Ego Projection

Ego Projection

	Mental
	4
	WillForce
	no
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Ego Projection

Through sheer force of will, you perform uncanny physical feats.

Augments one physical attribute by an amount equal to twice your Ego bonus
Duration: (level based)-(level based) rounds
Cooldown: 200 rounds

Ego Projection is a mental mutation that allows the user to enhance their physical attributes for a short time.

Ego Projection grants three activated abilities; "Boost Strength", "Boost Agility", and "Boost Toughness". Using these abilities will temporarily increase the player's Strength, Agility, and Toughness respectively, by an amount equal to double the player's Ego bonus. If the player has no Ego bonus, or a negative Ego bonus, these attributes will instead be increased by 1. This will last for a number of rounds as determined by mutation level. All of the standard bonuses that come with increasing these attributes apply; however, as these increases are temporary, they cannot be used to satisfy the attribute threshold for buying certain skills.

Using any of the three abilities will place all three on identical cooldowns, for a number of rounds determined by mutation level. If Ego Projection's cooldown period is lower than it's duration, and they are able to use it again before the duration has run it's course, they can use Ego Projection again to increase another attribute; however, they cannot choose to increase the same attribute twice in a row, as the effect will not stack.

When boosting toughness, note that it will immediately increase both your current and maximum HP; this boost (like all boosts from increased toughness) will increase with level. When it wears off, you will lose both the current and maximum HP that it added; but this cannot kill you - if it would reduce you below 1 HP, it will leave you at 1 instead.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine low and high duration based on mutation level.

Duration (Low)	16 + 2 × Level
Duration (High)	20 + 2 × Level

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Duration
1	18-22 rounds
2	20-24 rounds
3	22-26 rounds
4	24-28 rounds
5	26-30 rounds
6	28-32 rounds
7	30-34 rounds
8	32-36 rounds
9	34-38 rounds
10	36-40 rounds

Mutation Level	Duration
11	38-42 rounds
12	40-44 rounds
13	42-46 rounds
14	44-48 rounds
15	46-50 rounds
16	48-52 rounds
17	50-54 rounds
18	52-56 rounds
19	54-58 rounds
20	56-60 rounds

Mutation Level	Duration
21	58-62 rounds
22	60-64 rounds
23	62-66 rounds
24	64-68 rounds
25	66-70 rounds
26	68-72 rounds
27	70-74 rounds
28	72-76 rounds
29	74-78 rounds
30	76-80 rounds

Ability Cooldown

Ego Projection's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	270	15	210	21	150	27	90
10	260	16	200	22	140	28	80
11	250	17	190	23	130	29	70
12	240	18	180	24	120	30	60
13	230	19	170	25	110	31	50
14	220	20	160	26	100	32	40

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Allows the player to potentially boost their physical attributes by a large amount, giving them an edge in combat
• Potentially useful for a character balancing mental and physical mutations
• For Espers, enhancing Toughness can be useful if the player does not benefit much from Strength or Agility

Disadvantages

• High cost at character creation
• Not very useful if the player has a low Ego bonus
• Not as useful for characters that don't rely much on their physical attributes

Creatures with Ego Projection

• Tau-No-Longer(Level 8)