be released as necessary. He can create his PE number of bugs to add to the swarm per melee round, holding up to his PE number times 100 bugs in his body at a time. Each bug has 1d4 Hit Points. He can only release and control a swarm of his PE number times 10 butterflies at a time.

Range: The character releases the bugs via his mouth and controls them for a range of 400 feet, plus 40 feet per level of experience.

Duration: Once released, they last for one full melee round. Otherwise they can exist for as long as the character desires.

Attacks: Releasing the bugs or commanding them to an action uses one melee attack/action. He can only use half his attacks to command the bugs per melee round.

Flight Speed: ME number in feet per melee action

2. Blinding Swarm: The butterflies will create a living cloud and fly up the nose, into the eyes and mouth, collide with the face, and crawl on the body of everyone within the cloud. Victims are -5 to strike and -9 to parry and dodge, as well as losing initiative, being reduced to half speed, and losing a melee attack to swat them away. The have a Horror Factor of 11, and do not appear to be normal butterflies.

3. Slashing Swarm: A single butterfly can slash with its winds for 2d6 damage to an opponent, with 10-40 doing 2d6X10 damage per melee attack, and 100-400 taking a full melee round to attack but doing 2d6X100 damage with their bladed wings.

4. Other Abilities and Bonuses: The character is resistant to slashing attacks (half damage) and can recognize various species of butterflies with a skill level of 30%, plus 5% per level of experience.