Remote Consciousness

Remote consciousness [Minor] by Iczer

'No pain no brain..never been truer..wanna see?!'

The character has a kind of opening in his head. typically he can open the back of his head, and his brain can crawl out, operating the body by remote.

1) The brain, has the following stats: Spd 13. Can crawl on surfaces at half speed. colour blind, and can only see about 12 feet. +2 to dodge, prowl 45%. 20 HP.

2) The body: While the brain is out, the character can operate normally, over any distance from the body (but not across dimensions or time). additionally, the character may ignore pain, and is virtually immune to psychic abilities (events that target the mind will find the mind is fairly distant. telepaths may believe the character is a robot). The character may also continue to operate and stay conscious while his HP are below 0. The body halves it's attacks and combat bonuses, and speed and skills are at half rate as well, but the character still functions until his HP have reached negative his PE AND his ME. After this point, the body simply no longer holds together enough to function (but can be used as observation). If the body dies, then the brain is not long for this world (will live for his ME in days). the body cannot be knocked out or stunned by blows to the head, and while posions will insinuate themselves into the body, toxins that affect the brain directly do not affect the brainless individual. additionally, the character cannot drown or suffocate (all of which do damage based on cutting off oxygen supply to the brain (which is elsewhere).

3) Hollow head: while the brain is absent, the space in the head can be used as a storage space that can store objects safely (if not cleanly)

[As a side note, in playtest, a PC smuggled a shrunken PC in the hollow in his head]

4) A note on powers: Essentially speaking, the brain does not share the powers of the body. sensory powers are shared by both, but otherwise powers are divided between the two as the character see's fit. A character with flight: wingless, Ex PE, Radar and Create force constructs can divide these powers as he sees fit. The body can have all the powers, while the brain gets radar (both the body AND the brain get radar).

Alternatively he can mix and match, giving the brain EX PE, and create force constructs leaving the body with flight. the character has full accsess to all powers when both the body and brain are joined.