Affect and Keep

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Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Keep is an antonym for affect in influence topic.

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Affect is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

mind	affect mind	keep mind
character	affect character	keep character
people	affect people	keep people
balance	affect balance	keep balance
Other words: body, relationship, time, way, characters, world, game, story, anyone, everyone, humans, powers, enemies.

Ideally, this restriction will never affect players during the RP, it's just intended as a failsafe to keep balance.

Source: Roleplay / Wu Xing Interdimensional Fantasy Adventure
Keep in mind that the Crystalline Entity destroyed two entire planets that we know of, while the extent of the parasite invasion only seemed to affect a few dozen or so people.

Source: Hypocrite / Live-Action TV
Deus Exit Machina: Circumstances continually keep Sheila and the Warthog from being fully operational or otherwise able to affect the conflict.

Source: Machinima / Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles

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