I've been thinking on this for a bit since someone mentioned the ever present pointless 7th stat (comeliness honor etc) and think that the ever present anime trope of the powerful using their aura/soul/mana/whatever to "crush" an opponent as it's sometimes called would make for a good optional authority equals asskicking card that doesn't require every village elder or whatever to secretly be an undercover great wyrm or retired adventure. PCs almost almost always dramatically out muscle NPCs not intended to be a villain so there usually isn't a need for PCs to be capable of using it in return. Bleach and ascendance of s bookworm did a lot to put it front and center as meaningful thing rather than just a forgettable over 9000 flex. Frequently using it to interrupt murderhobo type interactions till a time it better served the plot gives it bonus points worth mentioning