Visual Distortion

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Visual Distortion(Major) by [Stone Gargoyle

"You can't see me."

The superbeing is able to distort light so as to make himself appear his ME number in feet away from his actual location, +1 foot per level. This will fool natural eyesight, bionic and robotic eyes, and cameras so long as they do not possess infared, ultraviolet sight or thermal imaging sensors.

This makes opponents trying to hit him -1 to strike for every foot he is away from his apparent visual location. Those with See the Invisible only suffer half penalties, but suffer no penalties when aiming at the "invisible" character. Radar powers will not be fooled as much but the opponent using them will still suffer a -2 penalty to strike.

Attacks: Uses one melee attack/action to activate and deactivate; reduced to half attacks due to concentration needed to maintain the illusion.

Range: Can project the image his ME number in feet, +1 foot per level.

Duration: The character's ME number in melee rounds, +1 round per level. He can stop it any time prior to the expiration of the duration, however.

Drawbacks: As no one can see him, the character might suffer damage from friendly fire by those seeing the area he is actually in as clear. The power is of no benefit against area effects and explosions if he is in range of them, or in darkness where no light is available. In areas of dim lighting, distance and penalties are halved. Does not fool infared, ultraviolet or thermal sensors, or any psionic locating him mentally.

Other Abilities and Bonuses: Resiliant to light and laser attacks (half damage)