Rubberize
Rubberize (minor) by Taalismn
“Okay...Where’s Chicken-Man? There’s something I wanna try on him.”
A variant of the Major power Stretching, this power is instead used on OTHER people to transform them into a boneless, elastic state. Unlike Stretching, the victim of this power CANNOT effectively contol their now elastic bodies, but instead will find themselves limp and boneless...Reduce P.S. and Speed to 1d4, NO initiative, NO bonuses, and is reduced to flopping about on the ground.
A favorite tactic of superbeings possessing this power is to quickly tie their victims literally in knots....This is a rather painful process, even with the increased resistance to damage. In this state they can be stretched out to about three times their original height, mashed, twirled, pulled, and bounced with seemingly no ill effect (sadistic GMs might want to force a roll versus pain to avoid passing out in the hands of a particularly enthusiastic mauler or power taffy stretcher). At the end of the duration of this power, however, the victim will instantly snap back to their original shape and non-elastic state(though depending on how thoroughly they’ve been knotted up, this may be accompanied by great discomfort for 1d6 minutes, and they’ll be -5 to strike, dodge, parry, roll, and lose all initiative for 1d6 minutes afterwards while they pull themselves back together).
The beneficial effects of this power is that those Rubberized acquire a toughness and elasticity that allows them to take large amounts of physcial damage without harm. Victims gain an additional 2d4x10 SDC, and take only HALF damage from punches, falls, and physical attacks.
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 1d4 minutes per touch; effects are cumulative
- Saving Throw: Victims of this power actually get a Saving Throw versus Lethal Poison(14 or better, P.E. bonuses DO apply); a successful save means that the intended victim may feel a bit weak and dizzy, but otherwise is able to fight off the effects of the Rubberizing touch.
- Note: Does NOT work through body armor or power armor.