Kage

By
Matthew Zimmerman

Playtesting
Beau Dibble
Dylan Tran
Liam Silveus
Luke Nelson
Nathan Swain
Nikhil Tammineni

Cover Art
Made with Night Cafe

Other Art
Made with Midjourney

Licensing
© 2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license

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Introduction 6 Called Shots
Sneak Attacks
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Setting 6 Using Weapons Underwater 28
Lines, Veils, and Crosses 6 Grappling 28
Character Creation 7 Defending 28
Characters 7 Structures 29
Determination 29
Level 7
Savvy 7 Covert Operations 29
Origins 7 Disguise & Forgery 29
Special Origins 8 Impersonation 29
Skills 9 Injury 29
Specializations 9 Wounds 29
List of Skills 9 Instant Death 29
Knowledge 10 Holding Your Breath 29
Language 10 Climbing 30
Long Distance Climbing 30
Personality 10 Lock Picking 30
Background 10 Climbing Checks 30
Flaws 10 Falling 30
Insight 11
Stealth 31
Contacts 11 Obstructions 31
Gaining Contacts 11 Lost Senses 31
Favors 11 Additional Senses 31
Burned Contacts 11 Hidden Actions 31
Expertise 11 Magic 32
Experience Points 11
Gaining Levels 12 Astral Perception 32
Talents 12 Channeling 33
List of Talents 12 List of Forms 33
Tier 0 12 Alter Self 33
Tier 1 13 Astral Shield 33
Tier 2 15 Berserk 33
Tier 3 18 Empowered Weapon 33
Enthralling Voice 34
General Rules 22 Expanded Senses 34
Keywords 22 Fade 34
Overriding Keywords 22 Fly 34
Improving Keywords 22 Free Running 34
Combat Keywords 22 Iron Body 34
Equipment Keywords 23 Keen Perception 34
General Keywords 23 Marine 35
Hacking Keywords 23 Mend 35
Weapon Keywords 24 Redirection 35
Telekinesis 35
Checks 24
Enchanting 35
Campaign Structure 25 Triggers 36
Missions 25
Spellcasting 36
Downtime 25
Retirement 25
List of Spells 36
Armor 36
Combat 25 Aquatic 37
Combat Structure 25 Bolt 37
Initiative 25 Break 37
Combat Turns 25 Churn 37
Combat Rounds 25 Discombobulate 37
Acting in Combat 25 Ethereal 37
Actions 25 Ferality 38
Movement 26 Flight 38
Tasks 27 Guidance 38
Reactions 27 Haste 38
Heal 38
Attacking 27
Illusion 38
Ranged Attacks 27
Invisibility 39
Melee Attacks 27
Locate 39
Line of Sight 27
Mask 39
Coup de Grace 27
Mind Read 39

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 Mute 39 Toxin Sprayer 53
Polymorph 40
Controllers 53
Possession 40
Drones 53
Projection 40
Direct Control 53
Rewind 40
Root 41 Hacking 54
Shatter 41 Scripts 54
Shadow 41 Clean 54
Shove 41 CMD 54
Sleep 41 Flag 54
Slice 41 Jam 55
Storm 42 Mask 55
Truth 42 Read/Write 55
Terrify 42 Search 55
Wall 42 Snoop 55
Warding 42 Trace 56
Summoning 43 Piloting 56
Outlanders 43
Vehicles 56
Warlocks 43 Combat 57
Heresy 43 Ramming 57
Corruption 43 Crashes 57
List of Heresies 43 Boarding 57
Dark Herald 43 Speeding 57
Freeze Time 44 Moving as a Vehicle 57
Portal 44 Chases 58
Pocket Dimension 44 Grouping 58
Raise Dead 44 Chase Actions 58
Reincarnation 44 Control 58
Reset 44
Resurrection 44 Companions 59
Teleport 44 Companion Death 59

Wild Magic 45 Companion Traits 59

Special Traits 59
Wild Magic Table 45
Random Spells 45 List of Traits 59
Innate Traits 59
The Network 46
Devices 46
Items 61
Buying Items 61
Connections 46 Selling Items 61
Commanding Devices 46 Lending Equipment 61
Manual Commands 46 Tiered Values 61
Remote Commands 46
Agents 61
Hardwired Protocols 46
Autonomous Devices in Combat 46 Duration 61
Damaging Devices 47 Vectors 61
Applying Agents 62
Augmented Reality 47 List of Agents 62
PANs 47
Gadgets 62
Augments 47 Breaking & Entering 62
Augment Clusters 47 Equipment 63
List of Augments 48 Utility 64
Airborne 48
Personal Protection 65
Arm Replacements 48
Armor 48 Armor 65
Toughness 65
Auto Injector 48
Warding 65
Aquatic 49
Chemically Sealed 65
Cranial Cybernetics 49
Grappling Hook 49 Firewall Keys 66
Hidden Compartment 50 Firewall 66
Hidden Injector 50 Shields 66
Inbuilt Weapon 51 Mods 66
Leg Replacements 51
Safe Houses 66
Oil Launcher 51
Mods 66
Reticulating Manipulators 52
Rocket Hand 52 Tablets 67
Sculpting Wires 52 Mods 67
Stabilizers 52 Vehicles 67
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 Resistances 67
Mods 67
Weapons 68
List of Weapons 68
Melee 68
Pistols 68
SMGs 69
Rifles 69
Snipers 69
Heavy 69
Shotguns 69
Archery 69
Thrown 70
Explosives 70
Mods 70
Barrel Mods 71
General Mods 71
Scope Mods 71
Under-Slung Mods 71

GM Info 72
Non Player Characters 72
Facility Security 72
Alert Level 72
Locks 72
Ritual Spells 73

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Introduction
Kage is a tabletop RPG system set in a dystopian near future.
Megacorperations own most of the populated world which has
partially centralized to form large sprawls from groups of
neighboring cities. Mages harness mana while mystical
creatures roam the land. Semi-autonomous drones and
vehicles support our modern lives but these devices are also a
digital playground for Skilled hackers. The denizens of the
sprawls vary from humans to elves, orcs, and vampires.
Your character is a freelancer making their own way in the
world by taking whatever work fits their Skill set. To get
started you will need to make a character following the steps
under Character Creation. Once you have made your character,
you will work with a group of other characters (each controlled
by another player) to go on Missions presented to you by your
Game Master (GM).
Setting
On the 14th of July 2012, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit
the Earth. This flood of magnetized plasma destroyed all
electronic devices on the planet. Most of humanity spent
months without access to food, water, fuel, and modern
luxuries. This chaos was amplified by the instant loss of all
economic, scientific, and logistical data that had been saved
and managed digitally.
The CME also created rifts in space across the planet. From
these rifts came mystical creatures and monstrous beasts.
Among the creatures were also sentient folk, a new host of
Origins alongside human from which modern society can draw
their roots. A flood of mana bled into our world, bending large
swaths of land into alien landscapes. This mana combined
itself with some sentients to create the first Attuned, those who
can manipulate mana to shape the world around them.
Societies fell apart as daily life became impossible and mass
riots toppled existing hierarchies. Attacks on humanity from
the newly arrived monsters were barely driven back by hasty
alliances made with the sentients that had been stranded on
Earth as the rifts began to close.
To combat the chaos, international corporations were tasked
with rebuilding our society. These corporations quickly set to
the task of restoring infrastructure and amenities. This lead to
the corporations forming their own militias to protect their
build sites and to forcefully acquire anything needed to
rebuild.
Eventually the demons, fey, abominations, and beasts of
legend were pushed back. Most of humanity had retreated to
their largest cities. Massive walls encompassed multiple cities
and the space between began to fill with urban development.
These urban megastructures would became known as sprawls.
At the pinnacle of society in these sprawls were a number of
megacorporations that had formed from devouring their
smaller competitors.
What we now call the Modern Era began on the 12th of October
2021 when multiple megacorporations presented to their host
nations their declarations of sovereignty. These
megacorporations owned monopolies on essentials such as
power, gas, water, and food production. The megacorporations
each became their own nation-state, independent from the
countries their property formerly resided in.
In the Modern Era, technological research and innovation is
unchecked. People of new Origins and the Attuned have been
integrated into the sprawls. For some, life is now a utopia. For
others, it hasn’t gotten better since the storm hit. Throughout
all of this the wars between corps, governments, syndicates,
and gangs rage on. At the center of all of this are individuals of
unusual ability and drive who (knowingly or not) will leave
their mark on the Modern Era.
Lines, Veils, and Crosses
In Kage you are likely to play as a character with some level of
gray morality. However, it is also important that any morally
questionable activity in the game does not make anyone at the
table uncomfortable. Everyone at the table should consider
what content can be alluded to (veils), know what should be
avoided entirely (lines), and remember that each person can
speak up when the game’s narrative makes them
uncomfortable (crosses).
Before beginning play, your GM should work with all players
to establish what lines and veils will exist and to prepare every
player to present a cross as needed.
Lines
Some content is so strongly unpleasant that players will not
want the topic included in the game. For any content like this
a line can be established to denote that the topic will not be
introduced into the game.
Veils
Some content will be alright to include in the game but it
would not be very sociable to describe in detail. Events like
these can be covered under a veil, being described in the most
abstract sense while avoiding any uncomfortable detail.
Crosses
When an event goes over a line or when it should be covered
by a veil can be very subjective. Topics which make one
person at the table uncomfortable may be fine with another.
Because of this, every player is encouraged to declare a cross
when the game’s subject matter has made them uncomfortable.
A player can declare a cross by any means (making an X with
the arms, making their declaration verbally, etc.). Whatever the
method is, it is important that the table is aware of this method
beforehand so it can be quickly recognized.
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Character
Creation
When creating a character, do the following;
▪ Choose an Origin.
▪ Increase your rank by 2 in 2 different Skills.
▪ Gain 3 Knowledge, each at rank 2.
▪ Gain 2 Talents.
▪ Choose 3 Expertise.
Additionally you may do the following:
▪ Choose a Background.
▪ Choose up to 2 Flaws.
▪ Gain 1 Contact.
You start at Level 0 (see below) and you have 20
Determination.
Characters
Level
Level represents your overall experience and training. You
gain Levels as you fulfill your Expertise.
Savvy
Savvy represents your general ability, the quality of your
equipment, and your ability to improvise. Your Savvy is equal
to (your Level / 2). When you make a check your Savvy is
added to your roll to determine your result.
Savvy Check
When an ability requires you to make a check without
modifiers (aside from your Savvy) it will ask for a Savvy
Check.
Savvy Check: d20 + your Savvy
Origins
An Origin is which of the people of Earth your character most
identifies with. While your parents may come from different
Origins, such as being a half-elf half-human, you must choose
one to be your Origin as your Origin will provide you with
one or more abilities.
Centaur
Estimated population of 200,000. Average height of 2.2m and
length of 2.5m. Centaurs have the torso of a human and the
body of a horse.
Strider: Performing the Sprint Action triples your ground
movement speed instead of doubling it.
Daykin
Estimated population of 5,000. Average height of 1.7m.
Daykin emit dim light from their skin, although this can be
suppressed with light concentration. Some are bald and have
solidly colored eyes.
Miraculous: (Action) Limited 1. Target a character you are
touching. The target character loses one Wound.
Winged: You have a fly speed of 5m.
Dryad
Estimated population of 300. Average height of 1.5m. Dryads
often have plantlike features such as bark, leaves, vines, and
flowers.
Nature's Bounty: Limited 3. (Action) You may only use this
ability if you are touching a living plant which is of similar or
greater size to you. You remove a Wound from yourself or
from another dryad you are touching.
Dwarf
Estimated population of 8 million. Average height of 1.4m.
Dwarves are stocky and often have squared features.
Astral Dampener: You gain Accuracy on defense checks
which target Warding and you may not choose to fail these
checks.
Elf
Estimated population of 12 million. Average height of 1.8m.
Elves are long lived, they have pointed ears, and they often
have aquiline features.
Charming: When performing a Deception or Persuasion
check, you gain Accuracy if you have never previously
performed a check against your target with either of those
Skills.
Giant
Estimated population of 300,000. Average height of 2.4m.
Giants have elongated arms and legs.
Massive: You cannot be Slowed by Encumbrance. You may
move while Grappled by characters without Massive.
Gnome
Estimated population of 1.2 million. Average height of 1m.
Gnomes have youthful features for the majority of their lives.
Intuitive: When making a check for a Knowledge which is at
the lowest rank among your Knowledge, you are considered to
have a rank in that Knowledge 2 higher.
Small: While behind an ally without Small you may take cover
or attempt to hide.
Goblin
Estimated population of 2.1 billion. Average height of 1.4m.
Goblins have long thin ears, sharp teeth, and a short lifespan.
Keen Eyesight: You may ignore Partial Obstructions to visual
perception.
Human
Estimated population of 13 billion. Average height of 1.6m.
Improvisation: When making a check for a Skill which is at
the lowest rank among your Skills, you are considered to have
a rank in that Skill 2 higher.
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Minotaur
Estimated population of 60,000. Average height of 1.8m.
Minotaurs have the head of a bull, including massive horns.
Gore: After you perform the Sprint Action you may
immediately perform the Unarmed Attack Action as a
Reaction, goring your target with your horns. This attack gains
Proficiency 2/4/6, Power 4/6/8, and Penetration 1/1/2 when
you are Level 0/5/10.
Naga
Estimated population of 200,000. Average height of 1.6m.
Naga can have a variety of fish like features such as scales,
rough sharkskin, fins, and tails.
Aquatic: You have a swim speed of 10m, you can breathe
underwater, and melee attacks you perform underwater do not
gain Loading due to being underwater.
Nightkin
Estimated population of 6,000. Average height of 1.5m.
Nightkin have an amorphous silhouette when they are in
darkness, as their body continuously shifts its shape. Many
have pupils like that of a cat and some have long thin tails.
Shadowstep: Limited 3. This ability may only be used while
you are standing in a location which receives a Partial
Obstruction or a Total Obstruction to visual perception. As an
Alternate Movement you may teleport to a target point within
LoS which receives a Partial Obstruction or a Total
Obstruction to visual perception.
Orc
Estimated population of 950 million. Average height of 1.6m.
Orcs are often muscular and they have large tusk-like teeth that
protrude from their jaws.
Tenacity: When making a Wound Resist check you are
considered to have half as many Wounds (rounded down).
Pixie
Estimated population of 8,000. Average height of 1m. Pixies
have childlike features and butterfly-like wings.
Winged: You have a fly speed of 5m.
Small: While behind an ally without Small you may take cover
or attempt to hide.
Troll
Estimated population of 3 million. Average height of 2.1m.
Trolls have a pair of large horns on their heads and their upper
torso often hunches forward.
Regeneration: When you perform a Wound Resist Check you
may use this ability to provide that check with Difficulty. If you
succeed on this check, you lose one Wound.
Special Origins
The following Origins can be seen as a modification of one of
the above Origins. For example; you can be an elf who was
infected with vampirism or an android who appears as a dwarf.
Regardless of the combination you choose, you only gain
abilities from the Special Origin you have chosen.
Some Special Origins provide you with Companion Traits.
You benefit from these Traits at tier 1/2/3 when you are Level
0/5/10.
Android
Estimated population unknown. It is rumored that some
corporate projects and rogue scientists have made fully
sentient machines. Some androids are obviously mechanical,
masquerading as normal drones, while other androids
flawlessly imitate another Origin.
Artificial: You are a drone. When you choose this Origin you
should establish with your GM if you are obviously
mechanical or if you imitate another Origin. If you do imitate
another Origin, the imitation is not noticeable unless there is an
obvious sign that you are a drone (e.g. by not bleeding). As a
Task you may start or stop appearing in AR as an Augment
Cluster.
You are not a Companion and you act on your own Combat
Turn. You may have your own Companions and you may
install augments into your body. You may be Attuned, in which
case your magical ability likely stems from advanced robotics
rather than the natural infusion of mana into a living creature.
When you would normally be Broken, you are instead
Downed. If you would die, you are instead Broken (this is not
prevented by the previous rule).
Ghost in the Machine: You gain Accuracy when making a
defense check using Firewall for a device which you are in a
PAN with.
Beast Kin
Estimated population of 300,000. Beast kin have an animal
form they can enter at will. Many beast kin keep some aspects
of their animal form while in their “true” form. Some beast kin
claim that the animal is their true form.
Beast Form: (Action) When you choose this Origin, you must
also choose an animal to be your animal form. You must also
choose two Companion Traits your animal form will provide
you with. When you use this ability you enter your animal
form, gaining the benefit of your chosen Traits. As an Action
you may return to your true form. When you change forms you
keep temporary effects and meld worn items into yourself as if
you were effected by the Polymorph spell.
Doppelganger
Estimated population unknown. Doppelganger’s are able to
morph their features to mirror that of others. Most
doppelgangers have a preferred form they usually keep.
Mimic: (Action) Limited 1. You cast the tier 1 spell Mask on
yourself. When you cast the spell this way, sustaining it does
not count towards the number of spells you can sustain. You
gain Proficiency 2/4/6 and Power 0/2/4 at Level 0/5/10 on
attacks you make for this spell when it is cast this way.
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Vampire
Estimated population of 100,000. When a powerful vampire
bites another person, that person eventually becomes a new
vampire. Vampires often gain gaunt features, sharp teeth, and
blood red eyes.
Beguile: (Action) Limited 1. Choose a person within 1m and
LoS of you. Your target becomes beguiled, giving you
Accuracy when performing Deception and Persuasion checks
against them. Your target stops being beguiled when you begin
Downtime.
Bat Form: (Action) When you use this ability you take the
form of a bat. This form provides you with the Companion
Traits Airborne and Perceptive. While in this form you also use
Echolocation for visual perception. As an Action you may
revert to your normal form. When you change forms you keep
temporary effects and meld worn items into yourself as if you
were effected by the Polymorph spell.
Lycanthrope
Estimated population 50,000. Lycanthropes transform into a
savage bestial form when exposed to the light of a full moon.
Warg Form: (Action) When you are directly exposed to the
light of a full moon, you must immediately use this ability as a
Reaction. When you use this ability, you enter warg form,
gaining a bestial appearance. While in warg form you benefit
from the Companion Traits Durable, Perceptive, and Weapon.
For the Weapon Trait, you must purchase a Blade. This weapon
is inherent to your body (representing your teeth and fangs).
Warg form immediately ends if you are directly exposed to
sunlight. While in warg form, whenever you receive a Wound,
make a Savvy Check with a threshold of 8. On a failure, you
become Enraged until warg form ends.
Skills
Skills represent your proficiency at performing certain tasks.
You begin with rank 0 in each Skill and you may then increase
your ranks in Skills as you gain Levels. When you are asked to
make a check for a Skill (such as “make a Stealth check”),
make a Skill Check as shown below:
Skill Check: d20 + (your Savvy) + (your rank in that Skill)
Specializations
When you gain rank 5 in a Skill you may choose one of that
Skill’s specializations. When you are making a check for a
Skill in a scenario you are specialized in, you are considered
to be 2 ranks higher in that Skill. For example; You are making
a Dexterity check to pick a lock and have rank 6 in Dexterity.
If you have the Lock-Picking specialization, you are
considered to be rank 8 in Dexterity for this check.
List of Skills
Each Skill below has a bulleted list of that Skill’s
specializations. For example; the Athletics Skill has the
specializations Feats of Strength and Physical Contests.
Athletics
Your physical power.
▪ Feats of Strength: You focus on putting out raw
power. This applies when lifting, moving, and
carrying heavy loads.
▪ Physical Contests: You focus on tactically applying
force in combat. This applies when performing
opposed Athletics checks.
Craftsmanship
Your ability to build temporary tools.
▪ Disguise: You focus on making disguises.
▪ Forgery: You focus on making fake documents.
▪ Scrutiny: You focus on spotting disguises and
forgeries.
Deception
Your ability to lie and to spot lies.
▪ Impersonation: You focus on imitating other
people. This applies to mimicking an individual or
blending into a group.
▪ Reading Emotions: You focus on reading faces and
looking for tells. This applies when you are trying to
judge if an opponent is being honest or when you
want to read surface level emotions.
▪ Telling Lies: You focus on quick wit and a web of
made up facts. This applies when attempting to
deceive an opponent.
Dexterity
Your Skill at using your hands.
▪ Breaking & Entering: You focus on subverting
room scale security. This can apply to; carefully
cutting glass, snipping wires on an alarm, and
uprooting pressure plates.
▪ Lock Picking: You focus on subverting locks. This
applies to mechanical locks, digital locks, and
guessing pass-codes on phones.
▪ Slight of Hand: You focus on moving your hands
quickly and subtly. This applies when making
opposed Dexterity checks.
Electronics
Your ability to get machines and electronics functioning
properly.
▪ Analysis: You focus on how machines work, and
what can cause them to stop working. This applies to
investigating how damaged a device is and what
caused it to become damaged.
▪ Maintenance: You focus on getting machines back
up and running. This applies when using a Repair
Kit.
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Gymnastics
Your ability to move your entire body quickly and accurately.
▪ Acrobatics: You focus on careful steps and
managing your balance. This applies when you are
trying to maneuver across a difficult environment.
▪ Escape-Artistry: You focus on removing restraints
from your person. This applies when escaping
handcuffs or slipping out of bindings
▪ Martial Arts: You focus on surpassing the speed
and accuracy of opponents. This applies when
performing opposed Gymnastics checks.
Investigation
Your ability to spot detail and analyze objects.
▪ Analytical Mind: You focus on pattern recognition
and mentally collating large amounts of data.
▪ Sharp Eyes: You focus on noticing detail despite
difficult circumstances.
▪ Spotting: You focus on tracking a moving target and
catching small movements. This applies when you
are trying to spot a hiding opponent.
Medicine
Your ability to treat wounds and analyze injury.
▪ Analysis: You focus on learning about the function
of living things and how they can be damaged. This
applies when examining an injury, either for severity
or to learn more about how it occurred.
▪ Treatment: You focus on patching people, plants,
and animals back together. This applies when using a
Med Kit.
Persuasion
Your ability to convince and influence people.
▪ Intimidation: You focus on forcing others to do as
you wish through the use of threats.
▪ Leadership: You focus on driving others to action
by using your charisma and empathy.
▪ Negotiation: You focus on convincing others to
make an exchange. This applies to making a deal
with a potentially hostile opponent, convincing an
ally to go further with their aid, or bribing a guard.
Piloting
Your ability to pilot a vehicle.
▪ Speed: You focus on pushing vehicles to their
absolute limit. This applies when performing the
Accelerate Chase Action.
▪ Style: You focus on executing death defying
maneuvers. This applies when performing the Stunt
Chase Action.
Stealth
Your ability to move unseen.
▪ Blending In: You focus on melding into crowds.
This applies when you are attempting to hide from
opponents in a mass of people.
▪ Skulking: You focus on sticking to the shadow and
carefully moving between cover. This applies when
you are attempting to hide using your environment.
Knowledge
Knowledge represents your character's understanding of the
world. This understanding can come from education or from
first hand experience. When you gain a Knowledge you will
need to choose a topic. This topic should not be too broad
(such as Combat) or too specific (such as Polka Music). Some
potential Knowledge topics are; Corporate Security, Magical
Creatures, Mercenary Groups, Criminal Organizations, High
Society, Slums, History, Religion, and Nature.
When you gain a Knowledge, it begins at rank 2. When you
level up you can increase the ranks of each of your Knowledge
to a maximum of 10. When you want to determine if your
character knows certain information, your GM may ask you to
make a check for a certain Knowledge (such as “make a
History check”) as shown below.
Knowledge Check: d20 + (your Savvy) + (your rank in that
Knowledge)
Tangential Knowledge
You may find that a particular scenario is related to a
Knowledge you have but it is not a perfect match. When you
use a Knowledge this way, your GM may declare the use to be
as tangential Knowledge. When using a Knowledge as
tangential Knowledge, your rank in that Knowledge is
considered to be half its current rank.
Language
In the modern era it is trivial to have a live translation running
for the speech of both yourself and those you are talking with.
Communicating with other people (e.g. writing messages,
reading documents, watching advertisements, etc.) in
languages you do not know provides no penalty as long as you
have access to a means of translation.
Personality
Background
A Background is your character’s history up to this point;
where have they been, what have they done, and what have
they experienced. We recommend beginning with the sentence
“I am/was a _”. For example; “I was a street doctor,” “I am a
recently released felon,” or “I was a corporate mage.”
From there feel free to elaborate on important experiences
your character has had. While not every character needs to
have a checkered Background, some interesting details will
help you in using this Background to spend or regain Insight
(see below).
Flaws
A Flaw is a character trait which holds you back or gets in your
way. This can be a bad habit, a weak point in your abilities, or
a serious fear. For example, a character might have the Flaw;
“quick to anger”, “slow to trust”, or “technologically
illiterate”. A Flaw should not be something that is out of your
character’s control.
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Insight
At the start of a game session you gain Insight. Insight is a
resource you have or you do not have (i.e. you cannot have “2
Insight”). Insight represents your character’s exceptional
ability and their luck.
Whenever you are making a check which relates to your
Expertise or to your Background, you may spend Insight to
gain Accuracy on the check you are making. For example; if a
character’s Background is being a corporate mage, they can
gain Accuracy when making a Knowledge check to determine
a corporate building's magical security.
When you are making a check which one of your Flaws or your
Background could be a hindrance for, you may make your
check with Difficulty to regain Insight. For example; Your
character’s Flaw is “I am quick to anger”. While making a
Persuasion check to talk down a mugger you make your check
with Difficulty due to your Flaw, as getting angry could instead
escalate the situation. You may not regain Insight from a check
if you would otherwise be making that check with Difficulty.
Contacts
A Contact is a person you know who is well connected and
who is in some way loyal to you. You are likely to know many
people in your sprawl, but your Contacts should be significant
individuals who can help you with Missions.
Gaining Contacts
When you gain a Contact, you should work with your GM to
establish how this connection was formed and how you would
expect the NPC to generally act.
During a campaign the party is likely to help important people.
If your character has formed a good rapport with one of these
people, you may add them as a Contact. You may only gain one
Contact this way per Mission. Contacts gained this way may
start owing you a Favor (see below) or you may owe them a
Favor, determined by your GM.
Favors
When you gain a new Contact they start as owing you a Favor.
During a Mission you may spend a Favor for Aid,
Information, or Material. You may not ask a single Contact for
a Favor more than once per Mission.
Once you have asked a Favor of a Contact, you will owe them
a Favor. You can repay this Favor by adding a challenging
side objective to a Mission. For example; While you are
escaping a military base you can break into a hanger to steal a
VTOL to give to your syndicate Contact. We recommend you
establish beforehand with your Contact if a side objective you
have in mind will count as a Favor. If you drop a stolen VTOL
off unannounced to your corporate exec friend they are likely
to just be upset.
Aid
Aid represents an action the Contact takes to help you. This
can vary pretty widely, from asking a police chief to let you
interview a prisoner to asking a gangster to help you in a
firefight. While this sort of Favor can be very powerful, there
is a high risk your Contact will be Burned. For example; If you
use a friend’s credentials to access a secret lab it is very likely
that the friend will be fired or arrested for negligence and/or
collusion.
Information
Your Contact provides you with useful information (often
related to your current Mission). This can range from a single
question (e.g. “who is this person working for?”) to an
extended conversation (e.g. “run me through how you would
track this person down.”).
Material
Your Contact lends you a set of items with a total Heat of up to
half your Maximum Heat. These items may not have a Level
value more than 3 above your Level. Your Contact is
considered to have purchased these items and they are the
owner of these items. These items are intended to be a loan,
and any items that are not expended or lost during the Mission
should be returned to your Contact afterwards. Failure to do so
is likely to Burn the Contact.
Burned Contacts
A Contact is considered Burned if they lose the status that
made them useful to you or if they lose the loyalty that drove
them to help you. For example; If you ask a syndicate member
friend to act against their organization and the Contact is
caught, they are likely to be Burned due to losing their
position. Alternatively; If you ask the same syndicate member
friend for help and you secretly use that aid against their
organization, the Contact is likely to become Burned if they
learn of your betrayal.
When a Contact is Burned they are no longer your Contact and
you may not exchange Favors with them. Depending on the
severity of how the Contact was Burned, you may be able to
regain them through action. For example; You can break an
arrested Contact out of jail, or you can perform a Mission to
regain a Contact’s trust. Some Contacts cannot be recovered
once Burned, such as if you have grievously betrayed them,
tarnished their reputation, or ended their life.
Expertise
Expertise represent the main ways your character plans to
contribute to Missions. Expertise should be a bit more general
than individual Skills and abilities, but you can be specific if
something specific is important to your character. An Expertise
should be phrased as “I excel at _”. For example, an Expertise
can be; “swordsmanship”, “marksmanship”, “impersonation”,
“demolitions”, “diplomacy”, “infiltration”, “driving”, “first
aid”, “spell casting”, “hacking”, or “leadership”.
Experience Points
At the end of each session, ask your group “Did I solve a
problem or overcome a challenge with/by _?” for which the
blank is each of your Expertise. For each Expertise the group
agrees you fulfilled this Mission, you gain one Experience
Point (XP). If your character did not fulfill that Expertise
during the previous session, you instead gain two XP.
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If the situation you expressed your Expertise in was not
difficult/dangerous and/or if your action did not help your team
complete their Mission, it is likely that you did not fulfill your
Expertise. For example; You want to know if you fulfilled your
Expertise in “deception.” If your character only lied to a guard
for the sake of confusing them, it is unlikely that your character
fulfilled their Expertise this session. If your character talked
their way into a secure building, it is likely that they fulfilled
their Expertise.
While Expertise can be fulfilled through collaboration, this
only occurs if your character made a significant contribution
related to their Expertise. For example; The party has just
completed a tense car chase, during which you were in the
back seat healing a Downed ally. While it is likely that you
fulfilled an Expertise in “medicine”, it is unlikely that you
fulfilled an Expertise in “driving”.
Gaining Levels
When your character begins Downtime they can take stock of
what they learned, hone their Skills, and spend their ill-gotten
gains. At the start of Downtime your character may spend XP
to gain Levels, gaining 1 Level for each 5 XP they spend.
When you gain a Level you may do any/all of the following;
▪ Gain 1 Talent.
▪ Increase your rank by 1 in 3 different Skills.
▪ Increase your rank by 2 in 1 Knowledge or gain a
new Knowledge at rank 2.
Talents
Access
Some tier 1 Talents will provide you with Access for a given
set of items. When you are purchasing an item which you have
Access for, that item’s Level is reduced by 3.
Heat Reduction
Some tier 2 Talents will reduce the Heat of certain items you
buy. This reduction applies as you are attempting to buy the
item, allowing you to purchase more than you would normally
be able to.
Signature Items
Some tier 3 Talents will allow you purchase an item as a
Signature Item. This item’s Heat becomes 0, including while
you are purchasing the item. While you may have multiple
Signature Items from multiple Talents, each Talent only
provides you with one Signature Item.
Talent Requirements
Some Talents will start with “Requires: <Talent name>”. This
indicates that you must already own the listed Talents before
you may gain this Talent.
List of Talents
Tier 0
Gaining a tier 0 Talent after Character Creation requires Level
5.
Attuned
You are Attuned. When you gain this Talent you may
immediately gain a Tier 1 Talent which has Attuned as a
requirement.
Astral Perception: You may perform Astral Perception.
Warlock 0
You are Attuned and a warlock. When you gain this Talent you
may immediately gain a Tier 1 Talent which has Warlock 0 as
a requirement.
What a Price for Power: When you cast a spell with Limited
or channel a form with Limited, you may also treat the cast/
channel as casting a heresy. The Thrall of this heresy is (14 –
the Limited value of the ability), to a minimum of 8. When
using an ability this way you may do so even if it is out of uses
and you do not consume a use of the ability.
When you summon an Outlander you may use this ability to
treat the summoning as casting a heresy with a Thrall of 10. If
you do so, the Outlander gains the Horrific Trait until it returns
to the Arcana.
Malefic Energy: (Action) Target a person you are touching.
You learn if your target is Attuned. If your target is Attuned,
they learn that you are a Warlock.
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Tier 1
Archery 1
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks with Archery weapons. You
have Access for Archery weapons.
Overdraw: (Action) A target Archery weapon you are
wielding gains Power +4 on the next attack you make with it.
This effect is removed at the end of your next Combat Turn.
Assassin 1
Excision: You gain Power +4 on Sneak Attacks.
Wetwork: Limited 1. Name an NPC you know of or describe
one that fits within the current Mission. For example; if your
party is assaulting a gang base, you could name a lieutenant of
the gang who is likely to be on site. The target is revealed to
have a lucrative bounty on their head. This NPC’s tier
increases by 1. Your GM may ask you to choose a different
target if your target would be too easy to eliminate (e.g. they
are someone your party has captured).
If your target dies before the start of Downtime, each member
of your party gains +2 Max Heat until the end of the party’s
next Mission.
Augmented 1
You gain 3 augments at tier 1.
Manual Override: (Task) Limited 3. Immediately perform
the Clean Device Action targeting your Augment Cluster. As
part of this action you may target script instances which have
previously been attacked by the Clean Device Action and/or
are Aliased. Additionally, until the start of your next Combat
Turn your Augment Cluster may not form Direct Connections.
Beastmaster 1
Choose one of the following:
▪ You gain 1 Companion with the following Traits;
Animal, Elite, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 2 Companions with the following Traits;
Animal, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 3 Companions with the following Traits;
Animal, Grunt, and 1 Trait of your choice.
Tame: Limited 1. While you are within 1m and LoS of an
animal you may make a (16, 1, 5 minutes) extended check with
Proficiency 2. If the target animal becomes further than 1m
from you or if the target is Unconscious, you immediately fail
this check. On a success, the target becomes your Companion
for the remainder of your current Mission. On a failure you
regain your use of this ability but you may not use this ability
again on this animal for the remainder of the current Mission.
Channeler 1
Requires: Attuned or Warlock 0
You learn 3 forms, you channel forms at tier 1, and you gain
Proficiency 2 on attacks for forms. Your forms have Warding
2.
Chemist 1
You have Access for Agents.
Clever Concoction: Limited 3. When you purchase a set of 3
doses for an Agent, you may use this ability to change the
duration of those doses to 1 hour.
Conditioning: When you gain this ability, choose up to one
Agent. You become immune to the effects of the target Agent.
Controller 1
Choose one of the following:
▪ You gain 1 Companion with the following Traits;
Drone, Elite, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 2 Companions with the following Traits;
Drone, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 3 Companions with the following Traits;
Drone, Grunt, and 1 Trait of your choice.
Neural Interfacing: You have Access for Neural Nets. You
gain Proficiency 2 on attack checks for Neural Nets. You may
also purchase a Neural Net as an augment. This augment has
no Overdrive.
Enchanter 1
Requires: Attuned or Warlock 0
You learn 3 spells as enchantments. Your enchantments cast
spells at tier 1. You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for your
enchantments. Your enchantments have Warding 2.
Alkahestry: (Action) Choose an enchantment you created
which your hand is within 5cm of. The target enchantment is
destroyed and you may replenish a use of a set of Enchanting
Supplies which are on your person.
Engineer 1
You gain Access for Repair Kits.
Jury Rig: Limited 3. You may spend 1 hour to use this ability
to create a temporary gadget. Creating a temporary gadget
requires access to the components and tools required to create
it. When you build a temporary gadget, purchase a weapon,
suit of armor, or a gadget. This item has Heat 0, it is a
temporary gadget, and it is not a device even if it would
normally be one.
Whenever you make a check with a temporary gadget (e.g.
attacking with a weapon, defending with armor, using a
gadget), increase that temporary gadget’s Wear by 1. Each
hour that elapses after you make a temporary gadget, increase
that temporary gadget’s Wear by 1. Each time a temporary
gadget’s Wear increases, make an Electronics check with a
threshold of (8 + 2 * that temporary gadget’s Wear). On a
failure, the temporary gadget begins falling apart and it
becomes Broken at the end of the current Combat Round. If a
temporary gadget was created by this Talent and would be
Broken, it is instead irrecoverably destroyed.
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Elemental Magic 1
Requires: Attuned
When you declare an attack with a spell or form you may have
it also apply one of the following on a success; Lethal +(X +
2), Dazed +(X + 2), or Slowed. The value of X is your Savvy.
If you apply Slowed, the effect either lasts for the duration of
the spell or for 1 minute if the spell is not Sustained.
Explosives 1
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks with Explosive weapons.
You have Access for Explosive weapons.
Arsenal: Explosive weapons you purchase which have
Limited gain Limited +2.
Guardian 1
Protect the Primary: At the start of your Combat Turn you
may designate someone as your primary. Only one person at
a time may be your primary. While you are within 1m and
LoS of your primary and you are not Paralyzed, attacks made
against your primary gain Difficulty.
Stalwart: You may perform Reactions in response to Sneak
Attacks.
Hacker 1
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for scripts. You inject scripts
at tier 1. Your scripts have Firewall 2. You have Access for
tablets.
Heavy Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for Heavy and Shotgun
weapons. You have Access for Heavy and Shotgun weapons.
Higher Caliber: \d attacks you make with Two-Handed
weapons may reduce your target’s Resistance below 0.
Infiltrator 1
Slight of Hand: You may use this ability to attempt to
purchase a Concealable item when your Loadout is Revealed.
To do so make a Dexterity check with a threshold of (8 + 2 *
the number of times you have previously used this ability
during the current Mission). On a success you purchase the
item. On a failure you may not use this ability until the start of
the next Downtime.
Tools of the Trade: Limited 1. You may use this ability when
you purchase a gadget. For this purchase you are considered to
have Access for that item. Uses of this ability do not regenerate
normally. Instead, you regain a use of this ability when you sell
an item purchased with this ability.
Leader 1
Choose one of the following:
▪ You gain 1 Companion with the following Traits;
Person, Elite, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 2 Companions with the following Traits;
Person, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 3 Companions with the following Traits;
Person, Grunt, and 1 Trait of your choice.
Fire Team: (Reaction: A Combat Round begins) You may
designate a character to be your party's target. Attacks your
party members make against the target gain Accuracy.
Light Firearms
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for Pistol and SMG
weapons. You have Access for with Pistol and SMG weapons.
Rapid Targeting: You may activate this ability at the start of
your Combat Turn if you are wielding two or more ranged
weapons. Until the start of your next Combat Turn your ranged
weapons gain Rapid +1 and you may not perform more than
one attack against any one target.
Marksmanship
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for Rifle and Sniper
weapons. You have Access for Rifle and Sniper weapons.
Take Aim: (Action) The next attack you make gains
Proficiency +2. This effect is removed at the end of your next
Combat Turn.
Martial Arts 1
Your unarmed attacks gain Proficiency 2. While you have at
least one empty hand, you are considered to be wielding a
melee weapon.
Crouching Tiger: Limited 1. You may activate this ability
when you perform a melee attack. This attack gains Power +4.
If this attack fails, you regain your use of this ability.
Medic 1
You have Access for Med Kits.
Fireman’s Carry: You cannot be Slowed by Encumbrance.
Triage: (Action) Limited 3. Target a person you are touching.
Your target loses one status of your choice. You may only use
this ability while you are carrying a Med Kit. Using this ability
does not consume a use of your Med Kit.
Melee
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for melee weapons. You
have Access for melee weapons.
Parry: You may only benefit from this ability while you are
wielding at least one melee weapon. You gain Toughness +2
when defending against attacks from other characters.
Negotiator 1
Abilities gained from the Negotiator Talents may not be used
on single-minded characters such as animals or drones.
Taunt: (Action) Make an opposed Deception or Persuasion
check against all characters not on your team who can hear
you. All characters who you succeed against are Impaired until
the end of their next Combat Turn.
Stand Down: (Action) Limited 3. Target a character within
LoS who you have an obvious means of providing a Wound
and who can see you. Make an opposed Persuasion check
against your target. On a success, the target surrenders and
becomes non-hostile. A surrendering character stops
surrendering and returns to being hostile if they do not have
LoS to you or if the target is attacked.
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Pilot 1
You have Access for vehicles.
PIT Maneuver: (Chase Action) Choose a target vehicle in the
same Grouping as your vehicle. Make an opposed Piloting
check against the target vehicle. On a success, your target loses
5 Control.
Spellcaster 1
Requires: Attuned or Warlock 0
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for spells and you cast spells
at tier 1. You know the spells Bolt and Break. You may learn
up to 3 additional spells. Your spells have Warding 2.
Summoner 1
Requires: Attuned or Warlock 0
Choose one of the following:
▪ You gain 1 Companion with the following Traits;
Outlander, Elite, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 2 Companions with the following Traits;
Outlander, and 1 Trait of your choice.
▪ You gain 3 Companions with the following Traits;
Outlander, Grunt, and 1 Trait of your choice.
Recall: (Action) You may teleport one of your summoned
Outlanders to an open location within 1m and LoS of you.
When your Outlander is moved by this ability they do not
bring any carried items with them. However, any weapons
your Outlander has gained from the Weapon Trait does travel
with your Outlander.
Survivalist 1
You have Access for personal protection items.
Hidden Compartments: While wearing armor, you gain
Accuracy on Dexterity checks to hide Concealable items.
Thrown Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 2 on attacks for Thrown weapons. You
have Access for Thrown weapons.
Deft Hands: Thrown weapons you are wielding gain Rapid
+1.
Well Connected 1
You gain 1 Contact.
Don't I Know You?: Limited 3. Target a person you are
speaking to and make an opposed check against them. You
gain Proficiency 2 on this check. Your target gains Proficiency
on this check depending on their status. For example;
▪ Proficiency 0: A common corporate employee, small
shop owner, low level mafia member.
▪ Proficiency 4: Military colonel, high level corporate
manager, well known fixer.
▪ Proficiency 8: Corporate VP, syndicate boss, sprawl
governor.
On a success, the individual is revealed to be a friend of yours
or someone who is aware of your reputation. You gain
Accuracy when performing Deception and Persuasion checks
against this person. On a failure, you may not use this ability
on this person again.
Wild Magic 1
Requires: Attuned or Warlock 0
At the beginning of each Mission you must create a Random
Spell Table.
Mulligan: Limited 1. Choose an entry in your Random Spell
Table. Start at the spell listed for the target entry and roll a d20.
Move a number of steps down the spell list equal to the result
of your roll (wrapping around to the first listed spell if you
move past the last listed spell). You may replace the target
entry with the spell you have reached.
Multicast: (Reaction: You resolve an attack with a spell). You
may make the same attack against the same target or against a
new valid target. This attack does not consume a use of the
spell used for the attack. Upon resolving this attack, roll on the
Wild Magic Table with the additional attack’s target as the
Input Target.
Tier 2
Gaining Tier 2 Talents requires Level 5.
Archery 2
Requires: Archery 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks for Archery weapons. The
Heat of your Archery weapons is halved.
Snap Shot: Two-Handed does not prevent you from
performing attacks with Archery weapons on the Combat Turn
you begin wielding them.
Assassin 2
Requires: Assassin 1
Excision instead provides Power +6 and Wetwork instead
provides +4 Max Heat.
Dead Drop: Limited 1. When you purchase a weapon, you
may use this ability to declare the item to be hidden in a
previously unexplored location.
Augmented 2
Requires: Augmented 1
Attacks you make for augments gain Proficiency 4, you gain
up to 3 additional augments, and all of your augments become
tier 2. Manual Override gains Limited 5.
Beastmaster 2
Requires: Beastmaster 1
Your Companions with the Animal Trait gain 1 additional
Trait.
Kinship: While are within 1m of one of your Companions
with the Beast Trait, both you and that Companion gain
Proficiency 4 on all Skill checks.
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Channeler 2
Requires: Channeler 1
Attacks you make for forms gain Proficiency 4, you learn up to
3 additional forms, and you channel forms at tier 2. Your forms
have Warding 4.
Chemist 2
Requires: Chemist 1
Clever Concoction gains Limited 5 and you gain Accuracy on
any Craftsmanship checks you make for doses which you
purchased with the ability. You may make an additional
selection for Conditioning.
Custom Blend: When you purchase a dose of an Agent, you
may choose an additional Agent to be an additive. When the
target dose is applied, the effects of the additive are also
applied. The duration of the dose becomes equal to that of the
additive if the additive has a shorter duration than the initial
dose.
Controller 2
Requires: Controller 1
Your Companions with the Drone Trait gain 1 additional Trait.
You may purchase a Neural Net as a Signature Item. Attacks
you make with Neural Nets gain Proficiency 4.
Guardian Protocols: (Reaction: You are targeted with an
attack) Choose a Companion of yours which is within 1m and
LoS of you who has the Drone Trait. The triggering attack
targets this Companion instead. You may not choose a
Companion who is unable to act, who would be an invalid
target for the attack, or who is already a target of the attack.
Elemental Magic 2
Requires: Elemental Magic 1
When you apply a status through the ability provided by
Elemental Magic 1, you may choose to also create an
elemental field around your target’s location for 1 hour. The
radius of the elemental field is equal to the AoE value of the
triggering attack or 3m if the triggering attack was not AoE.
When a character enters the elemental field, that character
gains the status provided by the triggering ability.
Enchanter 2
Requires: Enchanter 1
You learn up to 3 additional spells as enchantments. Your
enchantments cast spells at tier 2. You gain Proficiency 4 on
attacks for enchantments. Your enchantments have Warding 4.
Curse: You are able to enchant living things, targeting either
their entire body or a portion of their body (such as a hand).
Your target may be no smaller than a mouse. An enchantment
with a touch trigger is not triggered by the host of the
enchantment.
Transmutation: You may use this ability to enchant a weapon
you are wielding as a Task. Alternatively, you may use this
ability to enchant one piece of solid ammunition (i.e. you may
not enchant fuel for a flamethrower) as a Task. This
enchantment must have Touch as its trigger. You may only use
this ability once per Combat Round.
Engineer 2
Requires: Engineer 1
Repair Kits you purchase have their Heat halved. Jury Rig
gains Limited 5.
Hotfix: Limited 3. When you use this ability, spend one minute
working on a Broken device. After you finish working, the
target device is no longer Broken and it becomes a temporary
gadget.
Explosives 2
Requires: Explosives 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks for Explosive weapons. The
Heat of your Explosive weapons is halved.
Danger Close: When you make an attack with an AoE
Explosive weapon, you may choose to have that attack fail
against one of your targets if that target is at least half of the
attack's AoE value away from the attack’s epicenter.
Guardian 2
Requires: Guardian 1
In Harm’s Way: (Reaction: Your primary is attacked while
they are within 1m and LoS of you) You force the triggering
attack to target you instead. You may not use this ability in
response to an attack for which you are not a valid target. Once
the attack has resolved, you and your primary may both gain
Prone.
Hacker 2
Requires: Hacker 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks for scripts. You inject scripts
at tier 2. Your scripts have Firewall 4. Tablets you purchase
have their Heat halved. You may inject up to two scripts when
you perform the Hack Action.
Heavy Weapons 2
Requires: Heavy Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks for Heavy weapons. The
Heat of Heavy weapons you purchase is halved.
Suppressive Fire: When you declare an attack with a weapon
with a Rapid value of at least 2, your target must choose one of
the following;
▪ You may treat your d20 roll for the attack as a 20.
▪ Your target is unable to perform Reactions until the
start of their next Combat Turn.
Infiltrator 2
Requires: Infiltrator 1
Tools of the Trade gains Limited 3.
Going Dark: Limited 3. You may activate this ability as a Task
to focus. While focused, if you would need to roll a d20 for a
Stealth check you may instead treat the result of your roll as a
10. You stop being focused at the start of Downtime, if you are
the target of an attack, or if you perform an attack.
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Leader 2
Requires: Leader 1
Your Companions with the Person Trait gain 1 additional Trait.
All According to Plan: Limited 3. When a party member is
making a Skill check, you may use this ability to allow this
party member to use your rank in the applicable Skill for this
check. You may use this ability at any time, even when you
would not be able to act.
Martial Arts 2
Requires: Martial Arts 1
Your unarmed attacks gain Proficiency 4, Rapid 1, and Power
2. Crouching Tiger gains Limited 3.
Flurry of Blows: Limited 3. You may use this ability when
you declare an unarmed attack to provide the attack with AoE
1. If you do so, you may choose to not include yourself as a
target for this attack.
Medic 2
Requires: Medic 1
The Heat of Med Kits you purchase are halved. Triage gains
Limited 5.
Stabilize: While you are performing a Medicine check to
remove Downed from a character, that target does not consider
time to be passing for the purposes of progressing their
Downed status.
Negotiator 2
Requires: Negotiator 1
Stand Down gains Limited 5. When you use an ability from the
Negotiator Talents against a character who has no allies within
LoS, that target gains Difficulty on checks they make against
that ability.
Nobody Move!: (Action) Limited 1. You may only perform
this action if you are using a character as a Meat Shield and if
you have a way to provide that character with a Wound. Make
an opposed Persuasion check against each character you have
LoS to who is friendly to your Meat Shield. On a success, the
target surrenders. Characters you make surrender using this
ability stop surrendering if your Meat Shield is harmed or
released.
One-Handed Melee 1
Requires: Melee
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with one-handed (weapons
without Two-Handed) melee weapons. The Heat of one-
handed melee weapons you purchase is halved. Parry instead
provides you with Toughness +4.
Duelist: When you make an attack with a one-handed melee
weapon, you gain Accuracy on the attack if your target is not
wielding one or more one-handed melee weapons.
Pilot 2
Requires: Pilot 1
The Heat of vehicles you purchase is halved.
Highway Star: You may use this ability to perform a Chase
Action as a Task. You may only use this ability once per
Combat Round.
Pistols 1
Requires: Light Firearms
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Pistol weapons. The
Heat of Pistol weapons you purchase is halved.
Fan the Hammer: While you are wielding a Pistol weapon
with two hands, that weapon gains Rapid +2.
Rifles 1
Requires: Marksmanship
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Rifle weapons. The
Heat of Rifle weapons you purchase is halved.
Reliable: When you attack with a ranged weapon you may use
this ability to not roll a d20 for your attack check and instead
treat the result of your roll as a 10.
Shotguns 1
Requires: Heavy Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Shotgun weapons. The
Heat of your Shotgun weapons is halved.
Breach & Clear: (Reaction: A character starts performing an
attack against you as a Reaction) You may immediately make
an attack against the triggering character.
Snipers 1
Requires: Marksmanship
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Sniper weapons. The
Heat of your Sniper weapons is halved.
Quick-Scope: When attacking with a weapon with Range
(X, Y, Z) you may treat the weapon as instead having Range
(Y, Z) If you do so, and if you would make the attack with
Accuracy, make the attack normally instead.
Spellcaster 2
Requires: Spellcaster 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks for spells. You cast spells at
tier 2. You may learn up to 5 additional spells. Your spells have
Warding 4. You may cast up to two spells when you perform
the Cast Action.
Sub Machine Guns 1
Requires: Light Firearms
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with SMG weapons. The
Heat of your SMG weapons is halved.
Hip Fire: When you attack with a weapon you may use this
ability to remove Rapid from the attack to provide the attack
with AoE of the same value as the value of the removed Rapid.
You may not use this ability if your attack does not have Rapid.
Attacks which are effected by this ability cannot gain Rapid.
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Survivalist 2
Requires: Survivalist 1
The Heat of personal protection items you purchase are halved.
Bulwark: When choosing the target for a shield, you may
instead choose two different targets.
Summoner 2
Requires: Summoner 1
Your Companions with the Outlander Trait gain 1 additional
Trait.
Mana Transfer: Choose one of your Companions with the
Outlander Trait which you are touching. Your target loses one
Wound and you gain one Wound. If anything would prevent
you from gaining this Wound, this ability does not remove a
Wound from your target.
Thrown Weapons 2
Requires: Thrown Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Thrown weapons. The
Heat of Thrown weapons you purchase is halved.
Contact Poison: When you succeed on an attack with a
Thrown weapon, you may use this ability to provide your
target with Impaired for 1 minute.
Two-Handed Melee 1
Requires: Melee
You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks with Two-Handed melee
weapons. The Heat of your Two-Handed melee weapons is
halved.
Power Attack: (Action) Make an attack with a Two-Handed
melee weapon you are wielding. This attack gains Power +4, it
loses Rapid, and it cannot gain Rapid.
Well Connected 2
Requires: Well Connected 1
Gain 1 Contact. Don’t I Know You? gains Proficiency 4 and
Limited 5.
Burn Notice: When one of your Contacts would become
Burned, you may consume a Favor from another one of your
Contacts to prevent the target Contact from becoming Burned.
Wild Magic 2
Requires: Wild Magic 1
Mulligan gains Limited 3.
Backblast: (Reaction: An attack with a spell or form is
declared against you) You gain Accuracy on your defense
check against the triggering attack. Once the attack resolves,
make a roll on the Wild Magic Table with your attacker as the
Input Target. If there is no triggering attacker (such as when
you are attacked by an enchantment), you are instead the Input
Target.
Tier 3
Gaining Tier 3 Talents requires Level 10.
Archery 3
Requires: Archery 2
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Archery weapons. You
may purchase one Archery weapon as a Signature Item.
Serrated Arrow: When you declare an attack with an Archery
weapon, you may activate this ability to provide the attack
with Harmless. On a success, the attack provides your target
with Slowed and Impaired. Your target may remove this effect
by spending an Action and gaining a Wound. Alternatively,
your target may remove this effect by making a (12, 1, 1
minute) Medicine check.
Assassin 3
Requires: Assassin 2
Excision instead provides Power +6, Wetwork instead
provides +6 Max Heat, and Dead Drop gains Limited 3.
You’re Already Dead: Limited 1. Choose a character you
have LoS to. Your target immediately gains a Wound as a
method of execution you prepared beforehand unfolds.
Augmentation 3
Requires: Augmentation 2
Your attacks with augments gain Proficiency 6, you gain 3
augments, and all of your augments become tier 3. Manual
Override gains Limited 8.
Beastmaster 3
Requires: Beastmaster 2
Your Companions with the Animal Trait gain 1 additional
Trait. Kinship instead provides Proficiency 6.
Hunting Pack: (Reaction: See description) Limited 8. You
may perform this Reaction in response to one of your
Companions with the Animal Trait resolving an attack.
Alternatively, one of your Companions with the Animal Trait
may perform this Reaction in response to you resolving an
attack (doing so consumes one of your uses of this ability). The
character who performs this Reaction (you or your
Companion) may immediately move and they may then
perform an attack. This Reaction may be taken multiple times
per Combat Round and attacks from this Reaction may trigger
this Reaction.
Channeler 3
Requires: Channeler 2
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks for forms. You learn up to 3
additional forms and you channel forms at tier 3. Your forms
have Warding 6.
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Chemist 3
Requires: Chemist 2
Clever Concoction gains Limited 8. You may make an
additional selection for Conditioning.
Symbiotic Production: You may use this ability by
consuming a dose of an Agent you have chosen for
Conditioning. This dose must have a Contact vector. If you do
so, for the next 24 hours Contact with your skin will apply the
consumed dose. When you use this ability, any other instances
of this ability immediately end. Once a character has an Agent
applied to them through this ability, that character may not
have an Agent applied to them by this ability until the start of
the next Downtime.
Controller 3
Requires: Controller 2
Your Companions with the Drone Trait gain 1 additional Trait.
Attacks you make with Neural Nets gain Proficiency 6.
Annihilation Protocols: Your Companions with the Drone
Trait gain Accuracy on attacks they make against characters
you have previously declared an attack against during this
Combat Round.
My Will be Done: When you assume Direct Control of a
drone with a Neural Net, you do not lose consciousness.
Elemental Magic 3
Requires: Elemental Magic 2
Elemental Mastery: When you gain this ability, choose a tier
1 spell. You gain a fourth option for Elemental Magic which
applies the effect of the chosen spell. If the chosen spell is
Sustained, the effect lasts for 1 minute.
Enchanter 3
Requires: Enchanter 2
You learn up to 3 additional spells as enchantments. Your
enchantments cast spells at tier 3. You gain Proficiency 6 on
attacks for enchantments. Your enchantments have Warding 6.
Golem: Limited 1. You may use this ability by spending one
minute assembling material into a humanoid shape which fits
the height requirements of a Companion. The target material is
bound together and animated by an enchantment, becoming
your golem. Your golem is a Companion with 3 Companion
Traits of your choice. Your golem has Warding 6. Regardless
of its source material, your golem is not considered to be a
structure. Your golem serves you until the start of your next
Downtime, at which point it returns to inanimate material.
Engineer 3
Requires: Engineer 2
You may purchase a Repair Kit as a Signature Item. Jury Rig
gains Limited 8, and Hotfix gains Limited 5.
I Solve Practical Problems: Limited 3. You may use this
ability to allow yourself or an ally to use an ability with
Limited which has 0 uses remaining. You may use this ability
at any time, and you may use this ability even when you would
not normally be able to act. You may not use this ability on
abilities which do not regenerate uses normally (e.g. Tools of
the Trade).
Explosives 3
Requires: Explosives 2
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Explosive weapons.
You may purchase one Explosive weapon as a Signature Item.
Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot: (Action) Limited 1. When
you use this ability, choose a number of uses from any
Explosive weapons you own. For each chosen use, choose a
location you have been to previously. You reveal that you have
secretly placed these explosives at these given locations.
For each explosive which would could have been noticed since
you placed it, make a Dexterity check opposed by an
Investigation check from the character most likely to have
noticed the explosive. For each check you fail, that explosive
is destroyed. All remaining explosives you have placed for this
ability detonate.
Guardian 3
Requires: Guardian 2
Always Vigilant: (Reaction: Your primary receives a Wound)
Limited 1. Your primary does not receive the triggering Wound
and they do not receive any other effects from the source of the
triggering Wound. You may use this ability even when you
would not be normally able to act.
Hacker 3
Requires: Hacker 2
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks for scripts. You inject scripts
at tier 3. Your scripts have Firewall 6. You may purchase a
tablet as a Signature Item. You may inject up to three scripts
when you perform the Hack Action.
Heavy Weapons 2
Requires: Heavy Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Heavy weapons. You
may purchase a Heavy weapon as a Signature Item.
More Dakka: (Alternate Movement) Add Rapid +2 to one
weapon you are wielding. This effect ends at the start of your
next Combat Turn.
Infiltrator 3
Requires: Infiltrator 2
Tools of the Trade gains Limited 5, Going Dark gains Limited
5.
Master of Escape: Limited 1. While you are not being
observed by any other character or device, you may use this
ability as a Reaction when a character or device would observe
you. Choose a location you have been to previously which is
not currently being observed by any character or device (your
GM will adjust your target location as needed). You are
revealed to be at your chosen location.
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Leader 3
Requires: Leader 2
Your Companions with the Person Trait gain 1 additional Trait.
A Game of Chess: Limited 1. Describe a location you have
been to previously or which you are aware of. You reveal that
one of your Companions with the Person Trait is at that
location. This Companion may have any items available to you
on their person but you may not change the location of any
other character through your use of this ability.
Martial Arts 3
Requires: Martial Arts 2
Your unarmed attacks gain Proficiency 6, Rapid 2, and Power
4. Flurry of Blows gains Limited 5 and Crouching Tiger gains
Limited 5.
North Star: (Action) Limited 1. Until the end of your current
Combat Turn you may perform the Unarmed Attack Action as
a Task.
Medic 3
Requires: Medic 2
You may purchase one Med Kit as a Signature Item.. Triage
gains Limited 8. Experimental Treatment gains Limited 3.
Don’t You Die on Me: Limited 1. You may use this ability to
target a person you are touching who has died within the last
hour. If you do so, the target is revealed to still be alive after
you spend 1 minute treating them. This ability may not be used
if the target does not have a chance of survival (e.g. the target
has been decapitated, torn apart, or exsanguinated).
Negotiator 3
Requires: Negotiator 2
Nobody Move! gains Limited 3 and Stand Down gains
Limited 5.
Peacemaker: (Reaction: Combat begins) Limited 1. Through
a choice set of words you attempt to convince your opponents
to abandon the fight. Choose an enemy character. Make an
opposed Deception or Persuasion check against the target
character. On a success, the target character and all opponents
who see the target as a leader surrender.
One-Handed Melee 2
Requires: One-Handed Melee 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with one-handed melee
weapons. You may purchase one one-handed melee weapon as
a Signature Item. Parry provides you with Toughness +6.
Reflect: (Reaction: An attack which you benefited from Parry
against fails) You may immediately perform the triggering
attack against the triggering character.
Pilot 3
Requires: Pilot 2
You may purchase one vehicle as a Signature Item.
Red Line: (Reaction: You choose a threshold for an Accelerate
or Stunt chase action) Limited 1. You automatically succeed on
your Piloting check for the triggering chase action. When the
current chase ends, your vehicle must immediately re-perform
the triggering chase action using your chosen threshold.
Pistols 2
Requires: Pistols 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Pistol weapons. You
may purchase one Pistol weapon as a Signature Item.
Snap Shot: (Reaction: Your Combat Turn ends) You
immediately perform an Indirect attack with a Pistol weapon
you are wielding.
Rifles 2
Requires: Rifles 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Rifle weapons. You
may purchase one Rifle weapon as a Signature Item.
Designated Marksman: You gain Accuracy on ranged attacks
if you have previously attacked your target with the same
weapon during the current Combat Round or the previous
Combat Round.
Shotguns 2
Requires: Shotguns 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Shotgun weapons. You
may purchase one Shotgun weapon as a Signature Item.
CQB: Making a ranged attack against a target within 1m of
you does not provide Difficulty.
Snipers 2
Requires: Snipers 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Sniper weapons. You
may purchase one Sniper weapon as a Signature Item.
Controlled Breathing: Attacking with a weapon with Range
(X, Y, Z) against a target Ym or further away does not provide
you with Difficulty.
Sub Machine Guns 2
Requires: Sub Machine Guns 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with SMG weapons. You
may purchase one SMG weapon as a Signature Item.
Akimbo: Ranged weapons you are wielding gain Rapid +X
where X is the equal to the number of ranged weapons you are
wielding.
Spellcaster 3
Requires: Spellcaster 2
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks for spells. You may cast
spells at tier 3. You learn up to 5 additional spells. Your spells
have Warding 6. You may cast up to three spells when you
perform the Cast Action.
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Summoner 3 You learn 1 heresy. You may gain 10 Corruption to learn an
additional heresy. You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks for
Requires: Summoner 2 heresies.
Your Companions with the Outlander Trait gain 1 additional Puppet of the Dark: If you die, you return to life at a later
Trait. point as a Forsaken.
United as One: (Action) Limited 1. Target one of your Well Connected 3
Companions who has the Outlander Trait and who you are
touching. Their form merges with yours, causing the target Requires: Well Connected 2
Companion to vanish. Your form changes to reflect a You gain 1 Contact. Don't I Know You gains Proficiency 6 and
combination of your appearance and the target Companion’s Limited 8.
appearance. When you and your Companion merge, you may
choose any number of your Companion’s Traits. You gain the Forever In Your Debt: When you gain this ability, choose one
benefit of these chosen Traits while you are merged with your of your Contacts. When you spend a Favor from this Contact,
Companion. You do not gain any statuses, Wounds, or other they continue to owe you a Favor.
temporary effects applied to your Companion. Wild Magic 3
You may end this ability as an Action, at which point your Requires: Wild Magic 2
Companion returns to an open location within 1m and LoS of Mulligan gains Limited 5.
you. If no space is available, they instead return to the Arcana.
When this ability ends, your Companion regains any statuses, Astral Conduit: Whenever your roll on the Wild Magic Table
Wounds, and other temporary effects they had when you used results in the entry for 20, you may also apply the entry for 15.
this ability. Any effects applied to your Companion which
Cascade: (Action) Limited 1. Choose a number up to 7 then
progress with time are considered to have not elapsed in time
roll that many times on the Wild Magic Table. Each time you
while this ability was active.
roll, you may choose any character (or point in space) within
Survivalist 3 LoS as the Input Target. Each roll on the Wild Magic Table is
Requires: Survivalist 2 resolved in order and all rolls resolve even if you become
unable to act (e.g. becoming Unconscious or dying). Attacks
You may purchase a personal protection item as a Signature made for this ability are never considered Blind Attacks.
Item.
Suit Up: Limited 3. When you purchase a personal protection
item, you may use this ability to reveal the item to be hidden in
a previously unexplored location. When you make a purchase
which benefits from this ability you are not restricted by your
Loadout.
Throwing Weapons 3
Requires: Throwing Weapons 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Thrown weapons. You
may purchase one Thrown weapon as a Signature Item.
Ricochet: (Reaction: You resolve an attack with a Thrown
weapon). Limited 10. You immediately repeat the triggering
attack. Performing this attack does not consume a use of the
involved weapon. This attack originates at the target location
of the triggering attack. Attacks provided by this ability may
trigger this ability.
Two-Handed Melee 2
Requires: Two-Handed Melee 1
You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks with Two-Handed melee
weapons. You may purchase one Two-Handed melee weapon
as a Signature Item.
Whirlwind: When you perform an attack with a Two-Handed
melee weapon, you may provide the attack with AoE 2. If you
do so, you may choose to not include yourself as a target of the
attack.
Warlock 1
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General
Rules
Specific Rules Supersede General Rules
When multiple rules would have contradictory effects, the
most specific rule applies in place of the other contradicting
rules.
For example; While you normally can not choose to fail attack
checks, the ability Danger Close allows you to choose to fail
an attack check.
Round Up
Whenever a division leads to a decimal, round up to the nearest
integer. For example; If you have a movement speed of 9m and
your movement speed has been halved, your movement speed
would now be 5m.
Subtraction Is To a Minimum of Zero
Often a rule will ask you to reduce a value, such as “reduce the
Power of your weapon by 1”. Unless stated otherwise,
reduction always results in a minimum value of 0.
Combining Multipliers
When multiple multipliers are applied to a single value, each
multiplier past the first should be reduced by one and then all
multipliers should be combined before being applied. For
example; if you have a Jump Distance of 4m and two abilities
tell you to double your Jump Distance, your Jump Distance
would become 12m as 4 * (2 + (2 – 1)) = 12.
Order of Operations
Operations are applied in the following order; multiply, divide,
add, subtract. For example; Your ground movement speed is
10m. You ground movement speed is increased by 2 and
doubled. You ground movement speed would now be 22m as
we would first double the value to 20m then we would add 2m
to the value to get 22m.
Tiered Abilities
Some abilities come in multiple tiers. For example; the spell
Bolt can be cast at tier 1, tier 2, or tier 3. When you use an
ability, all properties of the tier you are using the ability at and
all properties of the tiers below that are applied. For example;
if you cast Bolt at tier 2, it will provide your target with a
Wound as described in tier 1, and the spell will have Power 2
from tier 2.
Keywords
Keywords are generic concepts which can be applied to
multiple abilities, attacks, weapons, etc., to avoid repeatedly
describing the ideas each time. Some keywords (such as
Sustained) will mean slightly different things depending on
what they are applied to.
Overriding Keywords
An ability may be given the same keyword multiple times from
different sources. For example; your attack may be given
Power 2 by your weapon and then you attack is also given
Power 4 by an ability. When this occurs, you only apply the
keyword once using the highest provided value for that
keyword. In this example, your attack would have Power 4.
When the value of a keyword is overridden to 0, the keyword’s
value becomes 0 regardless of other overrides or
improvements to that keyword. For example; If performing a
Penetration Attack reduces your attack’s Power to 0, your
attack will have Power 0 even if other abilities would provide
it Power 2 or Power +2.
Improving Keywords
Some provided keywords will have a plus before their
numerical value, such as Power +2. When an improved
keyword like this is applied, the keyword‘s value is increased
by the given amount. For example; If your attack has Power 2
and it also gains Power +2 from a Talent, then your attack has
Power 4.
These additions are applied after any keyword overriding that
might occur. For example; Your attack is given Power 2, Power
4, and Power +2. The attack ultimately has Power 6 as
overriding gives it Power 4 then you add 2.
If an ability is given an improved keyword for a keyword it
does not have, the ability is considered to have that keyword
with a value of 0. For example, if a weapon does not have
Rapid we normally consider it to not have Rapid. However, if
that weapon is given Rapid +1, we now consider it to have
Rapid 0 which is then improved to Rapid 1.
Combat Keywords
AoE <X>
When making an attack with AoE, you must choose a point in
space as your target for the attack. For each character within X
meters of the target point, make an attack against that
character. This attack has the same keywords as the initial
attack and it gains Indirect. This attack is also made with
Accuracy/Difficulty if you made the initial attack with
Accuracy/Difficulty.
These additional attacks made for AoE are considered to be
originating from your target point for determining if your
target has cover. Despite being Indirect, these additional
attacks are Blind Attacks if the initial attack was a Blind
Attack.
Blasting
An attack with Blasting will resolve against the first solid
obstruction it hits. However, Blasting attacks pass through
flexible obstructions (e.g. tree branches, a hanging bedsheet, a
decorative waterfall) without detonating.
If an attack with Blasting hits a structure, and if the attack has
a Penetration value equal to or greater than the tier of the
structure, the attack creates a 1m diameter hole in the structure.
If the attack also has AoE, the hole instead has a radius equal
to the AoE value of the attack.
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Followup
This attack is not effected by cover and this attack is an Indirect
attack (see below). This attack may not be made as a
Penetration Attack. If you fail this attack, the instance of the
form/script/spell you made this attack for may not effect the
attack’s target. This removes the ability’s effect from the target
and prevents you from performing further attacks for this
instance of this ability against the target.
For example; You are sustaining the Illusion spell and a
character observes the illusion. You perform a Followup attack
for the spell against the target character and you fail the attack.
That character is no longer effected by your spell, so they see
through the illusion. Additionally, you may not perform any
more attacks for this spell instance against that target, so the
character continues to see through the illusion. If you cast the
Illusion spell again, this new illusion may effect the target
normally.
Harmless
Attacks which are Harmless do not apply Wounds or any other
effects normally applied by that attack. When a Harmless
attack is required by an ability, that ability will often specify
what occurs instead if the attack succeeds.
Indirect
This attacks lose AoE and Rapid. Additionally, this attack
cannot gain AoE or Rapid. This attack is never a Blind Attack.
Power <X>
When the target of this attack performs a defense check, their
Resistance is reduced by X (to a minimum of 0).
Proficiency <X>
When performing a check with Proficiency, add X to the result
of your check before determining if it was a success.
Penetration <X>
This represents how good an attack is at penetrating structures.
If no Penetration value is provided for an attack, the attack has
Penetration 1.
Rapid <X>
When you would perform an attack with Rapid, you may
instead perform the same attack up to X + 1 times. You may
choose a target normally for each of these attacks. These
attacks do not have Rapid and they cannot gain Rapid.
Equipment Keywords
Concealable
A Concealable item can be hidden on your person or in the
environment. Whenever a character has the opportunity to spot
a Concealable item you have hidden, you must make a
Dexterity check against an Investigation check from the target
character. On a failure, that character notices the item.
When a piece of equipment is noticed, it may still not be clear
what the item is. For example; a guard who notices a pair of
handcuffs hidden under your coat might assume that they see a
hidden weapon.
Devices which are Concealable are able to establish Direct
Connections through a minimal amount of data sharing. This
allows these devices to “hide” in AR while still adhering to
necessary IoT protocols. If a character or a device does not
notice a Concealable device you have hidden, the target does
not see your device in AR (preventing a device from forming
a Direct Connection).
Heat <X>
Heat represents an item's high cost and/or the illegality of
owning it. You may not purchases an item if doing so would
cause the total Heat of items you own to exceed your
Maximum Heat. Your Maximum Heat is (20 + 2 * your Level).
Stolen items do not immediately provide you with their Heat.
However, when you begin a Mission with a stolen item you are
considered to now own that item, gaining its Heat. Heat from
stolen items can be reduced by your Talents as if you had
purchased them.
Level <X>
Similar to Heat, Level represents the difficulty of acquiring an
item. However, while Heat represents your time and money
invested to acquire an item, Level represents if you even have
a chance of getting your hands on it. You may only purchase
an item with this keyword if your Level is at least X. Items you
own which have a Level value greater than your current Level
cannot have their Heat reduced by your Talents.
General Keywords
Limited <X>
Abilities marked as Limited may only be used X times before
they become exhausted. An exhausted ability may not be
used. At the start of each Downtime, all of your Limited
abilities regain their uses up to their current Limited value and
they are no longer exhausted.
Sustained
Some forms, spells, and scripts are marked as Sustained,
limiting how long their effects may last. See Sustaining Forms,
Sustaining Spells, and Sustaining Scripts for the effect of this
keyword on each of those types of abilities.
Hacking Keywords
Aliased
When you succeed on an attack with an Aliased script, the
target device is not alerted. In order to prevent the target device
from discovering your intrusion, your device which injected
the script must maintain a Direct Connection to the target
device for 5 minutes. If this connection ends early, the target
device is alerted to your attack and the instance of the script
may be targeted by the Clean Device Action.
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Weapon Keywords
Loading
This weapon may never be used to perform more than one
attack per Combat Round. This weapon loses Rapid and
cannot gain Rapid. This keyword does not apply to the Indirect
attacks provided by AoE.
Range (X)
This weapon may not be used to make attacks against targets
which are Xm away or further.
Range (X, Y)
Attacks made with this weapon against targets Xm away or
further gain Difficulty. This weapon may not be used to make
attacks against targets which are Ym away or further.
Range (X, Y, Z)
Attacks made with this weapon against targets closer than Xm
away gain Difficulty. Attacks made with this weapon against
targets Ym away or further gain Difficulty. This weapon may
not be used to make attacks against targets which are Zm away
or further.
Two-Handed
When you declare yourself to be wielding this weapon, you
must use two hands to do so. You may not use this weapon to
perform attacks if you began wielding this weapon during the
current Combat Round.
Quiet
While most ranged weapons are easily audibly noticeable
(guns, flamethrowers, rocket launchers, etc.), Quiet weapons
can be manipulated so as to be effective while giving off
minimal sound and visuals. Characters more than 10m away
from the origin of your attack cannot hear it.
For each character within 10m of your attack, perform a
Stealth check opposed by an Investigation check from that
character. On a success, the target character does not hear your
attack.
Checks
Whenever the outcome of an action is unclear, your GM may
ask you to perform a check. Additionally, some abilities will
require you to make a check to determine if they succeed.
Most checks have a threshold either given by your GM or
determined by the ability that requires the check. When
making a check, roll a d20 and add any modifiers you have for
that check. If your result is greater than or equal to the check’s
threshold, you succeed at the check.
Accuracy and Difficulty
When making a check, you may be given Accuracy and/or
Difficulty. If a check has Accuracy and Difficulty, remove one
instance of both then repeat this process until the check has
only Accuracy, only Difficulty, or neither. For example; if you
are given Accuracy twice and Difficulty once, you would roll
with Accuracy.
When rolling with Accuracy, roll two d20 and take the higher
result of both dice. This becomes the result of the d20 roll you
were asked for. When rolling with Difficulty, roll two d20 and
take the lower result for the result of your d20 roll.
Opposed Checks
When you act against another person, you may be required to
make an opposed check. In an opposed check you and your
opponent each make a check for a given Skill. Once you have
both made your checks, compare the results of the two checks.
If your result is greater than or equal to your opponent’s, you
succeed on this opposed check.
Extended Checks
Some actions will require more than a single Combat Round to
complete, such as picking a lock or making a disguise. These
will ask for an (X, Y, Z) extended check. To make an
extended check first make the required check with a threshold
of X. If you succeed, increase a counter by 1. If this counter
reaches Y, you succeed at the extended check. Each time you
make a check as part of the extended check, Z time passes.
Choosing to Fail a Check
Whenever you are making a check you may choose to fail that
check. You may do so even if the minimum possible value of
your result would pass the check. If both parties of an opposed
check choose to fail the check, the initiator of the check
succeeds.
Teamwork
If one or more allies help you perform a Skill check (e.g.
multiple characters lifting a bolder), you gain Accuracy on that
check.
Trying Again
When you fail a Skill check you will naturally want to try again
to aim for a higher roll. However, your character failing a
check often doesn’t just represent a fumble or failure. Failing
a check can also represent the obstacle being something your
character can’t currently accomplish. The challenge might
have turned out to be greater than expected or some
complication might be preventing your character from acting
at peak efficiency.
You may not attempt a Skill check a second time unless your
approach to the check changes. This can be a new strategy,
making the check with Accuracy (if you did not have Accuracy
previously), or returning to the test significantly later. This
restriction does not apply to attacks, opposed checks, and
extended checks.
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Campaign Structure
Missions
A Mission is a specific set of goals and challenges such as;
infiltrate a building, retrieve a scientist, find a killer, escape a
facility, etc. Once a Mission is complete you begin Downtime
(see below).
Downtime
After a Mission is complete, the party’s members go their own
ways to train, recuperate, and restock. This Downtime might
last between a few days to over a year. Downtime is not
intended to be taken during an ongoing objective or while the
party is under stress. For example; if the party has to protect a
target for 7 days, spending 4 days camped in the target’s hotel
is not considered Downtime. This delineation exists mostly for
the purpose of gameplay and it may not always have a
narrative explanation.
Arrested Characters
During a Mission you might be captured by an opposing
group. If you are imprisoned, at the start your next Downtime
you lose 3 Determination and you are released. This might be
due to good behavior, leveraging your connections, or by
making an escape.
Retirement
Eventually your character may decide that the business is no
longer for them. Your character may then decide to retire, in
which case they leave the party and you may make a new
character to take their place. If your retiring character is at least
Level 3, your new character gains 2 Levels immediately after
Character Creation.
If your character was at least Level 5, all current members of
the party may gain your retiring character as a Contact.
Additionally, your new character may have your retired
character as a Contact if that would make narrative sense.
Combat
When a fight breaks out, or when the order in which people act
is important, your GM may declare the start of a combat.
During combat each person may only act during their Combat
Turn, and the number of things you can do during your Combat
Turn is limited. Your GM may declare the end of combat when
hostilities have ended.
Combat Structure
Initiative
The order players act in combat is determined by the current
Initiative Order. At the start of a campaign your GM will
need to create a new Initiative Order. To do so they must
secretly roll a d20 for each player. For each player who shares
a result with another player, roll a d20 and add the result to the
recorded value for that player. Repeat the process until each
player has a unique value associated with them. Then place
each player in a list in descending order of their associated
value. This list is the current Initiative Order. At the end of
each combat your GM will need to clear the current Initiative
Order and create a new one.
At the start of a combat your GM will reveal the Initiative
Order. Each player then takes their Combat Turn (see below)
in order based on their place in the Initiative Order. Once all
players have taken their Combat Turns, all NPCs take their
Combat Turns in an order determined by your GM. Once all
characters have taken their Combat Turn a new Combat Round
begins and the process is repeated until combat ends.
Initiator Priority
If a combat is started by the actions of a character, that
character is the combat’s Initiator. For example; If the party is
in a standoff against a group of guards and you fire a shot, you
are the resulting combat’s Initiator. Combat does not always
have an Initiator, such as if the party runs into a group of
hostile guards.
If a combat is started by an Initiator, that Initiator takes their
Combat Turn at the beginning of the first Combat Round for
that combat. On subsequent Combat Rounds characters take
Combat Turns in the normal order described above.
Simultaneous Events
If multiple events are caused by the same trigger (e.g. at the
start of your Combat Turn an Overdrive ends and you wish to
use a Reaction), the character who’s Combat Turn it currently
is decides the order of these events.
Combat Turns
A Combat Turn represents your ability to act in combat during
a short amount of time. During your Combat Turn you may
take an Action, perform any number of Tasks, and move.
Combat Rounds
A Combat Round is a 3 second period of time during which
every participant in a combat takes a Combat Turn. Once all
characters have taken their Combat Turn, a new Combat
Round begins.
Acting in Combat
Actions
An Action represents your main contribution to a Combat
Round, such as; shooting a gun, casting a spell, or injecting a
script. Below are a selection of Actions every character has
access to. Some abilities will provide you with additional
Actions you can choose from.
Cast
(Action) You cast one spell you know.
Clean Device
(Action) You Manually Command a device to perform an
attack targeting Firewall against each script running on it
(scripts start with Firewall 0). This Command is received even
if the target device would normally be unable to receive
Commands. On a success, the target script stops effecting the
target device. This action may not be used to target script
instances which are Aliased or which have been attacked by
this Action within the last hour.
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Grapple
(Action) You attempt to Grapple a target within 1m and LoS of
you.
Hack
(Action) You Manually Command a tablet to inject a script.
Hold Action
(Action) When you perform this Action, you must choose an
Action which is not Hold Action. Alternatively, you may
choose a Task. Additionally, you must choose a scenario in
which you wish to perform that Action/Task. The scenario you
choose must be specific, such as; “when a hostile enters my
LoS”, “if that character begins to move”, or “when the elevator
doors open”. Until the start of your next Combat Turn, you
may perform your chosen Action/Task as a Reaction in
response to your chosen scenario occurring.
Resist Magic
(Action) Make an attack targeting Warding against each spell
effecting you (spells start with Warding 0). On a success, the
target spell stops effecting you. You may not target an instance
of a spell which has been attacked by this Action within the last
hour.
Shove
(Action) Make an opposed Athletics check against a character
within 1m and LoS of you. On a success, the target is moved
2m away from you.
Sprint
(Action) Until the end of your current Combat Turn, your
Jump Distance and movement speeds are doubled.
Strike
(Action) When you take this Action you must choose any
number of weapons you are wielding. You may then perform
an attack with each weapon you have chosen.
Unarmed Attack
(Action) You perform an unarmed attack against a character
within 1m of you. You may perform this Action even if your
hands are occupied, as this Action would then represent a
headbutt, kick, bite, etc.
Movement
During your Combat Turn you may move freely, including
while performing Actions and Tasks. For example; While you
are performing the Strike Action you may move between each
attack you perform.
You begin with a ground speed of 10m, a swim speed of 5m,
and a fly speed of 0m. If the total distance you’ve moved
during a Combat Round exceeds your movement speed for the
terrain you’re traveling on, you cannot move any further on
that terrain during that Combat Round. For example; You have
a ground speed of 10m and a swim speed of 5m. You swim
5m across a river and cannot swim any further as you have
reached your swim speed of 5m. You then run 5m on the shore.
Since you have a ground speed of 10m you cannot move any
further on the ground as the total distance you have moved this
Combat Turn is 10m (5m in the water and now 5m on land).
Similar to keywords being overridden, if you gain the same
type of movement multiple times, your movement speed for
that type of terrain is the highest of those speeds. For example;
As a pixie you have a flying speed of 5m and you cast the
Flight spell on yourself at tier 1, providing you with a 10m
flying speed. Your flying speed is now 10m.
You may freely move past characters who permit you to do so.
If a character is fully occupying a space you wish to pass
through, and if they do not let you pass, you must make an
opposed Athletics check against them. On a failure, you are
unable to pass through the space the target character occupies
this Combat Round.
Alternate Movement
Some abilities must be taken as an Alternative Movement,
requiring you to sacrifice your normal movement for a Combat
Turn to use the ability. You may not use an ability marked as
an Alternate Movement if you have already moved this
Combat Turn as part of your normal movement. Once you
have used an ability marked as an Alternative Movement,
you may not move any further during this Combat Turn as part
of your normal movement.
Alternate Movement does not restrict movement from your
abilities (such as using a Grappling Hook) or being moved by
an outside force (such as being a passenger of a vehicle or
being moved by the Shove spell).
Jumping
While moving, you may jump to a point which is at most your
Jump Distance forwards and at most ½ your Jump Distance
upwards. You start with a Jump Distance of 2m. Jumping
counts as distance traveled on the ground.
You may attempt to jump further than your Jump Distance by
making a Gymnastics check with a threshold depending on the
distance you are traveling and the difficulty of landing on your
target. If you fail this check, the target point for your jump is
moved towards you to be within your Jump Distance.
Encumbrance
Characters begin with an Encumbrance Threshold of 50kg.
While you are carrying more than your Encumbrance
Threshold, you are Slowed. If you are carrying more than
double your Encumbrance Threshold, you are Immobilized.
While you are carrying a character, you are Slowed due to
encumbrance regardless of their weight. Your GM may also
declare you to be Slowed due to encumbrance if you are
carrying items which are unusually hard to carry (e.g. a large
duffel bag).
Difficult Terrain
If the space you are traveling across is challenging to traverse,
your GM may declare it to be Difficult Terrain. For example;
running up a sand dune, swimming against a current, or flying
in a storm.
When you are moving across Difficult Terrain, you must
spend twice as much movement to travel any given distance.
For example; if your ground movement is 10m you may only
move 5m across a tar pit.
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Tasks
Tasks are things you can do which are quick and/or simple. For
example; doffing armor, pushing a button, picking something
up, and handing something to an ally. Additionally, if an ability
does not specify what kind of action it is, it is a Task. You may
perform any number of Tasks during your Combat Turn.
Channel Form
(Task) You empower yourself with mana to channel a form.
Draw/Stow Weapon
(Task) You draw a weapon and begin wielding it or you stow a
weapon and stop wielding it.
Focus
(Task, Alternate Movement) You gain Accuracy on the next
attack check you perform. This effect ends at the start of your
next Combat Turn. You may only perform this Task once per
Combat Round.
Reactions
Reactions may be performed whenever their listed trigger
occurs. However, you may only perform each Reaction once
per Combat Round.
If a Reaction occurs during another action (e.g. Breach and
Clear triggers when an attack is declared), the Reaction
resolves before the triggering action is resolved. This can lead
to a Reactions preventing its triggering action from resolving
normally. For example; If you perform an attack as part of
Breach and Clear and you kill the triggering character, that
character’s attack does not resolve.
Attacking
Attacking includes shooting a gun, swinging a sword, casting
a spell, or injecting a script. Attacks are often made as part of
the actions Cast, Hack, or Strike.
When you attack a character, you must make an attack check
opposed by a defense check from your target. If you succeed,
your target suffers the result of your attack. You may not
choose to fail attack checks.
If your attack is made against a point in space or an object,
your attack automatically succeeds.
Attack Check: d20 + your Savvy + Proficiency
Attacking with a Weapon
When you perform an attack with a weapon, the attack gains
all of that weapon’s keywords. For example; if you are
shooting a target with a Pistol which has Rapid 1, your attack
also has Rapid 1. On a successful attack with a weapon, the
target receives a Wound.
Ranged Attacks
Attacks made with spells, scripts, or weapons with Range are
considered ranged attacks. You gain Difficulty when making
a ranged attack against a character within 1m of you.
Melee Attacks
Attacks made with weapons without Range are melee attacks.
You may make melee attacks against targets within 1m of you.
You gain Accuracy when you perform a melee attack against
a character who is not wielding a shield or a melee weapon.
Unarmed Attacks
An unarmed attack represents a kick, punch, a headbutt, etc.
When you are making an unarmed attack you are considered
to be attacking with a melee weapon which has Penetration 0
and Quiet.
When you declare an unarmed attack, you may declare the
attack to be non-lethal. If you do so, and if the Wound
provided by this attack causes your target to become Downed,
your target instead becomes Unconscious. A non-lethal attack
will not trigger a Coup de Grace.
Line of Sight
You have line of Sight (LoS) to another character if you are
able to draw an unobstructed line from your eyes to them.
While determining if a line unobstructed you may ignore
translucent obstructions such as glass. Additionally you are
considered to not have LoS to a character if you are unable to
see them with your eyes, such as from being blind or from a
Total Obstruction.
Blind Attacks
When you make an attack against a character you do not have
LoS to, your attack is considered to be a Blind Attack.
By performing a Blind Attack, you may attack a character
even if you cannot currently observe them. For example; If a
car has tinted windows you may still shoot at the driver you
assume is in the driver’s seat.
When you perform a Blind Attack, you must make an attack
check even if your attack check would automatically succeed.
If the result of your d20 roll is 10 or less, your attack fails.
Blind Attacks are not affected by Obstructions to perception.
Coup de Grace
If you are within 1m of a Restrained or Paralyzed target, and if
your attack provides your target with a Wound, your target
instantly dies.
Called Shots
When you declare an attack which would provide your target
with a Wound, you may declare the attack to be a called shot.
When you do so, choose one of the called shots below. You
gain Difficulty on this attack. This attack gains Harmless and
on a success it provides the effect of your chosen called shot.
Disarm
When you choose this called shot, choose an item your target
is holding. The target item is knocked out of the target
character’s hand, traveling 3m away from you. If this called
shot is an unarmed attack, you may choose to take the target
item instead of sending it flying.
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Maim
This attack aims to injure your target in their legs, wings, fins,
etc. Your target becomes Slowed for 1 minute.
Sneak Attacks
When you attack a character who is not aware of you, your
attack is considered to be a Sneak Attack. When you perform
a Sneak Attack, you gain Accuracy on your attack and your
target may not perform any Reactions in response to your
attack. Followup attacks and attacks targeting Firewall cannot
be Sneak Attacks.
Using Weapons Underwater
Melee weapons have Loading when used underwater. Ranged
weapons have a maximum range of 5m when used underwater.
Grappling
You may attempt to Grapple a character by performing the
Grapple Action. Make an opposed Athletics check against your
target. On a success, you begin Grappling your target. For the
duration of the Grapple, your target is Restrained and you are
Slowed. When you move, your target is moved with you. You
may only have one character Grappled at a time. You may end
your Grapple as a Task.
If a character you are Grappling is moved, you must choose
to either move with them or to immediately end your Grapple.
Characters you have Grappled obstruct movement as if they
were on your team.
As an Action, your Grappled target may attempt to break out
of your Grapple. When they do so, they must make an
opposed Athletics check against you. On a success, the
Grapple ends.
Meat Shield
While you have a character Grappled, you may use them as a
Meat Shield, treating them as a wielded shield. If another
character wishes to make a Penetration Attack through your
Meat Shield, they do not treat your Meat Shield as a structure.
Instead, your attacker must target both you and your Meat
Shield with their attack, resolving their attack against your
Meat Shield first. If the attack against your Meat Shield fails,
the attack against you fails as well.
Choke Holds
When you are initiating a Grapple, you may gain Difficulty on
your Athletics check to also put your target into a choke hold.
Alternatively, as an Action you may make an opposed
Athletics check with Difficulty against a character you have
Grappled to put them into a choke hold. On a failure, your
Grapple ends.
At the end of your Grappled target’s Combat Turn, they
become Unconscious if you have them in a choke hold.
Additionally, your Grappled target may not speak while you
have them in a choke hold. A choke hold ends when your
Grapple ends.
Defending
When a character attacks you, you must make a defense check
to determine if the attack succeeds. A successful defense check
may mean you dodged the attack, the attack was intercepted by
something in the way, or the attack may have hit you but it
failed to have a significant effect.
Defense Check: D20 + your Savvy + (your Resistance – the
attack’s Power)
When reducing Resistance (see below) by Power, the result is
to a minimum of 0.
Cover
While you are within 1m of a structure which covers at least
3/4 of your body, you are in cover against attacks which
originate on the other side of that structure. You gain Accuracy
on defense checks against attacks which you have cover
against.
Resistance
Your Resistance represents the difficulty of harming you with
an attack. For an individual attack your Resistance is equal to
one of the following; Toughness, Warding, or Firewall. Which
type of Resistance you use for an attack will depend on the
attack.
Toughness represents the armor you are wearing, your body’s
resistance, and your ability to ignore injury. Toughness is used
when you are injured physically, such as by a weapon, a punch,
or a car crash.
Warding is your ability to resist magic. This can come from
your own magical ability or from orichalcum you are wearing.
Warding is used when you are attacked by a spell or form.
Firewall is used when you are defending against scripts on
behalf of a device you own. Most commonly a device gains
Firewall from its PAN.
If you are making a defense check on behalf of another
character (such as a Companion), you should use their
Resistance instead of yours for that defense check.
Shields
While you are wielding a shield, you may choose a character
as a Task to be that shield’s target. You are considered to have
cover against any character you are targeting with a shield
which you have equipped. If you are wielding multiple
shields, each shield may have its own target.
A character may attempt to shoot through your shield by
making a Penetration Attack through your shield. If they do so,
your shield does not provide you cover for the attack and the
attacker treats your shield as a tier 2 structure.
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Structures
A structure is an inanimate surface such as a concrete pillar, a
plywood wall, or a set of prison bars.
Structure Tiers
Each structure has a tier from 0 to 3. A structure’s tier
determines what is able to penetrate and damage it.
Tier Examples
0 Paper walls, glass windows, a movie screen.
1 Interior walls of a building, furniture, most doors.
Concrete, bulletproof glass, the exterior of most
2
buildings.
3 Thick metal and blast doors.
Penetration Attacks
If you are making an attack against a character who is totally
protected by a structure (such as if there is a wall between you
two), your attack becomes a Penetration Attack.
Alternatively, if your target is in cover, you may choose to
perform a Penetration Attack against them to ignore their
cover for this attack. You may not perform Penetration Attacks
with scripts.
If the Penetration of your attack is less than the tier of the
structure you are penetrating, your attack fails. Otherwise, you
may make your attack against your target normally. If the
Penetration of your attack is equal to the tier of the structure
you are penetrating, your attack gains Power 0.
Injury
Wounds
Most attacks and severe injuries you receive will provide you
with a Wound. When you receive a Wound, you must make a
Wound Resist Check. The threshold for this check is 8 + (2 *
the number of Wounds you now have). If you fail this check
you become Downed. All of your Wounds are removed at the
beginning of Downtime.
Instant Death
Some injuries are so extreme that they will instantly kill you.
This includes; falling an extreme distance, being crushed
between two impenetrable surfaces, or being struck by a
vehicle at high speeds.
Holding Your Breath
You may start holding your breath as a Task or as Reaction to
any event. You may stop holding your breath at the start of
your Combat Turn. While you are holding your breath you may
not Sprint and you are Impaired. Impaired does not apply to
checks you make to avoid falling unconscious due to holding
your breath or to avoid drowning (see below).
You begin with a Breath Interval of 1 minute. After you have
held your breath for your Breath Interval, you must make an
Athletics check with a threshold of (10 + 2 * X). X is equal to
the number of these checks you have previously made since
you started holding your breath. If you succeed on this check
you may continue to hold your breath, but you will need to
repeat this check after your Breath Interval elapses again. If
you fail this check you become Unconscious.
Drowning
If you are Unconscious and unable to breathe, you begin
drowning. Once you have spent (5 * your Breath Interval)
drowning, you die. If at any point during this process you are
allowed to breathe again (such as an ally sharing a respirator),
you lose Unconscious and you stop drowning.
Determination
Over time your character will accumulate long term physical
injury, mental stress, and powerful enemies. At first you will be
able to push through these challenges. This is represented by
your Determination which begins at 20. However, as you
keep pushing yourself your Determination will decrease and
eventually you will be susceptible to dying while Downed.
Covert Operations
Disguise & Forgery
If you need a disguise or a forgery you can purchase one as an
item with a Heat value of 2. When you purchase this item, you
must determine if it was hand-made (i.e. made by a member
of the party) or pre-made (i.e. purchased illicitly).
When a disguise or forgery is inspected, the item’s creator
must make an opposed Craftsmanship check against the
inspector. If the item is pre-made, you must instead make a
Savvy Check with Proficiency 2/4/6 at Level 0/5/10 opposed
by a Craftsmanship check from the inspector. On a failure, the
items in-authenticity is discovered.
Impersonation
If a character has the opportunity to see through your
impersonation of an individual, you must make an opposed
Deception check against the inspecting character. On a failure,
the inspecting character sees through your disguise.
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Climbing Catching Yourself
While climbing, you are considered to be moving on Difficult While falling, you may be near a climbable surface you can
Terrain. You may not climb an Impossible surface (see below). catch onto to stop your fall. At the beginning of your Combat
Turn, if you are falling, you may make a climbing check for
Long Distance Climbing your target surface. On a success, you stop your fall and you
begin climbing on that surface. However, you are still
After you have climbed 20m, make an Athletics check and
considered to have fallen onto a Soft surface.
compare your result to the table below. After you climb the
resulting distance, you will have to make a new Athletics Lock Picking
check. On a result of 9 or lower you are also fatigued and you
have a chance of falling (see below). To pick a lock you will need Thieves’ Tools and you must make
an extended Dexterity check with a threshold depending on the
Result 0 10 16 20 quality of the lock as shown on the table below.
10m. Make a Quality Extended Check
Effect 20m 40m 60m
climbing check
Low (consumer grade) (8, 1, 1m)
Climbing Checks Moderate (high-end
(12, 3, 1m)
commercial)
When you are asked to make a climbing check, make a
High (corporate grade) (16, 5, 1m)
Gymnastics check with a threshold based on the difficulty of
the surface you are climbing as shown on the table below. On
a success you remain on the surface you’re climbing or if you Alarms
were falling you grab onto your target surface. On a failure you When you examine a lock you learn if it is alarmed. If a lock
begin falling if you were climbing. is alarmed and if during an extended check to pick the lock
you fail three rolls, the alarm will trigger and send alerts to a
Difficulty Threshold pre-defined set of devices. If an alarmed lock is not a device,
Easy (ladder, rope, chain link the alarm itself is a device.
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fence)
Medium (brick wall, rough
12
stone)
Hard (exterior of a
18
skyscraper, metal paneling)
Impossible (glass, flat stone,
-
concrete wall)

Falling
At the end of each Combat Round, if you are falling, you move
downwards 50m. If you were also falling at the end of the
previous Combat Round, you instead move downwards 150m.
When you land, you must make a Gymnastics check. If you fail
this check you receive a Wound. The threshold for this check
can be found on the table below. The threshold will depend on
the distance you have fallen and if the surface you’ve fallen
onto is Soft or Hard. A Soft surface is pliable (such as dirt or a
vehicle). A Hard surface is rigid (such as concrete). If your fall
is halted (e.g. catching onto a rope, being grabbed by a flying
ally, or being held in place by a spell), your landing is
considered to be Soft.
If the threshold on the chart below is “-”, you automatically
succeed on your check. If the threshold on the chart below is
“X”, you automatically fail this check and you die.
Soft Hard
0m - -
10m - 10

20m 10 20

30m 20 X

40m+ X X

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Stealth
Obstructions
A Partial Obstruction to perception represents an unusual
level of difficulty in using that sense. When you are performing
a check which relies on a sense you have a Partial
Obstruction for, you gain Difficulty on that check. For
example; You are trying to spot a character hiding in the dark,
and you have a Partial Obstruction to vision due to the low
light.
A Total Obstruction to perception represents an inability to
use that sense due to your environment. For example; the room
you are in is pitch black so you gain a Total Obstruction to
visual perception. Checks which require a sense which you
suffer a Total Obstruction for automatically fail. Checks
which use multiple senses (e.g. touch and sight to escape
handcuffs) may still be performed if one or more of the
required senses does not suffer a Total Obstruction. However,
you gain Difficulty on this check due to the loss of a sense.
Lost Senses
When you temporarily lose a sense (e.g. losing sight due to the
Shadow spell), you are considered to have a Total Obstruction
for that sense and you may not ignore this obstruction.
Additional Senses
Echolocation
You send out waves of sound and then receive any waves that
bounce off your environment. The delay between sending out
the wave and when the wave returns allows you to gauge the
distance to any impacted point. This is often visualized as
shades of gray, white indicating a smaller distance.
Echolocation is more difficult when you suffer from a Partial
Obstruction to audio and echolocation does not work while
you suffer from a Total Obstruction to audio.
Thermal Vision
You are able to see heat radiating from your environment. This
is often visualized in shades of gray, white indicating higher
heat. Translucent surfaces often appear opaque to Thermal
Vision if heat cannot effectively radiate through them.
Night Vision
You are able to amplify light in your environment, allowing
you to see even when light levels are low. Digital means of
night vision often show this spectrum as shades of green to
help the human eye pick out detail more easily. Night vision
has no effect in pitch blackness.
Hidden Actions
Actions such as casting spells and injecting scripts can be
performed as Hidden Actions. For each character who has the
opportunity to observe your Hidden Action, make a Dexterity
check against an Investigation check from that character. On a
success, the target character does not notice you performing
your Hidden Action. The target character might still notice the
result of your action. On a failure, the target character notices
you performing your Hidden Action.
Statuses
Blinded
You have temporarily lost your sense of vision. Any attacks
you make are considered to be Blind Attacks.
Dazed <X>
Whenever you are making a check, reduce your result by X.
This status is removed at the end of your Combat Turn.
Downed
Severe injuries have caused you to enter a critical condition.
While Downed you are Restrained and you may not lose
Restrained. You lose Downed if you have no Wounds.
If an ally is touching you they may attempt to perform first aid
to get you back on your feet. If they do so, they must make an
(X, 1, 1 minute) Medicine check with X being the current
threshold for your Wound Resist Checks. If the ally has a Med
Kit they gain Accuracy on this check. On a success, you lose
Downed.
While Downed you are in danger of succumbing to your
injuries. As an Action you may attempt to Recover (see
below), powering through your injuries and regaining
consciousness. 5 minutes after becoming Downed you must
either choose to give in (dying) or to attempt to Recover at the
end of the current Combat Round.
Recover (Action): You lose the Downed status. Make a Wound
Resist Check. If you fail and you have 0 Determination, you
die. If you fail and your Determination is greater than 0, you
lose 1 Determination.
Enraged
You consider all other characters to be hostile to you. You must
spend your Actions and movement to attack the nearest hostile
character to you whenever it is possible to do so. You may not
use Limited abilities. You may have your GM control your
character while they are Enraged.
Immobilized
You may not perform voluntary movement. You may
otherwise move your body in ways which do not result in
locomotion (e.g. you can move your arms, look around, and
talk). If you are Immobilized while flying, you fall as if you
did not have a flying movement speed. Immobilized does not
prevent others from moving you (e.g. by performing a Shove),
Immobilized does not prevent you from performing Alternate
Movement.
Impaired
You gain Difficulty on all Skill checks, attack checks, and
defense checks.
Knockout <X>
At the start of your Combat Turn, make a Savvy Check with a
threshold of (10 + X). If you fail this check, you become
Unconscious. After you have made this check, Knockout is
removed.
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Lethal <X>
At the end of your Combat Turn, make a Savvy Check with a
threshold of (10 + X). If you fail this check, you gain a Wound.
After you have made this check, Lethal is removed.
Paralyzed
You may not act.
Prone
You are Slowed. You may stop being Prone as an Alternate
Movement.
Restrained
You may not act aside from small motions such as talking or
looking about.
Silenced
When you are Silenced the following applies:
▪ You are not considered to be Attuned when viewed
with Astral Perception.
▪ Any spells or forms you are sustaining immediately
end.
▪ You are unable to; summon Outlanders, return your
Outlanders to the Arcana, or use abilities gained
from the Summoner Talents.
▪ You are unable to cast spells, channel forms, create
enchantments, or perform Astral Perception.
Slowed
Your movement speeds are halved and your Jump Distance is
halved.
Terrified
While you are Terrified you must spend your Actions and
movement to move away from the area you became Terrified
at. If you are able to fully extricate yourself from this area (e.g.
you are no longer able to see where you were) you do not need
to continue moving away but you may not return to that area.
Unconscious
While Unconscious you are Paralyzed and you may not lose
Paralyzed. If you receive a Wound you stop being
Unconscious. An ally who is able to touch you may spend an
Action to remove Unconscious from you. One hour after
becoming Unconscious you lose Unconscious.
Magic
The Attuned
After the CME of 2012, mana has bled into our world from the
Arcana. Sometimes this mana binds to people, plants, and
animals. The Attuned are those who are bound to mana and
who have learned to harness it.
The Arcana
Since 2012, the Attuned and the broader scientific community
have been exploring the source of mana. This is believed to be
a parallel dimension known as the Arcana. Despite decades of
research, the Arcana largely remains a mystery.
Orichalcum
Through careful preparation, gold can be infused with mana to
create orichalcum. This valuable material has unique magical
properties, making it a common requirement for magical
rituals. The raw concentration of mana in orichalcum can also
be used to disrupt spells, allowing people to protect themselves
from magic through a process known as Warding.
Magic and Devices
The ability of a mage to control mana comes from their
conceptual understanding of the world around them. Objects
which are highly complex and rapidly changing in state, such
as devices, are therefore challenging to effect with magic.
Whenever you perform an attack which targets Warding
against a device, you gain Difficulty on your attack check.
Astral Perception
When mana is concentrated by a mage, the result is often
visible to everyone. A fireball, for instance, projects light and
heat like real fire. However, some mana (such as the mana in
an Attuned person’s body) is so subtle that it is impossible to
see normally. Fortunately, the eyes of an Attuned individual are
able to spot mana as if it gave off its own form of light. This
ability is known as Astral Perception.
While most mages keep their natural eyes to avoid the risk of
losing their ability to Astrally Perceive, mages who have
cybernetic eyes keep their Astral Perception. However, any
footage recorded by a mage’s augments will not benefit from
Astral Perception.
Astral Perception may be performed in the same way you
would observe visible light. You may observe mana through
glass and you may observe mana with the help of vision aides
such as binoculars or a periscope. However, mana cannot be
recorded by imaging devices. For example; you cannot use
Astral Perception while looking at footage or while looking
through a thermographic scope.
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Using Astral Perception
While someone with Astral Perception can see mana, spotting
it amid normal visual stimulus still takes effort and attention.
As an Action you may perform Astral Perception against a
target character or object. Make an attack against the target’s
Warding.
On a success, you learn the following;
▪ Is the target character Attuned.
▪ Is the target character sustaining a spell or form.
▪ Is the target enchanted.
▪ Is the target an Outlander. If so, you also learn in
which direction relative to you the Outlander’s
summoner is.
Sensing Corruption
When you perform Astral Perception against a Warlock, you
have a chance to sense the taint of their dark magic. When you
succeed at performing Astral Perception against a Warlock,
record the difference between the result of your attack check
and the result of their defense check. If this difference meets or
exceeds your target’s Corruption Threshold, you learn that
they are a Warlock. A Warlock’s Corruption Threshold
begins at 10 and it is reduced by 1 for every 5 Corruption the
Warlock has.
Channeling
Some mages train to infuse their body with mana. An infusion
of mana into your body is known as a form. You may perform
the Channel Form Task to bind a form to your body’s mana,
gaining the form’s benefit as long as you sustain it (see below).
You may channel a form as a Hidden Action.
Sustaining Forms
You can sustain one form at a time. You may not begin
sustaining a form if the number of forms you would be
sustaining would exceed the number of forms you can sustain.
You may stop sustaining a form as a Task. If at the start of your
Combat Turn you are sustaining more forms than you are able
to sustain, you immediately stop sustaining forms of your
choice until you are not sustaining more forms than you are
able to sustain.
List of Forms
Alter Self
Tier 1
Limited 3. When you channel this form, you may choose to
either gain the benefit of the spell Mask or the spell Polymorph
at a tier equal to the tier you channel this form at.
Tier 2
Limited 5. As an Action you may end the current effect of this
form and then immediately apply the effect of Mask or
Polymorph as if you had channeled this form again. This form
is still considered to be the same instance.
Tier 3
Limited 8. When you channel this form (or when you use the
Action from tier 2) you may choose to gain the benefits of the
spell Mask and the spell Polymorph simultaneously.
Astral Shield
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain Warding 4. You gain Accuracy on defense
checks against Astral Perception.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You gain Warding 6. Attacks against you which
target Warding are considered to be Blind Attacks.
Tier 3
Limited 8. You gain Warding 8. When a character within 10m
of you makes an attack against you which targets Warding, you
gain Accuracy on your defense check.
Berserk
Tier 1
Limited 3. When you channel this form, choose a length of
time and up to two other forms. You become Enraged and
while you are Enraged this way you gain the benefit of the
chosen forms at a tier equal to the tier you channeled this form
at. You may not choose to stop sustaining this form and instead
this form ends after your chosen length of time elapses. If you
are sustaining more forms than you are able to sustain, you
may not choose to stop sustaining this form if there is at least
one other form you could choose to stop sustaining.
Tier 2
Limited 5. When you channel this form, you may choose one
character. Being Enraged by this form does not cause you to
view the target character as hostile.
Tier 3
Limited 8. When you channel this form, you may choose a
third form to gain the benefit of for the duration of this form.
Empowered Weapon
Tier 1
Limited 3. Weapons you wield gain Power +2.
Tier 2
Limited 5. Weapons you wield instead gain Power +4. At the
start of your Combat Turn you may make a weapon you are
wielding start or stop being ethereal. An ethereal weapon
stops being ethereal when this form ends or when you stop
wielding it. Attacks made with ethereal weapons target
Warding.
Tier 3
Limited 8. Weapons you wield instead gain Power +6. As an
Action you may make a weapon you are wielding become
bound to you. You may only have one bound weapon at a
time. As an Action you may teleport your bound weapon to
your hand. A bound weapon remains ethereal when you stop
wielding it.
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Enthralling Voice
Tier 1
Limited 3. When a character hears you speak, you must make
a Followup attack for this form against them. On a success, the
character become enthralled by your voice. You gain
Accuracy when performing Deception and Persuasion checks
against characters you have enthralled.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. Enthralled characters gain Difficulty on
Craftsmanship and Investigation checks.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4.When an enthralled character receives a
piece of instantaneous stimuli (e.g. hearing a person call to
them, seeing something strange, being bumped into), you may
attempt to mute it. When you do so, make a Followup attack
for this form against the target. On a success, the target
character ignores the muted stimuli (e.g. they do not not notice
that they have seen, heard, or felt something). Prolonged
stimuli (e.g. a siren, an injury, or sparks from a blowtorch) may
not be muted.
Expanded Senses
Tier 1
Limited 3. When you channel this form, choose a distance up
to 10m. When a character comes within the chosen distance of
you, you must make a Followup attack against them for this
form. On a success, you become aware that this character is
nearby and you know in which direction they are to you.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. The maximum distance of this form
becomes 20m. When you sense a character with this form, you
also learn information about them as if your attack was to
perform Astral Perception against them.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4. The maximum distance of this form
becomes 30m. Once you begin sensing a character with this
form, you continue to sense them until they become further
than 100m from you.
Fade
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain the benefits of the spells Invisibility and
Silence at a tier equal to the tier you channeled this form at.
Tier 2
Limited 5. As an Alternate Movement you may gain Accuracy
on Followup attacks made for this form until the start of your
next Combat Turn.
Tier 3
Limited 8. When you are targeted by an attack you may
channel this form as a Reaction.
Fly
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain the benefit of the spell Flight at a tier equal
to the tier you channeled this form at. While flying, your
Encumbrance Threshold is doubled.
Tier 2
Limited 5. As an Action you may start or stop moving as a
vehicle with Aircraft traversal.
Tier 3
Limited 8. While moving as a vehicle with this form you gain
the benefit of the Mods Improved Acceleration and Improved
Handling at their rightmost set of slashed values.
Free Running
Tier 1
Limited 3. Your ground movement speed is doubled. While
you are standing on a solid surface you treat gravity as being
towards the point you are standing on.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You do not apply your weight to surfaces you are
standing on.
Tier 3
Limited 8. As a Task or as a Reaction to any event you may
become weightless. You are not affected by gravity while
weightless. As a Task you may stop being weightless.
Iron Body
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain Toughness 4. You are considered to be
wielding a melee weapon as long as you are able to perform
unarmed attacks.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You gain Toughness 6. When you perform an
unarmed attack, you may provide it with Blasting and/or
Penetration 1. You gain Accuracy on Agent Resist checks.
Tier 3
Limited 8. You gain Toughness 8. As an Alternate Movement,
you may gain Accuracy on defense checks and Wound Resist
checks until the start of your next Combat Turn.
Keen Perception
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain Accuracy on opposed Craftsmanship,
Dexterity, Investigation, and Stealth checks when you are not
the initiator of the check.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You may ignore Partial Obstructions to perception.
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Tier 3
Limited 8. You may ignore Total Obstructions to perception,
including Total Obstructions due to lost senses.
Marine
Tier 1
Limited 3. You gain the benefit of the spell Aquatic at a tier
equal to the tier you channeled this form at. You may ignore
Difficult Terrain while swimming.
Tier 2
Limited 5. While underwater you may perceive via
echolocation up to 40m away.
Tier 3
Limited 8. As an Action you may create a pocket of air up to
1m in diameter centered on one of your hands. This pocket is
destroyed if it is not submerged in a liquid, you may destroy
this pocket as a Task, and this pocket is destroyed if you create
a new pocket.
Mend
Tier 1
Limited 3. After each hour you spend with this form sustained,
you may remove one Wound from yourself.
Tier 2
Limited 5. The interval for removing Wounds with this form
becomes 30 minutes. As an Action you may attempt to perform
restoration. When you do so, make a Wound Resist Check. On
a success, you may remove one Wound from yourself. On a
failure this form ends.
Tier 3
Limited 8. (Reaction: You become Downed) You are no longer
Downed and this form immediately ends.
Redirection
Tier 1
Limited 3. You may perform the following Reaction:
Deflect: (Reaction: You are targeted by an attack which targets
Toughness) Make a Savvy Check with Proficiency 2 and with
a threshold equal to the result of the triggering attack check.
On a success, the triggering attack is considered to have
missed and you may immediately perform the triggering attack
against a target of your choice (as long as the target is
otherwise valid). This attack loses Rapid, it cannot gain Rapid,
and its Proficiency becomes 2.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You gain Proficiency 4 on attacks you make for
Deflect. You may perform Deflect in response to AoE attacks
which target a location within 3m of you.
Tier 3
Limited 8. You gain Proficiency 6 on attacks you make for
Deflect. You may perform Deflect against attacks which target
Warding and which are not Followup attacks.
Telekinesis
Tier 1
Limited 3. You are able to move objects within 3m of you with
your mind. The force you can exert with this form is limited by
your own subconscious understanding of your strength.
Because of this you may only move objects and perform
Athletics checks as if you were performing the action with
your own body.
For carrying objects, wielding weapons, and using shields with
this form, you are considered to have one additional hand. This
hand may be used to perform unarmed attacks. Interacting with
an object or person with this hand is considered to be
“touching” for abilities which requiring touching your target
such as enchanting.
Tier 2
Limited 5. You instead gain 2 hands from this form and you
may move objects within 5m of you with this form.
Tier 3
Limited 8. You instead gain 4 hands from this form and you
may move objects within 8m of you with this form.
Enchanting
Enchanters are able to imbue mana into objects. An enchanted
object is then able to unleash the spell built into it when its
trigger is met. To enchant an item, you must consume a use
from a set of Enchanting Supplies and spend 1 minute working
with a target item. You may enchant an item or surface as a
Hidden Action. Once the enchantment is complete you must
specify its trigger.
What Can Be Enchanted
You may enchant any item which is no larger than the average
giant and no smaller than a bullet. Alternatively you can
enchant a specific portion of an object. For example; you can
enchant the handle of a gun or a page of a book. Living things
may not be enchanted. You may not create an enchantment if
it would overlap with an existing enchantment.
Liquid may also be enchanted if it is stored in a container. The
volume of this liquid must be between 50mL and 5L. Pieces of
your environment may also be enchanted, such as a door
handle or a spot on on a floor. The enchanted area may be no
smaller than 10cm^2 and no larger than 1m^2.
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Damaging Enchantments
If the item an enchantment is within is divided, the
enchantment stays within the largest piece of the item.
However, if an item is ever divided such that no single piece of
it retains at least 75% of the mass the item had when it was first
enchanted, the enchantment is destroyed.
If an enchanted surface is subdivided the enchantment stays
with the largest continuous portion of the surface. If the surface
is ever subdivided such that there is no continuous surface
which contains at least 75% of the original area, the
enchantment is destroyed.
If more than 10% of an enchanted liquid leaves its container,
the enchantment is destroyed. If another liquid of at least 25%
of the volume of the enchanted liquid is mixed with the
enchanted liquid, the enchantment is destroyed.
Noticing Enchantments
When you first enchant an item, you will be able to see clear
signs of your enchantment. However, after 5 seconds, any such
markings become almost imperceptible. If a character inspects
an item or surface you’ve enchanted, you must perform a
Stealth check opposed by an Investigation check from the
target character. On a failure, the target character notices that
the item or surface is enchanted and they learn what type of
trigger the enchantment has.
Triggers
A trigger determines how an enchantment is activated and how
it chooses its targets. When an enchantment’s trigger is met, it
casts its associated spell against the target determined by the
trigger. If the enchantment has no valid target, the enchantment
is destroyed.
Once your enchantment casts its spell it is destroyed. If the
spell cast by your enchantment is Sustained, you may begin
sustaining the spell.
Touch
When a living creature no smaller than a mouse touches this
item, the enchantment triggers. The creature which triggers the
enchantment becomes the target of the enchantment's spell. A
creature is considered to be touching the item even if it is doing
so through a small barrier, such as clothing.
Consumption
When a living creature no smaller than a mouse consumes 90%
of the enchanted liquid, the enchantment triggers. The creature
who drank the liquid becomes the target of the enchantment's
spell. During the first minute of consumption, the enchantment
is not destroyed by displacement or dilution.
Time
When choosing this trigger, you must also choose a point in
time in the future. When that time is met or exceeded, the
enchantment triggers. If the enchantment’s spell is AoE, the
spell is centered on the item. Otherwise, the character closest
to the enchantment is targeted.
Phrase
When choosing this trigger, you must also choose a phrase.
This can be in any language and be of any length. The “phrase”
may alternatively be somatic, requiring a specific movement of
the body. As an Action, a character within LoS of the
enchantment may utter this phrase to trigger it. While uttering
this phrase, the speaker may also mentally choose a target
person or location. If they do so, the chosen target becomes the
spell’s target. If no target is chosen and the spell is AoE, the
spell is centered on the item. Otherwise, the spell’s target is the
character who is closest to the enchantment.
Spellcasting
Mages cast spells by weaving and expelling mana, both from
their bodies and from the world around them. With the Cast
Action you may cast a spell you know. Most spells require you
to target a character, but some spells will require you to target
a point in space instead (such as spells with AoE). You may
cast a spell as a Hidden Action. Attacks with spells have
Penetration 0.
Sustaining Spells
When you cast a Sustained spell, its effect lasts as long as you
sustain it. You can sustain one spell at a time. You may not
begin sustaining a spell if the number of spells you would be
sustaining would exceed the number of spells you can sustain.
You may stop sustaining a spell as a Task. If at the start of your
Combat Turn you are sustaining more spells than you are able
to sustain, you immediately stop sustaining spells of your
choice until you are not sustaining more spells than you are
able to sustain.
If you have not had LoS to a character for 24 hours, they stop
being effected by all spells you are sustaining.
Subtle Spells
Having a spell cast on you normally has a distinct set of
sensations (a chill in the air, an electric “prickling” sensation,
a smell of ozone, etc.). Aggressive spells can be even more
obvious, such as a fireball. Subtle spells have the chance to
effect their target imperceptibly. When you fail a defense check
against a Subtle spell, you do not experience any sensation
(aside potentially from the effect of the spell).
List of Spells
Armor
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains Toughness 2.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. Your target character gains Toughness 4.
When you cast this spell you may choose to bolster structures.
If you do, structures in the target area of tier 1 or less are
increased to tier 2.
Tier 3
Limited 8. Your target character gains Toughness 6. If you
bolster with this spell, structures in the effected area of tier 2
or less are increased to tier 3.
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Aquatic
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains a swim speed of 10m and they can breathe underwater.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. Your target character gains a swim speed of
15m. By placing a portion of their body flat on the surface of
water (such as a hand or foot), your target may support
themselves. This allows the target character to stand on the
surface of water as if it were solid ground.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3. Your target character gains a swim speed of
20m. Your target is able to breathe while submerged in any
liquid. While some liquids may be inherently dangerous (acid,
mercury, etc.), liquids your target breathes in are filtered to a
degree, preventing them from being effected by any Agents
within the liquid.
Bolt
Tier 1
Target a character. Your target character receives a Wound.
Tier 2
Power 2, Penetration 1.
Tier 3
Power 4, Penetration 2.
Break
Tier 1
Limited 3. Target an instance of an enchantment, spell, or
form. To do so, you must have LoS to either the character
sustaining the target or to a character/point in space which the
target is effecting. On a success, the target immediately ends.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. You may cast this spell as the Reaction
described below.
(Reaction: A character within LoS declares an attack with a
spell) Cast this spell against the triggering character. On a
success, the triggering attack is considered to have failed.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4. When you succeed on an attack with this
spell against a character, you may begin sustaining this spell.
If you do so, the target character is Silenced for the duration of
this spell.
Churn
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, AoE 1. Target a point in space. The
effected area is made into Difficult Terrain and the area
becomes Medium difficulty to climb.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 3, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may
make the effected area slick. When a target enters the effect of
this spell, or if a character begins moving within the effect of
this spell, make a Followup attack against them for this spell.
On a success, the target is made Prone and the target begins
falling if they were climbing.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 5, Power 4. When you cast this spell, you may
banish the effected area. Terrain and structures within the
effected area vanish and they cannot be interacted with.
Structures of tier 3 or higher are not removed and they are
suspended in place. When banished terrain returns, any other
matter in the target space is pushed away to accommodate the
returning terrain.
Discombobulate
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains Difficulty on all Skill checks, attack checks, and defense
checks.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. When your target character uses an ability
which requires one or more targets, you may make a Followup
attack for this spell against that character. On a success, you
may choose a new set of valid targets for the ability. You must
have LoS to all of the targets you provide this way.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3. When your target character attempts to
move themselves, you may make a Followup attack for this
spell against that character. On a success, you may move the
target character to a point you have LoS of and which the target
character has the means of moving themselves to (including
regular movement and abilities which move the character).
If the target character is a pilot in a chase when you apply this
effect, you may instead do either of the following:
▪ If the chased vehicle: Force your target to perform a
Chase Action on their next Combat Turn.
▪ If a pursuer: Force your target to change Grouping at
the start of the next Combat Round to a Grouping of
your choice.
Ethereal
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains Toughness -2. Your target’s outermost armor (not
including clothing worn underneath) becomes partially
transparent. This provides Accuracy to characters checking for
Concealable items on your target’s person.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. Your target instead gains
Toughness -4. Your target’s Toughness may be reduced below
0.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. Your target instead gains
Toughness -6. If this reduces your target’s Toughness to 0 or
less, their armor also becomes intangible. Intangible armor
stops being airtight and it does not aid its user with breathing.
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Ferality
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
becomes Enraged.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may
imbue this spell with pack mentality. If you do so, targets of
this spell will not see each other as hostile due to being
Enraged by this spell.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you cast this spell, you may
choose a number of characters you currently have LoS to.
Characters effected by this spell will not see these chosen
characters as hostile due to being Enraged by this spell.
Flight
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains a fly speed of 10m.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. Your target character gains a fly speed of
20m.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3. Your target character gains a fly speed of
30m. As an Action, your target character may start or stop
moving as a vehicle with Aircraft traversal.
Guidance
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains Accuracy on attack checks. This effect does not apply to
attacks which target Firewall. Attacks which benefit from this
spell target Warding.
Tier 2
Limited 5. Explosive attacks can be shaped by this spell to
create pockets of safety. When your target is performing an
AoE attack, they may choose one character. This chosen
character is not targeted by the attack.
Tier 3
Limited 8. Attacks benefiting from this spell can travel freely
through space, curving around obstacles. Your target may
curve their attacks in this way to ignore cover for their attacks.
However, the distance traveled by such attacks counts towards
the distance of the attacks when considering Range.
Haste
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. Your target
character’s movement speeds are doubled.
Tier 2
Limited 5. Your target’s Jump Distance is doubled.
Tier 3
Limited 8. Your target may ignore Difficult Terrain. As an
Action your target may start or stop moving as a vehicle with
Groundcraft traversal.
Heal
Tier 1
Limited 3. Target a character you are touching. Your target
loses 1 Wound.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. You may remove the effect of one Agent
from your target.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3. Your target loses all Wounds and they may
choose to remove the effect of all Agents which are currently
effecting them.
Illusion
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, AoE 1, Subtle. Target a point in space.
Visualize how you would like the effected area to appear. The
effected area appears as you have visualized. This illusion is
static and intangible. Characters inside the effected area do not
see the illusion. Light produced by this illusion may illuminate
nearby surfaces but this light cannot be bright enough to harm
characters or to provide an Obstruction to perception.
When a character/device observes the illusion created by this
spell, make a Followup attack for this spell against that
character/device. On a success, the character or device sees the
illusion as real. On a failure, the character or device stops
seeing the illusion.
When you cast this spell, you may invert the illusion. If you do
so, the illusion cannot be seen from outside of the spell’s area
but it can be seen while inside of the spell’s area.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 3, Power 2. The illusion may be animated
(moving within the spell’s area) and it may produce sound.
This sound is not loud enough to harm its targets or to provide
an Obstruction to perception.
When you cast this spell, you may target a point on a structure,
vehicle, or terrain. If you do, and if the object you have placed
the illusion on moves, your illusion moves with it.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 5, Power 4. While you have LoS to the illusion,
you may move the area effected by this spell as a Task to a
location you have LoS to.
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Invisibility Tier 3
Tier 1 Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you cast this spell, you may
morph items on your target’s person to become objects you can
Limited 1, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. Whenever a
visualize. Items transformed this way maintain their previous
character/device would be able to see your target character,
functionality and they do not have the functionality of the item
make a Followup attack for this spell against that character/
they have transformed into. If an effected item moves more
device. On a success, the character/device is unable to see your
than 1m away from your target, it returns to its normal form
target by any means and the character/device cannot see items
and it may not be effected again by this instance of this spell.
carried by your target.
Tier 2 Mind Read
Limited 3, AoE 1, Power 2. When a character/device is not Tier 1
effected by this spell, the fine details of your target still appear Limited 3, Subtle. Target a character. You learn the perceived
blurred to the character/device. This effect makes it impossible experiences your target character has had over the last hour.
to discern identifying physical features.
Tier 2
Tier 3 Limited 5, Power 2. The period of time you can examine with
Limited 5, AoE 3, Power 4. As a Task, your target may choose this spell increases to 24 hours. Additionally, you may erase
up to one character who they are touching to share the effects any portions of this span of time from your target’s memory.
of this spell with. The character they share this spell with gains
the benefits of this spell. Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4. The period of time you can examine with
Locate this spell increases to 1 week. When you are erasing a portion
Tier 1 of this set of memories, you may instead choose to replace it.
The replaced memory becomes anything you can visualize.
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character or object you
Anyone analyzing the replaced memory at a later date
have previously seen in person (i.e. with your natural eyes or
(including your target if they become suspicious) may make an
with augments that serve as eyes). On a success, you know in
opposed Craftsmanship check against you. On a success, the
which direction your target is to you.
observer discovers that the memory is inauthentic.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. If you are touching a character while
Mute
casting this spell, you may choose a target for this spell from Tier 1
among characters and objects seen by the character you are Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. Your target
touching. character cannot produce sound (such as by walking, speaking,
or snapping their fingers) and they cannot perceive sound. This
Tier 3 effect similarly applies to items carried by your target.
Limited 8, Power 4. You may target a character with this spell
if you know the full name of your target. You may target an Tier 2
object with this spell if you know the full name of the last Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell you may
person who considered themselves to be the owner of the item. provide the target area with either a Partial Obstruction or a
Total Obstruction to audio perception.
Mask
Tier 3
Tier 1
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you cast this spell you may
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. When you cast
choose to allow your target to either produce sound or to
this spell, you must choose a person you have touched before.
receive sound while under the effects of this spell.
Your target’s voice and physical features morph to match the
chosen person.
When a character hears or views your target for the first time,
make a Followup attack for this spell against that character. On
a failure, the target character becomes aware that your target
has been transformed.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may
also morph your target’s clothing to match an outfit you can
visualize. This change to items on your target’s person do not
change their gameplay properties (e.g. armor still provides the
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Polymorph
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. When you cast this
spell, you must choose a creature no smaller than a mouse.
Your target character is transformed into the chosen creature.
If this would enlarge your target, and if their surroundings are
not large enough to accommodate this change, the spell
immediately ends.
While your target is transformed by this spell, they gain up to
two tier 1 Companion Traits of your choice. Your target is also
physically limited by their new form. For example; a pixie who
is transformed into a leopard temporarily loses their flying
speed and their ability to talk. Your target’s mental faculties are
unaffected by this spell.
When your target is transformed, their augmentations and any
clothing they are wearing (such as street wear and/or armor)
are melded with them into the target form. These items and
augments become non-functional while melded. However,
items and augments which provide Resistances continue to
provide Resistances while melded. Any loose items on your
target’s person are dropped.
If this spell ends while there is not enough space for your target
to return to their original size, the effect continues until there is
enough space.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. Your target instead gains two tier
2 Companion Traits while transformed by this spell. When you
cast this spell, you may choose to share control with your
target. If you do so, they may end this spell as a Task.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. Your target instead gains two tier
3 Companion Traits while transformed by this spell. You may
cast this spell as a Task if you are touching your target.
Possession
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. While this spell is
sustained, you become Unconscious. If you lose the
Unconscious status, this spell immediately ends. You become
aware of your target character’s sensations, you control their
actions, and they act during your Combat Turn. Your target is
also mentally absent for the duration of this spell as if they
were Unconscious.
While controlling your target, you must make checks for
actions you make your vessel perform using your own Savvy,
Skills, and Knowledge. Your target may benefit from your
abilities which are not intrinsically tied to your physical body
(i.e. they may not benefit from your Origin abilities and
augments). You may not use your target’s abilities which are
Limited.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. Your target may perform magical abilities
you are capable of (e.g. forms, spells, enchanting, and Astral
Perception). Abilities used this way consume your uses of
them and your body must sustain any Sustained abilities.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4. Casting this spell does not cause you to
become Unconscious.
Projection
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a point in space you have
previously been to or a point in space within LoS. You see and
hear as if you were at the target location. If a character has LoS
to the location you have projected your senses to, you must
make a Followup against them for this spell. On a failure, the
character notices your presence at the target location. The sight
provided by this spell provides you with LoS as if your eyes
were at the target location.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2. As an Action, you may consume a use of
this spell to move the target location of this spell to a target
point within LoS.
As a Task, you may start or stop suppressing this spell’s effect.
While this spell’s effect is suppressed, your senses return to
your body. Additionally, while this spell is suppressed it
cannot be noticed by other characters at the target location.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4. When you cast this spell or change this
spell’s target location, you may instead target a character. If
you do so, the sight and sound you gain from this spell are the
sensations your target is experiencing. When the spell is cast
this way it may still be noticed by other characters who
observe your target.
Rewind
Tier 1
Limited 3. Target a character. Your target character is forcibly
moved backwards along the path they have taken over the last
four seconds. If your target encounters a blocking structure
along this path which is at least tier 1, this spell ends.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1. When you cast this spell you may cast it as
a blink. If you do so, any characters who would be moved by
this spell instead teleport to where they were 4 seconds ago.
This teleportation brings along any items on or held by the
target character.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3. When you cast this spell you may also cast
it as an unwinding. If you do so, any Wounds or Agents
applied to or previously applied to the target character return
to as they were 4 seconds ago (possibly removing or
reapplying either).
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Root
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
is Immobilized.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may
make the effect absolute. If you do so, your target may not be
moved from their current location by any force (e.g. gravity,
being pushed, being pulled). Your target may move their body
(including rotating in place) as long as their center of mass
does not change location.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. Ask a Task you may make the
effect of this spell start or stop being absolute.
Shatter
Tier 1
Limited 3, AoE 1, Penetration 1, Blasting. Target a point in
space. Terrain within the effected area is torn apart and
structures within the effected area are damaged if this spell’s
Penetration is sufficient. Characters and items are unaffected
by this spell.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 3, Power 2, Penetration 2.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 5, Power 4. When you cast this spell, you may
choose to remove AoE from the attack. If you do so, your
attack gains Penetration 3.
Shadow
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. Your target
character is unable to visually perceive by any means and they
are unable to produce light. Your target’s appears as a flat black
silhouette when viewed by others. All items on your target’s
person are similarly effected by this spell.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell you may
provide the target area with either a Partial Obstruction or a
Total Obstruction to visual perception.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you cast this spell you may
choose to allow your target to produce light or to receive light
while under the effects of this spell.
Shove
Tier 1
Limited 3. Target a character. Your target character is moved in
a direction of your choice by up to 5m.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. The maximum distance you can
choose for this spell is 10m. When you move the target
character with this spell, the path the target travels does not
have to be a straight line.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you cast this spell you may
make it almighty. If you do, all structures of tier 2 or lower and
all objects within the target area are pushed away from the
target location. Rigid structures which are effected are
deformed so as to be pushed outside of the effected area.
Sleep
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. Your target
becomes Unconscious. Your target does not have the
Unconscious status removed due to the passage of time.
Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell you may
choose a dream for each target. This dream must be a
sequence of events that you can picture which are up to 1 hour
in duration. While Unconscious due to this spell, your target
will experience the dream, with a seamless transition out of
and back into reality. If your target remains Unconscious
longer than the duration of the dream, they will have no
memory from that point on until they awaken.
Anyone analyzing a dream at a later date (including your
target if they become suspicious) may make an opposed
Craftsmanship check against you. On a success, they discover
that the dream is a false memory.
Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you make a dream you may
choose to make the dream automatic. An automatic dream
draws upon the target’s own imagination. Because of this, an
automatic dream may last for the entirety of the spell’s
duration but you cannot know or influence what events occur
in the automatic dream.
When an automatic dream is investigated, the investigating
character must make an opposed Craftsmanship check against
the target character rather than you.
Slice
Tier 1
Limited 3. Target a point in space within LoS. Draw a line up
to 1m in length which intersects that point. Then extend the
line up to 1m in any direction to form a plane. Any structures
of tier 1 or lower are cut by this plane.
Tier 2
Limited 5. The line drawn for this spell may be up to 3m in
length and then extend up to 3m. The resulting plane cuts
structures up to tier 2.
Tier 3
Limited 8. The line drawn for this spell may be up to 5m in
length and then extend up to 5m. The resulting plane cuts
structures up to tier 3.
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Storm
Tier 1
Limited 5, AoE 1. Target a character. Your target receives a
Wound.
Tier 2
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may
make it Sustained. If you do so, when a character enters the
effected area you must make a Followup attack against them
for this spell. On a success, the target character receives a
Wound.
Tier 3
Limited 10, AoE 5, Power 4. When you cast this spell, you may
provide it with Penetration 2 and Blasting.
Truth
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained, Subtle. Target a character. You are aware
of when your target character lies (i.e. stating a fact or opinion
which they do not believe to be correct).
Tier 2
Limited 5. This wall may be up to 10m wide and up to 10m
high. This wall is a tier 2 structure. This wall may have fine
details and it may include holes. These holes may not cause
this wall to be separated into multiple pieces.
Tier 3
Limited 8. This wall may be up to 30m wide and 30m high.
This wall is a tier 3 structure. This wall may duplicate the look
of the surface it was expanded from, allowing you to make the
wall appear as an extension of the existing surface. A character
may inspect this wall to determine if it is not a part of the
existing surface. To do so they must make an opposed
Craftsmanship check against you. On a success, they notice
that the wall is not a normal part of the surface it was expanded
from.
Warding
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
gains Warding 2.

Tier 2 Tier 2
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. Your target gains Warding 4. Your
Limited 5, AoE 1, Power 2. When you cast this spell, you may target may attempt to Resist Magic against a spell, form, or
make it absolute. When your target begins to lie, their method heresy even if they have used Resist Magic against that effect
of speaking immediately halts and it refuses to function until previously. If your target fails an attack when trying again this
they start to say something which is not a lie. way, this spell stops effecting your target.
Tier 3 Tier 3
Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. When you ask your target a Limited 8, AoE 3, Power 4. Your target gains Warding 6. When
question, as an Action you may attempt to force the truth out you cast this spell, you may imbue it with anti-magic. Your
of them. Make a Followup attack for this spell against your target gains Accuracy on defense checks against attacks which
target. On a success, your target must answer your question target Warding. Additionally, your target may not choose to fail
and they must answer it truthfully. defense checks against attacks which target Warding.
Terrify
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a character. Your target character
becomes Terrified.
Tier 2
Limited 5, Power 2, AoE 1, Subtle.
Tier 3
Limited 8, Power 4, AoE 3. When you cast this spell you may
cast it as a nightmare. If you do so, your target is never
considered to have successfully left the area they became
Terrified in.

Wall
Tier 1
Limited 3, Sustained. Target a point in space. You create a wall
up to 1m thick, up to 3m wide, up to 3m high, and with a base
centered on your target point. This wall is a tier 1 structure, it
is opaque, it weighs 150kg, and it is without fine features or
holes. When this wall is created it is affixed to the surface at
the target point (if any surface is present).

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Summoning
Countless beasts, monsters, and oddities were thrown onto
Earth when the rifts opened. Since then, some mages have
learned how to reach out into the Arcana to forcibly draw over
more of these creatures. These Outlanders are unique from
their Terran cousins as an Outlander bound to our world by
the will and mana of a mage. This binding forces the Outlander
to follow the commands of their summoner.
Summoning and Returning
By spending 1 hour in a practiced ritual, you can summon an
Outlander you know from the Arcana to a location next to you.
If there is no space for the Outlander to appear, the ritual fails.
As a Task, you may return an Outlander you’ve sumoned to the
Arcana. If you die while you have an Outlander summoned,
the Outlander immediately returns to the Arcana.
Outlanders
Outlanders represent a wide variety of beings, from horrific
monsters to fabled creatures. Some Outlanders come from
ancient legend (e.g. pegasi, oni, kelpie) and it is unknown if
they have visited our world in the past or if they simply take a
form we are familiar with.
Commanding Outlanders
Outlanders are Companions. They act on your Combat Turn
and they must follow your orders. Outlanders you have
summoned are able to communicate with you telepathically at
any distance, including sharing with you what they see and
hear.
Outlander Injury
Outlanders can be injured like any character. However,
Outlanders are made of mana rather than flesh and blood.
Because of this, Outlanders may only be healed by magical
means.
If an Outlander would become Downed, they instead
immediately return to the Arcana. During Downtime, your
Outlander may return to the Arcana to heal, losing their
Wounds.
Outlander Sentience
Outlanders are often puckish and they are inconsistent in their
level of intelligence. They are able to understand and perform
commands as drones are able to, but Outlanders can also
interpret more complex commands and make judgment calls
when faced with ambiguity. Some Outlanders are even capable
of speech. From such creatures we have learned that
Outlanders can possess intelligence equal to or beyond that of
our own, and many could be seen as sapient.
Warlocks
In this world of magic there are mages who have toyed with
powers best left alone. These dark magics eat at the mind,
eventually driving such mages to become Forsaken. Even with
these risks, there are still mages who seek to use dark magic
while keeping their sanity. These Warlocks ride a razor’s edge
between unthinkable power and never ending servitude.
Heresy
Heresies are spells Warlocks manifest with the dark powers
they call upon. You may cast a heresy whenever you would be
able to cast a spell of your choice (such as part of the Cast
Action).
Corruption
When you cast a heresy you must make a Savvy Check with a
threshold equal to the Thrall of the heresy. If you fail this
check, you gain Corruption equal to the difference between the
result of your check and the check’s threshold. For example, if
the result of your check was 8 and the Thrall of the heresy was
12, you would gain 4 Corruption.
If at the start of Downtime your character’s total Corruption is
greater than or equal to 50, your character loses control over
their dark magic and they become a Forsaken.
Forsaken
Forsaken are mages who have been consumed by dark magic
and now act according to its will. When your character
becomes a Forsaken you must make a new character as if your
current one had died. Your GM gains control of the Forsaken
and they may use them later on in the campaign if they so wish.
What a Forsaken will do next depends on the goals they had in
life, but any further interactions with the character are
guaranteed to be unpleasant.
List of Heresies
Dark Herald
Thrall 14, Sustained. You summon an Outlander from an
unknown outer plane to serve you as a Companion. If this
Companion would return to the Astral Plane, this heresy ends
and the Companion instead returns to its plane. This
Companion has the Traits Outlander, Horrific, and three of
your choice. They also gain one of the following Traits:
Parasitic: This Outlander may cast and sustain the spell
Possession at tier 1. This spell is not Limited when cast this
way and attacks this Outlander makes for this spell this way
gain Power 6 and Proficiency 6. This Outlander may only cast
this spell if they are within 1m of their target. While this
Outlander is sustaining this spell they enter their targets body,
vanishing for the duration of the spell. When this Outlander
stops sustaining this spell they violently reappear next to their
target, causing the target to gain a Wound.
Pestilent: Any characters which start their Combat Turn
within 10m of this Outlander become Impaired and Slowed
until they end a Combat Turn outside of the effected area.
Wrathful: Whenever this Outlander deals a Wound to another
character, this Outlander may remove one of its own Wounds
or gain Accuracy on the next check it makes within 1 minute.
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Freeze Time
Thrall 14, Sustained. Time is frozen while this heresy persists.
Characters who are sustaining an instance of this heresy take
their Combat Turns as if time were not frozen. All other
characters have their Combat Turn skipped. You may move
objects but they remain suspended in air when you stop
interacting with them. Any forces you apply to objects are
applied after time resumes. For example; If you were to hit a
baseball with a bat, the ball would move as you push it with the
bat, then it would stay in place until time resumes, at which
point it would be sent flying.
You automatically succeed at Grappling against frozen
characters. You gain Accuracy on all attack checks against
frozen characters. Attacks you make at range do not resolve
until time resumes, at which point all suspended attacks
resolve simultaneously.
This heresy persists for 1/2/3 Combat Rounds when your
Corruption is 0/20/40. If a character would have their Combat
Turn skipped due to this heresy, and if they know this heresy,
they may cast this heresy as a Reaction. You may not cast this
heresy while you are sustaining an instance of this heresy or if
you were sustaining this heresy on the previous Combat
Round.
Portal
Thrall 14, Sustained. When you cast this heresy, choose a point
you are touching and a point you have previously touched. For
each point you must also choose a direction. A portal opens at
each of the chosen points. Both portals have an equal radius
of up to 1m.
If any living thing or any object passes into one portal, it
comes out the other portal with its relative direction and
velocity preserved. Objects leave a portal from the side
opposite to the one they entered from on the other portal.
Gasses and liquids do not pass through the portals unless they
are entirely enclosed in a container. If a portal would open into
a space which is obstructed by solid matter, the portals fail to
open and this heresy ends.
When you stop sustaining this heresy, the portals remain in
their current location for 1 minute. If any matter is spanning
the portals when they close, that matter is separated along the
threshold of the portals.
Pocket Dimension
Thrall 12, Sustained. While you sustain this heresy, as a Task
you may open a small immovable portal to a pocket
dimension. This portal can have a radius up to 30cm. Anything
you place into this portal disappears into an inky blackness. By
placing your hand into the portal and concentrating on any
thing you have placed into the pocket dimension, it will fly
into your hand, allowing you to retrieve it. Anything (aside
from your hand) placed in the pocket dimension is frozen in
time until removed. The pocket dimension you access with
this heresy is unique to you and it is shared between all portals
you make with this heresy.
Raise Dead
Thrall 14, Sustained. Target a body you are touching. The
target body becomes reanimated as a revenant, serving you as
a Companion. Any missing portions of the target body are
replaced with mana. The revenant retains any Skills and
abilities they had in life, but they do not have the Knowledge
or personality they had in life. Your GM will provide you with
the Traits this Companion has to represent their abilities.
Reincarnation
Thrall 14. Target an item you are touching. This item must be
a valid target for enchanting. This item becomes your anchor.
Any other anchors you have are destroyed. If the target item
is damaged such that it would stop being enchanted, it stops
being your anchor.
Upon your death, you return to life as a new body grows at a
point within 1m and LoS of your anchor. If there is no valid
space for your new body, your body fails to reform. Your new
body is physically identical to your old one (including your
memories and Corruption), but new body does not retain any
Wounds or other temporary effects from your previous body.
Any modifications made to your body (such as tattoos and
augments) are rebuilt as part of this body. Once this process
completes, your anchor is destroyed.
Reset
Thrall 18. Choose a point in time up to 24 hours in the past.
Time rewinds to that point and existence returns to as it was at
that point in time. All Warlocks who know this herasy retain
their memories of the erased time. Corruption is not effected
by this heresy and all characters retain their Corruption
through the casting of this heresy (including Corruption you
gain from casting it) as if time had not been altered.
Resurrection
Thrall 16. Target a body you are touching. The target
individual returns to life, losing any Wounds they had (and the
associated damage to their body) and any other temporary
effects (such as Agents). While this heresy can knit bodies back
together, even causing nearby removed portions to return, you
may not use this heresy on a body which is missing its heart.
Any unnatached portions of a body which are replaced by this
heresy wither and vanish.
Teleport
Thrall 14. Target choose a point in space you have been to
before or a point in space you have LoS to. You instantly travel
to that location. You bring with you any items you are carrying
and up to one character you are touching (and any items on this
character). Objects which are larger than yourself are not
brought with you. If your target location does not have room to
fit you and your accouterments upon your arrival, you do not
travel to that location.
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Wild Magic
Some mages just wing it. Some abilities from the Wild Magic
Talents will ask you to make a roll on the Wild Magic Table
below. To do so, roll a d20, add your Tilt (see below) to the
result, and apply the associated entry in the Wild Magic Table.
Tilt
Rolls on the Wild Magic Table will occasionally provide you
with Tilt. Tilt represents a buildup of untapped mana which
threatens to manifest into its own effect. When you begin
Downtime, your Tilt returns to 0.
Input Target
When an ability asks you to roll on the Wild Magic Table, it
will provide you with an Input Target. If the Input Target is a
character/object and a point in space is required for the random
spell, target the center of mass for the given character/object.
When casting a random spell against the Input Target, if the
Input Target would be an invalid target, the spell is not cast.

Wild Magic Table

Result Effect
1 Gain 1 Tilt.
Cast a random spell with the Input Target as the
15
spell’s target.
20 Cast a random spell with yourself as the target.

30 Roll twice on the Wild Magic Table.

Random Spells
Whenever you are asked by the Wild Magic Table to cast a
random spell, roll a d20 and divide the result by 2. The spell
you must cast is the associated entry on your Random Spell
Table. You may cast this spell even if you do not know it, you
may cast this spell even if you have no remaining uses of it,
and casting this spell this way does not consume uses of it.
When you gain the Talent Wild Magic 1, you must create a
Random Spell Table. Additionally, whenever you begin a
Downtime you must clear your Random Spell Table and create
a new one.
Creating a Random Spell Table
To create a Random Spell Table, roll a d20. Step down the
listed spells in the List of Spells a number of times equal to the
result of your roll starting at the Break Spell. If you need to
step down the list of spells and you are at the last listed spell,
step to the first listed spell. For example; a result of 3 starting
at Wall would bring you to Aquatic. Add the spell you’ve
arrived at to your Random Spell Table. Then, starting at the
spell you just added, repeat this process until your Random
Spell Table has 10 entries.

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The Network
The internet has expanded to bring websites, electronics, and
even augmented people into one interconnected system known
as The Network. The Network is available around the world,
housing all post-storm data and some recovered pre-storm
data.
Devices
All complex electronics such as refrigerators, vehicles,
phones, drones, and firearms are devices. A device can form
Connections (see below) and be targeted by scripts.
Connections
Connections represent how devices communicate to one
another. There are two types of Connections; Wireless
Connections and Direct Connections.
Wireless Connections
All devices have a Wireless Connection to The Network.
Additionally, all devices with a Wireless Connection to The
Network have a Wireless Connection to other all other
devices which have a Wireless Connection to The Network.
Taking advantage of this constant connectivity, devices host
most of their operating system on cloud servers. Because of
this, while a device does not have a Wireless Connection to
The Network, that device cannot receive Commands (see
below).
Direct Connections
When two devices have LoS to each other, they have a Direct
Connection with each other. As this connection is not
moderated by The Network, Direct Connections are used to
inject scripts.
Direct Connections are not obstructed by; people (even the
augmented sort), armor, clothing, vehicles, drones, glass, and
tier 0 structures.
Commanding Devices
Whenever you use a device, you are considered to be
Commanding that device. There are two types of
Commands; Manual Commands and Remote Commands.
Manual Commands
A Manual Command is operating a device through physical
interaction, such as pulling a gun's trigger or tapping buttons
on a phone. Manual Commands also include commanding a
device verbally and other forms of gesture based input.
If a device is locked to prevent it from receiving Manual
Commands (e.g. a phone screen lock), forcibly accessing the
device is treated as picking a lock and the device can have an
Alarm.
Turning a Device Off
All devices have a switch or button on their exterior which
allows them to be turned on or off. While a device is off it is
non-functional. As an Action and a Manual Command you
may use this switch/button to turn a device on/off. As an
Action devices may be Remotely Commanded to turn off.
Vehicles have controls to turn them on/off in their interior
rather than on their exterior. While drones can be turned on
using a button/switch on their exterior, drones cannot be turned
off this way. Augment Clusters cannot be turned off by any
means.
Remote Commands
A Remote Command is when one device tells another device
what to do. For example; you can tap an icon on your phone (a
Manual Command) to have the phone tell your car (a Remote
Command) to drive to your location.
Trusted Devices
A device will only accept a remote Remote Command if the
issuing device is a member of the receiving device’s Trusted
Devices list.
When a device is created, its list of Trusted Devices only
includes itself. A Trusted Device may request a list of all other
Trusted Devices. The returned data is an array of hashes (one
static hash per device) so observing this data will only tell you
if the list has been modified since you last observed it.
A Trusted Devices list can be modified through voting. While
a vote is ongoing, all Trusted Devices will be continuously
notified about the status of the vote.
A Trusted Device may vote to add a device to the list of
Trusted Devices. For the next 24 hours, any Trusted Device
may vote against the addition to end the process. After the 24
hours have elapsed, the nominated device will be added to the
list of Trusted Devices.
A Trusted Device may vote to remove any other member of
the list of Trusted Devices. For the next 24 hours any Trusted
Device, aside from the nominated device, may vote against the
removal to end the process. After the 24 hours have elapsed,
the nominated device will be removed from the list of Trusted
Devices. A device cannot be nominated to be removed from its
own list of Trusted Devices.
Hardwired Protocols
Some devices have rules embedded into them which they are
unable to break, even when commanded to do so. These rules
are known as Hardwired Protocols. Some notable examples
of Hardwired Protocols are; explosives will not detonate until
they are manually armed and firearms will not fire while
holstered.
Autonomous Devices in Combat
During combat devices which act on their own (e.g. a door
opening or a vehicle moving), will act during a character’s
Combat Turn rather than having their own Combat Turn. A
device will act on the Combat Turn of the first character who
gives them a Command in a Combat Round.
When a device acts, it executes on any outstanding Commands
it has. If any Commands conflict, the most recent Command is
given priority.
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Damaging Devices
A physical attack against a device with Penetration 0 instantly
fails. If a physical attack against a device succeeds, the device
is Broken. A Broken device cannot be operated and it cannot
act on its own accord.
You may spend 1 charge from a Repair Kit to repair a Broken
device. Make an (X, 1, 1 minute) Electronics check with X
being (8 + the Level of the target device / 2). On a success, the
target device is no longer Broken.
Damaging Drones & Vehicles
Drones and vehicles are both more durable than normal
devices. When an attack succeeds against a drone/vehicle, the
device is not Broken and it instead receives a Wound. When a
drone/vehicle receives a Wound, it must make a Wound Resist
Check. On a failure, the device is Broken instead of becoming
Downed.
Drones and vehicles are also repaired differently from other
devices. To repair a drone/vehicle, spend a charge from a
Repair Kit and make an (X, 1, 1 hour) Electronics check for
which X is (8 + 2 * Wounds on this device). When all Wounds
are removed from a Broken drone/vehicle, the device is no
longer Broken.
Devices Underwater
Submerging a device into water is unlikely to damage it.
However, some functionality may not be available underwater.
For example; a flying drone cannot fly and a flamethrower
cannot fire effectively. The firing mechanisms in guns are often
self enclosed, allowing them to be fired underwater. However,
these attacks have a limited range.
Augmented Reality
By viewing the world through devices like phone cameras,
specially made glasses, or augmented eyes, a person can
experience augmented reality (AR). In AR you see the world
normally with an additional layer of information provided by
The Network. For example, AR can be; advertisements on the
sides of buildings, lines on the sidewalk guiding you home, or
an overlay of social media accounts for the person you're
talking to.
When you view a device in AR, it will display its model (e.g.
if it is a phone, gun, or drone) in order to encourage you to
purchase another like it. This information display cannot be
disabled.
Technically speaking, a device broadcasts its signal in AR over
beams of light and radio waves, making the specific source of
the signal hard to establish. For simplicity, the entirety of a
device is considered to be emitting its signal over AR.
PANs
It is difficult for the average inbuilt computer to effectively
defend against digital attacks. To compensate for this, devices
are combined into Personal Area Networks (PANs). All
devices begin in a PAN which they are the sole member of.
As a Task, you may do any one of the following;
▪ Command a device to invite another device to join
its PAN.
▪ Command a device to accept an invitation to join a
PAN. When the device does so, it leaves its current
PAN.
▪ Command a device to leave its current PAN. When a
device does so, it forms a new PAN which it is the
sole member of.
If any two devices in a PAN do not have a Direct Connection
to each other, the PAN is sub-divided into new PANs until all
devices have Direct Connections to all members of their PAN.
While viewing two devices in AR, you can determine if they
belong to the same PAN.
As a Task, you may Command a device to subscribe its PAN
to a Firewall Key. All other PANs stop being subscribed to the
target Firewall Key. While a PAN is subscribed to a Firewall
Key, all members of the PAN gain the Firewall Key’s Firewall
value.
Augments
Cybernetic implants and prosthetics are commonplace as they
are affordable even with lower end medical insurance.
Augments, on the other hand, are military grade body
enhancements which provide superhuman abilities. Initially
built for corporate operatives, augments have started to
circulate on black markets as high demand compensates for the
difficulty of acquiring the hardware.
Augment Clusters
Rather than have a standalone processor in each augment, your
augments all belong to a single Augment Cluster which
allows them to share processing power. Because of this shared
computing, each augment is not itself a device. Instead, when
you gain your first augment a separate device is also installed
which is your Augment Cluster. This Augment Cluster is
often located at the base of the neck or another central location
in the upper torso.
Commands
When you activate/deactivate your augments, use an
augment’s ability, or put an augment into Overdrive, doing so
is a Manual Command to your Augment cluster. While your
Augment Cluster is unable to receive Commands, you may not
activate/deactivate your augments, use your augment’s
abilities, or put your augments into Overdrive. However, you
may take an augment out of Overdrive while your Augment
Cluster is unable to receive Commands.
Being unable to provide your Augment Cluster with
Commands does not prevent you from otherwise using your
augments or benefiting from them. For example; While your
Augment Cluster does not have a Connection to The Network
you may not put your Leg Replacements into Overdrive, but
you may still use them to walk and you still gain their increase
to your ground movement speed.
Activation
Some augments will reference being active. As a Task, you
may make one of your augments start or stop being active.
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Overdrive
With the right know how, augments can be pushed past their
limits by a process known as Overdrive. You may place an
augment into Overdrive as a Task and the augment remains in
Overdrive until the Overdrive’s end condition is met.
Placing an augment into Overdrive is dangerous, putting
immense strain on the augment. Because of this, Overdrives
are Limited. However, you may use a Repair Kit to repair
damage from Overdrive. To do so, target an augment, spend a
charge from a Repair Kit, and make an Electronics check with
a threshold of (16 – the Limited value of the augment). On a
success, the target augment’s Overdrive regains 2 uses.
List of Augments
Airborne
Tier 1
You gain a flying speed of 10m.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The flying speed provided by this
augment is doubled until the start of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 2
You instead gain a flying speed of 15m. Your Encumbrance
Threshold is doubled while flying.
Overdrive: Limited 5. If this Overdrive would end at the start
of your Combat Turn, and if on your last Combat Turn you
performed the Sprint Action, this Overdrive instead ends at the
start of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 3
You instead gain a flying speed of 20m. If you are flying and
you are attacked by a character who is also flying, you gain
Accuracy on your defense check.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you activate this Overdrive you
may begin moving as a vehicle with Aircraft traversal. You
may end this Overdrive as an Action.
Arm Replacements
Tier 1
You gain Accuracy when performing Athletics and
Gymnastics checks involving your arms (e.g. lifting objects or
Grappling). This does not apply if you are involving your arms
in actions which do not require them, such as Gymnastics
checks for Wounds from falling.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The next Melee attack you perform this
Combat Turn gains Power +4.
Tier 2
Your Encumbrance Threshold is doubled and you cannot be
Slowed by encumbrance.
Overdrive: Limited 5. This Overdrive instead provides Power
+6. If you succeed on an attack which benefited from this
Overdrive, you may launch your target away from you up to a
distance of 3m.
Tier 3
When you perform an Athletics or Gymnastics check which
this augment provides you Accuracy for, the lowest possible
result of your d20 roll is a 10.
Overdrive: Limited 8. This Overdrive instead provides Power
+8. The knockback from this Overdrive may be up to 5m.
When a character is knocked back by this Overdrive you may
have your target travel at high-velocity. If you do so, your
target crashes through structures up to tier 1 while they are
moving due to this Overdrive’s knockback.
Armor
Tier 1
You gain Toughness 2 and Warding 2.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The Toughness and Warding provided
by this augment is doubled. This Overdrive ends at the start of
your next Combat Turn.
Tier 2
When you gain this tier of this augment, you may increase the
Toughness or Warding provided by this augment by 2. You
may change this selection during Downtime. You also gain
access to the Reaction below.
Intervention Protocol (Reaction: An attack is declared
against a character within 1m of you) This augment interposes
your body between your target character and the triggering
attack. For the triggering attack, you are considered to be a
Meat Shield for the target character.
Overdrive: Limited 5. You may activate this Overdrive as a
Reaction to being declared as a target of an attack.
Tier 3
When you gain this tier of this augment, you may increase the
Toughness or Warding provided by this augment by 2. You
may change this selection during Downtime.
As an Action you may make your body start or stop being
unbreakable. While you are unbreakable you are Paralyzed.
Additionally, while you are unbreakable any attacks against
you which target Toughness and which do not have a
Penetration of at least 2 automatically fail.
Overdrive: Limited 8. If you activate this Overdrive while
unbreakable, this Overdrive lasts until you stop being
unbreakable. You are not Wounded or killed by falling while
you are unbreakable and this augment is in Overdrive.
Auto Injector
Tier 1
As a Task you may load a dose of an Agent into this augment
or remove a loaded dose from this augment. This augment may
have one dose loaded at a time. You may load this augment as
a Hidden Action. As a Task you may activate this augment to
apply any number of loaded doses to yourself. Applied doses
are consumed.
Overdrive: Limited 3. You may activate this Overdrive as a
Reaction when performing an Agent Resist check to gain
Accuracy on that check.
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Tier 2
You may load a second dose into this Augment. You may
activate this augment as a Reaction in response to a significant
physiological change to your body (e.g. “I've gained a Wound”
or “I've fallen unconscious”).
Overdrive: Limited 5. You may activate this Overdrive as an
Action. If you do so, make a Wound Resist check. On a
success, you lose one Wound. Failing this check does not cause
you to become Downed.
Tier 3
You may load a third dose into this augment. An onboard AI
monitors your vitals and can trigger this augment at its
discretion. Due to this, you can activate this augment at any
time, even when you would normally be unable to act.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you would become Downed, you
may activate this Overdrive as a Reaction. You do not become
Downed and instead you will become Downed at the end of
your next Combat Turn.
Aquatic
Tier 1
You gain a swim speed of 10m. You are able to breathe
underwater.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The swim speed provided by this
augment is doubled until the start of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 2
You instead gain a swim speed of 15m. While you are
submerged in water you may create oxygen through rapid
electrolysis. This oxygen is created at a rate capable of
allowing one person to breathe and this oxygen may be
provided to another person through hosing up to a distance of
1m.
Overdrive: Limited 5. If this Overdrive would end at the start
of your Combat Turn, and if on your last Combat Turn you
performed the Sprint Action, this Overdrive instead ends at the
start of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 3
You instead gain a swim speed of 20m. You are able to breathe
while submerged in any liquid. Dangerous liquids (acid,
mercury, etc.) are filtered, preventing you from being harmed
by their inhalation. This filtration also prevents Agents from
being applied to you through the consumption of liquids. You
may start or stop this filtering as a Task.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you activate this Overdrive, you
may start moving as a vehicle with Watercraft and Submersible
traversal. While you are moving as a vehicle, this Overdrive
lasts until you end it as an Action.
Cranial Cybernetics
Tier 1
As a Task, you may start or stop viewing AR. Devices can send
you audio and/or visual data which you can then experience as
if you were hearing or seeing the transferred data yourself. You
are able to record your sensory input and send this data to other
devices.
Spells and forms which attempt to provide you with fabricated
visual information are considered to be targeting a device. For
example; this would apply to the Invisibility and Illusion
spells.
Overdrive: Limited 3. You gain Accuracy on opposed
Craftsmanship, Dexterity, and Investigation checks when you
are not the initiator of the check. This Overdrive lasts for 1
minute.
Tier 2
You cannot be blinded by bright lights (such as Flashlights and
Flash Packs) and you cannot be disoriented by loud noises
(such as a Sonic Cannon or a Stun Grenade).
As a Task, you may start or stop benefiting from one of the
following senses; Echolocation, Thermal Vision, or Night
Vision.
Overdrive: Limited 5. While this Overdrive is active you gain
x-ray vision, allowing you to see through structures which are
up to tier 1. The combined depth of structures you can see
through cannot exceed 30cm (usually allowing you to see
through one wall at a time). You also see through the soft tissue
and clothing of people around you, allowing you to see their
skelature, augmentations, and any devices they are carrying.
Tier 3
When you are attacking a target you don’t have LoS to, if there
is a device providing you with a video feed of the target, your
attack is not considered a Blind Attack.
Overdrive: Limited 8. X-ray vision allows you to see through
up to tier 2 structures.
Grappling Hook
Tier 1
As an Action, you may launch an inbuilt grappling hook to a
surface up to 10m away, affixing the hook to the target surface.
Alternatively, you may embed the hook in structures which are
tier 1 or 2. As a Task, you may reel your hook in, pulling you
to the hook. If you are encumbered, if the surface you are
attached to is unable to support you, or if your hook is removed
from the surface it is attached to, your hook instantly reels back
into you and you are not moved.
Overdrive: Limited 3. This augment's usable distance is
doubled. This Overdrive lasts until the start of the next Combat
Round.
Tier 2
This augment may be used on targets up to 15m away. As an
Action, you may attempt to pull a character within this
augment’s range who you have LoS to. If you do so, you must
make an opposed Gymnastics check against your target. On a
success, your target is pulled to be adjacent to you. On a
failure, your hook fails to connect and it retracts back to you.
You may not target a character with this ability if you would
not be able to Grapple that character
Overdrive: Limited 5. When you pull a character with this
augment, you may immediately attempt to Grapple them as a
Task.
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This augment may be used on targets up to 20m away. When
you attempt to pull, you may do so as a lasso. If you do so,
your attack to pull gains AoE 1.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you place this augment into
Overdrive, you may electrify the cable. While the cable is
electrified, any characters pulled by this augment gain Dazed
+6 and Knockout +6.
Hidden Compartment
Tier 1
A compartment is installed inside one of your arms. This
compartment is capable of housing an object roughly the size
of a pistol. Empty spaces within this augment are filled with
inflated balloons when the compartment is closed, preventing
the movement of enclosed objects from causing noise.
While a compartment from this augment is closed, it is
Concealable. You gain Proficiency 2 on any Dexterity checks
you make for concealing compartments from this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 3. While this Overdrive is active, any
items placed into containers provided by this augment may be
compressed to fit within their container, allowing containers to
fit up to double their normal volume. This benefit does not
apply to rigid items which cannot be easily compressed. You
may end this Overdrive as a Task. This Overdrive immediately
ends if any compartment doors are opened. When this
Overdrive ends, any compartments which are beyond their
normal capacity disgorge their contents.
Tier 2
This augment provides you with a compartment in one of your
legs with the same dimensions as the compartment provided
by tier 1 of this augment. You gain Proficiency 4 on any
Dexterity checks you make for concealing compartments
provided by this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 5. You gain Accuracy on Dexterity checks
to hide compartments provided by this augment.
Tier 3
This augment provides you with a compartment in your chest
which has double the volume of the compartment provided by
tier 1 of this augment. You gain Proficiency 6 on any Dexterity
checks you make for concealing compartments provided by
this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you activate this Overdrive, you
may choose to expand your body. If you do so, all containers
provided by this augment have double their capacity doubled.
Your body is increased in volume by 25%. This effect is not
normally noticeable but the change is obvious to any
individuals who have seen the normal proportions of your
body.
Hidden Injector
Tier 1
As a Task, you may load a dose of an Agent into this augment
or remove a loaded dose from this augment. This augment may
have one dose loaded. You may load this augment as a Hidden
Action.
As an Action, you may use this augment to inject a character
you are touching. To do so, make a Dexterity check opposed
by an Investigation check from your target. On a success, the
doses loaded into this augment are applied to your target and
your target does not notice the injection. On a failure, your
target notices your attempted injection. Your use of this
augment is a Hidden Action.
If you wish to use this augment against a character who is
aware of you or who has Chemically Sealed armor, you must
perform an unarmed attack against your target. This attack
gains Harmless and on a success the target is injected with this
augment’s loaded doses.
Whenever you successfully inject a target with this augment all
applied doses are consumed. Whenever you fail to inject a
target with this augment no doses are consumed.
Overdrive: Limited 3. As an Action, you may use this
Overdrive to launch a needle at a target you have LoS to. Make
a ranged attack against your target with Proficiency 2, Range
(5, 10), and Harmless. On a success, this augment injects your
target. This augment’s loaded doses are consumed regardless
of if your attack succeeds or fails.
Tier 2
You may load a second dose into this augment. You gain
Accuracy on Dexterity checks and attack checks you make for
this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 5. Attacks made for this Overdrive gain
Proficiency 4, Range (10, 20), and Power 2.
Tier 3
You may load a third dose into this augment. When you
perform an unarmed attack for this augment you may provide
the attack with AoE 1. After resolving an AoE attack for this
augment, all loaded doses are consumed if at least one of your
Indirect attacks were successful.
Overdrive: Limited 8. Attacks made for this Overdrive gain
Proficiency 6, Range (20, 40), and Power 4. Attacks made for
this Overdrive do not consume loaded doses.
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Inbuilt Weapon
Tier 1
When you gain this augment, you must also purchase a
weapon. This weapon has Heat 0 before Mods are applied.
Weapons purchased for this augment may only have Barrel and
Ammo Mods. Weapons purchased this way are installed into
your body. During Downtime you may replace the weapons
you have purchased for this augment.
While this augment is active, its weapons extend out of your
body and you may wield them. Wielding these weapons
requires a number of your hands equal to that which would be
needed to wield the weapon normally.
While this augment is inactive, its weapons slide nearly
seamlessly into your body, providing them with Concealable.
You gain Proficiency 2 on Dexterity checks you make for
hiding weapons provided by this augment. If a weapon used by
this augment already has Concealable, it instead becomes
undetectable while retracted.
Overdrive: Limited 3. While this augment is in Overdrive you
gain Proficiency 4 on attacks you make with this augment’s
weapons. This Overdrive lasts until the start of the next
Combat Turn.
Tier 2
You may purchase a second weapon for this augment. You gain
Proficiency 4 on Dexterity checks you make for hiding
weapons provided by this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 5. This Overdrive instead provides
Proficiency 6.
Tier 3
You may purchase a third weapon for this augment. You gain
Proficiency 6 on Dexterity checks you make for hiding
weapons provided by this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 8. This Overdrive instead provides
Proficiency 8. You may wield weapons provided by this
augment without occupying your hands.
Leg Replacements
Tier 1
You gain a ground movement speed of 15m and a Jump
Distance of 4m.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The ground movement speed and Jump
Distance provided by this augment are doubled until the start
of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 2
You gain a ground movement speed of 20m and a Jump
Distance of 6m. You gain Accuracy on Gymnastics checks for
avoiding Wounds from falling.
Overdrive: Limited 5. If this Overdrive would end at the start
of your Combat Turn, and if on your last Combat Turn you
performed the Sprint Action, this Overdrive instead ends at the
start of your next Combat Turn.
Tier 3
You gain a ground movement speed of 25m and a Jump
Distance of 8m. When you land from a fall, the distance you’ve
fallen is considered to be half as much when determining
Wounds from falling.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When you activate this Overdrive, you
may start moving as a vehicle with Groundcraft traversal.
While you are moving as a vehicle, this Overdrive lasts until
you end it as an Action.
Oil Launcher
Tier 1
Limited 5. As an Action, you may choose a location you have
LoS to which is within 10m of you. This augment creates a
pool of oil with a radius up to 1m at the target location. When
a character enters the pool or begins moving while within the
pool, you must make a Savvy Check opposed by a Gymnastics
check from the target. You gain Proficiency 2 on checks you
make for this augment. On a success, the target is made Prone.
On a failure, the target is not effected by the pool again until
the start of their next Combat Turn.
Overdrive: Limited 3. As an Action, you may activate this
Overdrive to perform a ranged attack against a character within
this augment’s range. On a success, the target becomes coated
in oil. As long as your target is coated, they are considered to
be standing in a pool created by this augment. Your target may
remove this effect as an Action.
Tier 2
Limited 8. This augment’s range becomes 15m and the
maximum radius for pools becomes 3m. You gain Proficiency
4 on checks you make for this augment.
As an Action, you may use this augment as a burst. If you do
so, you are launched up to 5m into the air and a pool is created
below you.
Overdrive: Limited 5. When you perform an attack for this
augment’s Overdrive, you may provide the attack with AoE of
a value up to the maximum radius of pools created by this
augment.
Tier 3
Limited 12. The range of this augment is 20m and the
maximum radius of pools is 5m. You gain Proficiency 6 on
checks you make for this augment. When this augment is used
it also sprays a thin layer of a lipophobic agent to your body,
allowing you to ignore the effects of pools.
Overdrive: Limited 8. When this augment enters Overdrive,
you may make the coatings it applies combustable. If you do
so, coated targets who are exposed to a source of ignition (e.g.
heat, fire, electric sparks) lose their coating and they gain
Lethal +6.
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Reticulating Manipulators
Tier 1
This augment provides you with an additional arm.
Overdrive: Limited 3. You are able to reach up to 5m away
with arms from this augment. This Overdrive ends at the start
of the next Combat Round.
Tier 2
This augment instead provides you with two additional arms.
You may have an additional character Grappled.
Overdrive: Limited 5. When you activate this Overdrive, you
may do so with auto-targeting. If you do so, attacks made
with arms provided by this augment do not benefit from your
Talents. In exchange, these attacks do not apply temporary
hindrances applied to you (e.g. Impaired) and your arms have
their own perception (e.g. allowing them to ignore you being
Blinded).
Tier 3
This augment instead provides you with four additional arms.
The number of additional characters you may Grapple
provided by this augment is increased to two.
Overdrive: Limited 8. While this augment is in Overdrive,
you may perform the Actions Strike and Cast as a Task. You
may only perform one Action this way per Combat Round.
Attacks you make this way must be made solely using the arms
provided by this augment.
Rocket Hand
Tier 1
You are able to detach your hands and fly them freely up to 3m
away from you. You may spend 1 hour and 2 Repair Kit
charges to replace all hands lost while using this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 3. The range of this augment is doubled.
This Overdrive lasts until the start of the next Combat Round.
Tier 2
The augment may be used up to 5m away. If you have a target
Grappled with detached hands, as an Alternate Movement you
may move your target up to 10m in any direction.
Overdrive: Limited 5. When performing a Melee attack with
detached hands you may apply full thrust. If you do so, the
attack gains Range (5, 30, 60). Once this attack completes, the
involved hands return to this augment’s maximum range.
Tier 3
The augment may be used up to 8m away. You may move a
target with this augment as a Task rather than as an Alternate
Movement. You may only perform this Task once per Combat
Round.
Overdrive: Limited 8. This augment has no maximum range.
Sculpting Wires
Tier 1
By spending 1 minute, you may change your physical features
to match a person you’ve seen in person. This augment cannot
add limbs, remove limbs, or create other extremities such as a
troll’s horns. This augment cannot change your height by more
than 1m. If you have heard 1 minute of your target’s speech,
you may also modify your vocal cords to mimic their voice.
Overdrive: Limited 3. While in Overdrive, this augment can
deploy short range hologram projectors to allow you to mimic
a person you would not normally be able to target with this
augment. The portions of your body created by these
holograms are incorporeal. This Overdrive lasts for 1 minute.
Tier 2
Applying this augment’s effect requires an Action instead of 1
minute. With the aid of AI extrapolation, you may mimic the
appearance and voice of a person you have seen a picture of.
Overdrive: Limited 5. Micro drones move about holograms
created by this augment to provide tactile response when the
hologram is touched. These drones are unable to support
significant weight (e.g. they cannot dampen a blow or support
actual clothing). This Overdrive lasts for 30 minutes.
Tier 3
Applying this augment’s effect requires a Task instead of an
Action. You may mimic the physical features and voice of a
person if you have a sample of their DNA and know their
current age within 10 years. This is of course unable to predict
artificial modifications to your target, such as augmentation or
the loss of limbs.
Overdrive: Limited 8. While you are speaking to a person
who’s reactions you can directly observe (e.g. while speaking
in person), this augment automatically adapts your disguise
based on its perceived believably. When making a Deception
check for mimicry aided by this augment, the lowest possible
result of your d20 roll is 10. This Overdrive lasts for 1 hour.
Stabilizers
Tier 1
While this augment is active, you are Immobilized. While you
are Slowed or Immobilized by this augment you cannot be
forcefully moved and weapons you wield gain Rapid +1. This
Augment may only be activated while you are standing on a
structure of at least tier 1.
Overdrive: Limited 3. You may activate this augment while
standing on a tier 0 structure. This Overdrive lasts until the
start of the next Combat Round.
Tier 2
This augment instead provides Rapid +2. You can activate this
augment while airborne. If you do, you are Slowed instead of
Immobilized. While this augment is active, the speed at which
you fall is halved and you are not injured by falling.
Overdrive: Limited 5. This Overdrive lasts for 10 minutes.
While this augment is in Overdrive, you are Immobilized and
unable to be moved regardless of what you are standing on or
if you are midair.
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Tier 3
This augment instead provides Rapid +3. While this augment
is active, any vehicle, structure, or terrain you are standing on
is also frozen in place. This effect extends up to 10m from
where you are standing and it may support up to 10,000kg.
Overdrive: Limited 8. This Overdrive lasts for 1 hour. As a
Task you may start or stop being untethered. While
untethered you are not Immobilized or Slowed by this
augment and you gain a flying movement speed equal to your
ground movement speed.
Toxin Sprayer
Tier 1
As a Task you may load a dose of an Agent into this augment
or remove a loaded dose from this augment. This augment may
have one dose loaded. You may load this augment as a Hidden
Action.
As an Action, you may launch a grenade at a target location
you have LoS to which is within 10m of you. Choose if the
loaded doses will be applied as a gas or a liquid. Characters
within 3m of the chosen area are put into Contact with the
loaded doses through your chosen method and all loaded doses
are consumed.
Overdrive: Limited 3. As an Action, you may use this
Overdrive to begin applying a mist. Using this Overdrive
consumes all loaded doses. These doses are applied to all
characters within 3m of you as a gas and a liquid
simultaneously.
Tier 2
The augment may be used up to 15m away and characters are
effected up to a radius 5m from the target point. You may load
up to two doses into this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 5. The mist created by this Overdrive is
applied to characters up to 5m away from you. Using this
Overdrive does not consume the loaded doses.
Tier 3
The target point of this augment may be up to 20m away and
you may choose a radius of up to 8m. You may load up to three
doses into this augment.
Overdrive: Limited 8. The mist created by this Overdrive is
applied to characters up to 8m away from you. This Overdrive
lasts for 1 minute, immediately ending if this Overdrive is used
again. The mist created by this augment follows you as you
move.
Controllers
Drones are omnipresent in the sprawl and they are a vital part
of modern security. While drones are able to make simple
decisions, they ultimately need to be directed. Those who
organize and command drones are known as controllers. This
profession can vary from dictating the maintenance of an
entire building to operating a portion of a facility’s automated
security.
Drones
Drones are automata which can vary from bug-like machines
to humanoid androids. Most drones are made for civilian use
and they perform menial tasks. However, there are also
advanced drones made for military applications.
Commanding Drones
Drones are commanded like any other Companion. Drones
have intelligence similar to that of an animal but they also have
access to The Network for data retrieval. Drones are very
literal in their approach to directions given by controllers,
which is similar to how Outlanders are bound by the explicit
word of their summoner.
Drones in Combat
As Companions, drones act as characters during your Combat
Turn based on any broad set of orders you give them. Drones
cannot become Downed, drones are able to receive Wounds,
and drones can be Broken.
Direct Control
By sending a continuous stream of small commands to a
device, you are able to make it act as an extension of your own
body. This process is known as assuming Direct Control over
a device. This can be achieved with a Neural Net or with the
CMD script.
While you are Direct Controlling a device, you gain the
following benefits:
▪ The target device only requires a Wireless
Connection to be a member of the PAN of the device
used to Direct Control it.
▪ The target device may not be otherwise commanded
(e.g. manually or remotely).
◦ If another character attempts to assume Direct
Control over the target device, you must defend
on behalf of the target device. If your opponent
succeeds on their attack, you stop Direct
Controlling the target device and your
opponent gains Direct Control over the target
device.
▪ When the target device makes a Skill check, you
must make the check on behalf of the target device
and you may use your rank in that Skill for the
check.
▪ A drone you are Direct Controlling may benefit
from your Talents and the drone is considered to be
“you” for triggering Talent abilities.
◦ Talents which modify your physical ability do
not apply. For example; the target device may
not perform astral perception even if you have
the Attuned Talent and the target device does not
benefit from your augments.
Devices which are capable of acting independently may not
control themselves while they are being Direct Controlled. For
example; a drone cannot act of its own accord.
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Hacking
The Network has seen a resurrection of online banking, data
storage, and the integration of almost all electronics. At the
same time, this tempting target has attracted a new wave of
cybercriminals. Modern day hackers leverage highly
customized and powerful portal computers called tablets.
With a tablet, a hacker can run and operate the byzantine
scripts which are able to overcome cloud operated firewalls.
Tablets
As cloud computing became ubiquitous, the only way for an
individual to overcome modern security is to have an even
more powerful device, a tablet.
Scripts
A script is a highly complicated piece of software which is
distributed on the dark net. Loading one onto your tablet
requires a Wireless Connection to The Network and a few
picoseconds of download time.
With the Hack Action, you may Manually Command a tablet
to inject a script against a target device. Injecting a script is a
ranged attacks and injection must be performed against a target
device the tablet you are using has a Direct Connection to.
Injecting scripts is effected by cover like other ranged attacks.
An attack with a script may not be a Penetration Attack or a
Blind Attack. You may Command a tablet to inject a script as
a Hidden Action.
Sustaining Scripts
When you succeed on an attack with a Sustained script, the
tablet you made the attack with begins sustaining that script. A
tablet can sustain one script at a time. A tablet may not begin
sustaining a script if the number of script it would be
sustaining would exceed the number of scripts it can sustain.
You may Command a tablet to stop sustaining a script as a
Task. Your tablet stops sustaining all scripts if it is Broken. If
at the start of your tablet’s Combat Turn it is sustaining more
scripts than it is able to sustain, it immediately stops sustaining
scripts of your choice until it is not sustaining more scripts than
it is able to sustain.
Sustained scripts provide their effect to their targets until they
stop being sustained. While your tablet does not have a
Connection to a target device, all scripts your tablet is
sustaining do not effect that target device. If your tablet has not
had a Direct Connection to a device for 24 hours, all scripts
your tablet is sustaining stop effecting that device.
Noticing Scripts
Scripts normally brute force their way through a device’s
defenses. When you resolve an attack with a script, the target
device knows it has been attacked and it knows if the attack
was successful. Devices will often be pre-programmed to alert
their user and/or other devices when an attack is detected.
You may Command a device to report what scripts are running
on it. This report will not include any Aliased scripts. You may
then attempt to remove these scripts using the Clean Device
Action.
List of Scripts
Clean
Tier 1
Target a device your tablet has a Direct Connection to. For
each script running on the target device (aside from this script),
make a Followup attack against that script. On a success, the
target script immediately ends.
Tier 2
AoE 1, Power 2. When you succeed on a Followup attack for
this script, you also gain the current geolocation of the device
which was sustaining the target script.
Tier 3
AoE 3, Power 4. When you gain the geolocation of a device
with this script, as a Reaction you may inject a script against
that device using this tablet. Your tablet is considered to have
a Direct Connection to the target device for this attack and this
attack gains Followup and Indirect.
CMD
Tier 1
Sustained. Target a device your tablet has a Direct Connection
to. You gain Direct Control over the target device at the start of
the next Combat Round.
Tier 2
Power 2. Your tablet is considered to have a Direct Connection
to a target device if the device you are Direct Controlling with
this script has a Direct Connection to the target device.
Tier 3
Power 4. When you issue a Command to the target device, that
device ignores its Hardwired Protocols.
Flag
Tier 1
Aliased, Sustained. Target a device your tablet has a Direct
Connection to. When you inject this script, choose a number of
beneficiary devices your tablet has a Connection to. You may
also choose to make your tablet a beneficiary. The target
device and any character carrying the target device are
highlighted when viewed in AR by a beneficiary. These
highlights are always visible in AR, ignoring any obstructions
that normally block AR signals.
Tier 2
AoE 1, Power 2. Attacks made against an individual carrying
the target device gain Accuracy if the attack was made by a
beneficiary or using a beneficiary.
Tier 3
AoE 3, Power 4. All beneficiary devices have a Direct
Connection to the target device.
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Jam
Tier 1
Sustained. Target a device your tablet has a Direct Connection
to. The target device cannot receive Commands.
Tier 2
AoE 1, Power 2. When you make an attack with this script, you
may choose to also perform the same attack against each other
device in your target’s PAN.
Tier 3
AoE 3, Power 4. When you inject this script, you may set it to
fry. If you do so, you gain Difficulty on any attacks you make
for this script and this script is not Sustained. The target device
is Broken. Drones, vehicles, and Augment Clusters are not
effected by attacks set to fry.
Mask
Tier 1
Sustained, Aliased. Target a device your tablet has a Direct
Connection to. When you inject this script, choose a type of
device (e.g. a phone, a gun, an Augment Cluster). When a
device views the target device in AR, you must make a
Followup attack for this script against the triggering device.
The triggering device views the target device as the type of
device you chose.
Tier 2
AoE 1, Power 2. As a Task, you may Command the target
device to change what device it identifies as in AR.
Tier 3
AoE 3, Power 4. When you succeed on a Followup attack for
this script against a device, that device also sees the target
device physically as the type of device you’ve chosen. If an
observer scrutinizes this illusion you must make an opposed
Craftsmanship check against them. On a failure, this character
notices that the illusion is illegitimate.
Read/Write
Tier 1
Aliased. Target a device your tablet has a Direct Connection to.
When you inject this script, describe a file you believe to be
present on the target device (e.g. a ship's manifest, an
employee's record, a building's blueprints). If the file exists,
you may read, write, copy, and/or delete it. If you copy the
target file, you may transfer the copy to your tablet. This script
may not effect lists of Trusted Devices or Hardwired Protocols.
Tier 2
Subtle, Power 2. When you inject this script, you may describe
any number of target files. You may read, write, copy, and/or
delete each successfully found file individually.
Tier 3
Power 4. After the effects of this script are applied, you may
choose to also scrub the target device device, deleting all of its
files. Any files which are needed for the device to run are not
deleted and instead they are reset to factory settings. For
example; a door which is configured to unlock for a select
group of people might reset to allow anyone to open it.
Search
Tier 1
Aliased. Injecting this script requires a Connection to The
Network. When you inject this script, provide a one sentence
question. This can be specific (e.g. “What company does _
work for?”), general (e.g. “What is known about this terrorist
group?”), or asking for a piece of data (e.g. “I want the
blueprints to this building”). If this information cannot be
found on The Network you may change your question or
choose to not inject this script.
You may then perform an attack for this script opposed by a
defense check made by your GM. The Firewall and Savvy for
this check will depend on the difficulty of finding your desired
information as shown on the table below.
Difficulty Firewall Savvy
Directly Accessible: While not normally 0 2
search-able, this data can be found with
enough dedication.
Buried: Reaching this data requires 2 4
jumping between several steps of esoteric
and/or secure repositories.
Guarded: This data is available behind 4 6
multiple well secured servers.
Wiped: Stores of this data have been 6 8
actively hunted and removed, only a few
well hidden copies still exist.
On a success you gain an answer to your question based on the
information available on The Network. On a failure or if your
attack stops being Aliased, until the start of Downtime
information from the same location (e.g. from the same
terrorist cell or corporate server farm) will not be available
when you use this script.
Tier 2
Power 2. When you make an attack for this script, a tablet with
a Direct Connection to your tablet may assist you. If a tablet
assists you, you gain Accuracy on your attack. Additionally,
the assisting tablet must sustain this script for as long as your
tablet sustains it. If the assisting tablet stops sustaining this
script, your tablet also stops sustaining this script.
Tier 3
Power 4. The questions you ask when using this script may be
subjective as they will be answered by an AI. For example;
“What are some possible motives for this robbery?”, “what is
the safest way into this building?”, “when is this gang likely to
strike again?”.
Snoop
Tier 1
Sustained, Aliased. Target a device your tablet has a Direct
Connection to. Your tablet receives a copy of all information
going into and out of the target device.
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Tier 2
Power 2. As a Reaction to data being transmitted to or from the
target device, you may Command your tablet to prevent the
transmission or to modify the transmission’s contents. This
modification cannot prevent the target device from forming a
Connection, injecting a script, issuing a Command, or
receiving a Command
If a character is suspicious of the data you have modified, you
must make an opposed Craftsmasnhip check against them. On
a success, they are aware that the data has been tampered with.
Tier 3
Power 4. If the target device attempts to inject a script, as a
Reaction you may Command your tablet to make the attack
instantly fail.
Trace
Tier 1
Aliased. Target a device your tablet has a Direct Connection to.
You gain a list of geocoordinates of where the target device has
been in the last 24 hours.
Tier 2
Power 2. The window for this effect extends to 1 week. During
this script’s window, you learn the geocoordinates of any
device which had Direct Control over the target device or was
Direct Controlled by the target device.
Tier 3
Power 4. The window for this effect extends to the creation of
this device. During this script’s window, you learn the
geocoordinates of any device which provided a Remote
Command to or received a Remote Command from this
device.
Piloting
Vehicles
Pilots
A vehicle may have up to one pilot (e.g. a driver at the wheel
of a car). If you have access to the controls of a vehicle you
may spend an Action to declare yourself to be the pilot of that
vehicle. If the vehicle already has a pilot, make an opposed
Athletics check against that character. On a success, you
become the pilot of the vehicle. You may stop being the pilot
of a vehicle as a Task. A character who is Direct Controlling a
vehicle is considered to be its pilot.
Whenever a vehicle must make a check, that vehicle’s pilot
may make the check on behalf of the vehicle. While you are a
pilot you may Manually Command your vehicle to perform
Chase Actions.
Manual Commands
For safety, vehicles are able to take inputs from their main
controls even when their systems are otherwise offline.
Because of this, when a vehicle is unable to receive Manual
Commands it is still able to move and a pilot may dictate where
the vehicle moves. This benefit does not apply to vehicle Mods
and if a vehicle becomes unable to receive Manual Commands
while in a chase (or if a vehicle begins a Chase while in this
state), the vehicle immediately loses 5 Control.
Vehicle Movement in Combat
Vehicles are characters and they act independently based on
Commands they receive. Vehicles act on their owner’s Combat
Turn or when they receive a Command as other devices do. A
vehicle has a movement speed based on what terrain it can
travel on as shown on the table below.
Terrain Watercraft, Submersible, Aircraft
Groundcraft
Speed 100m 150m
If a vehicle ever changes one of its axes of rotation by more
than 90 degrees from where it began that Combat Turn, the
vehicle must make a Piloting check. The threshold of this
check depends on the sharpness of the vehicle’s maneuvers
this Combat Turn and the difficulty of maneuvering on the
current terrain. On a failure, the vehicle stops moving (e.g.
tires skidding or rotors stalling) and it may not move itself
further this Combat Turn. On a success, use the vehicle’s
current orientation for further checks required by this rule for
the remainder of the current Combat Round.
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Attacking Vehicles
Vehicles can receive Wounds and their Wounds can be
repaired. Attacks against vehicles without Blasting or with a
Penetration lower than 2 automatically fail.
Attacking Passengers
Passengers of a vehicle have cover against attacks made from
outside of the vehicle. This cover may be ignored by making a
Penetration Attack through the vehicle as if the vehicle were a
tier 1 structure.
Damaging Propulsion
Vehicles have varying methods of propulsion based on the
terrain they traverse. For example; vehicles have tires, aircraft
have rotors, and watercraft have propellers. When you would
attack a vehicle you may instead attack its propulsion. You
gain Difficulty on the attack, the attack gains Harmless, and if
the attack does not have a Penetration of at least 1 the attack
fails.
If you succeed on your attack, and if the attack would normally
provide its target with a Wound, the target vehicle gains
Damaged Propulsion if it does not already have that effect.
When a vehicle gains Damaged Propulsion, it loses 5 Control
if it is in a Chase. Additionally, Piloting checks made for/by
vehicles with Damaged Propulsion gain Difficulty.
You can remove Damaged Propulsion from a vehicle by
spending 1 charge from a Repair Kit and making a (12, 5, 1
minute) extended Electronics check.
Mounted Weapons
As a Task, you may start or stop operating a vehicle’s mounted
weapon if you are a passenger of that vehicle. If the target
mounted weapon already has an operator, make an opposed
Athletics check against the operator. On a success, the target
character stops operating the mounted weapon and you may
begin operating the mounted weapon. You may only preform
this Task once per Combat Round.
While you are operating a mounted weapon; you are
considered to be wielding that weapon, you may use it to make
attacks, and the weapon occupies your hands as if you were
wielding it normally. Vehicles may also operate any number of
their own mounted weapons. A mounted weapon may only be
used to perform attacks by one operator per Combat Round.
Ramming
You may attempt to ram your vehicle into a person, structure,
or vehicle by driving into your target. To ram a target, your
vehicle must have traveled at least 20m in a straight line before
impact.
Ramming People
Make a Piloting check contested by a Gymnastics check from
your target. On a success, your target receives a Wound and
they are knocked to the side. Additionally, on a success, if your
vehicle has traveled in a straight line twice the distance
required to ram, your target dies.
Ramming Structures
If the target structure is tier 1 or lower, your vehicle passes
through without issue. If the target structure is tier 2 or higher,
your vehicle crashes. If the target structure is tier 2, the target
structure also gains a hole where your vehicle collided with the
structure. This hole is roughly equal in size to your vehicle.
Ramming Vehicles
Make an opposed Piloting check against the target vehicle. On
a success, your vehicle and the target vehicle crash. On a
failure, your vehicle loses 5 Control if it is in a Chase.
Crashes
When your vehicle crashes, it comes to a complete stop and
your vehicle abandons the current Chase (if any). Your GM
must make an attack targeting Toughness with Power 4,
Penetration 2, and Blasting against your vehicle and each of its
passengers. On a success, the target receives a Wound.
Boarding
While you are a passenger of a vehicle, you may attempt to
board a vehicle within 3m of your vehicle as an Action. To do
so, make a Gymnastics check opposed by a Piloting check
from the target vehicle. On a success, you board the target
vehicle. On a failure, if the target vehicle was more than 1m
from your vehicle, you fall out of your vehicle onto the road
(or sea, or sky) below.
Speeding
While you are moving at a safe speed, your average speed can
be determined by the method of traversal of your vehicle.
If you wish to travel to your destination faster, you may declare
yourself to be speeding. Make a Piloting check with the
threshold based on the duration for which you’ll be speeding,
the complexity of your route, and difficulty of traversal (e.g.
rain. On a success, you arrive at your destination in half the
normal time. On a failure, you arrive halfway to your
destination in half of the normal time and you crash.
Moving as a Vehicle
Some abilities (such as the form Fly and the augment Leg
Replacements) allow you to move as a vehicle. Your
movement in combat follows the rules applied to vehicles
moving in combat. You are always considered to be your own
pilot and you may perform Chase Actions. You are not
considered to be a vehicle when targeted by an attack.
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Whenever a vehicle is being chased by one or more vehicles,
your GM may declare the start of a Chase. The fleeing vehicle
is the chased and all other vehicles are the pursuers. If
multiple player piloted/owned vehicles could potentially be the
chased vehicle, the players may determine the chased vehicle.
A Chase lats until the chased vehicle or all pursuer vehicles
have abandoned the Chase. A Broken vehicle immediately
abandons the current Chase (if any). A vehicle may abandon a
Chase as a Chase Action. If a chased vehicle abandons a
Chase, it is caught by its pursuers. If at the end of a Combat
Round all pursuers have abandoned a Chase, the chased
vehicle escapes.
AoE Attacks
Due to the spread out and chaotic nature of Chases (combined
with the robustness of vehicles), AoE attacks may only target
one vehicle at a time. However, an AoE attack may also target
multiple passengers of the chosen vehicle.
Grouping
Rather than tracking each vehicle’s specific location at a given
time, each pursuing vehicle has a Grouping relative to the
chased vehicle. A vehicle’s Grouping is either Near or Far.
Grouping represents a range of possible distance to the chased
vehicle as shown on the table below.
Grouping Distance
Near [0m, 20m]
Far (20m, 60m]
In addition to determining a vehicle’s distance to the chased
vehicle, Grouping determines a vehicle’s distance to all other
pursing vehicles. Conceptually, all Near vehicles are in a tight
cluster with the chased vehicle while all Far vehicles are in a
loose pack further away from the chased vehicle.
When determining the distance between your vehicle and a
target vehicle in the same Grouping as your vehicle, you may
declare the distance between your vehicles to be a value within
the range given by your vehicle’s Grouping. If your target
vehicle is in a different Grouping from your vehicle, declare a
distance within the range of the Far Grouping.
At the start of a Chase, your GM determines which Grouping
each pursuing vehicle is in. At the start of each Combat Round,
each pursuing vehicle may change their Grouping as a
Reaction.
Chase Actions
Chase Actions are Actions which vehicles may perform during
a Chase. The Chase Actions listed below are available to all
vehicles.
Accelerate
(Chase Action) This Chase Action may only be performed by
a chased vehicle. Choose a threshold (this can be any number).
Any pursuing vehicles may immediately abandon the Chase in
response to the threshold chosen. The chased vehicle and all
pursuing vehicles must make a Piloting check with a threshold
equal to that chosen threshold.
Each vehicle which fails this check loses Control equal to (the
threshold – their result). Additionally, all pursuing vehicles
which fail this check join the Far Grouping.
Ram
(Chase Action) If your vehicle is a pursuer, target a vehicle
within your Grouping. If your vehicle is the chased, target a
vehicle within the Near Grouping. Make an opposed Piloting
check against the target vehicle. On a success, your vehicle
rams the target vehicle.
Stunt
(Chase Action) This Chase Action may only be performed by
a chased vehicle. Choose a threshold (this can be any number).
Any pursuing vehicles may immediately abandon the Chase in
response to the threshold chosen. The chased vehicle and all
pursuing vehicles must make a Piloting check with a threshold
equal to the chosen threshold.
Each vehicle which fails this check loses Control equal to (2 *
(the threshold – their result)). Additionally, all pursuing
vehicles which fail this check join the Near Grouping.
Control
All vehicles begin a Chase with 20 Control which represents
their stability and their ability to avoid obstacles. If a vehicle
enters a chase with Destroyed Propulsion, it instead starts with
15 Control. Control can be reduced below 0. If a vehicle’s
Control is ever reduced to 0 or lower, that vehicle abandons
the Chase it is in and it must make a Piloting check. The
threshold for this check is (10 – the vehicle’s Control). On a
failure, the vehicle crashes due to nearby obstacles and/or from
dramatically losing control.
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Some Talents will provide you with a Companion, a character
who will aid you on Missions. While Companions are
autonomous (with varying levels of sapience), as a player you
control your Companions as if they were another one of your
characters. You are considered to be the owner of any items
purchased for your Companions.
The size of a Companion must be between that of a mouse and
that of a large animal. During combat, all of your Companions
act during your Combat Turn.
Companion Death
Drones can be Broken. Outlanders can be disrupted and
returned to the Arcana. People and Animals have 0
Determination and they die under the same conditions as
characters do.
Replacing Companions
During a Mission, your Companion might be killed, lost, or
captured. At the start of each Downtime, you regain any
Companions you have lost. For example; a follower may get
out on bail, an animal may find their way back to you, and a
drone might be dug out of a scrapheap.
If it is impossible for your current Companion to return to you
(such as a person who is killed), you may narratively replace
them with a Companion that is functionally identical to the one
you lost. Mechanically, the Companion remains the same
character.
Companion Traits
Trait Tiers
Instead of having their own Levels, your Companions learn
and improve as you do. To represent this, your Companions
have a Tier based on your Level as shown on the table below.
Some Companion Traits have sets of 5 slashed values (such as
2/2/4/4/6), which correlate to tiers 0-4. For example; a
Companion who is Tier, 2 and who has a Trait providing a
Toughness of 2/2/4/4/6, would have a Toughness of 4.
Level 0 5 10
Tier 1 2 3
List of Traits
Innate Traits
Innate Traits may not be gained unless they are explicitly given
to a Companion. For example; Summoner 1 gives the
Outlander Trait to Companions provided by that Talent.
Animal
This Companion is an animal native to earth. They might be
enhanced by mana or cyberbenetics. This Companion gains the
Traits Weapon and Perceptive.
Drone
This Companion is a drone. This Companion gains the Traits
Weapon and Tough.
Elite
This Companion is always considered to be 1 Tier higher.
Grunt
This Companion is always considered to be 1 Tier lower.
Horrific
This Companion has horrific physical features (e.g. horns,
tails, extra eyes) and when this Companion is viewed with
Astral Perception it is obviously a summon of a Warlock.
When a character looks at this Companion, this Companion
must make a Followup attack against the target’s Warding.
This attack gains Proficiency 0/2/4/6/8 and Power 0/2/4/6/8.
On a success, the target is Terrified until this Companion is
disrupted.
Outlander
This Companion is an Outlander. This Companion gains the
Weapon Trait and the Channeler or Spellcaster Trait.
Person
This Companion is a person, hailing from an Origin and
gaining their Origin’s benefits. This Companion gains the
Weapon Trait and one Special or General Trait.
Special Traits
Special Traits may only be gained by Companions.
Additionally, a Companion may only have one Special Trait.
Augmented
Requires: Animal, Person
This Companion has an Augment Cluster. This Companion
gains two of the following Traits; Airborne, Aquatic,
Dexterous, Mobile, Perceptive, Strong, Tough, Weapon. This
Companion does not benefit from this Trait while its Augment
Cluster is unable to receive Commands.
Channeler
Requires: Animal, Outlander, Person
This Companion knows 1/2/2/3/3 forms and they have
Proficiency 0/0/2/4/6 on attacks for forms. This Companion
channels forms at tier 1/1/2/2/3.
Hacker
Requires: Person
This Companion gains a tablet. You may purchase Mods for
this tablet. This tablet has Heat 0 and Level 0 before Mods are
applied. This tablet is regained/replaced at the start of each
Downtime if it is lost or destroyed. This Companion has
Proficiency 0/0/2/4/6 when making attacks for scripts. This
Companion injects scripts at tier 1/1/2/2/3.
Spellcaster
Requires: Outlander, Person
This Companion knows 1/2/2/3/3 spells and has Proficiency
0/0/2/4/6 on attacks with spells. This Companion casts spells
at tier 1/1/2/2/3.
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General Traits which shares at least one weapon type keyword with the sold
weapon.
Airborne
This Companion has a flying speed of 5m/5m/10m/10m/15m.
Aquatic
This Companion has a swim speed of 10m/10m/20m/20m/
30m. This Companion either does not have to breathe, they can
breathe underwater, or they have the items required to breathe
underwater for a significant time.
Dexterous
This Companion has a rank of 1/2/2/4/6 in Dexterity,
Gymnastics, and Stealth.
Mobile
This Companion has a ground speed of 13m/13m/15m/15m/
20m.
Perceptive
This Companion has a rank of 1/2/4/6/8 in Investigation (they
do not gain a Specialization). This Companion may ignore
Partial Obstructions to perception.
Strong
This Companion has a rank of 1/2/4/6/8 in Athletics (they do
not gain a Specialization). This Companion has Accuracy on
Wound Resist checks. This Companion’s Encumberence
Threshold is doubled.
Swarm
Requires: Animal, Drone, Outlander
This Companion is a collection of smaller creatures. For
example; a group of small drones or a pack of small animals.
This Companion gains Accuracy on defense checks. This
Companion cannot wield Two-Handed weapons.
Tough
This Companion has a Toughness, Warding, and Firewall of
0/2/2/4/4. When this Companion gains this Trait, they may tag
Toughness, Warding, or Firewall. This Companion’s tagged
Resistance becomes 2/4/6/8/10.
Weapon
This Trait may be gained multiple times. When your
Companion gains this Trait, purchase a weapon for them.
Narratively, your Companion’s weapon may be natural (e.g.
the claws of a tiger), held (e.g. a mercenary carrying a rifle), or
inbuilt (e.g. a drone with a mounted weapon). Your
Companion must occupy their “hands” and wield this weapon
to use it for attacks even if it is narratively a part of their body.
Your Companion is considered to have two “hands” for
wielding these weapons even if they do not literally have
hands.
Weapons you purchase for this Trait have Heat 0 before Mods
are applied. Your Companion gains Proficiency 0/0/2/4/6 on
attacks made with a weapon which shares at least one weapon
type keyword (e.g. Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun) with a weapon
you’ve purchased for this Trait. If a weapon purchased for this
Trait is lost or destroyed, you may purchase the same weapon
as a replacement. During Downtime you may sell a weapon
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Items
Buying Items
When you begin a Mission we assume that you buy the gear
you will need for the job. When an item would be useful to
you, you may declare that you had previously made a purchase
for it and you are revealed to have the item.
For example; You are looking for an executive’s keycard and
you learn that it is inside a small safe. Rather than leaving the
building you are in and going to a store, you declare that you
had previously purchased a set of Thieves’ Tools while
preparing for the mission. You pull out the set of Thieves’
Tools and begin lock picking the safe.
When you declare a purchase there are three limitations:
▪ You must be able to afford the item’s Heat.
▪ You must meet the item’s Level requirement (if any).
▪ The item must be consistent with your Loadout (see
below).
Stored Items
When you are purchasing an item, you may declare it to be
stored in a specific location. You may not declare an item to be
stored at a location if the target area would have been under
scrutiny (e.g. a public park which has been cleared by police in
advance of a festival) or if you would not have had previous
access to that location (e.g. a closet in a secure building). Some
Talents (e.g. Assassin 2) will allow you to purchase stored
items at locations you normally wouldn’t have access to. Your
Loadout (see below) does not restrict what items you are able
to purchase as stored items.
Loadout
Your Loadout can be Unknown, Concealed or Revealed. At
the start of a Mission your Loadout is Unknown.
While your Loadout is Unknown, you may purchase any
items. When you are observed by an opponent, you must
declare your Loadout to be Concealed or Revealed.
While your Loadout is Concealed, you may only purchase
items with Concealable. When you are observed by an
opponent or when you declare your Loadout to be Concealed,
you must make a Dexterity check against an Investigation
check from your opponent. On a failure, your Loadout
becomes Revealed.
When your Loadout becomes Revealed, you may immediately
purchase any items which were allowed by your previous
Loadout. Items you purchase this way are noticed by the
character(s) who caused your Loadout to become Revealed.
Otherwise, while your Loadout is Revealed you may not
purchase items.
Whenever your character has easy access to black markets
(e.g. while they are freely roaming the streets) your Loadout
returns to being Unknown.
Mods
Some items (e.g. weapons, tablets, vehicles) have a list of
available Mods. When you purchase an item, you may also
purchase any number of Mods for that item. Each Mod may
only be purchased once per item. Heat and Level provided by
a Mod you purchase are applied to the item you are purchasing.
Selling Items
Items can be sold by making a short trip to a local fence during
a Mission or during Downtime. Items with Heat 5 or greater,
items with Limited which have had one or more uses
consumed, vehicles with Wounds, and Broken devices can
only be sold during Downtime.
Lending Equipment
You can lend items to party members to give them access to
items they would not be able to purchase themselves.
However, you are still the owner of items you lend to
teammates.
Tiered Values
Some items have multiple values listed with slashes between
them, such as 2/4/6. When you purchase such an item, you
must choose which place in the slashes will apply for the item.
For example; You are buying a Blade weapon which has Level
0/5/10 and Power 0/2/4. If you choose the first entry in each
field, the Blade has Level 0 and Power 2. If you were a higher
level and wanted a more powerful Blade, you could choose the
second entry in each. This would make the Blade have Level 5
and Power 4.
Agents
Agents are consumable items which provide a helpful or
harmful effect to their target. When you purchase an Agent,
you must choose a Vector. Purchasing an Agent begins at 2
Heat. When you purchase an Agent you gain 3 doses, each
dose representing a single application of the Agent.
Additionally, when you purchase an Agent you must determine
if the resulting set of doses are hand-made or pre-made.
Duration
When an Agent is applied to a target, the effect persists for 10
minutes. If you apply a dose of an Agent to a target who is
already under the effects of that Agent, the duration of the
effect becomes the greater value between the duration for the
dose you are applying and the remaining time for the current
effect.
Immediate Agents
Agents with the Immediate keyword apply their effects
immediately after they are applied (e.g. providing a Wound).
Vectors
A vector determines how an Agent is applied. Each vector has
a Heat modifier which is applied to the Heat of the Agent you
purchase with this vector. A dose can only effect a character
once (e.g. a character in the effect of a Gas Grenade will only
be effected by that cloud once).
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Ingestion Mute
Heat +0. This Agent is applied when it is swallowed. You are Silenced.
Injection Nightmare
Heat +0. This vector applies when it is injected. This vector You are Terrified.
cannot be used to coat a weapon (see Contact below).
Numb
Inhalation You are considered to have a Partial Obstruction to audio and
Heat +2. This vector applies when it is inhaled. This vector visual perception.
may be used in weapons such as the Gas Grenade.
Alternatively, this vector may be released into an area at a Painkiller
volume of 1m^3 per dose. You gain Accuracy on Wound Resist checks.

Contact Psycho
Heat +2. This vector applies when it touches the skin. You You are Enraged.
may coat a melee, Thrown, or Archery weapon with this vector Sharp
as a Task (consuming the used dose). If you do so, the next
You gain Accuracy on Dexterity and Stealth checks.
attack you make with this weapon will apply the loaded dose.
Trance
Applying Agents Immediate. You gain Unconscious.
When you apply an Agent to a target, your target must make an
Agent Resist check. An Agent Resist check is an Athletics Tiger Eye
check with a threshold dependent on who created the applied You ignore Partial Obstructions to perception.
dose. If the Agent was hand-made, you oppose your target’s
check with a Craftsmanship check. If the Agent was pre- Zombie
made, the threshold for the check is (10 + your Savvy). If your Level 0/5/10. You gain Toughness 2/4/6. Your Breath Interval
target fails their check, the Agent’s effect is applied. is doubled.

List of Agents Gadgets

Alchemy Gadgets with the Device keyword are devices. When you
Level 0/5/10. You gain Warding 2/4/6. purchase a gadget without the Device keyword you may
choose to make it a device. Doing so can allow you to Remote
Analytic Command a gadget which would otherwise only be manually
You gain Accuracy on Craftsmanship and Investigation usable. In exchange, a gadget which is a device is inoperable
checks. while it is unable to receive Commands.
Chill Breaking & Entering
You gain Accuracy on Deception and Persuasion checks.
Advanced Cutting Tool
Detroit Heat 2, Device. A briefcase sized cutting tool which can be
Level 0/5/10. You gain Accuracy on Athletics checks. Melee made to cut through structures up to tier 3. While active, this
attacks you make gain Penetration 1 and Power 2/4/6. gadget emits a loud wailing sound, occasional sparks, and a
consistent spray of coolant.
Fog
You gain Difficulty on Athletics checks, Gymnastics checks Over the course of 1 minute this gadget can penetrate up to
and attack checks. 50cm deep. This can allow the user to destroy an inbuilt lock.
Once drilled into a desired depth, this gadget can cut along a
Frigid surface at a speed of 50cm per minute. This can create a 1m
You are Slowed. radius circle in about 12 minutes or a 1m diameter circle in
about 6 minutes.
Kinesis
Your movement speeds and Jump Distance are doubled. AP Explosives
Heat 2, Level 0/5/10. A 10cm x 10cm x 30cm brick of plastic
Inoculate explosive filled with shrapnel. This gadget can be manually
You gain Accuracy on Agent Resist checks. detonated by lighting an included fuse. By adjusting the length
Lotus of the fuse, you may delay the detonation by up to 10 minutes.
Immediate. You gain a Wound. If this gadget is a device, it may be remotely Commanded to
detonate. This device has a Hardwired Protocol to not detonate
MKV unless it is primed. As an Action you may Manually
You gain difficulty on Deception checks and Persuasion Command this gadget to be or not be primed.
checks.

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When this gadget detonates, make an (Explosive, Power 2/4/6,
AoE X) attack centered on the gadget’s location. X is equal to
the number of bricks you have combined together for the
explosion. If you have combined bricks of different Power, the
Power of the attack is the lowest of the involved bricks.
Blowtorch
Heat 2. This handheld blowtorch fires a high strength jet of fire
to cut through structures up to tier 2 and up to 20cm in depth.
The speed at which you can cut with this gadget is 50 cm/s (see
Advanced Cutting Tool for resulting circles). When cutting
with this gadget, you are considered to be making an attack
with Quiet for the purposes of determining if nearby characters
notice.
Breathing Mask
Heat 2, Concealable. You are immune to inhalation vector
Agents while using this gadget. This gadget is also capable of
compensating for low oxygen density.
Glass Cutter
Heat 2, Concealable. A specially made blade with a handhold
grip. A string and suction cup can be attached to aid in cutting
circles. This gadget cuts through glass (normal or reinforced)
at a speed of 50cm/s (see Advanced Cutting Tool for resulting
circles). This gadget cannot cut through glass which is thicker
than 20cm. This gadget cuts completely silently.
Grappling Hook
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. This pistol shaped gadget fires a
sturdy micro-wire with a durable metal hook at its end. As an
Action, you may fire this gadget up to a distance of 30m. The
hook is able to embed itself into structures which are tier 1 or
tier 2.
As an Alternate Movement, you may reel the hook back to
travel along it if the hook has purchase. If a weight of 250kg or
more is placed on this gadget’s cord, it will snap.
HY Explosives
Heat 2, Device. A brick of high yield plastic explosive. This
gadget is similar to AP Explosives. However, attacks made
with this gadget have Power 0 and Blasting.
Thermite Strip
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A 1m strip of thermite paste
wrapped in an airtight protective casing. This gadget can be
ignited similarly to how AP Explosives are detonated. When
this strip is ignited it penetrates structures up to tier 3 up to
10cm in depth, cutting a line where it was placed.
Thieves’ Tools
Heat 2. This gadget contains a varied set of tools needed to
subvert locks. You may use this gadget to attempt to lock pick
mechanical locks, keypads, tumblers, maglocks, biometric
scanners, etc.
Equipment
Astral Handcuffs
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Concealable. This gadget behaves
similarly to Handcuffs. While you wear this gadget, you are
Silenced.
Astral Manacles
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10. This gadget behaves similarly to
Manacles. While you wear this gadget, you are Silenced.
Camouflaged Outfit
Heat 2. This gadget is an outfit which makes you harder to see,
such as a camo outfit, a ghillie suit, or simply a uniformly black
outfit. While wearing this Gadget, you gain Accuracy on
Stealth checks to hide in environments this Gadget was
designed for. You do not gain this gadget’s benefit while you
are wearing clothing or armor over this outfit.
Climbing Gear
Heat 2. Gloves, boot spikes, carabiners, a harness, and other
items useful for climbing. You may spend 1 minute to don this
gadget You gain Accuracy on Climbing checks while wearing
this gadget.
While climbing with this gadget, you are able to attach pitons
to the surface you are climbing if the surface you are climbing
is a structure of tier 2 or lower. If you do so, you do not have
to make Climbing checks while descending and if you begin
falling you are halted after falling 5m. The rope provided by
this kit snaps if it is supporting more than 250kg.
Diving Gear
Heat 2. A mask, re-breather, air tank, fins, heated wet suit, and
other items needed for a deep water dive. You may spend 1
minute to don this gadget. You may breathe underwater for up
to 1 hour while wearing this gadget. Resurfacing replenishes
your tanks, resetting the amount of time you may breathe
underwater with this gadget.
Goggles
Heat 2, Device. When you purchase this gadget, you must
choose a selection of benefits from the table below which you
will gain while wearing this gadget. Alternatively to being
goggles, this gadget may be a similar accessory (e.g. glasses, a
visor, a helmet which covers the eyes).
Heat Benefit
+1 You gain Thermal Vision.
+1 You gain Night Vision.
+1 You gain Echolocation.
+1 You may ignore penalties due to blinding light, such
as a Flashlight or Flash Pack.
In addition to your chosen benefits, you are able to see AR with
this gadget and you can be fed visual input by any device. You
can also start or stop recording what you see as a Task and you
may send any recordings you make to other devices.
You may add Heat +2 to this gadget to make it unnoticeable
while worn (e.g. a pair of contact lenses).
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Handcuffs
Heat 2, Concealable. As an Action you may place this gadget
on an unresistant target. A handcuffed target must make a (16,
4, 1 minute) Gymnastics check to escape. Your target may
attempt to escape as a Hidden Action.
If you have a character Grappled you may attempt to forcibly
place Handcuffs on them as an Action by making an opposed
Athletics check against them.
If an attack against this gadget succeeds and if the attack has a
Penetration of at least 1, this gadget is destroyed.
Pressure Suit
Heat 2, Device. A full body suit which self pressurizes to allow
survival at extreme altitudes.
Parachute
Heat 2, Level 0/5. As an Action you may deploy this
parachute. After falling 250m/150m with this gadget deployed
it engages, slowing your falling speed to 25m per turn and
preventing you from being injured by falling.
This gadget is made of polymers which can compensate for
small holes, but it can be made ineffective by large holes. If an
attack with Blasting is successfully performed against this
gadget, it stops functioning until 1 minute can be spent
repairing it.
Suction Gloves
Heat 2, Concealable. While you are wearing this gadget, you
may treat surfaces which are Impossible to climb as Hard.
Manacles
Heat 2. A face-mask, jacket, and set of chains. You may force
a character to wear this gadget by making a (3, X, 30 seconds)
Athletics check. For each roll you make on this check, make an
opposed Athletics check against your target. On a success you
gain a successful roll on your extended check. If you fail this
opposed check three times during the extended check, your
target breaks free (including any Grapple they are the target
of).
While you are wearing this gadget you are Restrained. You
may not remove this gadget from yourself. Another character
may remove this gadget from you as an Action.
Neural Net
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Device. A helmet with an inner lining of
electrodes. While you are wearing this gadget, you may spend
an Action and choose a target device this gadget has a Direct
Connection to. Make an attack with Power 2/4/6 against the
target’s Firewall. On a success, you take Direct Control of the
target device at the start of the next Combat Round.
While you are Direct Controlling a device, you may use this
gadget against a new target device which the device you are
Direct Controlling has a Direct Connection to. If you do so,
and if you succeed, you lose Direct Control over your previous
target and you gain Direct Control over the target device at the
start of the next Combat Round.
As a Task, you may stop Direct Controlling the target device.
You also stop Direct Controlling the target device if this gadget
does not have a Connection to the target device. This gadget’s
effect is considered to be a script with Firewall 2/4/6 running
on the target device.
Utility
Anti-Toxin Kit
Heat 2, Level 0/5/10, Limited 3/5/8. As an Action you may use
this gadget to target a character you are touching. For each
Agent effecting your target, make a Medicine check opposed
by the character who applied the Agent to your target. This
character’s check will either be a Craftsmanship check or a
Savvy check depending on if the Agent was pre-made or hand-
crafted.
Binoculars
Heat 2. While you use this gadget you may ignore Partial
Obstructions to visual perception due to distance.
Biometric Copier
Heat 2, Device. This handheld gadget has a fine detail scanner
and a malleable pad which can mimic the body. As an Action
you may scan the biometric signature (such as their fingerprint,
palm, or eye) of a person within 10cm of this device. This
gadget may be Commanded to emulate any biometrics this
gadget has previously scanned.
Enchanting Supplies
Heat 2, Limited 3. Orichalcum and other supplies needed for
enchantment. This gadget is a small container which can fit
into a glove compartment.
Faraday Container
Heat 2. A briefcase that has been lined with a copper mesh.
Devices within this gadget cannot form Connections. You may
retrieve from or stow into this gadget as an Action.
Faraday Holster
Heat 2, Concealable. When you purchase this gadget, choose a
type of weapon (e.g. Pistol, Archery, Heavy) this holster will
fit. While a weapon of the chosen type is stowed in this holster,
that weapon is unable to form Connections.
Flash Pack
Heat 2, Level 0/5/10, Concealable, Limited 3/5/8, Device. A
collection of strips connected by thin wires. Each strip may be
adhered to a surface on one side. As a Command you may
detonate a strip from this gadget, consuming a use. When a
strip detonates, all characters within LoS and 10m of the
gadget are Blinded until the start of your next Combat Turn.
Garrote
Heat 2, Concealable. While you are holding this gadget you
gain Accuracy on Athletics checks you make to put characters
in a choke hold.
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GPS Tracker
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A small 5cm x 10cm x 15cm
metal box with a powerful adhesive on one side.
Jammer
Heat 2, Device. Two semicircles which are slid together to
form a sphere 20cm in diameter. As an Action, you may
Manually Command this device to start or stop being active.
While this gadget is active, all other devices within 10m of this
gadget are unable to receive Commands.
Keycard Copier
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A thin 5cm x 10cm square of
burnished metal. As an Action you may manually orient this
gadget towards a keycard within 10cm of this gadget to begin
the copying the target keycard. After 1 minute this gadget
successfully stores a copy of the target keycard. The copying
process immediately ends if this Gadget is further than 10cm
from the target keycard. As a Task this gadget may be
Commanded to emulate any keycard this gadget has
previously copied.
Kinematic Microphone
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A thin, white, 2cm in diameter
circle that can be affixed to the teeth. While this gadget is
affixed to a tooth, you may bite down on it softly to send a
signal. Doing so is a Hidden Action. You gain Proficiency 8 on
Dexterity checks you make for this gadget.
Laser Trip-Wire
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A small metal cylinder with a
lens on one end and an adhesive strip on the other. This gadget
can emit a beam of light and it can receive any resulting
reflections. This allows this gadget to continuously determine
the distance of impacted surfaces. The light emitted by this
gadget is only visible through Night Vision.
Med Kit
Heat 2, Level 0/5/10, Limited 2/4/8. This gadget is the size of
a small briefcase. When you use this gadget make an (X, 1, 1
minute) extended Medicine check for which X is (8 + 2 * the
number of Wounds your target has). On a success, your target
loses 1 Wound.
Miniature Camera
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A 1cm^3 cube with lenses on
each face. You gain Proficiency 8 on checks for hiding this
item.
Motion Detector
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A 15cm^3 cube of metal with
motion sensors on each face. This gadget will detect whenever
an object larger than a grain of sand moves within 10m of it.
Repair Kit
Heat 2, Level 0/5/10, Limited 2/4/8. This gadget is the size of
a small briefcase. This Gadget is used to repair devices.
Snaking Camera
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. A 3cm diameter tube which can
telescope from 5cm to 30cm long. This tube can be
manipulated at one end to freely bend and extend the tube. At
the other end of this tube is a camera.
Sticky Camera
Heat 2, Concealable, Device. Roughly the size of a tennis ball,
this round camera is coated with a thin layer of a highly
adhesive material. As an Action you may throw this camera up
to 20m, causing it to stick to the first surface it lands on. The
camera inside this gadget is able to freely rotate within the
center of the orb.
Tire Spike Track
Heat 2, Device. A 30cm wide metal mesh that can extend in
length from 1m to 5m. As an Action you can extend or retract
this gadget. While extended, the spikes on the track will latch
onto the first set of tires that cross it, causing the tires to rapidly
deflate. When this gadget latches onto a vehicle, the vehicle
gains damaged propulsion.
Personal Protection
Armor
A set of armor is any combination of defensive items you
wear. A set of armor might be; medieval platemail, a kevlar
vest, or a thick leather vest. In addition to blocking physical
attacks, a set of armor can be inlaid with orichalcum to
provide you with protection from spells.
Armor is purchased as a set and considered to be a single item.
Pieces can be lost or destroyed but only one person can benefit
from a set of armor at a time. Armor is obvious when worn.
When you purchase a set of armor, you must choose the
Toughness and Warding values it will provide you with.
Toughness
Toughness 0 4 6 8
Heat 0 2 4 8
Level 0 0 5 10
Warding
Warding 0 2 4 6
Heat 0 2 4 8
Level 0 0 5 10
Chemically Sealed
Heat +4. This set of armor completely covers the body and
prevents any liquids and gasses from entering or exiting aside
from filtered air provided by the suit. While you wear this
armor, Agents are prevented from reaching you as liquids or
gasses. You can still be injected with Agents.
Concealable
Heat +4. This armor either looks like normal clothing (such as
an armor lined suit) or it can be hidden under clothing (such as
a slim vest under a normal suit). This armor gains Concealable.
Powered
Heat +4, Level 5/10. Computer controlled plates of carbon
fiber adjust to compensate for incoming impact. This armor
provides Toughness +4/6 and Warding +4/6. This armor is a
device and it may be moved through Commands.
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Firewall Keys
A firewall key is an access code for a set of cloud servers which
will protect your devices. When you Manually Command a
device to join a PAN, you may register a firewall key to the
PAN to provide members of the PAN with your firewall key’s
Firewall value. A firewall key may only be registered to one
PAN at a time. The Heat and Level of a firewall key depends
on the Firewall you want it to provide.
Stealing Firewall Keys
Knowing a firewall key’s hash code signifies ownership. Some
owners will memorize this code while others will store it on a
file on one of their devices. Owners may view online which
devices have been using the key and owners may close their
account at any time. Lastly, firewall keys require regular
payments to remain in use.
Firewall
Firewall 2 4 6
Heat 3 4 8 check. On a failure, they are caught by one of the safe houses
Level 0 5 10
Shields
Shields can be used to provide you with cover. Shields begin
with a Heat of 2.
Mods
Aerodynamic
Heat +4, Level 3. This shield is also a weapon with (Thrown,
Power 2, Range (10, 30)).
Buckler
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. This shield is also a melee weapon with
Power 0/4/6.
Bulwark
Heat +2. When you target a character with this shield you are
also considered to be targeting all characters in a cone
extending 90 degrees to the right and to the left of the line from
you to your target.
Flash Pack
Heat +2, Limited 3. As an Action you may use this Mod if this
shield’s target is within 30m and LoS of this shield. If you do
so, this shield’s target gains Blinded until the end of their next
Combat Turn.
Reinforced
Heat +2, Level 3. This shield is a tier 3 structure.
Self Adjusting
Heat +4, Level 10. This shield is also a weapon with (Thrown,
Power 6, Range (30)). When you make an attack with this
shield, this shield immediately returns to you. This shield is a
device and while this shield is unable to receive Commands it
does not benefit from this Mod.
Safe Houses
Your character might know a number of remote and secure
locations known as safe houses which they can use in a pinch.
When you wish to head to a safe house, you must first
purchase it as if it were an item with Heat 6.
Discovering Safe Houses
If a character wants to find your safe house, they are likely to
scour The Network, rough up your Contacts, and follow any
physical clues you’ve left behind. To simulate this process, a
character must make a (12, 1, 1 day) extended Investigation
check.
Mods
Counter Intrusion Measures
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. This safe house has been outfitted with
locks, cameras, alarms, and other counter-intrusion measures.
If a character wishes to enter the safe house without being
detected, they must make a threshold 12/18/24 Dexterity
security measures and those within the safe house are made
aware of the intrusion.
Discretion
Heat +4. This safe house is in a remote location (e.g. in a
subway tunnel or in an abandoned apartment complex) or it
has been purchased with an expensive level of secrecy (e.g. a
hotel room purchased using a fake ID and cryptocurrency).
This Mod increases the threshold for the Investigation check to
find this safe house, provides it with am Alarm value (see
below), and can increase its Level. These values depend on
your selection from the table below.
Threshold Alarm Level
(14, 2, 1 day) 4 0
(16, 3, 1 day) 3 5
(18, 4, 1 day) 2 10
(20, 5, 1 day) 1 15
When a character is searching for your safe house you are
informed of their investigation once they have made a number
of rolls for their Investigation check equal to the Alarm value
of your safe house. For example; you spot an intruder on
cameras you have placed outside your hotel, a sympathetic
store owner lets you know people have come by asking
questions, or a honeypot server detects that an unknown device
has visited it.
Emergency Exit
Heat +2, Level 5/10. This safe house has a hidden route which
allows those who know of it to leave the safe house without
being noticed from outside. A hostile character who is inside
the safe house can find the emergency exit by making an
Investigation check with a threshold of 14/18.
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Farewell Gift
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. A large collection of explosives and
conflagrants are hidden in this safehouse. This Mod is a device
with a Hard-Wired Protocal to not detonate while not primed.
As an Action you may Manually Command this Mod to start
or stop being primed. As an Action you may Command this
device to detonate, causing a massive explosion within your
safe house. The safe house is destroyed as well as anything
within it.
Secure
Heat +4, Level 0/5/10. Devices which belong to the same PAN
as this tablet gain Firewall 4/6/8.
Vehicles
When you purchase a vehicle you must choose how many
Seats it will have and what method of Traversal it will have.
Vehicles begin with Heat 0.

Additionally, when you activate this Mod you must make an Seats
attack with Proficiency 2/4/6 and Power 6/10/14 against the The number of seats in your vehicle also roughly determines
Toughness of each character within the safe house. On a the size of your vehicle.
success, the target receives a Wound. Seats Heat Size examples
The explosion created by this Mod is always contained with 2 +1 Motorcycle, two-door car, fighter plane,
the safe house and it is unlikely to damage people or property personal watercraft
4 +2 Sedan, helicopter, motorboat
outside of the safe house. For example; if you install this Mod
inside of a hotel room it won’t damage neighboring rooms. 6 +4 Mini-van, VTOL, sailboat
8 +6 Van, limo, small commercial plane, yacht
Garage
Heat +2/+4/+6. This safe house has an included, attached, or Traversal
nearby garage in which 2/4/6 vehicles may be securely stowed. You must choose at least one method of traversal for your
Anyone within the garage gains Accuracy on Electronics vehicle.
checks. Traversal Heat Level
Guardian Groundcraft +6 0
Heat +4. Level 0/5/10. When this Mod is purchased, create a Watercraft +6 0
Companion which is tier 1/2/3 who has 2/3/4 Companion Aircraft +12 5
Traits. Additionally, give this Companion one Innate Trait. Submersible +8 5
The guardian may not leave this safe house and they are fired/
released/dismantled when the safe house is sold or destroyed. Resistances
Otherwise, this guardian may aid you as other Companions Vehicles begin with 2 in all Resistances. You may add
are able to. This Mod may be purchased multiple times for a Toughness, Warding, and Firewall of 5/10 to your vehicle by
single safe house. providing it with Level 5/10.
Medical Facility Mods
Heat +2. This safe house has been outfitted with supplies and
facilities which aid medical treatment. Anyone within the safe Additional Plating
house gains Accuracy on Medicine checks. Heat +2/+4, Level 0/5. This vehicle gains Toughness +2/+4
and Warding +2/+4.
Tablets Bullet Resistant Propulsion
Tablets have a minimum size of 40cm x 20cm x 5cm but they Heat +2. Attacks to damage this vehicles propulsion which do
may otherwise have any appearance. For example, your tablet not have a Penetration of at least 2 automatically fail.
might look like; a touch screen tablet, an old fashioned laptop,
or even a typewriter. Tablets have Heat 8 and Level 3. Devices
Crash Seats
which belong to the same PAN as a tablet gain Firewall 2. Heat +2, Level 5. Passengers of this vehicle gain Accuracy on
defense checks they make for crashes.
Mods Custom Made
Compact Heat +6. This vehicle is either from the pre-storm era, it has
Heat +2. This tablet is Concealable as it is small, foldable, been built from scratch, or it has been heavily modified. This
and/or wearable (such as being head mounted or a glove). vehicle does not form Connections, it cannot receive Remote
Commands, and it can receive Manual Commands despite not
Multi-Core
having a Connection to The Network. Other Modifications
Heat +2, Level 5/10. This tablet may sustain up to 2/3 scripts. purchased for this vehicle have their Heat doubled. At the end
Overclocking of each Combat Round this vehicle loses 10 Control if it does
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10, Limited 1/3/5,. You may activate this not have a Pilot.
Mod when performing an attack check for a script injected by
this tablet or a defense check with Firewall made for this tablet.
You gain Accuracy on this check.

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Enhanced Frame
Heat +4, Level 3. Attacks against this vehicle which do not
have Penetration of at least 2 automatically fail. This Mod does
not apply to attacks against this vehicle’s propulsion.
Faraday Lacing
Heat +2. Devices within this vehicle are unable to form
Connections. This Mod does not effect the vehicle it is
installed in.
Mounted Weapons
Heat +2/+4/+8, Level 0/5/10. This vehicle has 1/2/3 weapon
mounts. For each weapon mount on your vehicle, you must
also purchase a weapon. This weapon gains Heat 0 before
Mods are applied.
Improved Acceleration
Heat +2/+4/+6, Level 0/5/10. When this vehicle makes a
Piloting check for the Accelerate Chase Action, the minimum
result of its roll is 6/10/14. When this vehicle succeeds at
speeding, the target travel time is divided by 4 instead of being
halved.
Improved Handling
Heat +2/+4/+6, Level 0/5/10. When this vehicle makes a
Piloting check for the Stunt Chase Action, the minimum result
of its roll is 6/10/14. This vehicle gains Accuracy on checks
made for speeding.
Nitro Injector
Heat +2/+4, Level 5/10, Limited 3/5. You may activate this
Mod when you are making a Piloting check for the Accelerate
Chase Action. If you do so, you gain Accuracy on that check.
Ram Plate
Heat +2. This vehicle treats tier 2 structures as tier 1 when
performing a ram. When this vehicle crashes as part of a ram it
initiated, this vehicle and its passengers are not harmed.
Rocket Booster
Heat +2/+4, Level 5/10, Limited 3/5. This Mod may be
activated as a Chase Action. If this vehicle is the chased
vehicle, all pursuer vehicles enter the Far Grouping.
Otherwise, this vehicle enters the Near Grouping. This vehicle
loses 5 Control.
Window Tinting
Heat +1. This set of one way tinting makes all of this vehicle’s
windows opaque when viewed from the outside.
Weapons
Grenades
When you purchase a Grenade weapon, you gain access to a
stockpile of grenades equal in count to the weapon’s Limited
value. For example; you may wield two instances of a Grenade
weapon at once if the weapon has at least 2 charges remaining.
When you share a Grenade weapon with a party member, your
weapon loses one charge and they gain a copy of the weapon
with Limited 1 and Heat 0. This copy of the weapon does not
benefit from any of your abilities.
If you sell a grenade weapon any copies of this weapon are also
lost. Your party members may not sell copies you give them,
although they may return copies to you or give them to another
character.
Thrown Weapons
When you purchase a Thrown weapon you gain a general
stockpile of the target weapon. With a singe purchase of a
Thrown weapon you may wield any number of instances of it
at once and you do not need to count how many you have
thrown.
To share a Thrown weapon with a teammate, first give it
Limited 20. You must then use and share the weapon in the
same way Grenades are used and shared (see above).
List of Weapons
Unless otherwise stated, all weapons are devices.
Melee
All weapons in this category are not devices and they have
Quiet. Melee weapons may not be given Barrel, Scope, or
Ammo Mods.
Blade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Power 0/2/4, Concealable. On a
successful attack this weapon provides Lethal +2/+4/+6.
Large Blade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6. On a
successful attack this weapon provides Lethal 4/8/12.
Club
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Power 0/2/4, Concealable. On a
successful attack this weapon provides Dazed +2/+4/+6.
Large Club
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6. On a
successful attack this weapon provides Dazed 4/8/12.
Whip
Heat 4, Range (10, 30). This weapon is a melee weapon despite
having Range. This weapon may not be used underwater and
attacks made with this weapon do not benefit from Quiet.
Pistols
All weapons in this category have the Pistol keyword.
Light Pistol
Heat 5, Level 0/5/10, Rapid 0/1/2, Range (10, 30),
Concealable.
Heavy Pistol
Heat 5, Level 0/5/10, Power 2/4/6, Range (10, 30),
Concealable. Attacks with this weapon do not benefit from
Quiet.
Stun Gun
Heat 5, Power 4, Range (10, 30), Concealable, Harmless. On a
successful attack this weapon provides Dazed +6.
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Smart Pistol
Heat 5, Level 5, Power 4, Range (10, 30), Concealable. When
making an attack with this weapon and before rolling, you may
choose to not roll and instead treat the result of your roll as a
10.
Ray Gun
Heat 6, Level 10, Power 10, Range (10, 30), Limited 10,
Concealable.
SMGs
All weapons in this category have the SMG keyword.
SMG
Heat 5, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 0/2/4, Rapid 1/2/3,
Range (20, 40), Concealable.
Micro SMG
Heat 5, Level 5/10, Rapid 3/4, Range (20, 40), Concealable.
Rifles
All weapons in this category have the Rifle keyword.
Rifle
Heat 5, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 0/2/4, Rapid 1/2/3,
Range (30, 60).
Hunting Rifle
Heat 5, Two-Handed, Power 4, Loading, Range (30, 60, 120).
DMR
Heat 8, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6, Rapid 0/1/2,
Range (30, 60, 120).
Laser Rifle
Heat 6, Level 10, Two-Handed, Power 10, Rapid 2, Range (30,
60), Limited 20.
Harpoon
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6, Loading,
Range (10, 20). This weapon has Range (30, 60) when used
underwater. When you perform an attack with this weapon you
may do so with an attached cable. If you do so, and if you
succeed on the attack, your target may not move more than
20m away from you until they spend an Action to remove the
harpoon. Doing so provides your target with Lethal +8. The
harpoon may be removed safely with a (16, 1, 1m) Medicine
check. The cable for this harpoon is a tier 1 structure and it
snaps if it is supporting more than 250kg. You may release an
attached target as a Task and you may not attack with this
weapon while you have an attached target.
Snipers
All weapons in this category have the Sniper keyword.
Heavy Sniper
Heat 5, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Power 6/8, Loading, Range
(30, 60, 120).
Semi-Auto Sniper
Heat 5, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Power 4/6, Rapid 1/2, Range
(30, 60, 120).
Heavy
All weapons in this category have the Heavy keyword.
LMG
Heat 6, Two-Handed, Rapid 3, Range (30, 60).
HMG
Heat 6, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4, Rapid 3/4, Range
(30, 60).
Minigun
Heat 6, Level 5, Two-Handed, Power 4, Range (30, 60). At the
start of your Combat Turn, if you are wielding this weapon,
you can give it Rapid +2 or Rapid -2. The total Rapid provided
this way may be between 0 and 10. While the total Rapid
provided this way is 4 or greater, you are Slowed and this
weapon makes a constant loud noise.
Flamethrower
Heat 6, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Power 6/8, Rapid 3/4, Range
(30, 60), Harmless. On a successful attack, this weapon
provides Lethal +6/+8. This weapon may not receive Ammo
Mods.
Sonic Cannon
Heat 6, Level 5, Two-Handed, Power 6, Rapid 4, Range (30,
60), Harmless. On a successful attack, this weapon provides
Dazed +10. This weapon may not receive Ammo Mods.
Tesla Cannon
Heat 6, Level 10, Two-Handed, Power 6, Range (30, 60), AoE
3. This weapon may not receive Ammo Mods.
Shotguns
All weapons in this category have the Shotgun keyword.
Snub Nosed Shotgun
Heat 5, Power 4, Range (5, 10).
Shotgun
Heat 5, Level 0/5, Two-Handed, Power 0/2, Rapid 0/1, Range
(20, 40). Attacks made against targets within 10m gain Power
2/4.
Drum Shotgun
Heat 5, Level 10, Two-Handed, Power 4, Rapid 3, Range (20,
40). Attacks made against targets within 10m gain Power 6.
Archery
All weapons in this category are not devices and they have the
Archery and Quiet keywords.
Bow
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 0/2/4, Range (30,
60).
Crossbow
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6, Loading,
Range (50, 100).
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Thrown
All Thrown weapons are not devices and they have the Thrown
and Quiet keywords. Thrown weapons may only be given
Ammo Mods.
Small Thrown
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Power 0/2/4, Range (10, 30),
Concealable.
Large Thrown
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Two-Handed, Power 2/4/6, Range (20,
40).
Explosives
All weapons in this category have the Explosive keyword.
Explosive weapons may not be given Ammo Mods. Grenade
weapons may not be given any Mods.
EMP Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, AoE 5, Limited 3/5/8,
Harmless, Concealable. Devices within the effected area are
unable to receive Commands for 1 minute.
Fire Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Power 4/6/8, AoE 5, Limited
3/5/8, Harmless, Concealable. The effected area also becomes
a blaze for 1 minute. If a character starts their Combat Turn
within a blaze or enters the blaze you must make an Indirect
Followup attack for this weapon against that character. On a
success, the target character receives Lethal +2/+4/+6.
Frag Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Power 2/4/6, Range (10, 20),
AoE 5, Limited 3/5/8, Concealable.
Gas Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Range (15), AoE 10, Limited
3/5/8, Harmless, Concealable. When you attack with this
weapon you must consume a dose of an Agent you have on
your person. The target area becomes a cloud for 10 minutes
which applies the consumed Agent if its Trigger is meant.
Grenade Launcher
Heat 6, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Rapid 0/1, Range (20, 40).
When you attack with this weapon you must consume a use of
a Grenade weapon you have on your person. The attack gains
the properties of the consumed grenade.
HE Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Range (10, 20), AoE 3,
Blasting, Limited 3/5/8, Concealable.
Rocket Launcher
Heat 6, Level 5/10, Two-Handed, Power 4/6, Range (40, 60),
AoE 8, Penetration 2, Blasting, Limited 3/5.
Stun Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Power 4/6/8, Range (10, 20),
AoE 5, Limited 3/5/8, Concealable. On a successful attack the
target receives Dazed +6/+8/+10 and they are unable to
perform Reactions until the start of their next Combat Turn.
Smoke Grenade
Heat 4, Level 0/5/10, Grenade, Range (10), AoE 10, Limited
3/5/8, Concealable. The target area becomes a cloud for 10
minutes. The cloud created by this weapon provides a Total
Obscurement to visual perception.
When you purchase this weapon you may give it Level 5 and
Heat +2 to include thermal chaff. If you do so, the Total
Obscurement created by this weapon cannot be ignored by
Night Vision or Thermal Vision.
Mods
Ammo Mods
A weapon may have multiple ammo mods. However, at the
start of your Combat Turn you must declare which Ammo Mod
is currently loaded into your weapon. Your weapon only
benefits from the declared Ammo Mod. If your weapon is an
Archery or a Thrown weapon, you may also make this
declaration each time you begin an attack with that weapon.
Aquadynamic
Heat +2. Attacks made with this weapon do not have a
maximum range due to being underwater.
Bouncing
Level 10, Heat +2. When you perform an attack with this
weapon you may bounce your attack once off a structure which
is at least tier 1. This bounce can allow you to circumvent
cover and to perform attacks which would normally be
obstructed. This Mod does not aid you in determining LoS for
attacks.
Explosive
Heat +2. This weapon gains Blasting.
FMJ
Heat +2. This weapon gains Penetration 2.
Gel
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. This weapon gains Penetration 0,
Harmless, and Blasting. On a successful attack this weapon
provides Dazed +2/+4/+6.
Incendiary
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. This weapon gains Penetration 0 and
Blasting. On a successful attack this weapon provides Lethal
+2/+4/+6.
Shock
Heat +2, Level 0/5/10. This weapon gains Penetration 0,
Harmless, and Blasting. On a successful attack this weapon
provides Knockout +2/+4/+6.
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Barrel Mods
A weapon may only have one barrel Mod at a time.
Suppressor
Heat +2. Attacks with this weapon are Quiet.
Longer barrel
Heat +2. You may only purchase this Mod for a weapon with
Range (X, Y). The Y value of this weapon’s Range is increased
by 30.
General Mods
Break Apart
Heat +2. You may spend 30 seconds to break apart or put
together this weapon. While this weapon is broken apart it
may not be used normally but it gains Concealable and it may
be stored in spaces it could not normally fit into due to its shape
(e.g. a briefcase).
Custom Made
Heat +6. This weapon has been built by hand and it is of a
unique design. This weapon does not form Connections, it
cannot receive Remote Commands, and it can receive Manual
Commands despite not having a Connection to The Network.
The Heat of other Mods purchased for this weapon are
doubled.
Motion Sensor
Heat +2. You are continuously made aware of how many
characters are within 10m of you. Characters who benefit from
a Total Obscurement to audio against you do not register on
this Mod. Additionally, you may determine in which direction
a detected character is to you within a 90 degree margin of
error.
Scope Mods
Long Range Scope
Heat +2. You may only purchase this Mod for weapons with
Range (X, Y). The weapon’s Range becomes (30, X + 30, Y +
30).
Night Vision Scope
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you may see with Night
Vision.
Thermal Scope
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you may see with
Thermal Vision.
Under-Slung Mods
A weapon may only have one Under-Slung Mod. Under-slung
weapons may not be used as part of the same Strike Action as
the weapon they are attached to.
Automatic Firing Platform
Heat +4, Level 0/5/10. As an Action you may place this
weapon on a surface and activate this Mod or as a Task you
may pick up this weapon and disable this Mod. While this Mod
is active the following applies;
▪ This weapon is a device.
▪ This weapon may rotate itself about a gimbal to face
any direction.
▪ This weapon has intelligence equal to that of a drone
and this weapon may perform its own attacks.
▪ This weapon may not be Manually Commanded
(aside from disabling this Mod).
▪ Attacks made with this weapon gain Proficiency
2/4/6 and these attacks do not benefit from your
abilities.
Bayonette
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you are also considered
to be wielding a melee weapon with Power 2 and Quiet.
Attacks made with this Mod's weapon gain Power +4 if you
have traveled 10m or more during the current Combat Round.
Bipod
Heat +2. At the start of your Combat Turn, if you are Prone or
in cover you may deploy this Mod. While this Mod is
deployed, attacks you make with this weapon gain Power +2.
This Mod is immediately stops being deployed if you move or
if you stop wielding this weapon.
Chainsaw Bayonette
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you are also considered
to also be wielding a melee weapon with Power 4. Attacks with
this Mod's weapon cannot gain Quiet or benefit from Quiet.
Flashlight
Heat +2. Attacks you make up to 30m away with this weapon
may ignore Obscurement due to a lack of light. At the start of
your Combat Turn you may designate a character to be your
target. While you are wielding this weapon, if your target is
within 10m of you, and if they are within LoS, they are
Blinded.
Laser Sight
Level 5, Heat +4. You gain Proficiency +2 on attacks with this
weapon.
Under-Slung Shotgun
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you are also considered
to also be wielding a weapon with Shotgun and Range (10, 20).
Attacks made with this Mod's weapon within 5m gain Power
4. You may purchase Barrel and Ammo Mods for this weapon.
Under-Slung Grenade Launcher
Heat +2. While wielding this weapon you are also considered
to be wielding a weapon with Explosive and Range (10, 20).
When you attack with this Mod's weapon you must consume a
use of a Grenade weapon you have on your person. The attack
gains the properties of the consumed grenade.
Under-Slung Flamethrower
Heat +2, Level 0/5. While wielding this weapon you are also
considered to be wielding a weapon with Heavy, Harmless,
Range (10, 20), and Rapid 1. On a successful attack, this
Mod’s weapon provides Lethal +4/+6.
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GM Info
Thresholds
When a player makes a check you must determine how
difficult the check is. It is important to consider that this should
be a “universal” concept of challenge, rather than how
challenging the task is for that specific character. For example;
A jammed door could be seen as a Moderate challenge to open
as not everyone can open it but being able to open it is a
reasonable feat. For a high Athletics character this task may be
“easy”, but we still treat the challenge of the check as
Modertate.
Easy Moderate Challenging Hard Extreme
6 10 14 20 26
Tiers
NPCs and facilities (see below) have recommended properties
(e.g. the Skill ranks of an NPC or the Firewall of device) based
on their tier. To find the recommended tier of an obstacle for
the party, take the players’ average Level and compare that to
the table below.
Level 0 5 10
Tier 1 2 3 1 Standard procedure for this facility. This level of
If you want a challenge which is easier, reduce the tier you are
using by 1. Alternatively, you can increase the tier of a
challenge by 1 to make an encounter more difficult.
Non Player Characters
Non player characters (NPCs) are characters you control as the
GM. Since NPCs are numerous and they often serve specific
roles in the game, we simplify their rules in comparison to
player characters. NPCs have 0 Determination.
Skills
For each Skill an NPC can either be Average or Proficient. An
NPC should be Average in most Skills and Proficient in a few
they are expected to excel at (such as Athletics for a bouncer
or Stealth for a spy).
Resistances
For each Resistance an NPC can also be Average or
Proficient. We recommend that the average NPC have one
Proficient Resistance and two Average Resistances. An
NPC’s Proficient Resistance can also fit the kind of threat they
are meant to handle. For example; a security guard might have
Proficient Toughness while a mage might have Proficient
Warding.
Opposed Checks
Whenever an NPC is making an opposed check, they use 8 in
place of rolling a D20. If the NPC has Accuracy or Difficulty
on their check they change this result by +5 or -5 respectively.
Facility Security
Alert Level
As the party interacts with a facility, faction, or group, the
players might startle their opponents. A guard might notice a
body, a player might fail an attack with an Aliased script, or the
party might fail an assault against a facility and fall back. As
the target facility becomes more suspicious and aware of the
character’s intentions, they will increase in Alert Level.
Alert Level serves as a way to give players clear feedback as
their opponents respond to their actions. You should explicitly
tell players when a facility’s Alert Level changes. How severe
changes in Alert Level will look to characters will depend on
the tier of the facility (e.g. a library is likely to have less
security at Alert Level 2 than a corporate building has at Alert
Level 1).
Alert Description
Level
security is the default.
2 The facility is aware of an unusual threat or they are
unusually vulnerable and they are taking extra
precautions. These precautions can be sustained, but
the expectation is that these will be eventually
dropped.
3 The facility is under an immediate threat which they
do not feel equipped to handle. Additional assistance
has been requested and the facility will do anything
it can to stay safe until then.
Alert Level will tend to decrease over time if no new dangers
are presented to the target group. Alert Level 3 usually awaits
the arrival of assistance and Alert Level 2 usually has its own
procedure to complete before it can return to Alert Level 1.
Locks
Points of entry (e.g. doors, windows, fire escapes) are likely to
have locks attached to them. The check required to pick a lock
will depend on the tier of the lock as shown below.
Tier Check
0 (6, 1, 1s)
1 (8, 1, 5s)
2 (12, 2, 1m)
3 (16, 3, 5m)
4 (20, 5, 10m)

Tier Savvy Average Proficient Average Proficient

Skill Skill Resistance Resistance
0 0 0 2 0 2
1 2 0 2 2 4
2 4 2 4 4 6
3 6 4 8 6 8
4 8 4 10 8 10

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Ritual Spells
Ritual spells are spells performed by multiple mages over a
long period of time to manifest a long term effect at a static
location. Ritual spells can have almost any effect on the space
around them, such as making a facility invisible when viewed
from the outside or permanently mind controlling a set of
individuals. While manifesting a ritual spell, the casting mages
use a large amount of orichalcum to form a locus for the spell.
This locus is a single large object which acts as an anchor to
keep the spell stable. Some examples of loci are; a pillar, a
statue, or a large inscribed circle on a floor.
Some possible ritual spells are:
▪ A hedge maze is turned into a shifting labyrinth.
▪ Guards within the facility are turned into
nightmarish monsters.
▪ A small building is much larger on the inside.
▪ Other magic is dampened. Attacks with spells
receive Difficulty, spells cannot be sustained, etc.
▪ Guards within the facility have increased Toughness,
movement speed, Perception, Athletics, etc.
▪ A group of Outlanders are summoned by the locus to
guard the facility.
Loci
A locus for a ritual spell should be large and grand,
representing the great effort of its creators. Loci can be
destroyed up close fairly easily. A locus may be destroyed as
an enchantment can be. If a locus is moved more than 10m
from the location it was created in, it is instantly destroyed.
Detecting Ritual Spells
A character can perform Astral Perception while looking at the
effect of a ritual spell to attempt to detect it. On a success, the
character is aware that they are observing a ritual spell and the
character knows in which direction relative to them the locus
of the spell is.

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