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

=== Capacitors: ===

Geniuses often need to store, transfer, and trade raw Mania. Fortunately, Mania can be stored in specially-designed devices called capacitors, which hold the energy for future use.

Any genius can build a capacitor; its construction is not tied to any Axiom. Building a capacitor works much like building a regular wonder. Science is the key Skill used. Like any other wonder, building a capacitor can benefit from beholden, it can be kitbashed, and so on. (See [[Chapter_Three:Systems_and_Foundations#Creating_a_Wonder|Creating a Wonder]].)

Capacitors differ from regular wonders in several ways:
* Capacitors do not require bound Mania.
* Capacitors do not have faults.
* Capacitors suffer Havoc differently from other wonders. A capacitor that suffers Havoc rolls no dice; instead it simply loses a point of Mania for every event that would require a Havoc check.
* Capacitors cannot employ variables.
* Capacitors cannot be orphaned. If a genius dies or abandons the capacitor, it continues to function normally.
* If the roll to build the capacitor is a Dramatic Failure, rather than becoming an orphan, the capacitor explodes. Roll a number of dice of Lethal damage equal to the Generator's maximum held Mania against everyone involved in the capacitor's construction.

A capacitor holds Mania based on its Size.

{|
|+
|Max Held Mania
|Size
|-
|3
|0
|-
|6
|1
|-
|10
|2-3
|-
|15
|4-5
|-
|20
|6-11
|-
|25
|12-29
|-
|Indefinite
|30+
|}

==== Moving Mania: ====

A genius can move Mania into a capacitor as fast as she can normally channel Mania, simply by touching the capacitor. Getting the energy out again is just as easy: by touching the capacitor, the genius can pull a number of points of Mania per turn equal to her normal channeling ability, based on Inspiration. 

However, drawing Mania from a capacitor can be dangerous. Every scene, a genius can draw a number of points of Mania from capacitors or other sources equal to her maximum Mania per turn. Beyond that, she must make an unmada check with a penalty equal to the number of extra Mania points channeled that scene. (See [[Genius_The_Transgression/Chapter_Two:_Character_Creation#Unmada.2C_Brilliant_Madness:|Unmada, Brilliant Madness]].)

==== Types of Capacitors: ====

Though the term "capacitor" implies that they hold some kind of electrical charge, that is not necessarily the case. A genius can instead choose to make a codex (made of books and data) with an Academics check, a compressor (made of wound springs of pneumatics) with a Crafts check, or a catabolizer (made with organic material) with a Medicine check. A genius can also build a compounder (stored computer data) with a Computer check―however, since mad science only recently figured out this trick, few geniuses with a Computer score of less than four dots know how to do it.

==== Capacitors and Regular Work: ====

With Automata-1, a capacitor can be used to function like a regular power generator, allowing it to power regular objects with its Mania automatically. In its capacity as a power generator, Mania provided by a capacitor provides power for ten times as long as normal. This power source does not risk damage to the technology. (See [[Genius_The_Transgression/Chapter_Two:_Character_Creation#Spending_Mania:|Spending Mania]].)