Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter Four:Special Rules and Systems (section)

=== Other People Using Wonders: ===

It's possible for a genius to loan out her wonders to others, and sometimes it's even useful: a whole squad of beholden armed with venom-slingers and mechanical wings can do a genius a lot of good. However, it's not always easy.

A mad scientist's own beholden suffer no penalty when using wonders that their Inspired master created. Though they need the appropriate abilities to use many wonders effectively (Firearms for most weapons, Medicine for many wonders of Exelixi, etc.), and may need Mania to power them, they have no difficulty using the devices.

Another genius can use the wonder, but may suffer penalties to doing so. If the borrowing genius has an Inspiration equal to or higher than the creator's own, and if the borrower can match all the Axioms needed to build the wonder, there is no penalty. Otherwise the genius suffers a -1 penalty to using the wonder per rank of the wonder.

Another genius' beholden suffer the same penalty as that genius when using another person's wonders. Mere mortals suffer a -1 penalty when using a wonder per rank of the wonder, and their clumsy manipulation triggers a Havoc Check every turn of use.

Other metanormal creatures also suffer a -1 penalty per rank of the wonder, but they do not trigger Havoc.

The Universalist Merit removes this penalty for some or all wonders.