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	== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Legend ==
			Humanity’s collective imagination focuses on you. Although
			you might not ''actually'' be a reincarnation of King Arthur or Biggie
			Smalls, you evoke those figures on a primal level. People see you
			as a legend, and so they expect legendary things from you. As
			a result, you function as a walking Node, able to recharge your
			own Quintessence – and possibly the Quintessence of other
			people too – by living up to your associated legend.

			In story terms, pick a legend and then model your character
			off some familiar elements of that figure. Little Red would wear
			a crimson hoodie and wander off where she’s not supposed to
			go; Popeye would talk weird, eat spinach, and get into lots of
			fights. Our media age manufactures legends, so your model
			could be a pop-culture character, though the power of such
			legends doesn’t run very deep. The more you live up to the
			legend, the more energy it lends to you.

			In game terms, you can roll your Legend Background no more
			than once ''per story.'' Each success refreshes one point of Quintessence
			in your pool. (It’s wise to choose a high Avatar rating if you’ve got
			this Background.) The difficulty of that roll depends on how well-
			known that legend is in your current location; embodying Sun Tzu
			might score you major props in a Chinese military academy, but the
			average U.S. citizen would be like, “Sun WHO?” The roll’s minimum
			difficulty is 6; if your Legend is obscure, that can go as high as 9.

			Once per story, you can also instill items with Quintessence
			– turning them into Tass – if they’ve had something to do with
			you living up to your legend. A Colt .45 used by a modern Jesse
			James, for instance, would acquire a certain energy through
			association. Such items have a potent feel to them; even Sleepers
			sense something special about Jimi Hendrix’s guitar. Characters
			who can use Quintessence may access that Tass for their own
			purposes. Each dot in this Background allows you to either
			instill a single object with the entire Background rating’s worth
			of Quintessence, or you can imbue one item with a single
			point of Tass for every dot in the Background. Legend 5, then,
			would either fill a single item with five points of Quintessence
			or imbue one point of Quintessence into five separate items.
			Once that Tass is used, it’s gone until the next story.

			Other Awakened characters can recharge their Avatars from
			you as well, if and when they take an active role in your legend.
			A lover of James Dean, a drinking companion of Janis Joplin,
			a mage sharing the Round Table of a reincarnated Lancelot –
			these characters may enjoy the benefits of this walking Node
			effect as well, so long as they’ve participated in the legend over
			the course of that particular story.

			(Technocrats can have this Background too; that
			reincarnated Lancelot might be a cyborg with a particularly
			noble personality and a really active dream life.)

			Objects or animals can have the Legend Background,
			with all the same powers of a character’s Legend. In this case,
			the “living up to the legend” element requires other people to
			believe in their connection to that legend. Hendrix’s Sunburst
			Stratocaster might be a Legend in its own right, an object of
			reverence for music lovers everywhere. A mage who got her
			hands on that guitar could recharge her Avatar by playing the
			instrument... which explains why certain objects become hot
			properties among folks who know them for what they are, and
			why people keep killing white buffalo and stags whenever they
			appear. Legendary objects and animals, though, should remain
			property of the Storyteller. If the Storyteller allows a character
			to acquire that object or animal, it becomes a Treasure or Ally.

			In all cases, that Quintessence holds legendary Resonance
			too. Smoke from a joint passed by Monsieur Zig Zag will evoke
			the 1960s even in 2015, and faint echoes of Ahiii-ahiii-ahhhh!!!
			follow the trail of a Man With No Name. Lizzie Borden’s hatchet
			makes people feel queasy even though the real Lizzie Borden
			killed no one with it. That force of belief clings to the essence
			of a Legend Trait. Folks touched by a legend ''know'' they’ve been
			part of something extraordinary.

			This Background works well with these Backgrounds: ''Destiny,''
			''Past Lives,'' and ''Totem,'' and with certain Merits and Flaws as well.
			Obviously, you need a compelling reason to claim the Legend
			Background. Simply ''looking'' like Jim Morrison is not enough – you
			must be Jim Morrison in every way that matters. Plenty of people
			''claim'' to be “the new Beatles” or “the next Jesus Christ,” but the
			connection has to run deeper than that. This Background draws
			upon sublime power from the realm of archetypes. Unless that
			power runs true and manifests in clear and constant form, then
			you’re just another pretender, not the real McCoy.

			:X -- No legendary connection.
			:• -- An obscure legend (Clever Gretel, Abou Hassan) or minor pop culture figure (Betty Boop, Grumpy Cat).
			:•• -- A minor legend (Sinbad the Sailor, Don Quixote) or significant pop culture figure (Janis Joplin, the Cheshire Cat).
			:••• -- A famous legend (Guy Fawkes, Shaka Zulu) or pop culture icon (Batman, Elvis).
			:•••• -- A major legend (George Washington, Geronimo, Red Riding Hood).
			:••••• -- A universally popular legend (Cinderella, King Arthur, the Mona Lisa).

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