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-  * base: intimidate a target into doing you a favor. more likely to work vs lower level. can: give information, take actions that do not endanger them, render other basic assistance. After you leave they hate you.
-    * meatshield: force nearby allies to take hits instead of you. also can use intimidated subjects.
-    * collateral: for every ally/intimidated subject you hit with a multi-target attack, damage to enemies hit with same attack increases by +1
-    * motivator: when you kill an ally/intimidated subject, the others all get a free recovery action (including yourself). more recovery actions for higher-level allies
-    * rapacious: force an ally/intimidated subject within 10m to pay a resource cost for you
-    * face of death: can intimidate as a single action. intimidating somebody in battle causes them to run away for their full next action.
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+//Violence is truly the universal language, but that doesn't make it the superior one.//
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+A Tyrant is intimidating enough to potentially brute-force their way through many social situations, so long as you don't mind making enemies along the way. Its advanced abilities all give you ways to ruthlessly exploit your intimidated victims (and allies) for your own gain, making this a good archetype for dark knights, villains, and other cartoonish edgelord types. Read the room a little before playing a character with levels in this archetype to make sure you don't impinge upon the fun of any of the actual people you're playing with. If you want an infinite supply of disposable allies to be mean to, consider also taking levels in [[Overlord]].
 ^[[#Tyrant]] ^^Domination through fear. |
-|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Counselor]] |Take on others' Stress. |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Collateral]] |Deal more damage when allies also suffer. |
-^[[#Enterprises]] ||Tyrant School |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Disciplinarian]] |Punish those who turn on you. |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Meatshield]] |Use others to take your hits. |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Motivator]] |Kill one to encourage the others. |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Rapacious]] |Plunder others' resources. |
+^ ^^^
 ====== Tyrant ======
 ^ ^^^
-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**:** You can choose to be the center of attention, forcing everybody in the general vicinity to shut up and listen to you for at least a few sentences. Nobody is compelled to actually obey or otherwise act on what you say, but you cannot be ignored. |
+^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Strongarm:** By taking a procedure to talk with a subject, you can intimidate them into doing you a favor (like giving you information you want or doing something for you that doesn't put them in danger). \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Not Real Helpfulness:** Intimidated subjects remain helpful and compliant for as long as you're nearby, but will escape/turn on you the moment they get an opportunity. After parting ways, anybody you've intimidated will consider you an enemy and treat you as such. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Check:** Roll a trigger die whenever you intimidate somebody. If the result is 9+, you succeed. Otherwise, they aren't impressed by you and you cannot intimidate them using this ability for the remainder of the current session. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Prerequisites:** In order to intimidate a subject, at least one of the following conditions must be true: \\ - The subject is your own level or lower. \\ - The subject is currently missing at least one point of Flesh. \\ - The subject has witnessed you use extreme and impressive violence in the past. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Stacking Circumstance:** If two conditions are true, the check required to intimidate succeeds on 5+ instead of 9+. If all three are true, the check always succeeds automatically. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Fearless:** Subjects with at least one level in the [[Steadfast]] archetype cannot be intimidated. |
+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} ^{{fa>star?24|Alternative}} |{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Retry:** You can choose to retry a failed intimidation check against a given target. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Mojo:** Retrying a failed intimidation check costs 1 Mojo. |
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Bearer of the Crown:** Everyone will assume you're the one in charge unless it's really obvious that you're not. When a crisis breaks out, NPCs will see you as an authority and will obey your orders unless they're clearly terrible.  |
+^{{ra>eye-shield?48|Protection}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Stone-Hearted:** You have a certain amount of detachedness from other people's problems. You never gain Stress when allies roll for death & dismemberment. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Self-Interest:** You still gain Stress when you yourself have to roll for death & dismemberment. |
 ^ ^^^
-^{{ra>eye-shield?48|Protection}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Inimitable:** Nobody can successfully disguise themselves as you or otherwise impersonate you unless they also have at least one level in Sovereign. |
+====== Collateral ======
+^ ^^^
+^{{ra>fireball-sword?48|Offense}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Kill Them All:** When you use a multi-target weapon attack, damage dealt to any enemies hit by it is increased by +1 for every ally or intimidated subject that is simultaneously hit. For example, if you use a Grenadier attack that has two allies and three enemies in the blast zone, each of the three enemies takes +2 damage. Your allies take the normal amount of damage. |
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-====== Unassailable ======
+====== Disciplinarian ======
 ^ ^^^
-^{{ra>eye-shield?48|Protection}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Divine Grace:** You have the kind of absolutely unshakable confidence and regal bearing that makes attackers hesitant. All incoming attacks have a failure chance of 6 against you. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**You Made Me Bleed My Own Blood:** Suffering setbacks makes you seem mortal again, and your grandeur is temporarily banished. You lose the benefits of Unassailable after losing Energy or Flesh for any reason, including by choice (such as by sprinting). \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Just A Fluke:** If you lose the protection of Unassailable, you regain it at the beginning of each new exploration turn. |
+^{{ra>fireball-sword?48|Offense}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Know Your Place, Worm:** They will never forget the fear you put in them. When attacking any subject that you have previously intimidated (regardless of whether they're still intimidated right now or even if said intimidation happened during the current session) you deal +2 damage with all weapons. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Turncoat's Bounty:** You also deal +2 damage to any creature that once considered themselves an ally but has since turned against you. Given how many of your abilities involve exploiting allies, this happens more often than you'd think. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Gratuitous Cruelty:** You can also deal +2 damage when attacking current allies if you want. |
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-====== Enterprises ======
+====== Meatshield ======
+^ ^^^
+^{{ra>eye-shield?48|Protection}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**You First, I Insist:** When targeted by any weapon attack, you can choose to switch positions with any adjacent ally or intimidated subject as a free action immediately before the attack lands. The selected ally/intimidated subject takes the hit instead of you. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Might Not Work With Fireballs:** If an attack would strike both your old position and the new one you switched yourself into, then you still get hit with it. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Weight Limit:** You may only use an adjacent ally/intimidated subject as a Meatshield if they're small enough for you to carry (under normal circumstances, this means your own size or smaller). \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Wear and Tear:** You may use this ability to force allies/intimidated subjects to take hits in your place no more than once per subject per round. |
+^ ^^^
+====== Motivator ======
+^ ^^^
+^{{ra>fireball-sword?48|Offense}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Don't Fail Me Like They Did:** Every time you kill an ally or intimidated subject (whether on purpose or accidentally), you and all other allies within 10 meters of you may instantly make a recovery action for free. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Mountainfall:** Every ally whose level was lower than the slain subject's gets two free recovery actions instead of one. |
+^ ^^^
+====== Rapacious ======
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+^{{ra>gear-hammer?48|Utility}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**FEED ME:** Every time you lose a point of any resource (Provisions, Supplies, or Mojo), roll a trigger die. If the result is 7+, you can force any ally or intimidated subject within 5 meters of your choice to lose a point of the selected resource instead and you keep yours. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Desolation:** If there are no allies/intimidated subjects within 5 meters that have at least one point of the relevant resource remaining for you to steal, this ability has no effect. |
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-^Tyrant School |The settlement hosts an institution that teaches the secrets of this class for a small fee. Keystones of this class can be purchased here for 1 Dosh each. |

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