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Medium Level Aberration - Heavyweight, contributed
by TheFan
Most novas are paragons of physical perfection. Others....aren't. Your character
weighs upwards of 700 lbs, possibly as high as several tons with VERY high
taint. This can come from numerous sources, such as a strong gravity field,
a super-dense body, or obscene levels of muscles. One of the most common
sources, however, is something called "quantum obesity," a condition wherein
the quantum in a nova's body stimulates wild growth of subdermal adipose
cells, but does not cause any excess growth around nerves or in arteries
(thus avoiding the worst perils of obesity). All varieties are essentially
the same, except that novas afflicted with quantum obesity don't sink in
water, and all other heavyweights sink like stones (this could make some
missions either easier or much, much harder).
Aside from the fact that they should be careful on weak floors, heavyweight
novas find that their feet are loathe to leave the ground for any extended
period of time. As such, they halve any movement rate (including from powers
such as flight). They also suffer a +2 difficulty penalty on any dice pools
related to rapid movement, including athletics, jumping, dodging, etc. However,
this does not impair hand-eye coordination and fast-twitch reflexes, so
they can still be pretty good at abilities such as melee, firearms, etc.
They can even have mega-dexterity, they just can't move themselves from
place to place very fast. |
