Force Field

Force Field AN+2 CL
You can surround yourself with a durable field of solid force to protect against attacks. Force Field stones shifted to defense protect you normally: each shifted stone improves your defense by one point. However, should an attack exceed your defense, the excess stones of attack first come out of your Energy Pool before being converted into damage, and before applying Advantages such as x2 Damage. You can block up to your AN in additional stones of attack in this manner, per attack; thus, a character with a high Force Field AN is unlikely to suffer any actual damage until they're completely out of energy.

You can also expand your Force Field to protect near-by allies. To do so, announce at the start of the Page that you are offering protection to allies within a certain Area. You can protect an area of 2 by default; pay additional stones of effect for a greater zone of protection. Any ally within this zone may opt to take shelter within your Force Field; however, in doing so, they are unable to physically affect characters outside the Force Field, which might limit their ability to attack enemies.

Note that Force Fields do not come with a discount if purchased with Telekinesis.


 * Example: Sue Storm is trying to hold off a rampaging Hulk. She has a Force Field AN of 9. Expecting the worst, she puts 9 stones of energy into her Force Field box and shifts them all to defense, and tells the rest of the Fantastic Four that she's offering protection within a Range of 2. The Hulk slams a massive fist down on her translucent blue force field for a total of 14 stones of attack! That exceeds her defense of 10 (9 shifted stones, plus her uniform also gives her +1 defense) by 4 points, which would ordinarily cause a lot of damage with the hulk's x2 Damage advantage! But because she is using her Force Field, up to 9 additional stones of damage can be directed to her Energy Pool before calculating damage; thus, she simply deducts 4 more stones of energy from her Pool, negating the attack. Her Force Field has held up and has kept her and her team safe for now, but if this keeps up she'll run out of energy in a hurry!

Options include:
 * +1 CL = Offensive Force Field. This option allows you to make attacks with your Force Field, either as a Range 2 attack, or by combining stones with Close Combat. Stones shifted to defense cannot also be used to attack.
 * +1 CL = Create Constructs. You can create simple objects made out of force, such as bridges or staircases. Area determines the size of the construct (pay additional stones for an area greater than 2 as usual). Your construct can support a weight equal to 2 times the number of stones of effect (see the Difficulty & Resistance chart). Constructs have a Defense equal to the number of stones of effect, and you can choose to absorb additional damage that they may suffer up to your AN as usual.
 * -1 CL = Personal Effect Only. You may not expand your Force Field to protect others.
 * -1 CL = Material Class 3. Your Force Fields are not perfect and can be penetrated by Class 4 materials (such as adamantium).