Legacy Power: Raised Fist

Isn't the invisible hand a capitalist thing?

A 2 Gift Injure Power used by Sav'ant Amida, created by SamrinSamrin.

Description

"You watch as Sav'ant plants his palm against his leg, and suddenly as the man you were all pursuing is about to run around the corner he is immediately splatted against the pavement like a man taking a newspaper to a fly, in an instant as if an invisible hand or anvil had flown out from the heavens above the man is crushed."

Sav'ant has gained the ability to crush others with his authority: to utilize his aura of power and zealotry and force of will in order to manifest pressure psychically on others. In order to do this Sav'ant must first channel the suffering and struggles of the working class, he then uses his Arnament of Authority as a sort of transistor, a antenna, to assist him in harnessing and channeling the concept of crushing, of workers struggling under the crushing pressure of exploitative labor. If Sav'ant is successful, this crushing pressure literally manifests as an invisible hand of power: which he can then use to crush something. The target however feels this happen as one would feel a train or a car passing by them, they know and understand that they are about to get crushed by something and they may choose to dodge or attempt to defend against the crushing force.

Sav'ant must not only make a fist, but he must move it slightly in the direction of whatever he is targeting: as if crushing them himself, for example if he were attempting to crush someone with it he would have to make a fist, and move it a centimeter down, as his fist directly corresponds to the force.

System

Spend an Action, Exert your Mind, choose a target within 300 feet, and roll Charisma + Influence Difficulty 6. The target may defend by rolling to dodge or Defend (as for an attack with a thrown weapon) as a Reaction.

Damage dealt equals the difference between your attack roll's Outcome and the defensive roll's (if one was made), plus 2.The target's Armor is Fully Effective.


Enhancements

  • Beam-o-war (You may use this Effect to Defend against any melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks within range or Clash against any Attack targeted at you. Using it to Defend deals no Damage but does not cost Exertion.)
  • Concealed (Using this Effect is not obvious. Choose a Tell that occurs only when you use the Effect; if-- and only if-- someone suspects that a Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.)
    • Tell - Sav'ant must make a fist, and move it slightly in the direction of whatever he is trying to hit as if he were crushing them himself.

  • Cantrip (Activating this Effect has no Exertion cost, but its Gift Cost can never be increased above 2.)

Drawbacks

  • Focus (Using this Effect requires a specific kind of item.)
    • Object - Arnament Of Authority (Prosthetic)
  • Traumatic (You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means.)

Parameters

Range: 2 ( 300 feet ) Armor Effectiveness: 0 ( Fully Effective ) Damage: 1 ( 2 )

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