Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 07:54:25 -0600
From: Jeff Knight <jeffknight@earthlink.net>
Subject: Green Lantern's Power Ring [new power]

Control Emerald Energy
(ranged/mental(Will))    LC: 10

You can summon and shape "solid light" into any shape or form you can
imagine.  For every level of this power, you get 50 points with which to
create objects with physical attributes, advantages, and powers.  These
objects have a base ST, DX, and HT of 10 and a base move of 5.  They move by
flying.  The difficulty of creating these objects depends on their
complexity.  Simple amorphous shapes and geometric forms are the easiest to
build.  More complex objects, such as objects intended to look like
something (e.g., a giant green gorilla, or a giant vacuum cleaner), require
a roll at Skill-4)  Objects that are intended to look like a very specific
something (e.g., a giant green Gerald Ford) must roll at Skill-6.  Objects
that not only look like something, but also work like the real thing (a
vacuum cleaner that sucks up all the bad guys) requires a roll at Skill-10.
Finally, an object which looks like a specific something and has powers and
abilities beyond that something (Gerald Ford, who can suck up all the bad
guys in the area) roll at Skill-12.  Skills such as Artist and Engineer can
add +6 to any attempt to create a complex object.
     These objects do not have IQ, but they can still have Mental-based
powers.  For instance, the vacuum cleaner above might have so many levels of
Telekinesis, with the fan enhancement, and the limitation: can only move
objects towards itself.  In such cases, the power skill is equal to the
user's own skill with the Control Emerald Energy power, modified by the
complexity of the object as above.
     If these objects are attacked and damaged in anyway, the User must make
a Will roll to be able to maintain the creation.  If this Will roll fails,
the object disappaites (sp?) and the User takes 1d fatigue.
    A target might, instead of applying sheer brute force, engage in a quick
contest of Will with the user.  If the user fails, the object is disappaited
(again sp?) and he loses 1d fatigue.  If he fails critically, he loses all
his fatigue, and cannot summon the willpower needed to create another object
until this is recovered.

What do you all think??  Generally in cases like this, I ultimately find
that creating a new power is easier than trying to force old powers into a
mold they weren't really made for.