Help with creating a character

[Servant of Passion]

My character is a Desire daemon. Senses warp to see, hear, smell, feel what they most want. One may perceive it a statuesque black man with a hint of vanilla in the air while another perceives a small asian girl with a strong accent.

I'd think this would be an illusion, but the player has to specify what the illusion is, not the one who is perceiving. Also, it can be "defeated" meaning there's a chance for it to not work. Seeing as this is something innate to the creature that just happens, it really can't be "not done".

Any suggestions?

[grod_the_giant]

Well, the Illusion power profile adds the Psychic extra, a flat 1/rank modifier that does almost exactly what you want. The only problem is that it offers a Will save at DC 10 + ranks to overcome.

Maybe Morph with a custom +1/rank Extra?

[Scrollreader]

Does the character know who and what they appear as?

If not, uncontrolled might work (and your Game Master gets to have some fun )

[JDRook]

"Perceiving their greatest desire" is just the descriptor of the effect you want. What specific effect do you want this power to have on a target? Will they see their greatest desire and do anything they say (or what the demon makes them say)? That's Affliction-Mind Control. Is the target essentially hypnotized into inaction as they are lost in a fantasy in their own mind? Maybe it's more of a Paralyzing Affliction, or it makes them completely drop their defenses.

Talk more about what you expect to happen when the demon uses this power and then building it will be eaiser.

[Servant of Passion]

Does the character know who and what they appear as?

If not, uncontrolled might work (and your Game Master gets to have some fun )

Yes, it has mind reading and can tell what the person looking at it sees.

Talk more about what you expect to happen when the demon uses this power and then building it will be eaiser.

Basically it makes it easier to talk to someone. You see something you want you're most likely going to interact with it.

[JDRook]

Talk more about what you expect to happen when the demon uses this power and then building it will be eaiser.

Basically it makes it easier to talk to someone. You see something you want you're most likely going to interact with it.

This could just as easily be Enhanced Persuasion with the descriptor being that the target sees someone or something that they most desire or trust; I'd suggest reading the Persuasion skill description. Apply it to both Persuasion and Deception and you basically have something similar to a very powerful Attractive Advantage.* You could buy up the skill(s) to hit caps (PL+10), so a PL10 Desire Daemon could increase Persuasion and Deception to +20. This would allow routine Persuasion checks with 4 degrees of success, improving opponents' attitudes by 2 steps, possibly better with good rolls or multiple actions. The high Deception would allow Bluffing (believing anything they say), Feinting and Tricking (distracting them in combat), and Disguise (making the target believe the demon is their beloved) as a DC30, making it very difficult to resist for most PCs and practically impossible for more mundane NPCs. Again, check the skill descriptions, as I'm pretty sure this would cover everything you described if not more.

EDIT - by default, this effect could be maintained on multiple people simultaneously if bought like this, so one opponent might see the daemon as a statuesque black man and another might see the same demon as a small asian girl. If you made it so it only worked on one person at a time, that would probably be worth a Flaw. Also, if multiple opponents see different things and compare notes, they might get a bonus to resist the effect.

*Incidentally, an NPC with this power shouldn't actually shouldn't have the Attractive Advantage since it's based on only being effective on roughly half of the people you encounter, but your power would logically work on everyone equally well.

[poodle]

I don't know what edition you are playing but it sounds like either emotion control (love), range:touch extra:burst, flaw:sense dependent or high charisma. Alternatively Morph, uncontrollable (as you don't know what the other person finds attactive. or an AP of the illusion power as previously mentioned. maybe make it a phantasm as it is hard to believe a camera would find you attractive.

[MatthewJHanson]

For a simple solution you might just go for two ranks in Attractive. Maybe play double for them since it effects twice as many people.