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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5749636" data-attributes="member: 386">If you want to tie Powers into the fiction, you have to give the fiction relevance in action resolution.  That means that if your Power says this:You spin beneath your enemy’s guard with a slashing strike, and then sweep your leg through your foe an instant later, knocking it to the ground.then that's what you do when you use it.And that means it can't be used in certain situations or against some foes at all.That's what keeps people paying attention to the fiction - the fiction becomes a part of the game.  When you're making your decisions you are forced to imagine the in-game situation because it'll have an effect on the outcome of your PC's actions.I don't think there's a simple change that will do this because, as you can see from the example above, the balance between different Powers is going to radically change.</blockquote>