Potato Minions

Potato Minions (Major) by Stone Gargoyle, from an idea by my roommate Robert Pitkaken

"Rise my Tater Tots!"

The hero can cause potatoes in range to rise up out of the ground and take on humanoid shape to serve as scouts.
The hero can affect potatoes growing in the ground (cannot be potatoes already picked) within a 10 foot radius, plus one foot per level. When rising out of the ground, the potatoes will sprout tiny eyes and take on a generally humanoid form.

Number Created: The hero can create his ME number in minions, plus one per level. This can be done up to his ME number in times per day.

Duration: The potatoes have a lifespan of 2d4 melee rounds, plus one round per level, or until destroyed or eaten.

Attacks: Creating a batch of potato minions uses 2 melee attacks/actions. Requires one melee attack/action per melee round to control them.

Range: Minions must be created from potatoes within a radius of 10 feet of the hero, plus one foot per level. The hero can control the minions for a distance of up to 100 feet per level (line of sight unless "seeing" through minion (see below).

Special: The hero can see using the eyes formed in the potatoes, but only through one at a time, and he can preform no other actions while doing so.

Attributes:

IQ/MA/ME: Not applicable. They are basically puppets.

PS: 2, allowing a potato minion to lift up to 20 lbs.

PP: 10

PE: 12

Speed: Equal to the hero's ME score

SDC: 5

HP: 1

Attacks: The hero can attack with them, but this subtracts from his other attacks.

Damage: A potato can be slammed into a target for 2d6 damage.

Resistances: Potato minions take half damage from all forms of energy attacks and half damage from blunt strikes whether from a weapon or HtoH strikes. Potatoes also do not breathe and can be sent underwater or into airless environments with no ill effect.

Other Abilities and Bonuses:

+1d4 ME

+2 to strike using a potato as a thrown weapon, +1 at levels 4, 8 and 12.

+15% to cooking skill when preparing recipes using potatoes

+10% to Preserve Food as it pertains to vegetables