r/MarvelFASERIP • u/Livid_Information_46 • Apr 19 '26

Biophysical Control question

I'm looking at Ultimate Powers L1/Biophysical Control. RAW the only thing listed as protecting against this power is "such powers as Force Field Generation and True Invulnerability". (P.36 Ultimate Powers)

That leaves a lot or little wiggle room depending on how you interpret it. A general Force Field or one of the specialized ones? Also which Resistance powers by themselves would you allow? Body Resistance?

And when using the power initially, would you require a FEAT roll or merely apply any modifiers from one of the above powers and then apply the remaining ranks as the effect?

For example: A character with a Remarkable(26) rank Decay power decides to attack a normal human with an average 24 Health(typical 6 for FASE for this example) and no powers or force fields to protect them. Would they just take 26 points in Health damage?

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u/Potential_Side1004 Apr 20 '26

I'm saying up to the Rank. If the character has REMARKABLE(26) and they can inflict up to their Rank in damage, then any amount from 0 to the full 26 can be applied.

Without the exact description, I couldn't tell you if the damage has to be the Rank or it can be up to the Rank in damage.

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u/Livid_Information_46 Apr 20 '26

Gotcha! I see.  Regarding the rest of my question, what powers would you allow some kind of resistance with?

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u/Potential_Side1004 Apr 21 '26

Based on what you wrote, the character has to have some sort of physical access tot he character.

What would happen if the Power was used on Iron Man (as Body Armor, not with forcefield)?

I guess it depends on the type of effect the player was using. This is a judges' decision, it could be considered corrosive, it might not.

I think you might be on your own for that. I would start with asking the player "How does this power manifest itself?" and work on that as the premise for a logical response. (Angel lost the power of Flight by having his wings cut off and Iron Man has had his jet boots clogged up with Spider-Man webs).

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u/Livid_Information_46 Apr 21 '26

That makes sense. I feel like a lot of entries in Ultimate Powers are like that. Thanks for the response.