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Super-Sorcery** (three slot power)

Super-Sorcery simulates any other super-powers as spells, with a total combined rank of the Super-Sorcery power rank.

Activating a spell requires an action and a Psyche FEAT as for a universal spell (along with the need to be able to gesture, and the possibility to temporarily lose Psyche ranks).

Dropping a spell to make room for different spells is a free action.

Spells are declared as personal, universal or dimensional, with the usual effect.

A super-sorcerer can borrow more power than he can normally safely handle. He can borrow more power rank points than his rank in Super-Sorcery (and even gain spells of higher rank than Super-Sorcery), but he must keep track of the number of power points above his limit. Whenever the die result of a spellcasting FEAT is equal to or lower than the number of "over-borrowed" points (including the FEAT to "over-borrow" in the first place), he must make a Psyche FEAT or roll for backlash (d%):
01-02 Dimensional Rift: Red Psyche FEAT or drawn to another dimension by displeased entity
03-04 Scarred For Life: unconscious for 1d10 hours, Psyche permanently -1 rank, no spell-casting for 1d10 days
05-15 Mind Whip: all spells drop, unconscious for 1d10 hours, no spell-casting for 1d10 days
16-35 Mental Blast: all spells drop, stunned for 1d10 turns, no spell-casting for one day
36-69: Mystic Feedback: All spells drop, stunned for 1d10 turns, no spell-casting for 1d10 hours
70-99: Magic Fatigue: All spells drop, no spell-casting for 1d10 rounds
00: Power Surge: Caster taps into a power source, Psyche temporarily increases by 1 rank for the rest of the day

Example:
Black Wizard is a magical villain with Psyche IN (40) and Super-Sorcery RM (30), which grants him 30 points to buy spells with.
He plans to rob a bank, and thus prepares the following spells:

• Body Armor GD (10) = 10 points: Enough to repel any handgun shots at him.
• Slashing Missile GD (10) = 10 points: To cut down any opposition and prove that he is serious.
• Flight GD (10) = 10 points: To get away fast after the robbery.

That uses up 30 points, exactly his allowance.

The robbery goes well, until all of a sudden The Thing bursts in.
Black Wizard realizes that his measly Slashing Missile won't cut it, but needs the big guns. On his action, he drops both Slashing Missile and Flight in the first round (reducing his spells to 10 of 30 points). He spends around 1 "over-borrowing" to activate Energy Generation MN (75), bringing his spell total to 85, 55 points above his safe limit. From now on, any casting roll of 55 or less will result in a backlash. The result of the activation roll is a 97, so the over-borrowing itself goes well.
In round 2, he wins initiative and tries to fry The Thing with his Monstrous Energy Beam. The roll is a 27 - so not only a failure but a backlash! The Psyche FEAT fails, and the result on the backlash table is 08, knocking out Black Wizard for 1d10 hours and making him easy to pick up for the cops.

• the power name of "Super Sorcery"
  
  • Just call it "Sorcery" or "Magic Use" or "Spellcasting."
• 3 slot power.
  
  • Deviates from the standard 1 or 2 slot power system. I like keeping things simple.
• double super sorcery power rank for total spell ranks.
  
  • Maybe don't double the rank and have it be a 2 slot power. This would allow the character room for another power that always available, either not as a spell or maybe a permanent magical effect or whatever.
• The static chart for negative effects of overborrowing.
  
  • More powerful sorcerers should be better at this than tactic than novices. Maybe simplify the table into 4 (or 5 if you use the Universal Table with Blue FEATs) results and if the sorcerer fails the Psyche FEAT for backlash, then roll a FEAT using the power rank to determine one of those 4 or 5 effects. This way, better spellcasters have a better chance of pulling off the risky magical maneuvers.

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Roughouse
Hmm.. those are good observations.

I see the triple cost as a way of preventing a Sorcerer from becoming OP. However, I was thinking that since it's a multipower, taking it should forbid any other power selections. Since it can simulate having a number of powers anyway.

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Roughouse
Hmm.. those are good observations.

I see the triple cost as a way of preventing a Sorcerer from becoming OP. However, I was thinking that since it's a multipower, taking it should forbid any other power selections. Since it can simulate having a number of powers anyway.

Yes, but taking other powers allows a sorcerer to have a couple of magical trinkets... maybe not Eye of Agamotto, but possibly a cloak of levitation or a ring of invisibility or staff of speaking to dead folks... or what have you.

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Necromancer
I also am not crazy about how this homebrew version allows a caster to swap his spells around for whatever the situation may call for. Seems like the pc would have way to much versatility with no penalty.

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Roughouse
I see the triple cost as a way of preventing a Sorcerer from becoming OP. However, I was thinking that since it's a multipower, taking it should forbid any other power selections. Since it can simulate having a number of powers anyway.

Yes, but taking other powers allows a sorcerer to have a couple of magical trinkets... maybe not Eye of Agamotto, but possibly a cloak of levitation or a ring of invisibility or staff of speaking to dead folks... or what have you.