Amongst some species, there exist some individuals with rare and unusual abilities, warping their bodies and sometimes even their minds. Sometimes the changes are obvious, but sometimes they are subtle, making them all the more deadly.
- Racial Requirement: Any
- Maximum Factor: 1
- Prerequisite(s): N/A
Factor Traits
Brute (Body): You may not be the smartest tool in the crayon box, but you can take hits as well as you dish them out.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase your Racial Life Modifier by 2.
(2)-[Passive]: Increase your Damage Reduction by 1(bT).
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: Increase your Soak Value by 4(T), before any calculations, when you use the Guard or Direct Hit effects of the Defend Maneuver.
Captain (Mind): You are a leader among men, capable of inspiring greatness in others.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase the Dice Score of all of your Skills that use your Personality Attribute by 2.
(2)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: When you use the Hype Maneuver, target an Adjacent Ally. Increase their Combat Rolls by 1/4 (rounded up) of your Personality Modifier until the end of your next turn.
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: When you use the Hype Maneuver, enter the Superior State until the end of your next turn.
Giant Gene (Body): The blood of giants runs through your veins, spurring your growth to tremendous heights.
(1)-[Passive]: Your base Size Category is Enormous.
(2)-[Passive]: For calculating the bonus/penalty to your Defense Value from your Size Category, and for the effects of Punching Up, you are considered to be of the Large Size Category.
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you are hit by an Attacking Maneuver, for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver, increase your Damage Reduction by x(bT) where x is equal to twice the number of Size Categories you are larger than the character who used the Attacking Maneuver.
Psychic (Body): Your magical energy overflows, pouring out of you in waves.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase the Dice Category of your Energy Charges for Magic Attacks by 1.
(2)-[Passive]: Reduce the Ki Point Cost of your Magic Attacks by 2(T).
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Round, 2/Encounter]: When using a Signature Technique of the Magic Foundation, it gains 1 Energy Charge.
Speedster (Body): Your speed is unparalleled among your kind.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase your Defense Value and Boosted Speed by 1(T).
(2)-[Passive]: Reduce the Ki Point Cost for any Attacking Maneuver of the Blitz Profile by 2(T).
(3)-[1/Round]: You may use the Movement Maneuver as an Instant Maneuver.
(4)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you would use the Rapid Movement effect of the Movement Maneuver, you may make a Basic Attack Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver immediately afterwards.
Tactician (Mind): Your analytical mind is beyond compare.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase the Dice Score of all of your Skills that use your Scholarship Attribute by 2.
(2)-[Triggered]: If you use an Attacking Maneuver that has an AoE and an Analyzed Opponent is a target of that Attacking Maneuver, all Opponents become Analyzed for the duration of this Attacking Maneuver.
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: When you use the Analysis Maneuver, enter the Superior State until the end of your next turn.
Technician (Mind): Your ability to wield your ki is fearsome, leaving others in awe of your prowess.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase the Dice Category of your Energy Charges for Physical or Energy Attacks by 1.
(2)-[Passive]: Reduce the Ki Point Cost of your Physical or Energy Attacks by 2(T).
(3)-[Triggered, 1/Round, 2/Encounter]: When using a Signature Technique of the Energy Foundation, it gains 1 Energy Charge.
Arcosian Factor Trait
Emperor (Body): Your power is so immense it must be held back lest it destroy all those around you.
(1)-[Passive]: Gain access to all stages of the Metamorphosis Transformation Line.
(2)-[Addendum]: Please refer to the Metamorphosis text box below.
(3)-[Triggered]: Upon using the Transformation Maneuver, you may spend any amount of Overwhelm Stacks to increase your Stress Bonus by 1 for every 2 stacks of Overwhelm spent for the duration of that Maneuver.
(4)-[Triggered, 1/Round]: Upon benefiting from the effects of Legend Realized, maximize your Overwhelm stacks.
Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis Transformation Line acts differently to other Transformations, having a far more customizable quality, and therefore has a few unique rules to itself:
- Metamorphosis possesses a Stage 0, a Null Form (see — Null Form).
- Upon gaining access to it, for each Stage of Metamorphosis, you choose a Size Category between Small and Large. This replaces your base Size Category while you are in that Stage.
- Upon gaining access to it, for each Stage of Metamorphosis, you select S number of Evolution Traits to possess while in that Stage of Metamorphosis.
- Upon gaining access to it, for each Stage of Metamorphosis, make a choice for the Tail Attack Maneuver to replace the choice you made upon gaining access to the Maneuver while in that Stage.
- Upon gaining access to it, for each Stage of Metamorphosis, make a choice for the Option effect of Survivor to replace your Option while in that Stage.
Namekian Factor Trait
Tremendous Lord (Body): Your body grows to titanic heights, allowing you to literally tower over your enemies.
(1)-[Passive]: If your Size Category is greater than Large, for calculating the bonus/penalty to your Defense Value from your Size Category, and for the effects of your Opponent’s Punching Up, you are considered to be of the Large Size Category.
(2)-[Passive]: If you use the 4th effect of Namekian Biology while your Size Category is greater than Large, increase the addition to your Melee Range by 1 Square for every Size Category you are greater than Large.
(3)-[Option]: Upon gaining this Factor Trait, select and gain access to one of the following effects:
- Gigantic Namekian [Passive]: Your base Size Category is Gigantic.
- Namekian True Form [Passive]: You gain access to the Great Namekian Enhancement.
(4)-[Option]: Depending on your choice for the Option effect of Tremendous Lord, apply the following effects:
- Gigantic Namekian [Triggered/Power, 1/Encounter]: Change your Size Category to Colossal for the remainder of the Combat Encounter.
- Namekian True Form [Passive]: Reduce the Stress Test Requirement for Great Namekian by 2.
Saiyan Factor Trait
Legendary (Body): Your power is constantly growing, overflowing beyond even your maximum potential.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase the maximum number of Battle Born stacks for your Wound Rolls by 2.
(2)-[Passive]: While in the Raging and/or Superior State, increase your Might by 1(T) and your Wound Rolls and Soak Value by 2(T).
(3)-[Triggered]: If you gain a stack of Battle Born, regain Ki Points equal to your Might. Increase the amount of Ki Points regained by 1(T) for every stack of Battle Born applied to your Wound Rolls.
(4)-[Option]: Upon gaining this Factor Trait, select and gain access to one of the following effects:
- Legend of Z [Passive]: Each time you gain access to a Form with the Super Saiyan Form Aspect, you gain access to the Legendary Super Saiyan Evolved Stage for that Transformation (even if that Transformation is an Evolved Stage itself).
- Legend of Super [Passive]: You gain access to the Wrathful Enhancement. Additionally, upon gaining access to the Super Saiyan 1 Transformation, you gain access to the Full Power Super Saiyan Legendary Form.
Shinjin Factor Trait
Golden Fruit (Body): Born from the blessed Golden Fruit of the Kaiju Tree, you are far stronger than the rest of your kin.
(1)-[Triggered/God Ki]: Gain a Counter Action.
(2)-[Triggered, Start of Turn]: Regain 4(bT) Divine Ki Points.
(3)-[Triggered/Power, 1/Encounter]: Enter the God Ki State until the end of your next turn. If you are already in the God Ki State, enter the Superior State instead.
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