Currency and Coin Conversion

Currency and Coin Conversion(minor) by [Stone Gargoyle

The superbeing can alter money by touch.

1.Monetary Conversion: The hero can hold paper money or coins in his hand and alter their appearance, size and denomination. Range: Touch. Items must be held in the hero's fist with no edges exposed outside of the hand. If an observer were to view this process, it would appear to be a magic trick.

Duration: Items must be held in hand for 2 full melee rounds, after which the power requires 10 minutes to recharge itself before it can be used again.

Skill Level: Items are altered as if the hero possesses the skill of Forgery at 70%, +2% per level. A failed roll means that an inaccurate copy of the item is produced.

Requirements: The power requires that one form of money be turned into another, but an American dollar bill could be changed into a $100 bill or into foreign currency. The form of currency being duplicated must be memorized(skill penalty of -40% applies), be looked at from a photocopy(-20% skill penalty) or be copied using an actual note of currency.

Number of Copies: Can alter one item per level and all items to be altered must fit in the hand(see above).

2.Drawbacks: Metal coins remain the metal type of the coins altered, so a gold coin could be made from a regular nickel but would not actually be gold, merely appear so. Thus the weight and chemical properties of the coin would not change. With paper money, the texture would remain the same, so anyone capable of identifying the money by touch or having Heightened Sense of Touch would not be fooled. The character can create talented forgeries, but counterfeit none the less, ruining real money to create fakes. Also, serial numbers of bills would copy exactly, so anyone tracking the bills would be alerted, especially in the case of excessively large denominations.

3.Other Abilities and Bonuses:

+10% to Forgery skill and Art: Drawing

+5% to palming skill and Sleight of Hand

+1d4 IQ

Can immediately recognize counterfeit money on sight(cannot be fooled) and knows currency exchange rates without having to look them up.

+2 to Perception