Starburst

Starburst (Major) by Stone Gargoyle

The character is able to create and maintain miniature binary stars which he controls.

1. Binary Creation: The character creates the stellar binary through acceleration of molecules.

Range: Touch; molecules are accelerated between the character's hands. The binary then orbits the character's head until needed to fly or attack with.

Duration: Permanent until used for Starburst Attack (see below).

Attacks: Uses one full melee round to create the binary stars. Once destroyed, it takes one full day (24 hours) to generate them again, minus one hour per level of experience.

Damage: Touching the stars does 5d6 damage to anyone that isn't impervious to heat and fire and electricity.

SDC: The stars have SDC of 200 each and cannot be harmed by most attacks. Darkness attacks and explosions inflict half damage. Destruction of the stars (loss of all SDC) causes them to explode (see Starbust Attack below).

Size: 6 inches in diameter.

Appearance: The stars are extremely bright. Someone staring into them with unprotected vision for a full melee round will go blind. Due to their brightness, those standing within sight of them are -6 to all combat moves if not using protective eyewear; this is reduced to -4 if wearing sunglasses.

2. Flight: Hover: Similar the minor superability, this is accomplished by holding the binary stars between his hands and allowing them to pull him.

Speed: 20 mph, plus 10 mph per level of experience.

The light from this negates any prowl skill afforded by the lack of footprints.

+2 dodge when hovering or moving through the air under 80 mph, +6 over 80 mph

3. Starburst Attack: The character can separate the stars and shoot them out individually to perform an explosive attack.

Range: The stars can be shot out to a distance of 500 feet, plus 50 feet per level of experience.

Damage: Causing the stars to go nova will do 1d6X10 damage per level of experience to all targets within a 30 foot blast radius.

Duration: The nova effect can be set for a length of time after being shot out equal to one minute per level of the character's experience. Both stars must be detonated within the character's ME attribute number of minutes from one another, plus one minute per level.

4. Other Abilities and Bonuses:

Impervious to heat, fire and electrical attacks

Immune to blinding effects due to a type of polarized vision