TRANSFORM (CONTROL)
| Name | Type | Action | Range | Duration | Resistance | Base Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transform | Control | Standard | Close | Sustained | - | 2-5 per rank |
You can change objects into other objects, altering their shape or material composition in the process. You must touch the chosen object, which requires a close attack check if the object is held or worn by another character.
What you can transform affects cost per rank:
2 points: Transform one thing or substance into one other thing or substance, such as metal into wood, iron into glass, or broken objects into repaired ones.
3 points: Transform a broad group of things into a single result (any metal into gold, for example) or a single target into any of a broad group (one type of metal, such as lead, into any other metal, water into other liquids, and so forth).
4 points: Transform a broad group of targets into one of a broad group of results (solids into other solids, for example).
5 points: Transform any material into anything else.
Inanimate objects do not make resistance checks and transform automatically, so long as you can affect their total mass. You can transform (Transform rank –6) rank mass, so Transform 1 can affect up to 1.5 lbs (mass rank –5), then 3 lbs. at rank 2, and so forth, on up to rank 20, which affects 400 tons at once.
The transformation lasts as a sustained effect. When you stop maintaining it, the target reverts to normal. Continuous Transform is irreversible except by using another Transform effect to turn the target back into its previous form.
Transforming someone’s devices or equipment requires targeting them first: characters can make Dodge resistance checks for their held or worn items, with a +5 advantage for hand-held and similar sized objects. So transforming a hand-held weapon like a knife requires an attack check and permits the wielder a Dodge resistance check with a +5 advantage (for a hand-held item). Targeting a worn suit of armor requires an attack check and allows the wearer a Dodge resistance check (with no advantage for a large item).
Transform is generally just another way of “removing” a device or equipment, considered a part of their discount in cost, although transformed items should eventually be restored or replaced after a number of days equal to the degree of failure on the save.
