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== Plausibility ==
 
== Plausibility ==
Your powers work by controlling chance, causing seemingly random effects. This can be an effect of luck, technology, extreme skill or other natural, plausible plot elements, but no obvious supernatural agency is involved.
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Your powers work by controlling chance, manifesting as extreme luck or skillful use of available tools or other plausible plot elements. No obvious supernatural power on your part is involved. What is normal is based on the perceptions of the local populace; if intervention by faeries are everyday events where you are, you can camouflage your powers as such.
  
 
=== Limitation ===
 
=== Limitation ===
 
Inherent
 
Inherent
  
You cannot cause effects that clearly and observably violate the laws of nature in the setting or cause an effect outside of local technology.
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You cannot cause effects that clearly and observably violate the laws of nature in the setting or cause an effect outside of local technology. Having a technological gadget at hand can often enhance plausibility. Your powers can also seem to be the side effect of another power-user in the vicinity, as long as the effect is in line with what people expect such people to be able to to.
  
 
=== Focus Condition ===
 
=== Focus Condition ===
Trigger Action (Focus)
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Trigger Action (Focus, Combo)
  
You can focus at any time when you manage to cause a power effect that seem entirely reasonable and commonplace but still has a distinct and concrete effect on reality. Subtle effects do not count; only actions that other notice but assume to be natural events qualify.
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You can focus at any time when you manage to cause a power effect that seem entirely reasonable and commonplace but still has a distinct and concrete effect on reality. Subtle effects do not count; only actions that other notice but assume to be natural events qualify. If you come up with a use of a Limit Break that would satisfy this condition, you can use this as a combo to enable you to use that Limit Break.
 
 
== Power Misfire ==
 
Your powers can cause you setbacks or activate outside of your control. This is similar to [[#Echoes|Echoes]], but the effects are more closely linked to your powers.
 
 
 
=== Limitation ===
 
Decide on a trigger when your powers misfire; this can be anything. Typical examples can be when you roll [[Actions_(Action)#Special_Results|snakeyes]], when hit by a certain kind of attack, or when you see the full moon for the first time tonight. When this condition occurs, one of your powers misfires. Generally, this is the same or a similar power misfiring in the same way each time. Misfires are [[Setback (Action)|Setbacks]] and generally detrimental to you, tough they can sometimes have positive side effects. Examples include a [[Fire_(Action_Powers_Form)#Fireball|Fireball]] exploding in your face, an involuntary change into an [[Gifts_(Action_Powers_Form)#Alternate_Self|Alternate form]], or an accidental [[Summon_(Action_Powers_Technique)#Summon_Demon|Demon Summoning]].
 
 
 
=== Focus Condition ===
 
Trigger Action (Focus)
 

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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.

Plausibility

Your powers work by controlling chance, manifesting as extreme luck or skillful use of available tools or other plausible plot elements. No obvious supernatural power on your part is involved. What is normal is based on the perceptions of the local populace; if intervention by faeries are everyday events where you are, you can camouflage your powers as such.

Limitation

Inherent

You cannot cause effects that clearly and observably violate the laws of nature in the setting or cause an effect outside of local technology. Having a technological gadget at hand can often enhance plausibility. Your powers can also seem to be the side effect of another power-user in the vicinity, as long as the effect is in line with what people expect such people to be able to to.

Focus Condition

Trigger Action (Focus, Combo)

You can focus at any time when you manage to cause a power effect that seem entirely reasonable and commonplace but still has a distinct and concrete effect on reality. Subtle effects do not count; only actions that other notice but assume to be natural events qualify. If you come up with a use of a Limit Break that would satisfy this condition, you can use this as a combo to enable you to use that Limit Break.