Power Words (Action)

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.

Power Words

You focus your power in exclamations, battle cries, and sharp yells. It is not enough to mumble an arcane formula; you shout the name of your power, berate your target, and otherwise make a nuisance of yourself expressing your power.

Limitation

You cannot use your powers silently. Your words of power need to be audible over your surroundings; in a noisy place your powers themselves might roar. When using Power Words but not focusing, it is not obvious what specific power you are using, only that you are using powers.

Focus Condition

Basic Action

You can focus as your first action for the round, but this is a Basic Action rather than a trigger action. You must shout out what Limit Break you intend to use. You can only use this specific limit break this round. It is customary to use the Limit Break as soon as possible, so as to prevent enemies from using this knowledge against you somehow.

Out of combat, focusing using Power Words to focus takes five minutes of escalating chanting and thunderous power effects, making it obvious to everyone nearby what is about to happen. If you are so isolated that no outsider would hear this, the tension is not enough for the method to function.