Mind, Body, and Spirit...gaming considerations

[Master Rel]

I'd have to go with Spirit.
In no particular order:

Astral Projection

Necro-didactic

Summon Spirits (etherials, nature spirits, other non-human beings)

Elemental (lightning with fire as a close second choice)

Life-Drain (take or give life energy at my discretion)

Dead teacher/instructor?  To mean a spirit guide?

[Deceptae]

I was under the impression that Necrodidact would mean one who speaks to the dead. Was this wrong?

[Master Rel]

I was under the impression that Necrodidact would mean one who speaks to the dead. Was this wrong?

That is a super cool word, but unsure of any reference.

Necro is certainly "of the dead" but Didact or Didactic is "to teach or intent to teach".

That is why I asked if you meant spirit teacher or guide 

Cool word though!

[Xaeyon]

You play a hard game, Rel... If I could, I'd take a bit of each

First Choice Set
summon psionic tools (hammer, spear, wrench, crowbar, etc.)
precog (few seconds at most, I don't want to be wandering around knowing what'll happen that night, just enough to stop myself being hit in the face or run over by a bus)
<end set>

Second Choice Set
Spirit Guide
Elemental Control: Ice and Fire
Energy Drain
<end set>

Third Choice Set
enhanced stamina
enhanced reflexes
environmental toughness (resistance to arid, cold, wet, etc.)
euphagous (can eat anything)
<end set>

Nice set D
and points for linguistic gymnastics

[Master Rel]

Lol that last one is a favorite of mine in post apoc mutant games...Iron Gut.

Iron Gut comes with modified mouth to sith hole, whole system super charged to bite, chew, swallow, digest, and expell just about anything and if organic gain as much from it as possible.



PS
I made a superhero in a mutant horror super game who had an Iron Gut and giant maw, mouth.  1/3rd his body was head/mouth.  Weirdly fast and agile, could shove a whole person in there if desired.

"Freakshow" was his name

[Deceptae]

I based the meaning from the word autodidact which I was informed meant one who speaks to himself, so swap auto (self) with necro(dead) and that's how I got there. Since you can't really teach the dead anything they don't already know I'll probably use this word again.

[Master Rel]

How about the same sort of power profile from different angles?


Mind...can completely control the actions of animals within line of sight

Body...can shapeshift into any living animal the character has had direct contact with, last one first, meaning the next touched replaces the one before...turned into a rat before, touches a dog, and can change into a dog but not a rat, until the character touches a rat again, etc.

Spirit...can share the mind/body/spirit of any animal within line of sight...seeing through its eyes, hearing through its ears, etc.


Which would you choose?

[Deceptae]

Body is tempting, but what if I'm in a swamp wrestling a gator so I can be the gator, only before I get the chance I get bitten by a skeeter? That'd be bad.

Final Verdict: Spirit (again )

[Master Rel]

Body is tempting, but what if I'm in a swamp wrestling a gator so I can be the gator, only before I get the chance I get bitten by a skeeter? That'd be bad.

Final Verdict: Spirit (again )

The animal touch is a conscious choice on the part of the character.  So the shifter could touch a hundred animals and still swap with the last form chosen and not just the last one touched.

[Xaeyon]

Shapeshifting as in morphing? Or do you take possession of the body of that animal?

Either way, I'm going Body

[Master Rel]

Shapeshifting as in morphing? Or do you take possession of the body of that animal?

Either way, I'm going Body

No taking over the animal; shapeshifting as in from human to animal and back to human again.

[Xaeyon]

Cool cool. Just asking

I've read a book (or two) where shapeshifting literally means to shift into the shape of another animal, so I was just making sure.


I'm good morphin' Eagle Xaeyon: AWAY! to bed