EmperorZuma said:
I think the pressure/strength power is fine, if the heat projection is limited in its range. However, I'm more interested in the change between the subject's normal form and their earthen form. What do you think about it being a gradual change from normal to earthen, being permanent in nature, instead of being able to switch with gradual difficulty?
I think it would be interesting but incredibly challenging to work with after a certain point since, the way i envision it, the heat effect is constant so if it can cause burns currently then the stronger it gets, the harder it becomes to do things like eat or touch other people. Really it's a power that i see being near uncontrollable, something the character has to fight as much as use, interesting but getting harder to write or work with if left constant, hence why i left it as a form, instead. Don't get me wrong, i could do it and write off food and drink as unnecessary after that certain point, but it just seems to me that that would limit the character who gets it and may ruin the experience for the player.
I do agree with the limited heat blasts thing, after all, heat does dissipate and get absorbed the farther away from the heat source it gets...that's a definite write in.
Edit: now that i think about it, i could have the heat be summon at will but the core concept was extreme heat and making it summonable instead of constant seems like a betrayal to that concept, though i will suck it up if need be, especially since i know how to make it work.