Editing Power Classifications (section)

==Current Classifications==
In the modern day, the PRT has twelve different categories:<ref name=":0">'''Mover''' - the power moves the cape.  Flight, speed, teleportation, etc.<br>
Mover triggers are provoked by a drive to escape, flee, run.<br>
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'''Shaker''' - Area of effect powers.<br>
Shakers are generated from environmental danger or ambient danger.<br>
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'''Brute''' - Enhanced strength, durability; armor, muscle, personal forcefields.<br>
Brutes are created from experiences of physical damage or pain.<br>
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'''Blaster''' - Powers that provide a ranged attack.<br>
Blasters come about from hostile others, approaching or attacking from a distance.<br>
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'''Breaker''' - Altered state, oft toggled, granting powers or altered interaction with reality.<br>
Breakers come from abstract stressors.  Blend or ambiguous re: mental or physical lines.<br>
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'''Master''' - Creates minions or has a means of compelling others to take certain actions.<br>
Masters come about from isolation, alienation, exile, or betrayal.<br>
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'''Tinker''' - Building alien or advanced technology.<br>
Thinkers arise from solutionless problems over long periods, culminating in crisis moment.<br>
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'''Thinker''' - Advanced perception, knowledge, data-collection, or skills.<br>
Thinkers manifest from emotional or mental strain, reaching a crisis point in a short time.<br>
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'''Striker''' - Touch based and melee effects.  Typically weapon’s or arm’s reach limited.<br>
Strikers result from immediate, in-your-face threat, usually a singular object or individual.<br>
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'''Changer''' - Shapeshifting and alteration of one’s physical form.<br>
Changers arise from identity/body image issues, or conflict of role vs. social expectations.<br>
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'''Trump''' - Powers that involve powers: picking from, add, remove, complicate, compound.<br>
Trumps have capes directly or indirectly involved in their trigger.  Rare.<br>
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'''Stranger''' - Powers specializing in infiltration, distraction, subtlety.<br>
Strangers gain powers from unwanted attention or social/collective pressure. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e-H--GkPrbJq4WRNYndBnjjLjE7-2kOZkjwltkP1Ong/edit#heading=h.gjynmtlqmfp5 WD Rulebook: Character Creation - Trigger Capes: Classifications]</ref>

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! style="width: 20%;" |Classification
! style="width: 80%;" |Meaning
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|[[Mover]]
|An ability that grants a cape enhanced speed or mobility.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Shaker]]
|An ability with an area of effect.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Brute]]
|An ability that grants a cape enhanced strength or durability.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Breaker]]
|An ability that allows a cape to shift into another state.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Master]]
|An ability that allows a cape to control others or create minions.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Tinker]]
|An ability that allows a cape to create or alter devices with futuristic technology.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Blaster]]
|A long-ranged, offensive ability.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Thinker]]
|An ability that focuses on information gathering.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Striker]]
|A melee/touch-based ability.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Changer]]
|An ability that allows a cape to alter their form or appearance.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Trump]]
|An ability that allows a cape to manipulate powers in some capacity.<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Stranger]]
|An ability that focuses on stealth and/or infiltration.<ref name=":0" />
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It’s possible for parahumans to receive hybrid<ref name="Codex1"/> and sub-classifications.<ref name="Snubnose1"/> Hybrid ratings are issued if two or more aspects are irrevocably linked and are designated with a slash,<ref>Dauntless is a striker/trump. The two aspects are irrevocably linked, thus the slash. In briefer terms, he'd simply be a trump - he gives himself powers, in an indirect fashion. If his shard had manifested differently, he wouldn't have the need for 'totems' - objects linked to the manifestation of his power. He'd simply grant himself the power.<br><br>But the striker rating is because it's touch-based. It would be a very low rating - in a fight against a civilian, being able to grab something and empower it would maybe make a bit of a difference, but the resulting power is so weak it's questionable.<br><br>Give him a few months of regularly empowering said object, however, and you have a rather potent ability. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17584328 Private message] by Wildbow, posted on Spacebattles.</ref> while sub-ratings are given if a power has side-effects or applications that belong in another category.<ref name="Fog1"/><ref name="Snubnose1" /> These are placed within parentheses.<ref name="Snubnose1"/> It’s possible for the number assigned to sub-ratings to exceed the number assigned to the main power.<ref name="Snubnose1"/>