Shuffle

Shuffle: [Major] by Iczer

'I love it when we all come together like this'

The character has the unusual ability to mimic the powers of others, gaining and draining their life force and mimicking them, while boosting their own strength.

1) Shuffling: Once per melee round, the character acquires a random, minor power from a random target within 60 feet (+10 feet per level). All living beings are subject to this, even non powered humans, and the character's teammates. the power acquired does not grant any extra HP or SDC, nor does it actually enhance any attribute. the character just recieves the benefits of the minor power. This power is blocked by solid objects, but not forcefields.

2) Drain energy: The target of the above power, must make a saving throw (14+ PE bonuses apply). If he fails, the rapid draining and mimicry causes minute fatigue and wear and tear. until the end of the melee round, the character is fatigued (-1 attack, -5% to all skills -2 to all combat abilities). The target also loses 2D6 SDC (but will not drop below half his normal SDC total in this manner). Any drained SDC is picked up by the character. If the character causes any amount of fatigue, he gains +1 attack per melee round, and +5% to all skills for the rest of the round.

3) Selective shuffling: Once per melee round, as an action, the character can designate a new target for this power. The target makes the usual saving throw. If he fails, then the character gains one of his (chosen this time) minor powers, and he suffers the fatigue and damage as noted in #2 above. The previous victim recovers from fatigue if this happens (but the SDC drain remains).

4) Other notes: The character cannot switch this power off. Just being within range can cause any living creature larger than a cat to suffer from this power's effects. The character can expend one action per melee round in concentration to keep this power in check, but is on his own when sleeping or unconscious. (Note: Someone appropriately skilled could construct armour to block this ability. More than 1 inch thick at all points and on average 3 inches thick of some rigid or semirigid material would be needed. needless to say this character sleeps alone.)