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{{SkillTableRow|Performance|Inept|0|Let your ego shine through performance.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Performance|Inept|0|Let your ego shine through performance.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Bully|Inept|50|Behave like a bully to get your way.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Bully|Inept|50|Behave like a bully to get your way.}}
{{SkillTableRow|FirstGestalt|Inept|66|Build a gestalt from ikons to empower you.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Heroics|Novice|0|Tell heroic stories to stir the blood.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Heroics|Novice|0|Tell heroic stories to stir the blood.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Lawyerly|Novice|33|Win debates by learning the ways of the damned.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Lawyerly|Novice|33|Win debates by learning the ways of the damned.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateHurry|Novice|66|Imbue your opponent with the need to rush.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateHurry|Novice|66|Imbue your opponent with the need to rush.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Sycophant|Apprentice|0|Act like a boot-licking sycophant.}}
{{SkillTableRow|SecondGestalt|Apprentice|0|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Bureaucrat|Capable|50|Act like a bureaucratic official who knows it all.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Sycophant|Apprentice|33|Act like a boot-licking sycophant.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Drunkard|Apprentice|66|Guzzle...Guzzle...HiIIiic!}}
{{SkillTableRow|Comedy|Capable|0|Make them laugh until it hurts!}}
{{SkillTableRow|Bureaucrat|Capable|33|Act like a bureaucratic official who knows it all.}}
{{SkillTableRow|ThirdGestalt|Capable|66|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Saintly|Adept|0|Win debates with a saintly demeanor.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Saintly|Adept|0|Win debates with a saintly demeanor.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateCircuitous|Adept|33|Confuse your opponent with circuitous logic.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateCircuitous|Adept|33|Confuse your opponent with circuitous logic.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Sober|Adept|66|Walk a bit straighter and talk a bit smoother.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Sober|Adept|66|Walk a bit straighter and talk a bit smoother.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Zealotry|Master|0|Overwhelm others with zealotry.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Zealotry|Master|0|Overwhelm others with zealotry.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateLoophole|Master|50|Confound others by finding loopholes in their arguments.}}
{{SkillTableRow|DebateLoophole|Master|33|Confound others by finding loopholes in their arguments.}}
{{SkillTableRow|FourthGestalt|Master|66|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Impersonate|Gifted|0|Amaze your friends through your skill of impersonation.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Impersonate|Gifted|0|Amaze your friends through your skill of impersonation.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Conquest|Gifted|33|Regale others with stories of great conquests.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Conquest|Gifted|33|Regale others with stories of great conquests.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Gorgeous|Gifted|66|You look gorgeous, dahling! Absolutely fabulous!}}
{{SkillTableRow|Genderbend|Expert|0|Make a complete change to fool others of your gender.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Genderbend|Expert|0|Make a complete change to fool others of your gender.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Love|Expert|50|Love stories that leave eyes wet and a lump in the throat.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Love|Expert|33|Love stories that leave eyes wet and a lump in the throat.}}
{{SkillTableRow|FifthGestalt|Expert|66|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Wounded|Virtuoso|0|Appear more wounded and hurt than is true.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Wounded|Virtuoso|0|Appear more wounded and hurt than is true.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Vagabond|Virtuoso|50|Shuffle along, no one cares, vagabond.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Vagabond|Virtuoso|50|Shuffle along, no one cares, vagabond.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Success|Fabled|0|Warm greedy hearts with success stories.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Success|Fabled|0|Warm greedy hearts with success stories.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Ventriloquate|Fabled|33|Throw your voice into objects.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Ventriloquate|Fabled|25|Throw your voice into objects.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Review|Fabled|66|Be a critic and review the performance of others.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Review|Fabled|50|Be a critic and review the performance of others.}}
{{SkillTableRow|SixthGestalt|Fabled|75|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|MaskShout|Mythical|0|Disguise your shout to sound like another.}}
{{SkillTableRow|MaskShout|Mythical|0|Disguise your shout to sound like another.}}
{{SkillTableRow|Diplomat|Mythical|25|Speak softly to encourage forgiveness.}}
{{SkillTableRow|VoiceThrow|Mythical|50|Spook others by throwing your voice.}}
{{SkillTableRow|VoiceThrow|Mythical|50|Spook others by throwing your voice.}}
{{SkillTableRow|SeventhGestalt|Mythical|75|Further develop your gestalts.}}
{{SkillTableRow|FeignDeath|Transcendent|0|Fool everyone around with an amazing death scene.}}
{{SkillTableRow|FeignDeath|Transcendent|0|Fool everyone around with an amazing death scene.}}
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To use almost any dramatics skill, you must be in  performance mode, a mindset that every thespian must find within him or herself. While in performance mode, there will be a slight drain in mana accompanied by regeneration of ego. The ego regeneration increases as your skill in dramatics increases.
To use almost any dramatics skill, you must be in  performance mode, a mindset that every thespian must find within him or herself. While in performance mode, there will be a slight drain in mana accompanied by regeneration of ego. The ego regeneration increases as your skill in dramatics increases.


==Bully==
==Bully==
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By performing as a bully, you will appear as a cruel tormenter. During weakening ego battles, your attacks will be stronger.
By performing as a bully, you will appear as a cruel tormenter. During weakening ego battles, your attacks will be stronger.
==FirstGestalt==
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You are now able to create a gestalt of three Ikons (one character, one prop, and one scene). Your gestalt will passively grant you defense in charity ego battles.
Ikons are powerful magical items and are at the fulcrux of a popular game known as Psychodrama or Ikon Battles. Individual Ikons make fantastic collectibles or gifts for friends, but only when placed in a gestalt does their true nature shine through.
The most common use of an Ikon gestalt, however, is for entertainment. Collect the best Ikons you can lay your hands on, put together your perfectly powerful gestalt, and then challenge another player to a fierce battle and see who arrives victorious. See HELP IKON BATTLES for more information.


==Heroics==
==Heroics==
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==SecondGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of four Ikons (two characters, one prop, and one scene). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense in paranoia ego battles.


==Sycophant==
==Sycophant==
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By performing as a bureaucrat, you will appear as a knowing official. During paranoid ego battles, your attacks will be stronger.
By performing as a bureaucrat, you will appear as a knowing official. During paranoid ego battles, your attacks will be stronger.
==ThirdGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of five Ikons (two characters, two props, and one scene). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense in weaken ego battles.
See AB DRAMATICS FIRSTGESTALT.


==Saintly==
==Saintly==
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==FourthGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of six Ikons (two characters, two props, and two scenes). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense in empower ego battles.
See AB DRAMATICS FIRSTGESTALT.


==Impersonate==
==Impersonate==
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==FifthGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of seven Ikons (three characters, two props, and two scenes). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense in seduction ego battles.
See AB DRAMATICS FIRSTGESTALT.


==Wounded==
==Wounded==
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Become a critic of other dramaticists and use your training to spot any performance. Reviewing is a steep constant drain on mana and willpower.
Become a critic of other dramaticists and use your training to spot any performance. Reviewing is a steep constant drain on mana and willpower.
==SixthGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of eight Ikons (three characters, three props, and two scenes). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense when influencing villages during a revolt on behalf of your city or commune.
See AB DRAMATICS FIRSTGESTALT.


==MaskShout==
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This is a tricky performance to pull off. First, you must be impersonating or ventriloquating a target. Then, you must leave to an adjacent room. When you voicethrow, your voice will be heard from the room of your target as though it were speaking. Note that if you try to speak normally, you will disrupt the concentration necessary to throw your voice and you will lose your target.
This is a tricky performance to pull off. First, you must be impersonating or ventriloquating a target. Then, you must leave to an adjacent room. When you voicethrow, your voice will be heard from the room of your target as though it were speaking. Note that if you try to speak normally, you will disrupt the concentration necessary to throw your voice and you will lose your target.
==SeventhGestalt==
You are now able to form a gestalt of nine Ikons (three characters, three props, and three scenes). Your gestalt will now also grant you defense when parleying with enemies or asking for amnesty.
See AB DRAMATICS FIRSTGESTALT.


==FeignDeath==
==FeignDeath==
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