Within the realm of Kathanaksaya lies Comic Book World. Comic Book World is the land of four-color superheroes and the mythic stories of comic books brought to life. Here, the main inhabitants take the form of mighty and valiant heroes struggling against dastardly villains for the fate of Comic Book World. The main difference is that Comic Book World mirrors our own world, except for the presence of superpowered individuals. Comic Book world is mostly separate from the rest of Kathanaksaya, but occasionally characters from Kathanaksaya venture into Comic Book World, and vice versa. The citizens of both worlds interact normally (using the core rules), but those from outside Comic Book World may find their powers somewhat diminished while there, depending on what they are.
As with the rest of Kathanaksaya, characters in Comic Book World will only exist as long as humans in our world continue to follow their legendary exploits by reading comics, playing superheroic role-playing games, or just putting on a cape or dreaming of having powers beyond those of mortal men. This belief is represented by Fanboy Support, which works somewhat differently than Remembrance in the basic Kathanaksaya rules. Heroes who perform valiant deeds, fight crime, rescue innocents, make stirring speeches (and witty wisecracks) and pursue their larger-than-life exploits will grow in Fanboy Support. Those who perform unheroic deeds, act underhanded, fail to protect innocents, and are no better than their villainous counterparts will lose it until they eventually fade from memory and be written out of the pages of comic book history. Villains are, of course, the opposite- they must go about their dastardly deeds, making their attempts to take over Comic Book World, spouting off their long-winded speeches about how clever and unstoppable they are, and try to thwart the heroes, or else they too will be forgotten as their Fanboy Support lessens.
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