[FOCI]
Numenera Character Options 2
Weaving together the fundamental forces of existence to create a bubble of invisible protection is an achievement that some presume only adepts of the prior worlds can accomplish. But through an accident, some unique device(s), or unfailing effort on your part (or some combination of all of these), you have learned the trick of manipulating pure force. At first, you use it for protection, but as your mastery grows, you learn to use it to bend light and manipulate objects around you.
The duration of the effect is doubled.
An important item on the target's person is destroyed.
You are surrounded by an invisible bubble of force that provides +2 to Armor for one minute. The bubble is permeable to your intentions, but not perfectly. Tasks that require you to manipulate or interact with objects that you're not carrying is one step more difficult while the bubble is up. This includes attacking targets outside the sphere (but does not include attacks you make using Invisible Force at tier 3). For each level of Effort you apply, the bubble provides an additional +1 to Armor; however, the difficulty of interacting with and attacking objects outside the sphere also increases by one step.
Action to create.
You can expand the invisible sphere you create using Bubble of Protection to cover more than just yourself. For each additional Intellect point you spend, you can increase the size of the bubble to include one more creature within immediate range. All protected creatures must stay within immediate range of you or lose the protection provided by the invisible bubble of force. Protected creatures suffer the same increased difficulty when attempting to interact with or attack objects outside the bubble.
Action to create.
You can create an invisible force that you can use a few different ways. Effects from Invisible Force are not hampered by the sphere created by your Bubble of Protection ability. First, you can emit a ray of force at a target within short range that inflicts 7 points of damage.
Alternatively, you can target a creature or object (up to twice your mass) within short range with an invisible hand made of force. If the target is successfully caught in your invisible grip, you can move the target up to a short distance in any direction each round that you retain your hold. A creature in your grip can take actions, but it can't move under its own power. Each round after the initial attack, you can attempt to keep your grip on the target by spending 2 additional Intellect points and succeeding at a difficulty 2 Intellect task. If your concentration lapses, the target drops backto the ground. Instead of applying Effort to decrease the difficulty, you can apply Effort to increase the amount of mass you can affect. Each level allows you to affect a creature or object twice as massive as before. For example, applying one level of Effort would affect a creature four times as massive as you, two levels would affect a creature eight times as massive, three levels would affect a creature sixteen times as massive, and so on.
Action to initiate.
Using the force you manifest to bend light, you become invisible for ten minutes. While invisible, you are specialized in stealth and Speed defense tasks. This effect ends if you do something to reveal your presence or position—attacking, using an ability, moving a large object, and so on. If you become visible, you can regain the remaining invisibility effect by taking an action to focus on hiding your position.
Action to initiate or reinitiate.
You can create an invisible force construct that you can travel atop, simulating levitation or flight for one hour. Though you might be creating animated invisible ramps, stairs, slides, and flying discs, others see only that you appear to be flying or striding through the air. For each level of Effort applied, you can affect one additional creature of your size or smaller. The creature must agree to be manipulated by your force constructs, which it can't see. You direct the other creature's movement. In terms of overland movement, a flying creature moves about 20 miles (32 km) per hour and is not affected by terrain.
Action to initiate.
You've gained fine control over the force spheres you create when you use Bubble of Protection and Expanded Bubble. You can subconsciously reshape, make permeable, drop and immediately reinflate, and otherwise alter the sphere's surface on the fly. The upshot: the difficulty of interacting with and attacking objects outside your protective sphere is decreased by up to two steps for you and anyone you protect within an expanded sphere. (This ability does not enhance task performance; it zeroes out the penalty imposed by force bubbles providing up to +3 Armor.) Enabler.
GM Intrusions: Someone blunders into the invisible character. A character's bubble of force interacts with the environment in an unintended way, perhaps accidentally knocking down a creature or breaking a delicate object.