Living Proxy

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Living proxy [Major] by Iczer

'You can kill the flesh, but the earth lives on'

The character can sink into the ground and enter a torpor like state. His consciousness leaves him for another body, forged from nearby earth.
The body has the following statistics.

PS: Equal to the character's ME (considered extraordinary)
PP: Equal to the character's MA
PE: Not applicable
Spd: 10 plus the character's MA
SDC: 50. If the character has sunk himself into fertile soil with living plants around, this becomes 75. if he sinks into rocky or poor ground, then it is 25. If he sinks into an urban landscape, but still at least concrete, he has 25 SDC.
AR: 12 normally. if sunk into barren rock it becomes 14.
Powers: The living proxy has few of the character's powers. Pseudo psychic powers are transferred to the proxy, and any power that affects or works with earth/rock and stone also transfer. (includes plant control). Everything else stays with the body.

A proxy can be active indefinitely, and move any distance from the character. New proxy's are created within 10 feet of where the character sunk.

It takes 1D4+1 minutes to form the living proxy, which appears composed of the native landscape (twice as long for concrete).
If a proxy is destroyed, the mind snaps back to the character's body. The character must then make a saving throw of 16+ (ME bonuses apply) if successful, the character may start forming a new body. If he fails, he is ejected to the open air and cannot return to the earth for 2D6 minutes.
If the ground where the character sunk is disturbed, the character must make the same saving throw. if the ground is torn open, the character fails the saving throw. In any case the character takes 3D6 damage from the awakening.
The character can also use this power in any instance where his own body would fall lifeless or useless (transferal/possession is a classic example). in this instance, the character's body will sink into the nearby earth when it falls in this fashion, and rise again when the power ends.
The character lies suspended and sustained by the earth he sinks into. He does not age, does not need to sleep eat or breathe while suspended, and can lead to a form of immortality.