Wound Feedback

Wound feedback: [Minor] by Iczer

'Heh...nobody harms the Basalisk and gets away with it'

The character's body generates a low level field of energy, much like biomanipulation or the major power Disruptive touch, except that it lies dormant until the character suffers trauma. anyone touching the character while he takes damage, is exposed to sharp pain across the skin contact, proportionate to the damage inflicted. Anyone touching the character when he takes damage, including anyone foolish enough to strike him, must make a saving throw (14+ PE bonuses apply) or take 1d4 damage, plus 1 damage for every 4 points inflicted. those who make the save take only 1d4 damage (this damage is essentially electrical/bioelectrical in nature.

As an alternative, the damage may be a kind of bio-manipulation field instead (character cannot switch, must choose when taking the power) in which case the save is a save vs psionics (not a psionic power though). In this instance, anyone touching the target while he takes any kind of trauma damage must make their saving throw or experience a sharp jabb of agonising pain and numbness. they lose their initiative (if they had it) and their combat abilities are reduced by 2 until their next action.

In any case the effect targets everyone in contact with the character at the time of impact, not merely his attacker, and works through even thick clothing and body armour (but not power armour) appropriately insulated attire also protects. Metallic melee weapons also conduct this power, but the user has +2 to save. Note that this power is stimulated by injury caused by trauma. injury caused passively (through poison, disease, suffocation etc) do not trigger it.

The character also enjoys limited resistance to electricity (half damage) and resistance to pain (+4 to save and +20 SDC)