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All of this comes from Krinkels' Q&A page.
Nevada
This basically means the characters are incredibly skilled to move around in a twisted inside/out space with numerous different measurement systems, and that we can never calc pocket feats. :^(
However emotions are also mentioned as an important thing in Nevada. Essentially whenever someone is scared or angry, they're stronger, but when they're ecstatic they're WAY stronger. Also, everyone would have this Empowerment plus a resistance to Fear Inducement.
Jeb
Firstly, as something notable for how he acts in character, he suffers from cognitive dissonance that makes him think his violence actions are a good thing. Also, Krinkels says here (in regards to Jeb killing Tricky) "Jeb un-knit his body from the Nevadean mortal coil real quick like. He sent Hank to hell but Tricky is such a mess that his body still contained a lot of his energy, which the Auditor eventually absorbed much to his chagrin."
So whenever Jeb kills someone, he sends them to hell, away from the physical planes of Nevada. Furthermore, sending them away on a non-physical scale most likely implies soul interaction. We see more of this here: "The halo is a nexus artifact used to enable interaction between the worlds." So this implies Dimensional Travel and/or passive inter-dimensional soul BFR for Jeb, and also likely the Auditor when he gets the halo.
Higher Powers
They're said to be what wills things to happe. If they don't allow something it can't happen. This seems to be Fate Manipulation. Also, I've seen some arguments on threads recently saying that because the Higher Powers sometimes don't resurrect characters, it isn't reliable. This is absolutely not true. The Higher Powers are said to grant the main protagonists "massive plot armor" because the protags have good physical and mental endurance. Any example of the protags not getting revived is typically just PIS for the sake of continuing a specific storyline. (Ex. Tricky not getting revived when Jeb kills him in Madness 8) The type 8 immortality is actually the characters getting resurrected over and over for the sake of madness because their physical/mental capabilities are entertaining. The Higher Powers literally control the fate and plot of what happens in favor of them, continuosly reviving them. However, if the Higher Powers are not entertained or there isn't madness, we should assume they won't revive the protags.
Conclusion
Everyone gains the following;
Nevada
- Instead of just being a state, Nevada is the entire world
- Due to the landscape being "twisted inside/out" and generally weird, it doesn't really have the metric system
- Fear isn't a big thing for anyone
- But other emotions are pretty powerful. Even if someone was terrified or angry, they wouldn't be stronger than someone who enjoys what they're doing. This is further supported later by Deimos and Sanford being extremely relative to Hank, and Hank only surpassing them because of him being crazy.
- Also longevity
This basically means the characters are incredibly skilled to move around in a twisted inside/out space with numerous different measurement systems, and that we can never calc pocket feats. :^(
However emotions are also mentioned as an important thing in Nevada. Essentially whenever someone is scared or angry, they're stronger, but when they're ecstatic they're WAY stronger. Also, everyone would have this Empowerment plus a resistance to Fear Inducement.
Jeb
Firstly, as something notable for how he acts in character, he suffers from cognitive dissonance that makes him think his violence actions are a good thing. Also, Krinkels says here (in regards to Jeb killing Tricky) "Jeb un-knit his body from the Nevadean mortal coil real quick like. He sent Hank to hell but Tricky is such a mess that his body still contained a lot of his energy, which the Auditor eventually absorbed much to his chagrin."
So whenever Jeb kills someone, he sends them to hell, away from the physical planes of Nevada. Furthermore, sending them away on a non-physical scale most likely implies soul interaction. We see more of this here: "The halo is a nexus artifact used to enable interaction between the worlds." So this implies Dimensional Travel and/or passive inter-dimensional soul BFR for Jeb, and also likely the Auditor when he gets the halo.
Higher Powers
They're said to be what wills things to happe. If they don't allow something it can't happen. This seems to be Fate Manipulation. Also, I've seen some arguments on threads recently saying that because the Higher Powers sometimes don't resurrect characters, it isn't reliable. This is absolutely not true. The Higher Powers are said to grant the main protagonists "massive plot armor" because the protags have good physical and mental endurance. Any example of the protags not getting revived is typically just PIS for the sake of continuing a specific storyline. (Ex. Tricky not getting revived when Jeb kills him in Madness 8) The type 8 immortality is actually the characters getting resurrected over and over for the sake of madness because their physical/mental capabilities are entertaining. The Higher Powers literally control the fate and plot of what happens in favor of them, continuosly reviving them. However, if the Higher Powers are not entertained or there isn't madness, we should assume they won't revive the protags.
Conclusion
Everyone gains the following;
- Resistance to Fear Inducement (It's noted by Madness Combat's creator that fear doesn't influence very well in the verse)
- Empowerment (Nevadean residents can become stronger under the influence of fear and/or anger, and gain an even larger stat boost when ecstatic)
- Extremely Skilled (Can navigate in their "twisted inside/out" world where they have two sets of measurement due to holes in reality)
- Longevity (Nobody ages in the standard world)
- Soul Manipulation and BFR (Upon physically killing someone, the victim's soul is released from the standard plane into hell)
- Dimensional Travel (As a Nexus Artifact, the halo's purpose is to grant travel between the main world and hell)