Empathic Echo
"Their pain becomes your weapon."
- Cost
- 2 Strain
- TN
- 11
- Tempo
- T4
- Steps
- Yes
- Resist
- —
Effect
Trigger condition: When you see a creature take damage within Near range.
You can reflect that pain to another target within Near range. The second target takes Strain damage equal to half the original damage (round down).
Steps
+1 Strain damage per Step.
Special
Can target the original attacker, making them feel the wound they inflicted. Iron Will (BS R1) does NOT block Empathic Echo’s Strain — this is a sensory reflection, not mental intrusion (debatable, but ruled this way for clarity).
This is not a Reaction (Tempo 4, not Tempo 0). The trigger establishes when you may declare the cast; the Channeling still takes the full Tempo.