[UA] Anyone watching the news?

[Nick Wedig]

>> > And getting more into comic-book magic, could Bibliomancers draw skills 
>> off them?  Some collections do get pretty thick, and expensive limited 
>> editions are on the rise...
>>
>>I certainly don't see why not.
>
>What kind of skill would they draw, however? Does the skill that the 
>bibliomancer draws from the book need to actually be _real_, or can they 
>draw fake ones? I like that idea, their power doesn't follow real logic, 
>but book rules. It'll probably be a lot harder, but it does make them 
>significantly stranger :)

I say you charge them sig charges instead of minor, with a sliding scale depending on how massively over powerful it is.  So having Spidey's spider sense wouldn't cost much, but having Hourman's ability to control time costs a whole lot.  You see why most comic geek bookworms prefer Batman to Superman, he's more cost effective (and saves space.  Who needs The Hound of the Baskervilles, and a manual on Karate, and a dozen other books, when you've got an issue of Detective comics for you're Book Learning needs?)

Mr. Teapot
bookworm

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