Efficiency is the key. Pure power requires massive amounts of energy to maintain, but unleashing it in short bursts allows you to take advantage of the best of both worlds. When you combine efficiency with power, your strength surpasses all others.
- Racial Requirement: Any
- Transformation Type: Enhancement
- Enhancement Type: Standard
- Prerequisite(s): Access to the Holding Back Maneuver
- Stress Test Requirement: 10
- Tier of Power Requirement. 1+
- Aspects: Transcendent, Perfect Ki Control, Dedicated
| AG | FO | TE | SC | IN | MA | PE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | +1(bT) | – | – | +1(bT) | +1(bT) | – |
Efficiency is Power: By using less energy to make your attacks, you can funnel more energy into dealing damage with them.
(1)-[Passive]: You may use your base Tier of Power instead of your current Tier of Power for the sake of Tier of Power Requirements for any Transformation used in conjunction with Explosive Power.
(2)-[Passive]: When you apply Legend Realized, you may use your base Tier of Power instead of your current Tier of Power.
(3)-[Passive]: While you have any number of Holding Back stacks, double the reduction to Ki Point Costs from Perfect Ki Control.
(4)-[Passive]: While you possess a stack of Holding Back, increase your Surgency by 1(T).
(5)-[Constant]: If you use the Holding Back Maneuver, you may use the Transformation Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver to enter this Transformation.
(6)-[Triggered/Start of Turn]: While you possess a stack of Holding Back, regain 3(bT) Ki Points.
(7)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you use an Attacking Maneuver, you may apply a number of Energy Charges equal to 1/2 of your number of Holding Back stacks (min. 1) to that Attacking Maneuver.
(8)-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: If you lose all stacks of Holding Back, you may leave this Transformation and then use the Transformation Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. If you do, increase the Dice Score of your Stress Test for this use of the Transformation Maneuver by 1/2 of the number of Holding Back stacks you lost (min. 1).
Sudden Strength: You release your full power for a mere instant, giving your opponent no reaction time.
(1)-[Triggered/Transform, Triggered/Start of Turn]: Gain 3 stacks of Power Explosion for each stack of Holding Back you possess.
(2)-[Automatic/Start of Turn]: Before you apply any other effects that trigger at the start of your turn, lose all stacks of Power Explosion.
(3)-[Triggered]: When you are targeted by an Attacking Maneuver, you may spend any number of Power Explosion stacks to ignore the effects of an equal number of Holding Back stacks for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver.
(4)-[Triggered]: When you use an Attacking Maneuver, before you pay the Ki Point Cost for that Attacking Maneuver, you may spend any number of Power Explosion stacks to ignore the effects of an equal number of Holding Back stacks for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver.
(5)-[Triggered]: If you are targeted by a Special Maneuver, a Unique Ability, the Grapple Maneuver, or must make a Grapple Check as the Grappled, you spend any number of Power Explosion stacks to ignore the effects of an equal number of Holding Back stacks for the duration of that Grapple Check or Maneuver.
(6)-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: If you spend a number of Power Explosion stacks equal to your number of Holding Back stacks on the 3rd effect of Sudden Strength, increase your Soak Value by 1(T) for each stack of Power Explosion spent for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver.
(7)-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: If you spend a number of Power Explosion stacks equal to your number of Holding Back stacks on the 4th effect of Sudden Strength, increase the Wound Roll of that Attacking Maneuver by 1(T) for each stack of Power Explosion spent.
Burst Limit
Burst of Power: You can unleash your full power to move faster than the eye can see and pummel the opponent before they get a chance to react.
(1)-[Triggered/Transform]: Trigger the 1st effect of Sudden Strength an additional time. Additionally, you may use the Basic Attack Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. If you do, you may use your base Tier of Power (instead of your current Tier of Power) for the Strike and Wound Rolls of that Attacking Maneuver.
Mastery Trait
Flash of Power: Like a flash of lightning, you unleash your full power and tamp it back down again in the same breath, using it only for the exact moment you need it.
(1)-[Permanent]: Explosive Power loses the Dedicated Aspect and gains the Heartbeat Aspect.
(2)-[Triggered]: If you enter this Transformation through the effects of Surging Strength, you may ignore your stacks of Holding Back until you leave this Transformation.
(3)-[Passive]: For the 1st effect of Sudden Strength, gain an additional stack of Power Explosion for each stack of Holding Back you possess.
(4)-[Passive]: The 6th and 7th effects of Sudden Strength lose the [1/Encounter] Keyword and gain the [1/Round] Keyword.
(5)-[Triggered/Power, 1/Encounter]: Gain 2 stacks of Power Explosion for each stack of Holding Back you possess.
Transcendent Trait
Eruption of Power: Your power is even more explosive, making you seem like an ordinary person until you attack.
(1)-[Permanent]: Explosive Power has its Attribute Modifier Bonus (AG/TE) increased by 1(bT).
(2)-[Passive]: For the 1st effect of Sudden Strength, gain an additional stack of Power Explosion for each stack of Holding Back you possess.
(3)-[Passive]: When using the 5th effect of Sudden Strength, instead of spending Power Explosion Stacks, treat it as if you spent your maximum number of Power Explosion stacks for its effects.
(4)-[Passive]: You may spend stacks of Power as if they were 1 stack of Power Explosion for each stack of Holding Back you possess.
(5)-[1/Round]: During your turn, you may use the Power Up Maneuver as an Instant Maneuver.
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