Project V17/Powers/Shardless/Esoteric and Abstract Powers/Immersion

Immersion

Cost: 5 SP

In every world there is a story. A protagonist, an Antagonist, the side characters and more. Through this power, you can tap into all of them. You can gain the might of Hercules, the skill of Lancelot, or even simply the tenacity of an average Spartan warrior everyone forgotten of. You embody all their stories. But this is not without cost. There are 4 rules to become immersed into their story:

1. You must know about these characters, the more you know the better. To know all of Hercules acts, instead of merely his labors, will decrease the strain of immersion.

2. You must be strong. It is impossible to immerse into a character that is more that 5 times your strength. The higher the difference in strength, the bigger the strain.

3. The more similarities between you and the Immersed, the better. If you have similar goals, dreams and beliefs, then the strain of immersing will be decreased.

4. The more people that knows the stories or variations of the stories, the lower the strain.

Objects you hold that has a certain level of resemblance to the immersed character’s gear will be effected, gaining the power of said gear.

The Inheritor of Words

Your stories are more than just words on a paper. They are realities your eyes see, your hand records and your spirit made true. After completing a story, you are completely aware of everything about anything in the story. You know the protagonists favourite food, the antagonists child crush and even the names of all the background characters. You are able to immerse into any of them, as long as they are not more that 10 times stronger than you. The more people read and know of your stories, the easier it is to immerse into the characters. After every immersion, a fragment of the character is left behind, slowly strengthening you.

Special Scenario

You can enhance others, allowing them to immerse into the characters of your stories. However, the requirement of immersion apply on them as well and must be met in order to achieve immersion. If any of these requirements are not met, immersion will be impossible. After every immersion, a fragment of the character is left behind, slowly strengthening the target.

Character Avatar

You can apply your power of immersion to one of your empty character slots if all four rules of immersion are satisfied, turning it into a character avatar. The details in the UI are automatically filled in with the appearance and traits based on the immersed character, allowing you to switch to it like a normal character, granting you the ability to wield the skills and powers without the usual strain of immersion. With time spent actively using an Avatar-type character, its desired skills and powers will slowly bleed over into your default character, eventually mastering everything the Avatar can offer.