9th-Level Auteur Abilities

Choose one of the following abilities.

Epic (11 Drama)

Your story tells a tale of the villain's waning power and how the heroes rose to the occasion to stop them.

Magic, Melee, Ranged	Maneuver
📏 Melee 1 or ranged 10	🎯 One creature

Power Roll + Presence:

• ≤11: The target takes a bane on ability rolls (save ends).
• 12-16: The target has a double bane on ability rolls (save ends).
• 17+: The target has a double bane on power rolls (save ends).

Effect: Choose one ally within distance. While the target is affected by this ability, each time they use an ability, that ally can make a free strike against them after the ability is resolved.

Rising Tension (11 Drama)

You narrate the tension of the scene and put all hope into your protagonist to turn things around.

Magic, Ranged	Maneuver
📏 Ranged 10	🎯 One ally

Effect: The target gains 3 of their Heroic Resource, has a double edge on a power roll of their choice made during their next turn, is no longer slowed or weakened if they were before, and can immediately take their turn after yours if they have not taken their turn already this round.