Legacy Power: Song of the Masks

Happy, sad, who's to say?

A 1 Gift Emotion Control Power used by Morgan Deathwhisper, created by Hawful.

Description

In the traditions of Comedia all the performers were masks displaying the core nature of their character. Many apply this only to a set, but the rocker knows that these emotions are universal, and knows how to twist them to their will.

System

Spend an Action, Exert your Mind, and choose an emotion and an Animate target within 45 feet. Make a contested roll against the target, rolling Charisma + Performance Difficulty 6 vs their Mind, Difficulty 6. If you win, the target must do something they otherwise wouldn't have done, inspired by the chosen emotion. The action they take will be in keeping with their character and the way they tend to deal with strong emotions. The emotion shift lasts 1 Hour, and during that time, they are very unlikely to change their mind about their action.

Combat ends the effect, even if the target started it. If attempting to calm during combat, effect ends if target is attacked.

Example emotions (and example potential actions):
Anger (attacking, losing temper)
Pity (adopting a puppy, stopping an attack, killing you painlessly)
Happiness (stopping a despair-driven action)
Jealousy (stealing a gem, buying something)
Anxiety (run, attack brutally)
Sadness (find solitude, openly cry)

Enhancements

  • Group Therapy (You may target a number of individuals equal to your Charisma rating.)

Drawbacks

  • Tunnel Vision (While this Effect is active, you are at -2 dice to all Actions and cannot Concentrate.)
  • Focus (Using this Effect requires a specific kind of item.)
    • Object - Guitar

Parameters

Range: 1 ( 45 feet ) Duration: 1 ( 1 Hour )

Edit History

- March 24, 2021, 5:14 p.m. - New Cost: 1. Initial power creation

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Gift from playing in Scenario for A Fairly Good Party spent on new power: Song of the Masks