Dramaturgy
Teachable by Nicolas Cage
At full health, lets you run with a short Haste burst followed by a random bonus effect.
Description
"When people bring you on to their project, they do so because of the unexpected magic you bring to your performance."
Whenever you are at full health, Dramaturgy activates.
While active, press the Active Ability button while running to run with knees high for 0.5 seconds before benefitting from the following primary effect:
- Grants a +25 Haste Status Effect for 2 seconds.
Afterwards, Dramaturgy triggers any one of the following secondary effects, but never the same one twice in a row:
- Grants a second instance of the primary Haste Status Effect.
- Inflicts the Exposed Status Effect for 12 seconds.
- Causes you to scream.
- Grants a randomly selected Rare Item pre-equipped with a random selection of Add-ons.
- This causes you to automatically drop any previously held Item.
Dramaturgy cannot be used while Exhausted.
Dramaturgy causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.
"Take the part. It's a good movie, he says. What's the worst that can happen?" — Nicolas Cage
Tier values
40 secondsMore from Nicolas Cage
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