
Despite your strenuous transformation, you manage to manifest the brilliant crimson flames of the Kaioken, further multiplying your already enhanced power. Though you’ve managed to lessen the downsides to make this tactic possible, it comes at the cost of reduced power gain.
- Racial Requirement: Any
- Transformation Type: Enhancement Power
- Prerequisite(s): N/A
- Stress Test Requirement: 4
- Tier of Power Requirement. 2+
- Aspects: Special (Kaioken), Graded, Heartbeat, Glowing, Enhanced Save (Impulsive/Cognitive), High Speed (LV2), Light Dependent, Peaked
| AG | FO | TE | SC | IN | MA | PE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | * | – | – | – | * | – |
Multiplied Power: A blazing aura surrounds you, vastly multiplying your power and agility.
-[Passive]: You cannot regain Life Points.
-[Passive]: If used in conjunction with a Transformation with the Perfect Ki Control Aspect, halve the Life Point Cost for your Super Kaioken Grades.
-[Permanent]: You can only enter this Transformation if you are already in a Transformation.
-[Graded]: Super Kaioken has 3 Grades. Each Super Kaioken Grade:
- Each Grade after the first increases the Stress Test Requirement by 2.
- Decides if you apply your Tier of Power Extra Dice an additional time (N means you do not, Y means you do).
- Sets the AMB (Attribute Modifier Bonus) of Super Kaioken for the listed Attributes to the amount listed on the Grades table.
- Has a Life Point Cost you must pay to be able to use any Attacking Maneuver (even if it is an Instant or Out-of-Sequence Maneuver) or Unique Ability.
| Grades | Additional ToP Extra Dice | AMB (AG/FO/MA) | Life Point Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (x2) | N | 1(T) | 2(bT) |
| 2 (x10) | N | 2(T) | 4(bT) |
| 3 (x20) | Y | 2(T) | 6(bT) |
Power of a Heartbeat: Pushing your body to its limits, you increase both strength and speed at the cost of your own vitality.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, increase your Wound Rolls by G(T) for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you are targeted by an Opponent’s Attacking Maneuver, increase your Dodge Rolls by G(T) for the duration of that Attacking Maneuver.
-[Triggered/Power, 3/Encounter]: Reduce your Life Points by your Life Point Cost. If you do, increase your Tier of Power Extra Dice by G Dice Categories until the end of your next turn. This increase cannot stack.
Burst Limit
Vermilion Explosion: In a brilliant burst of scarlet, your power explodes, multiplying rapidly in power.
-[Triggered/Transform]: You may use the Power Up Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. If you do, the first two effects of Power of a Heartbeat lose their 1/Round Keyword until the end of your next turn.