Difference between revisions of "Forms and Techniques (Action Powers)"

Latest revision as of 12:42, 15 September 2013

To learn powers, you first pay to open the form, then to open each power you thus gained access to. This is to discourage but not prohibit cherry-picking.

Technique Table

Technique	Skill	Description
Blast	Shoot	Uses the form to attack at range or over an area.
Detect	Spot	Detects or analyzes the form, or uses the form to gather information in some way.
Dispel	Know	Destroys, dispels, or modifies the form. This is generally not simple disintegration, but more subtle.
Emote	Charm	Impose moods associated with the form on creatures.
Imbue	Melee	Imbues creatures with the form, which generally gives them some new melee attacks or maneuvers but is not a shape change.
Move	Ride	Move the from about, or use the form to move.
Shapeshift	Maneuver	Changes creatures into something of the form, wholly or partially.
Summon	Impress	Summons and controls creatures related to the form.
Transmute	Create	Conjures or transforms objects tied to the form.

Forms

These are the substances or subjects you can work magic upon. Each form is learned as a separate schtick. This lets you learn powers related to the form, and gives access to a cantrip.

Cantrips

A minor power of each Form, allowing small tricks and useful for creating atmosphere. Cantrips have less power than powers or schticks but are flexible. The tasks given in the description of each cantrip is only a start, but all cantrips require skill rolls to a cheive. Sometimes a cantrip can act as an enabler for a stunt, but such stunts should always be inside the scope of the normal Stunt Rules.

Groups of Forms

For convenience, forms have been grouped from the most basic and elemental to the most esoteric and mysterious. Many Traditions put great stock in this order, considering certain forms more noble than others, but it is really mostly a matter of convenience. Forms early in the list tend to have simpler powers that are more direct and easy to use, but no more powerful or of more utility.

Elements

These are the basic building-blocks of the material world.

Air - Earth - Fire - Water

Manifestations

These are shapes and variants that the elements can take.

Animal - Plant - Metal - Ice - Illusion

Ethos

These are moral aspects of reality.

Darkness - Flux - Order - Light

Origin

These are metaforms for the four power origins; many of the powers here are specialized against one origin or affect the powers of one origin only.

Chi - Gifts - Magic - Psi - Spiritual - Technology

Essences

These are mystic essences that imbue existence but are hard to observe or quantify.

Death - Force - Life - Mind - Time - Space

Technique - Form Table

This table shows all the Form - Technique combinations and links to the template page of each. This is where the actual power descriptions are written down and edited. It is generally easier to read the descriptions of the respective Forms and Techniques on their own pages, where all the powers are gathered together.

	Blast	Detect	Dispel	Emote	Imbue	Move	Shapeshift	Summon	Transmute
Air	Blast Air	Detect Air	Dispel Air	Emote Air	Imbue Air	Move Air	Shapeshift Air	Summon Air	Transmute Air
Earth	Blast Earth	Detect Earth	Dispel Earth	Emote Earth	Imbue Earth	Move Earth	Shapeshift Earth	Summon Earth	Transmute Earth
Fire	Blast Fire	Detect Fire	Dispel Fire	Emote Fire	Imbue Fire	Move Fire	Shapeshift Fire	Summon Fire	Transmute Fire
Water	Blast Water	Detect Water	Dispel Water	Emote Water	Imbue Water	Move Water	Shapeshift Water	Summon Water	Transmute Water
Animal	Blast Animal	Detect Animal	Dispel Animal	Emote Animal	Imbue Animal	Move Animal	Shapeshift Animal	Summon Animal	Transmute Animal
Plant	Blast Plant	Detect Plant	Dispel Plant	Emote Plant	Imbue Plant	Move Plant	Shapeshift Plant	Summon Plant	Transmute Plant
Metal	Blast Metal	Detect Metal	Dispel Metal	Emote Metal	Imbue Metal	Move Metal	Shapeshift Metal	Summon Metal	Transmute Metal
Ice	Blast Ice	Detect Ice	Dispel Ice	Emote Ice	Imbue Ice	Move Ice	Shapeshift Ice	Summon Ice	Transmute Ice
Illusion	Blast Illusion	Detect Illusion	Dispel Illusion	Emote Illusion	Imbue Illusion	Move Illusion	Shapeshift Illusion	Summon Illusion	Transmute Illusion
Dark	Blast Dark	Detect Dark	Dispel Dark	Emote Dark	Imbue Dark	Move Dark	Shapeshift Dark	Summon Dark	Transmute Dark
Flux	Blast Flux	Detect Flux	Dispel Flux	Emote Flux	Imbue Flux	Move Flux	Shapeshift Flux	Summon Flux	Transmute Flux
Order	Blast Order	Detect Order	Dispel Order	Emote Order	Imbue Order	Move Order	Shapeshift Order	Summon Order	Transmute Order
Light	Blast Light	Detect Light	Dispel Light	Emote Light	Imbue Light	Move Light	Shapeshift Light	Summon Light	Transmute Light
Chi	Blast Chi	Detect Chi	Dispel Chi	Emote Chi	Imbue Chi	Move Chi	Shapeshift Chi	Summon Chi	Transmute Chi
Gifts	Blast Gifts	Detect Gifts	Dispel Gifts	Emote Gifts	Imbue Gifts	Move Gifts	Shapeshift Gifts	Summon Gifts	Transmute Gifts
Magic	Blast Magic	Detect Magic	Dispel Magic	Emote Magic	Imbue Magic	Move Magic	Shapeshift Magic	Summon Magic	Transmute Magic
Psi	Blast Psi	Detect Psi	Dispel Psi	Emote Psi	Imbue Psi	Move Psi	Shapeshift Psi	Summon Psi	Transmute Psi
Spiritual	Blast Spiritual	Detect Spiritual	Dispel Spiritual	Emote Spiritual	Imbue Spiritual	Move Spiritual	Shapeshift Spiritual	Summon Spiritual	Transmute Spiritual
Tech	Blast Tech	Detect Tech	Dispel Tech	Emote Tech	Imbue Tech	Move Tech	Shapeshift Tech	Summon Tech	Transmute Tech
Death	Blast Death	Detect Death	Dispel Death	Emote Death	Imbue Death	Move Death	Shapeshift Death	Summon Death	Transmute Death
Force	Blast Force	Detect Force	Dispel Force	Emote Force	Imbue Force	Move Force	Shapeshift Force	Summon Force	Transmute Force
Life	Blast Life	Detect Life	Dispel Life	Emote Life	Imbue Life	Move Life	Shapeshift Life	Summon Life	Transmute Life
Mind	Blast Mind	Detect Mind	Dispel Mind	Emote Mind	Imbue Mind	Move Mind	Shapeshift Mind	Summon Mind	Transmute Mind
Time	Blast Time	Detect Time	Dispel Time	Emote Time	Imbue Time	Move Time	Shapeshift Time	Summon Time	Transmute Time
Space	Blast Space	Detect Space	Dispel Space	Emote Space	Imbue Space	Move Space	Shapeshift Space	Summon Space	Transmute Space

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 {{tocright}}
-Looking at T3, I think I might have to go with  Form-Technique (Substantive - Verb) combinations to bring some order to power shticks. We used this idea a lot in Malleus.
+To learn powers, you first pay to open the form, then to open each power you thus gained access to. This is to discourage but not prohibit cherry-picking.
-The idea is to make a template page for each Form/Technique combination. Then there are combination pages using these template pages for each form and technique that list all the powers you gain access to by learning a particular form or technique. Note that there can be more than one power for each combination, and some pages might have none.
+==Technique Table==
-To learn powers, you first pay to open either a form or technique, then to open each power you thus gained access to. This is to discourage but not prohibit cherry-picking.
+{| class="wikitable"
+| '''Technique '''|| '''Skill '''|| '''Description '''
+|-
+| [[Blast (Action Powers Technique) | Blast]] ||[[Shoot (Action) | Shoot]]|| Uses the form to attack at range or over an area.
+|-
+| [[Detect (Action Powers Technique) | Detect]] ||[[Spot (Action) | Spot]]|| Detects or analyzes the form, or uses the form to gather information in some way.
+|-
+| [[Dispel (Action Powers Technique) | Dispel]] ||[[Know (Action) | Know ]]|| Destroys, dispels, or modifies the form. This is generally not simple disintegration, but more subtle.
+|-
+| [[Emote (Action Powers Technique) | Emote]] ||[[Charm (Action) | Charm]]|| Impose moods associated with the form on creatures.
+|-
+| [[Imbue (Action Powers Technique) | Imbue]] ||[[Melee (Action) | Melee]]|| Imbues creatures with the form, which generally gives them some new melee attacks or maneuvers but is not a shape change.
+|-
+| [[Move (Action Powers Technique) | Move]] ||[[Ride (Action) | Ride]]|| Move the from about, or use the form to move.
+|-
+|[[Shapeshift (Action Powers Technique) | Shapeshift]] ||[[Maneuver (Action) | Maneuver]]|| Changes creatures into something of the form, wholly or partially.
+|-
+| [[Summon (Action Powers Technique) | Summon]] ||[[Impress (Action) | Impress]]|| Summons and controls creatures related to the form.
+|-
+|[[Transmute (Action Powers Technique) | Transmute]] ||[[Create (Action)|Create]]|| Conjures or transforms objects tied to the form.
+|-
+|}
-==Techniques==
+==Forms==
+These are the substances or subjects you can work magic upon. Each form is learned as a separate schtick. This lets you learn powers related to the form, and gives access to a cantrip.
-* [[Blast (Action Powers Technique) | Blast]] - Uses the form to attack.
+=== Cantrips ===
-* [[Detect (Action Powers Technique) | Detect]] - Detects or analyzes the form, or uses the form to gather information in some way.
+A minor power of each Form, allowing small tricks and useful for creating atmosphere. Cantrips have less power than powers or schticks but are flexible. The tasks given in the description of each cantrip is only a start, but all cantrips require skill rolls to a cheive. Sometimes a cantrip can act as an enabler for a stunt, but such stunts should always be inside the scope of the normal [[Stunt_(Action)|Stunt Rules]].
-* [[Dispel (Action Powers Technique) | Dispel]] - Destroys or dispels the form. This is generally not simple disintegration, but more subtle.
-* [[Emote (Action Powers Technique) | Emote]] - Impose moods associated with the form on creatures.
-* [[Imbue (Action Powers Technique) | Imbue]] - Imbues creatures with the form, which generally gives them some new abilities and or resistances but not a physical change.
-* [[Move (Action Powers Technique) | Move]] - Move the from about, or use the form to move.
-* [[Shapeshift (Action Powers Technique) | Shapeshift]] - Changes creatures into something of the form, wholly or partially.
-* [[Summon (Action Powers Technique) | Summon]] - Summons and controls creatures related to the form.
-* [[Transmute (Action Powers Technique) | Transmute]] - Conjures or transforms objects tied to the form.
-==Forms==
+== Groups of Forms ==
-These are the substances or subjects you can work magic upon.
+For convenience, forms have been grouped from the most basic and elemental to the most esoteric and mysterious. Many [[Power_Rules_(Action)#Tradition|Traditions]] put great stock in this order, considering certain forms more noble than others, but it is really mostly a matter of convenience. Forms early in the list tend to have simpler powers that are more direct and easy to use, but no more powerful or of more utility.
 ===Elements===
 These are the basic building-blocks of the material world.
-[[Air (Action Powers Form) | Air]] - [[Earth (Action Powers Form) | Earth]] - [[Fire (Action Powers Form) | Fire]] - [[Water (Action Powers Form) | Water]]
+[[Air (Action Powers Form) | Air]]
+- [[Earth (Action Powers Form) | Earth]]
+- [[Fire (Action Powers Form) | Fire]]
+- [[Water (Action Powers Form) | Water]]
 ===Manifestations===
 These are shapes and variants that the elements can take.
-[[Animal (Action Powers Form) | Animal]] - [[Plant (Action Powers Form) | Plant]] - [[Ice (Action Powers Form) | Ice]] - [[Illusion (Action Powers Form) | Illusion]]
+[[Animal (Action Powers Form) | Animal]]
+- [[Plant (Action Powers Form) | Plant]]
+- [[Metal (Action Powers Form) | Metal]]
+- [[Ice (Action Powers Form) | Ice]]
+- [[Illusion (Action Powers Form) | Illusion]]
 ===Ethos===
 These are moral aspects of reality.
-[[Darkness (Action Powers Form) | Darkness]] - [[Flux (Action Powers Form) | Flux]]
+[[Darkness (Action Powers Form) | Darkness]]
+- [[Flux (Action Powers Form) | Flux]]
 - [[Order (Action Powers Form) | Order]]
 - [[Light (Action Powers Form) | Light]]
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 These are metaforms for the four power origins; many of the powers here are specialized against one origin or affect the powers of one origin only.
-[[Gifts (Action Powers Form) | Gifts]]
+[[Chi (Action Powers Form) | Chi ]]
+- [[Gifts (Action Powers Form) | Gifts]]
 - [[Magic (Action Powers Form) | Magic]]
+- [[Psi (Action Powers Form) | Psi]]
 - [[Spiritual (Action Powers Form) | Spiritual]]
 - [[Technology (Action Powers Form) | Technology]]
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 [[Death (Action Powers Form) | Death]]
+- [[Force (Action Powers Form) | Force]]
 - [[Life (Action Powers Form) | Life]]
 - [[Mind (Action Powers Form) | Mind]]
 - [[Time (Action Powers Form) | Time]]
+- [[Space (Action Powers Form) | Space]]
 ==Technique - Form Table ==
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 |-
 ||'''Plant'''|||[[Blast Plant (Action Powers) | Blast Plant]]|||[[Detect Plant (Action Powers) | Detect Plant]]|||[[Dispel Plant (Action Powers) | Dispel Plant]]|||[[Emote Plant (Action Powers) | Emote Plant]]|||[[Imbue Plant (Action Powers) | Imbue Plant]]|||[[Move Plant (Action Powers) | Move Plant]]|||[[Shapeshift Plant (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Plant]]|||[[Summon Plant (Action Powers) | Summon Plant]]|||[[Transmute Plant (Action Powers) | Transmute Plant]]
+|-
+||'''Metal'''|||[[Blast Metal (Action Powers) | Blast Metal]]|||[[Detect Metal (Action Powers) | Detect Metal]]|||[[Dispel Metal (Action Powers) | Dispel Metal]]|||[[Emote Metal (Action Powers) | Emote Metal]]|||[[Imbue Metal (Action Powers) | Imbue Metal]]|||[[Move Metal (Action Powers) | Move Metal]]|||[[Shapeshift Metal (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Metal]]|||[[Summon Metal (Action Powers) | Summon Metal]]|||[[Transmute Metal (Action Powers) | Transmute Metal]]
 |-
 ||'''Ice'''|||[[Blast Ice (Action Powers) | Blast Ice]]|||[[Detect Ice (Action Powers) | Detect Ice]]|||[[Dispel Ice (Action Powers) | Dispel Ice]]|||[[Emote Ice (Action Powers) | Emote Ice]]|||[[Imbue Ice (Action Powers) | Imbue Ice]]|||[[Move Ice (Action Powers) | Move Ice]]|||[[Shapeshift Ice (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Ice]]|||[[Summon Ice (Action Powers) | Summon Ice]]|||[[Transmute Ice (Action Powers) | Transmute Ice]]
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 |-
 ||'''Light'''|||[[Blast Light (Action Powers) | Blast Light]]|||[[Detect Light (Action Powers) | Detect Light]]|||[[Dispel Light (Action Powers) | Dispel Light]]|||[[Emote Light (Action Powers) | Emote Light]]|||[[Imbue Light (Action Powers) | Imbue Light]]|||[[Move Light (Action Powers) | Move Light]]|||[[Shapeshift Light (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Light]]|||[[Summon Light (Action Powers) | Summon Light]]|||[[Transmute Light (Action Powers) | Transmute Light]]
+|-
+||'''Chi'''|||[[Blast Chi (Action Powers) | Blast Chi]]|||[[Detect Chi (Action Powers) | Detect Chi]]|||[[Dispel Chi (Action Powers) | Dispel Chi]]|||[[Emote Chi (Action Powers) | Emote Chi]]|||[[Imbue Chi (Action Powers) | Imbue Chi]]|||[[Move Chi (Action Powers) | Move Chi]]|||[[Shapeshift Chi (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Chi]]|||[[Summon Chi (Action Powers) | Summon Chi]]|||[[Transmute Chi (Action Powers) | Transmute Chi]]
 |-
 ||'''Gifts'''|||[[Blast Gifts (Action Powers) | Blast Gifts]]|||[[Detect Gifts (Action Powers) | Detect Gifts]]|||[[Dispel Gifts (Action Powers) | Dispel Gifts]]|||[[Emote Gifts (Action Powers) | Emote Gifts]]|||[[Imbue Gifts (Action Powers) | Imbue Gifts]]|||[[Move Gifts (Action Powers) | Move Gifts]]|||[[Shapeshift Gifts (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Gifts]]|||[[Summon Gifts (Action Powers) | Summon Gifts]]|||[[Transmute Gifts (Action Powers) | Transmute Gifts]]
 |-
 ||'''Magic'''|||[[Blast Magic (Action Powers) | Blast Magic]]|||[[Detect Magic (Action Powers) | Detect Magic]]|||[[Dispel Magic (Action Powers) | Dispel Magic]]|||[[Emote Magic (Action Powers) | Emote Magic]]|||[[Imbue Magic (Action Powers) | Imbue Magic]]|||[[Move Magic (Action Powers) | Move Magic]]|||[[Shapeshift Magic (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Magic]]|||[[Summon Magic (Action Powers) | Summon Magic]]|||[[Transmute Magic (Action Powers) | Transmute Magic]]
+|-
+||'''Psi'''|||[[Blast Psi (Action Powers) | Blast Psi]]|||[[Detect Psi (Action Powers) | Detect Psi]]|||[[Dispel Psi (Action Powers) | Dispel Psi]]|||[[Emote Psi (Action Powers) | Emote Psi]]|||[[Imbue Psi (Action Powers) | Imbue Psi]]|||[[Move Psi (Action Powers) | Move Psi]]|||[[Shapeshift Psi (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Psi]]|||[[Summon Psi (Action Powers) | Summon Psi]]|||[[Transmute Psi (Action Powers) | Transmute Psi]]
 |-
 ||'''Spiritual'''|||[[Blast Spiritual (Action Powers) | Blast Spiritual]]|||[[Detect Spiritual (Action Powers) | Detect Spiritual]]|||[[Dispel Spiritual (Action Powers) | Dispel Spiritual]]|||[[Emote Spiritual (Action Powers) | Emote Spiritual]]|||[[Imbue Spiritual (Action Powers) | Imbue Spiritual]]|||[[Move Spiritual (Action Powers) | Move Spiritual]]|||[[Shapeshift Spiritual (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Spiritual]]|||[[Summon Spiritual (Action Powers) | Summon Spiritual]]|||[[Transmute Spiritual (Action Powers) | Transmute Spiritual]]
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 |-
 ||'''Death'''|||[[Blast Death (Action Powers) | Blast Death]]|||[[Detect Death (Action Powers) | Detect Death]]|||[[Dispel Death (Action Powers) | Dispel Death]]|||[[Emote Death (Action Powers) | Emote Death]]|||[[Imbue Death (Action Powers) | Imbue Death]]|||[[Move Death (Action Powers) | Move Death]]|||[[Shapeshift Death (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Death]]|||[[Summon Death (Action Powers) | Summon Death]]|||[[Transmute Death (Action Powers) | Transmute Death]]
+|-
+||'''Force'''|||[[Blast Force (Action Powers) | Blast Force]]|||[[Detect Force (Action Powers) | Detect Force]]|||[[Dispel Force (Action Powers) | Dispel Force]]|||[[Emote Force (Action Powers) | Emote Force]]|||[[Imbue Force (Action Powers) | Imbue Force]]|||[[Move Force (Action Powers) | Move Force]]|||[[Shapeshift Force (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Force]]|||[[Summon Force (Action Powers) | Summon Force]]|||[[Transmute Force (Action Powers) | Transmute Force]]
 |-
 ||'''Life'''|||[[Blast Life (Action Powers) | Blast Life]]|||[[Detect Life (Action Powers) | Detect Life]]|||[[Dispel Life (Action Powers) | Dispel Life]]|||[[Emote Life (Action Powers) | Emote Life]]|||[[Imbue Life (Action Powers) | Imbue Life]]|||[[Move Life (Action Powers) | Move Life]]|||[[Shapeshift Life (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Life]]|||[[Summon Life (Action Powers) | Summon Life]]|||[[Transmute Life (Action Powers) | Transmute Life]]
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 ||'''Time'''|||[[Blast Time (Action Powers) | Blast Time]]|||[[Detect Time (Action Powers) | Detect Time]]|||[[Dispel Time (Action Powers) | Dispel Time]]|||[[Emote Time (Action Powers) | Emote Time]]|||[[Imbue Time (Action Powers) | Imbue Time]]|||[[Move Time (Action Powers) | Move Time]]|||[[Shapeshift Time (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Time]]|||[[Summon Time (Action Powers) | Summon Time]]|||[[Transmute Time (Action Powers) | Transmute Time]]
+|-
+||'''Space'''|||[[Blast Space (Action Powers) | Blast Space]]|||[[Detect Space (Action Powers) | Detect Space]]|||[[Dispel Space (Action Powers) | Dispel Space]]|||[[Emote Space (Action Powers) | Emote Space]]|||[[Imbue Space (Action Powers) | Imbue Space]]|||[[Move Space (Action Powers) | Move Space]]|||[[Shapeshift Space (Action Powers) | Shapeshift Space]]|||[[Summon Space (Action Powers) | Summon Space]]|||[[Transmute Space (Action Powers) | Transmute Space]]
 |}
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