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Rewriting Lawbreaker Powers
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---How would it differ from the standard ability to maneuver with evocation?
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It lets you alter someone's defining aspects (ie the ones you decide on during character creation) rather than just sticking new ones on them. That way, you can make more sweeping changes to a person.
Sanctaphrax:
You'd need tight limitations to prevent that from being broken, and I suspect that any restrictions which made it fair would make it pretty pointless.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---You'd need tight limitations to prevent that from being broken, and I suspect that any restrictions which made it fair would make it pretty pointless.
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Well, you probably shouldn't be able to change someone's high concept or trouble.
And the person would defend against it with discipline/conviction.
And it's a spell, so unless you add duration, it would go away at the end of the scene.
And probably other people should have the ability to try and change it back with rapport or something.
Does that sound reasonable?
Sanctaphrax:
No. It'd still let you turn an opponent into an ally, or a non-threat, automatically and with a single action.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---No. It'd still let you turn an opponent into an ally, or a non-threat, automatically and with a single action.
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Maybe some sort of sliding scale of how much power you need based on how much you're changing the aspect? (And you probably can't change the aspect to something completely unrelated to it. If the aspect is "Never Leave A Man Behind" you can't change it to "I Think I'm A Door." That's a consequence of a mental attack, not the effect of this power.)
For example, consider a fight where your opponents are Harry Dresden and Thomas Raith, and you decide to change Harry's "Our Mother's Silver Pentacle" aspect so that you can disrupt their teamwork. If you want to change the aspect to "Distracted by the Sexy" that might take 5 shifts of power. If you want to change the aspect to "I'm going to kill that vampire!" however, that might take 20 shifts of power.
Would that work?
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