Corpse Possession

Corpse possession: [Major] by Iczer

'Hey buddy, It's me your Pa..come give me a hug'

The character has the ability to discorporate himself and flow into a corpse. The process takes 4 actions to perform, and the corpse to be possessed must be within 10 feet (+2 per level).
The corpse must also be mostly complete, and the character cannot possess individual parts (though a delimbed corpse can be possessed, a beheaded one cannot).

While riding inside a corpse, the character has the following abilities:

• SDC: 1d4x10+30. This can be adjudicated by the GM at any time, particularly for fairly beat up corpses. This is the SDC of the corpse, not the SDC possessed in life by the owner. Just 100-300 odd pounds of dead meat.
• Strength and endurance: The Body has a PS equal to 10 plus the character's ME attribute. this PS is considered extraordinary. a PE score is irrelevant. the body is dead and does not feel fatigue (or nausea for that matter). For all intents and purposes, the character is animating a fleshy power suit. The character is still vulnerable to mental powers and psionics, as well as illusions. Of course, the corpse does not need to eat, breathe or sleep.
• Appearance: Exactly like the possessed corpse. In the case of recently, gently dead, the corpse will appear fresh, at least for a little while. Loses 1 SDC per day even if well maintained while being ridden from general wear and tear, and does not recover.
• Speed: 10 plus the character's MA attribute. PP is the character's IQ +2 per level.

Other abilities. The corpse takes half damage from small projectiles, or from weapons with a small impact surface (bullets, rapiers, etc) but full normal damage from shotgun blasts, axes, cutting implements etc. It also enjoys an AR of 11 to most kinetic attacks.

• Powers: The character loses most of his other powers while possessing a corpse. he retains any energy resistances he may have, and can use all his specifically mental superpowers. he does control the natural and non magical abilities and non mental powers of the target though, but only at first level proficiency)
• Combat: The character uses his normal combat skills while riding a corpse, but he does enjoy a blanket +1 to strike and parry as well as +2 to damage. He also possesses a bite attack (2D4 plus PS damage bonus).
• Limits: The character can only possess a corpse for 6 hours per PE point. animal and nonhuman corpses can be inhabited but they must be between 100 and 400lbs. non humanoid corpses inflict a -2 to all combat manoevres and -1 attack while possessing (hard to manipulate the body when it is such an odd shape).

Corpse possession: [Major] by Iczer

'Let's go down to the lab/and see what's on the slab'

The character can possess corpses. The character can choose to take over and animate any deceased body roughly of his own size and shape. When he does so, his own body falls down apparently unconscious, and the corpse rises.
As a corpse, the character has his own mental attributes. He has the physical attributes of the deceased's body with the following notations.

PS is at +8 and is superhuman.

PE is mostly irrelevant.

PB is pretty low, but varies depending on the donor's state of decomposition.

PP and Spd are at -6.

The body has no HP (it's just a body) and has 50 SDC +5 SDC per level of the character. as a corpse, the body is immune to poisons, disease and other perils of mortality (including critical hits). The corpse has a natural AR of 8 and takes half damage from bullets and impaling weapons. A possessed corpse recovers lost SDC at a rate of 1 every 10 minutes of concentration but it cannot reattach or regrow lost limbs.

The character can possess a corpse within 60 feet and within sight. The character can 'corpse jump' possessing a corpse while already possessing a corpse. the new corpse must be within 60 feet of an already possessed corpse.

The character's body can exist in his 'coma like state' for up to 24 hours per level before he begins to starve and deterioate.

The character can possess an animated corpse or zombie, but not vampires or other forms of intelligent undead. He automatically recognises the undead when he see's them.