Sechen ranges

Sechen ranges is the tendency for powers to very in presentation given specific circumstances.<ref>As Tristan glanced at me, I made a rectangle with my fingers. “It’s complicated. It fluctuates. I could name some terms and things that apply there, but I don’t want to bore you.”

“I’ve been bored enough times. I know a lot of the terms. Sechen ranges?”

“That’s one of them. Powers often get stronger with certain influencing factors. You read up on that?”

“We did a ton of testing with Reach, and we saw a lot of parahuman science people while we were trying to figure out a solution. - Excerpt from Shade 4.5</ref>

It relates to how intume someone is with their powers at a given time.<ref>“You’ll want to look up the Sechen ranges,” Victoria said. “Put someone in a mindset close where they were at the trigger event, they get stronger. Don’t push that button unless you want to deal with someone who’s going to be more emotional and more in tune with their powers. As a case in point, even talking about my background helps get me to a point where I can bring out my invisible friend here, sending that forcefield that’s meant to protect me out to do other things. A little shaky, but usable.” - Excerpt from Last 20.end</ref>

Cauldron Capes have a damaged version of this system.<ref name="21.x e1">The deviations, the ones who didn’t take to the formula, tended to fall into certain categories. There were those who had some minor physical or mental changes; they were little different from the most extreme deviations that appeared in typical trigger cases. Such deviations occurred a mere eighth of a percent of the time. They weren’t what he was thinking of.

The formula wasn’t exact. Though they learned more every day, there were still unknowns regarding powers. Whatever connection the agents formed with individuals before or during a trigger event, it didn’t manifest as strongly through the formula. When the subject was stressed, their body engaged by that distress, the connection grew weaker. - Excerpt from Interlude 21.x</ref>

Similarly in times when the parahumans life is threatened it is not unheard of for their power to spike in output.

Examples

Taylor Hebert<ref>My power's range was about five blocks. It should have been larger, going by the running theory that feeling ‘trapped' extended my reach, but I was in here by my own device. I couldn't necessarily force it. - excerpt from Cell 22.1</ref>
Black Kaze<ref name="Reddit1">Black Kaze teleported by using her weapon - any movement of the weapon could teleport her. Bigger swing, more distance covered. Swing multiple times, teleport multiple times. Strike the ground a hundred times, raise up clouds of dust, move unpredictably, cover the distance between herself and her target, execute multiple targets in one final teleport.

At the end of the day, though, she was human, and living on one's own, scavenging, possibly getting sick, or having tooth problems, or missing nutrients, she started to slip. Maximum connection to passenger, minimum quality of care for her own body. Might well have passed out or fainted in the midst of a confrontation. - /csq3luk Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref>
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