Description: Allows you to manipulate one particular type of matter. It is very useful to have this power in conjunction with Substance Emission.
Control: This allows fine-tuning of the manipulation. At rank one, there is no real fine manipulation available, and the matter will simply retain its original shape. At rank 2, you may form the matter in such a way that details can be seen on a 10-foot scale or larger. For each additional rank, this scale reduces by one foot. At one foot, the scale changes to twelve inches, and every rank thereafter reduces that scale by one inch. At one inch, the scale transfers to centimeters, then millimeters, and continues getting smaller until the scale is microscopic.
Range: At rank one, you may manipulate matter that you are touching. At rank two, this range increases to one foot, and every rank thereafter doubles the previous range. This is also the range within which you can move that matter.
Area: At rank one, you may only manipulate matter located at the origin of your power's range. At rank two, you may manipulate matter one foot around that origin point. For every rank above that, double the area of the previous rank. This also contributes to the area within which you can move the matter.
Intensity: At rank 1, you may increase or decrease the quality of the matter by 1 rank. At rank 5 and every rank thereafter, this number increases by one. This may, for example, harden it to become a shield, sharpen it so it does Sharp or Puncture damage, or soften it or cause it to become brittle so it is easy to break.
Speed: At rank one, it takes ten rounds of concentration before you can begin manipulating the matter in question. Every rank thereafter this number decreases by one. At zero, you may begin immediately. There is no reason to purchase additional ranks in speed.
Scale: At rank 1, you may control a single instance of the matter within your area and range. At rank five and every five ranks thereafter you may double the number of instances of the matter that you can simultaneously manipulate from the previous rank.