When someone searches the dictionary for the definition of ‘power’, your face is plastered beside it. You aren’t just powerful- you are the measuring stick by which others measure whether or not they are strong. You’re so strong, in fact, that in order to operate in normal society, you have to suppress your own power. What makes you special isn’t necessarily your superior might, but your Self-Restraint.

Base Form

• Racial Requirement: Any
• Transformation Type: Form
• Form Type: Alternate
• Prerequisite(s): Access to the Holding Back Special Maneuver
• Transformation Line: Self-Restraint
• Transformation Stage: 0 (Null Stage)
• Stress Test Requirement: 8
• Tier of Power Requirement. 1+
• Aspects: Natural (LV2), Peaked

AG	FO	TE	SC	IN	MA	PE
–	–	–	–	+1(T)	–	–

Natural Power: The sheer power of your natural form is greater than most.
(1)-[Passive]: Increase your Saving Throws and Might by 1(T) for the duration of any Clashes initiated by an Opponent.
(2)-[Passive]: If you have no stacks of Holding Back, increase your Combat Rolls by 1(T).
(3)-[Triggered/Power, 1/Round]: If you have no stacks of Holding Back, gain an additional stack of Power.

Restrained Form

• Racial Requirement: Any
• Transformation Type: Form
• Form Type: Alternate
• Prerequisite(s): Access to the Holding Back Special Maneuver
• Transformation Line: Self-Restraint
• Transformation Stage: 1
• Stress Test Requirement: 2
• Tier of Power Requirement. 1+
• Aspects: Natural (LV2), Peaked

AG	FO	TE	SC	IN	MA	PE
*	*	*	–	+1(bT)	*	–

Percentage of Power: You wield only a fraction of your power in combat, assured of your superiority.
(1)-[Permanent]: You cannot enter this Transformation unless you have at least 1 stack of Holding Back.
(2)-[Passive]: For each stack of Holding Back you possess, reduce the Attribute Modifier Bonuses (AG/FO/TE/MA) of this Transformation by 1(bT).
(3)-[Passive]: Double the amount of Life and Ki Points you regain from Legend Realized.
(4)-[Passive]: For each stack of Holding Back you possess, reduce the Ki Point Cost of your Attacking Maneuvers by 1(T).
(5)-[Triggered/Start of Turn]: Regain 2(bT) Ki Points for each stack of Holding Back you possess.

Unleash Your Power: When you finally decide to get serious, your power skyrockets dramatically.
(1)-[Automatic]: If you lose all stacks of Holding Back, leave this Transformation. You do not suffer from Stress Exhaustion and may use the Power Up Maneuver or Transformation Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver.
(2)-[Triggered/Power, 1/Encounter]: You can remove all stacks of Holding Back you possess. If you do, for each stack of Holding Back you lost, regain 2(bT) Life Points.