Editing Shard (section)

==Restrictions==
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Every parahuman receives only a small portion of the potential abilities of their Shard. For example, a Shard may choose to apply its powers to only one type of target; insects, humans, trees, etc.<ref name="28e1">When we get our powers, the passenger manages this sort of scan, trying to figure out a way to apply a part of itself.  So Taylor gets a power that's restricted to bugs, Canary gets a power that's limited to people.  At the same time, the passenger kind of figures out if there's any danger of the power harming us, physically or mentally, and it sets down safeguards and limits.  Headaches like Dinah or I get are part of that. [...] Every power has secondary uses, uses that are locked away. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/cockroaches-28-4/ Excerpt] form [[Cockroaches 28.4]]</ref>

To prevent their hosts harming themselves with misapplication of their abilities, many shards choose to disallow their [[Manton Effect|application on organic tissue]]. This limitation has the side benefit of forcing their hosts to develop innovative ways to harm others with the shards' power. 

Shards also limit themselves to avoid damaging the host. "Thinker Headaches" are one example of this.<ref name="28e1" />
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<ref name="R222011">'''themanwhowas:''' Give outlets for combat. If you know that the shards drive people to fight each other, give a structure to the fighting. Having this done in the middle of cities as a game of cops and robbers is ... ill advised. If possible, give the capes non-human threats to fight (Man vs Nature conflicts would be ideal).<br>...<br>'''Wildbow:''' Shards might not be imaginative, but they aren't stupid, and they know a charade when they see one. The fighting rings or arenas or whatever else end up becoming powder kegs that lead to disaster (either in the small scale, like we saw with Hookwolf, or something far greater). - [https://redd.it/3dil7d What would a responsible Protectorate actually look like?] ([[Wildbow]], reddit.com, 2015-07-16)</ref>
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