Stairway to Heaven

Stairway To Heaven (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

"Fly? Nah, I'll take the stairs."

The hero can materialize levitating plates rising at an angle, similar to a staircase. He is able to generate a set of stairs rising 100 feet per level. This can be regulated for shorter distances as desired by the superbeing. Stairs are two feet wide and a foot across. They are 6 inches in height apart as they rise.
Basically, this power could be useful in rescuing people from burning buildings or climbing up to an aerial fortress.

Range: The stairs begin within 40 feet of the character, plus ten feet per level of experience.

Duration: Stairs stay present for one hour per level or until canceled or disrupted by a stair being destroyed. Stairs form at a rate equal to the character's ME in stairs per melee round until reaching the maximum height.

SDC per step: 30 points per stair. The stairs disintegrate if a step is destroyed starting at the top at the same rate they are created and travel is not possible past a step that is destroyed. Destroying a step below the character's location will cause the stairs below to disintegrate first along with the highest steps. This will cause him to fall as the stairs collapse.

Note: The stairs remain in the same position regardless of weather conditions and do not get blown by wind or shoved with anything less than the character's PS at Supernatural power level. This makes them very much immobile once in place.

Weight Allowance: The stairs can hold the equivalent weight allowance of the character's PS but at Supernatural level (for example, a character with a PS of 10 could generate a set of stairs able to hold a total weight of 5000 pounds). The superbeing can climb the stairs at his normal movement rate, though moving at more than half speed increases the chance of slipping and falling.

Limitations: Once the staircase is created, it occupies the same location until the time expires or it is canceled or destroyed; it is stationary and cannot be moved or made to turn in a different direction nor bend to change direction. Anyone can use the stairs once it is created, but no railings are provided and the stairs are generally not up to normal safety codes. Also, the stairs do not necessarily lead anywhere, just stopping once the maximum distance has been reached, though they can be made to connect with buildings and ledges. Stairs always generate upwards, starting at the bottom and rising from the ground or whatever surface the hero is standing on, anchoring itself to that location, so if it is on the top of a plane, it will move with the vehicle.