Mechanical Hommoculi
Mechanical hommoculi [Major] by Iczer
'Go Go gadget umbrella'
The character can turn simple mechanical objects into obedient short lived drones.
The character can affect objects 5 lbs or less in weight, rising by 5lbs per level. a drone has the following statistics.
Most statistics are identical to the player characters except as follows.
IQ ME and MA are half the character's. PS is 1 and the drone inflicts a mere 1 point of damage in combat. Spd is also halved and PE is irrelevant. SDC of the Drone is the same as the object (or part thereof. See below). Attacks per melee are 2 and combat bonuses are equal to half the PC's.
Drones are obedient and loyal. They last 20 minutes per level and can venture up to 200 feet from the character before reforming into their components. The character must have a firm grasp of the object to transform it (the character can entangle an opponent's gun and then transform it, but cannot merely strike or pary the object). It takes 2 actions to create a drone, and the character can only have 6 drones active at one time (+2 per level).
The maximum weight of a drone is 5 lbs. If an object exceeds 5 lbs (but is still under the character's weight limit), then the character creates multiple drones (a 12 lb assault rifle breaks down into 3 drones of 4lbs each).
Drones have memory. if the character keeps turning his home computer into a drone, it will remember events from the last time it was used in such a manner. the definition of 'machine' remains vague for the purposes of this power. an umbrella counts, a sword does not.
Drones can act as the machine they have spawned from, though if spawned from multiple machines then they need to remain together. A modem drone can remain plugged into the internet and can even perform limited browsing. A Phone drone can take calls for the character. A handgun drone can fire it's ammunition, doing normal damage (but having a -2 to strike and is not trained in WP: self).
Other bonuses: The character enjoys a +10% to mechanical and electrical skills.
