Move Approval V

[Ahana Varma]

New move time:

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The Fires that Illuminate Deepest Darkness; Scintillations of the Golden Conflagration! (600)
(Physical Strength, Area Attack Proficiency, Ranged Materialise Proficiency, Remote Control Proficiency)
Ahana can summon golden flames anywhere within 3 metres of herself and can manipulate them by gesturing with her arms and/or hands. They can be moved no further from her than 3 metres away, but will always automatically move to keep in place relative to her position. This fire cannot deal damage, though anyone with DEF less than twice her ATK will feel some warmth emanating from it. Also, the flames cannot actually set things on fire. Smaller streams of flame can be created almost instantly, but to expand these enough to fill the entire area would require half a second of Focus.

Whilst Focusing on summoning and/or maintaining the flames, she can do everything else she normally can, except use other Moves which require Focus (e.g. she could stab someone with one of her javelins, but couldn’t summon more javelins). Also, because the fire requires continued Focus, if her concentration is disrupted, it will vanish immediately. The Fatigue cost of this Move is small enough that she can use it liberally, but if she keeps employing it often throughout a fight it will eventually add up.

Writing Guide
In combat, Ahana will generally use this Move in one of three ways:
• To attempt to distract opponents and give herself an opportunity to attack them while their guard is down, either by shooting fire at them and hoping they think it’s actually dangerous, or by throwing it into their face to cover their eyes for a moment.
• To make it harder for others to attack her by surrounding herself with fire, blocking their vision of her... though as she has no way of seeing through the fire herself, doing this means obscuring her own vision as well.
• To draw attention to herself and generally look cool and/or threatening. This would be mostly done in an attempt at convincing enemies to attack her rather than any allies she had nearby… or if she just feels like showing off. She can be pretty vain.

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