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== Attention ==
 
== Attention ==
Your power draws attention. Power is always pretty obvious, but in your case it is more than that; your powers sends shivers down the spines of people miles away and have a gut-wrenching effect on those nearby.
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Your power draws attention. Your powers have side effects; they either have distinct and visible physical side effects or send shivers down the spines of people all around.
  
 
=== Limitation ===
 
=== Limitation ===
Whenever you use your power, it is obvious to everyone in the vicinity that something odd is happening. This does not spoil illusion or invisibility; people can tell something is happening, but not exactly what or where. It is likely to make them more wary, however. Everyone within ten meters times the sum of your and their [[Mind (Action)|Mind]] attribute plus a die roll feels this sense of the unusual. There is no need to make the roll for every bystander; just assume that everyone in the vicinity notices. Characters your origin can sense your power use much farther away; use the sum of your and their skill rating instead. For those related to you, this sense can extend all the way across the world.
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Whenever you use your power, it is obvious to everyone within ten meters times the sum of your and their [[Mind (Action)|Mind]] attribute that something odd is happening. This does not spoil illusion or invisibility; people can tell something is happening, but not exactly what or where. It is likely to make them more wary, however. Characters of your origin can sense your power ten times as far away. For those related to you, this sense can extend all the way across the world.
  
 
=== Focus Condition ===
 
=== Focus Condition ===
 
Trigger Action (Focus)
 
Trigger Action (Focus)
  
You may not crave attention, but when others are watching you do power and their auras resonate with yours, your power increases. Whenever there are a hundred or more spectators who can see you do power you can focus.
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When others are watching you do power and their auras resonate with yours, your power increases. Whenever there are a dozen or more spectators who can see you use powers you can focus. Spectators are those who are not involved in the action - either because they were unaware of your presence before your power called their attention, or because they are bystanders.

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Heroic Action Role-Play

This is a Method for using Powers in Action. Methods are a part of Traditions and define how Powers are used in each campaign.

Attention

Your power draws attention. Your powers have side effects; they either have distinct and visible physical side effects or send shivers down the spines of people all around.

Limitation

Whenever you use your power, it is obvious to everyone within ten meters times the sum of your and their Mind attribute that something odd is happening. This does not spoil illusion or invisibility; people can tell something is happening, but not exactly what or where. It is likely to make them more wary, however. Characters of your origin can sense your power ten times as far away. For those related to you, this sense can extend all the way across the world.

Focus Condition

Trigger Action (Focus)

When others are watching you do power and their auras resonate with yours, your power increases. Whenever there are a dozen or more spectators who can see you use powers you can focus. Spectators are those who are not involved in the action - either because they were unaware of your presence before your power called their attention, or because they are bystanders.