Powerset Idea: Power Armor

I'm pretty sure it's perfectly possible for a suit of power armor to provide mental protection in the form of some energy shielding or a chip implanted in a helmet. This is the absolutely only way to make the psi def + mez protection work. There is simply no other conceivable way for the powerset to have any and still fit a theme.

If you even bothered to read the first post, you'd realize that "power armor" here does not solely refer to the big suits of armor. Power armor can be bulky, it can be skin-tight, it can be based on magical enchantments rather than technological. The sole requirement for this powerset is that you have some type of armor, and it has shielding. That's it. Mental shields are perfectly plausible in both a magical and technological way, and none of your delusional trolling is going to change that. Sorry you pretend otherwise.

Also, - the powerset has little neg energy def and no resist, low psionic def and no resist, and no toxic def (there isn't any, I think) and little resist. The negative energy hole is the biggest, but psionic and toxic are also effective.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I did read it, and I am familiar with those references. I love the idea, I just think it is too powerful as is. You need to have a weak point, so I made a suggestion as to which one of the powers has the weakest flavor.

I also took into consideration that this game is about emulating what we see in the media, so I took into consideration I might be wrong. So I asked if you could provide some references where a suit of powered armor, tight or heavy (which I know of both), provided this sort of protection to the mind.

So I am trying to help you, and I am trying to check if I am wrong. I know typically a simple chip in the helmet could do what you are saying but there are two problems.

(I could be wrong)
1. This isn't very supported in the media much
2. This makes it too powerful

I really like your idea, I just want to help here. I think negative energy protection would be better here personally.

1. I don't think people running at 90mph and jumping to ridiculous heights, throwing sharks at each other and using a technicolour assortment of superpowers, is supported in the media either - but people PVP all the time.

2. >implying mez protection makes a defense set too powerful

I just think it should be switched to negative energy.

P.S. That seems to fit the flavor a bit better. Unless you can provide some references to mental protection.

I'll give you a reference: the years that I have spent roleplaying and creating new stories and concepts. I don't need to spend an hour looking up some obscure and idiotic comic or book to justify an ability that I personally design.

But hey. That's okay. If you want to keep pretending it's not possible for fantasy internet pretend power armor to create a fantasy internet pretend energy shield to protect yourself from fantasy internet pretend psychic attacks, then fine, but don't expect anyone to take you seriously.

EDIT: Here's your reference.

"All you have to do is block the signal. Psychic abilities --- at least according to the Air Force's Project Stargate ---are the brain stretching outside of the body to manipulate localized EM fields and electrical energy. Most thought is electrical in nature, after all."

Sigh, I am not trying to cut on you here. I am trying to work with you... I like your idea. Okay you found a reference, fine. I just think an armor protecting from a quasi physical energy, like negative energy, makes a bit more sense. However its up to the dev.s to decide this so, best of luck.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Okay, I guess I might be needed for game mechanics, so nvm.

Negative energy is spiritual energy - something which is a lot harder to protect against with technological or even magical means than electromagnetic manipulation. This is why ghosts/spirits/etc in various video games often have some kind of armor piercing effect to their attacks.