“No sample provides the exact same powers every time. The bullet points note examples of the powers gained when the sample was tried on a human subject or a client.
That makes sense. The powers of this setting are so individualized that it was more surprising that they’d be able to create similar powers in the first place.
There’s typically a common thread or theme connecting powers from a given sample. One sample might have a tendency to work with the production of acids and a tendency for physical manifestation. This might allow an individual to turn into a living pool of acid, to secrete acid from his pores or to spit streams of corrosive venom.”
This reminds me a lot of two things that both tie back to the same chapter: 9.3. We’ve had discussion about similar types of trigger events resulting in similar powers on a broader scale, and we’ve got cape families where themes rather than exact powers are hereditary. New Wave has various configurations of light and shields, Panacea has control over biology after Marquis’ control over bones, the Vasils have various forms of control over people…
It seems like on some level there’s a separation between theme and specifics, where the specifics are more individual.
Krixwell Liveblogs 