You may not be able to change your form as easily as your mutant cousins, but that doesn’t mean you’re not also capable of evolution. Intense training, life or death scenarios, and a powerful need has seen you take on a similarly brilliant improvement upon your form: a truly Splendid Evolution.
- Racial Requirement: Arcosian
- Transformation Type: Legendary Form
- Prerequisite(s): Standard Option for Divergent Evolution
- Stress Test Requirement: 25
- Tier of Power Requirement: 4+
- Aspects: Aura Dependent, Enhanced Save (Corporeal/Impulsive), High Speed (LV3), Dedicated, Difficult (LV2), Draining (LV2)
AG | FO | TE | SC | IN | MA | PE |
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+4(T) | +4(T) | +4(T) | – | +2(T) | +4(T) | – |
Splendid Plating: The shining carapace you have wrapped yourself in gleams with your radiant superiority.
-[Permanent, Passive]: Upon gaining access to this Transformation, select an additional effect from the Option effect of Keratinous Plating. You benefit from that effect while in this Transformation.
-[Passive]: While in this Transformation, you may use the Powered, Beam, and Mega Flare profiles an unlimited number of times through the Basic Attack Maneuver instead of only once per Combat Round.
-[1/Round]: If you have 2+ stacks of Cruelty, as an Instant Maneuver, you may reduce your Soak Value by 2(T) to increase your Strike and Wound Rolls by 1(T) and 2(T) respectively until the start of your next turn.
Golden Sheen: The beautiful glow that surrounds you marks you as the superior specimen.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If your number of Cruelty stacks becomes 3, increase your Combat Rolls by 1(T) until the start of your next turn.
-[Triggered/Power, 1/Round]: Gain an additional stack of Power through this instance of the Power Up Maneuver.
-[Triggered, 3/Round]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, increase your Tier of Power Extra Dice and the Extra Dice gained through the first effect of Brutal Assault by 1 Dice Category until the end of your turn.
Repeating Blows: Your superior speed and power allow you to render your enemies helpless against your continuous onslaught of attacks.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, you may use the Signature Technique Maneuver or Energy Charge Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver immediately after completing that Attacking Maneuver.
-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver that benefits from the first effect of Brutal Assault, the next Attacking Maneuver you make this Combat Round also benefits from the first effect of Brutal Assault.
Mastery Trait
Truly Splendid: You have grown even more powerful, and your dazzling might has become boundless.
-[Permanent]: This Transformation loses the Draining Aspect and gains the Scaling (LV2) Aspect.
-[Passive]: If your Attacking Maneuver benefits from the first effect of Brutal Assault, increase the Strike Roll of that Attacking Maneuver by 1(T).
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, you may use the Power Up Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver.
-[Permanent]: This Transformation loses the Dedicated Aspect and gains the Strainless Aspect.
Legendary Trait
Turn Brilliant: You can instantaneously become a shining legend, a sight to behold for friend and foe alike.
-[Triggered/Transform, 1/Encounter]: Maximize your Cruelty Stacks and enter the Superior State until the end of your next turn.
Exceed Trait
Strongest Evolution: You have achieved an even greater power, unleashing an unparalleled strength that no other could hope to muster.
-[Passive]: Halve the penalties from the effects of Diminishing Offense.
-[1/Round]: As an Instant Maneuver, if you have not used your Tail Attack Maneuver this Combat Round, lose access to your Tail Attack Maneuver during this Combat Round. If you do, you may use the Basic Attack Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. This Basic Attack Maneuver has its Strike and Wound Rolls increased by 1(T) and 2(T) respectively and does not suffer from, or count towards, the penalty from Diminishing Offense.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, trigger the first effect of Brutal Assault on that Attacking Maneuver. This does not count towards the number of times you can trigger that effect each Combat Round.