Thanks for the reply...
Yes, I figured that some of the phrases in the post would come across as to strong but it's not nearly as bad as it sounds.
Since the base use of a wheelchair is a cross between a vehicle and a prosthetic (it is an extension of my body - I don't think about making the chair move I just do it) then the ultimate expression of that is a sort of full body suit that melds with the user to repair or replace damaged functionality.
So you end up with a person that is basically a cyborg except its 'wavium not machine...
Firstly, anything 'made' has to stay in contact with the indvidual as it is made out of his 'waveium. He can't afford to lose too much or primary functions - that is making him able to walk and such normally begins to suffer.
Secondly, definately NOT a motorised chair. Those are not body extensions... So no making computers or random electronics. He can make 'solid' objects and replicas - think odo from DS9 with his 'coffee cup' - so he always has weapons to hand, literally, but they're all strictly low tech. Projectiles are difficult because without a lot of intent they lose form when released. On the other hand, within a certain area of affect, he can throw things and then have them return as unformed 'Wavium after they've done the damage.
So he can form a chair, or a bodysuit that functions like a spacesuitship and levitate and so forth - all basic 'Wave properties - but things like flying (esp. in space) require all his 'Wave.
So it's sort of a cross between a shapeshifter (only unused 'wave can shift so theres an upper limit to how much can be used/created) and one of Spider Robinson's 'Star Dancers'
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The traceries of silver 'wavium over his body might raise a few eybrows, although his 'clothes keep him as covered as possible, for that reason. The 'Wave is directly plugged into him to replace, rewire and/or stimulate all the broken bits that wouldn't work without it.
Of course now, it keeps him in very good shape as well as acting like a living body brace and what not. Of course this means that he doesn't have much spare wavium to play with (until it grows, and even then it's still precious) before primary functionality is impared.
And as for bending reality - that is exactly what 'wavium does. The larger the concentration of 'wave the bigger the potential for impossible things... and bigger quirks too
His ratio of 'Wave to normal material is very high evidently. However there are some very heavy (and I should think obvious), restrictions to this.
1) The bigger the impossibility the harder it is to 'Wave
2) The further away the less the bend affects things - inverse corralation between distance and amount of 'Wave being used to create the effect.
3) Mundane stuff is easy to effect. Other 'Wave and 'Wave effected items will for obvious reasons resist any reality bending in favour of their OWN realitybending . The difficulty increases exponentially when the 'Wave is intelligent and/or is directed by an intelligence.
So he can't just wave a hand and have magic happen. He has to (1) will it very strongly (2) make sure he's close to whatever he's tring to affect - the weirder the change the closer he needs to be and/or more of his 'waveload he has to use; and (3) other 'waved things and people will resist the change and possibly even cause a backlash and Quirks!
Also keep in mind that he may have never included a computer, but the human brain is the biggest computer ever and the wave is now part of that - so they've got more than an AI - they have a second personality to live with... and the Synthetic Personality is a lot smarter than a computer based intelligence is...
..Of course it's a bigger problem too! With big Quirks! They spend a lot of time talking to themselves... and disagreeing
So Just cause he wants something to happen doesn't mean it does... or in the way intended either...
Which answers the last question I think
So I don't think he's superpowered. Actually he proabably has disadvantages the others don't. For example, a convention would be a problem for him because 'Wavium is affected by exposure to intent... the more people around the weirder it acts unless the user is strong enough mentally to keep it focused on their desires.
But the ability to go anywhere, and keep in tip top shape pretty much evens it out for him...
There's a reason I called him a 'Wave Mage... he is pretty much now a person with special abilities as opposed to a person with cool items.
Thanks for the spelling correction! And the dietary need... I'll have to think about that...
Raphael
Yes, I figured that some of the phrases in the post would come across as to strong but it's not nearly as bad as it sounds.
Quote:What I'm going for works on the premise that 'Wavium really acts more like an enhancer than a creation device. From all the posts so far it seems to me that 'Wavium takes the base component (vehicle) and the intent of the user (spaceship) and 'upgrades' it to it's highest possible manifestation of the two given intensity and detail of the users wish and components available. Quirks come from a combination of competing desires, other people's intent affecting the 'Wavium (either at creation time or culimatively through the life of the 'Wavium - makes for new Quirks as Wavium continues to absorb new intent from people around it) and the ceiling on the ability of 'Wavium to transform a base component to it's new purpose. i.e you'll get a better chance of an AI from a Quad core computer base than a calculator.
- I really, really like the idea of the wheelchair-bound guy who, with a *lot* of time, care, effort, passion, and so forth, fuses with his now-awakened wheelchair into a pretty much fully functional (though now obviously no longer fully human) whole - something of a cross between a Modified human and a 'waveship, with a few waveship-style abilities, and the corresponding qurks (though possibly not quite as many nor as strong - depends on the ability set.)
Since the base use of a wheelchair is a cross between a vehicle and a prosthetic (it is an extension of my body - I don't think about making the chair move I just do it) then the ultimate expression of that is a sort of full body suit that melds with the user to repair or replace damaged functionality.
So you end up with a person that is basically a cyborg except its 'wavium not machine...
Quote:Err ok... the character says 'anything' but that's not exactly true...
- The "make anything we want" aspect is...worrisome. Seems a tch overpowered Personally, I'd suggest a sort of freakish combination that combined a relatively *small* amount of the liquid metal with all of the (now mostly disassembled) powered wheelchair (with onboard computer). It would let you make anything that you could reasonably construct out of the pieces of a high-end motorized wheelchair, but not just *anything*.
Firstly, anything 'made' has to stay in contact with the indvidual as it is made out of his 'waveium. He can't afford to lose too much or primary functions - that is making him able to walk and such normally begins to suffer.
Secondly, definately NOT a motorised chair. Those are not body extensions... So no making computers or random electronics. He can make 'solid' objects and replicas - think odo from DS9 with his 'coffee cup' - so he always has weapons to hand, literally, but they're all strictly low tech. Projectiles are difficult because without a lot of intent they lose form when released. On the other hand, within a certain area of affect, he can throw things and then have them return as unformed 'Wavium after they've done the damage.
So he can form a chair, or a bodysuit that functions like a spacesuitship and levitate and so forth - all basic 'Wave properties - but things like flying (esp. in space) require all his 'Wave.
So it's sort of a cross between a shapeshifter (only unused 'wave can shift so theres an upper limit to how much can be used/created) and one of Spider Robinson's 'Star Dancers'
Quote:Haha. Ok. Yes...and No. As you'e probably figured now it isn't so much 'He is in a ship' as 'They are the ship'. So - dude in a full bodysuit, cloak, gloves and such, not that noticable - esp. among Fen.
- The "bend reality to our will" part is *really* worrisome. Is almost certainly overpowered. Personally, I'd suggest building him as a ship. He'd be about the smallest, lightest ship imaginable, so he could be zippy indeed. That whole "can't get out of the ship, ever - and really pretty noticeable in a crowd" thing pays for a number of quirk points, as well - perhaps enough for a pretty short-range ability to play with the local grav effects. Snag something like an Odd (but findable) Dietary Need, hook on a few more useful (and instantly handwaved) devices, and it should compare pretty well with the other stuff that will be out there at that time.
The traceries of silver 'wavium over his body might raise a few eybrows, although his 'clothes keep him as covered as possible, for that reason. The 'Wave is directly plugged into him to replace, rewire and/or stimulate all the broken bits that wouldn't work without it.
Of course now, it keeps him in very good shape as well as acting like a living body brace and what not. Of course this means that he doesn't have much spare wavium to play with (until it grows, and even then it's still precious) before primary functionality is impared.
And as for bending reality - that is exactly what 'wavium does. The larger the concentration of 'wave the bigger the potential for impossible things... and bigger quirks too
His ratio of 'Wave to normal material is very high evidently. However there are some very heavy (and I should think obvious), restrictions to this.
1) The bigger the impossibility the harder it is to 'Wave
2) The further away the less the bend affects things - inverse corralation between distance and amount of 'Wave being used to create the effect.
3) Mundane stuff is easy to effect. Other 'Wave and 'Wave effected items will for obvious reasons resist any reality bending in favour of their OWN realitybending . The difficulty increases exponentially when the 'Wave is intelligent and/or is directed by an intelligence.
So he can't just wave a hand and have magic happen. He has to (1) will it very strongly (2) make sure he's close to whatever he's tring to affect - the weirder the change the closer he needs to be and/or more of his 'waveload he has to use; and (3) other 'waved things and people will resist the change and possibly even cause a backlash and Quirks!
Also keep in mind that he may have never included a computer, but the human brain is the biggest computer ever and the wave is now part of that - so they've got more than an AI - they have a second personality to live with... and the Synthetic Personality is a lot smarter than a computer based intelligence is...
..Of course it's a bigger problem too! With big Quirks! They spend a lot of time talking to themselves... and disagreeing
So Just cause he wants something to happen doesn't mean it does... or in the way intended either...Which answers the last question I think
So I don't think he's superpowered. Actually he proabably has disadvantages the others don't. For example, a convention would be a problem for him because 'Wavium is affected by exposure to intent... the more people around the weirder it acts unless the user is strong enough mentally to keep it focused on their desires.
But the ability to go anywhere, and keep in tip top shape pretty much evens it out for him...
There's a reason I called him a 'Wave Mage... he is pretty much now a person with special abilities as opposed to a person with cool items.
Thanks for the spelling correction! And the dietary need... I'll have to think about that...
Raphael