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  • The Labels

    In MASKS, you have five main stats called Labels. Each Label tells you how your
    character understands their self-image. These Labels shift and change over the
    course of play as your character’s own self-image changes, and those changes
    are often in direct reaction to how others see you. When you’re a young hero,
    how you see yourself is determined just as much by others as it is by your own
    choices, for better or worse.
    The five Labels are:

    Danger: seeing yourself as threatening, strong, bloody-knuckled, and risky.
    Other people see you as a danger when they think they should steer clear of
    you because you might bring them harm. You see yourself as a danger when
    you believe you can take down other dangerous threats, and when you think
    you yourself are a threat to other people.

    Freak: seeing yourself as strange, unusual, unique, and powerful. Other
    people see you as a freak when they think you’re odd, unlike them, something
    unnatural or outside of their understanding. You see yourself as a freak when
    you accept and own the things you can do that no one else can, and when you
    think you don’t belong with the people and the world around you.

    Savior: seeing yourself as defending, guarding, protecting, and stalwart.
    Other people see you as a savior when they think of you as noble or selfsacrificing,
    or a bit overbearing and moralizing. You see yourself as a savior
    when you think of yourself as a martyr, someone who gladly sacrifices to
    protect and defend others.

    Superior: seeing yourself as smart, capable, crafty, and quick. Other people
    see you as superior when they think you’re the smartest person in the room,
    an arrogant and egotistical jerk. You see yourself as superior when you think
    you’re cleverer than everyone else, and when you know exactly what to say to
    make the people around you do what you want.

    Mundane: seeing yourself as normal, human, empathetic, and
    understanding. Other people see you as mundane when they think of you as
    all too normal and uninteresting, but also comprehending and sympathetic.
    You see yourself as mundane when you think you’re regular, just a person,
    not special, and focused on normal human things like feelings and emotions.