A Hatch opens on the arm of the Spark Suit, as The Sparkman attaches their "Ward" onto the surface in question. It doesn't look too out of place, being a pretty small beetle-shaped device that seems to camouflage into the land around it, and it works like a charm. These external sensors allow The Sparkman to view out of their cameras through their visor HUD.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action. Select a Location within 10 feet.
You place a ward,. You can perceive with all your senses through the ward as though you were standing at its location. Your wards last 3 hours. This Artifact may have at most 3 wards active at once.
The ward requires Concentration to monitor, though it will remain active until you deactivate it. The ward can be discovered if someone knows what they are looking for, but is otherwise inconspicuous and cannot be identified as a ward.
You may destroy the Ward to activate one Investigate Individual, >Object, or Area Effect as though you were standing at its location.
Your Ward records all activity it observes, regardless of whether or not you are actively monitoring it. This recording can be played back and referenced later.
As macie bends her knees and arches her back large black bat wings sprout from her spine and tear her skin and clothes leaving blood and a deep dark aura around. With one big flap of her wings she can propel herself forward with incredible speed and seemingly disapear when she lands leaving a trail of blood from her travel.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Location which is at most 75 feet away horizontally or 15 feet away vertically. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means.
You jump to the chosen location. If the landing is precarious, the GM may call for a roll to land safely. You will never take fall damage from successfully landing a jump made with this Effect.
You may opt to trade your free movement for a Super Leap if you are jumping less than 50 feet or if you are closing a gap to an opponent and spend your Action on an attack.
You may activate this Effect while in free-fall, as long as your target Location is a surface on which you can land. You are immune to fall damage.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see Macie grows large black and red bat wings that leave holes in any clothing she is wearing and leaves a slight trail of blood.
Luci has been through Art and Writers block and she hates it so much that her supernatural proclivity for mending that has extended into the physical realm. A little dutiful use of ink and Luci can force her way through any door she wants.
Spend an Action. Select a door, container, knot, or lock within arm's reach. This can be used on Alien targets. You must use up 1 liter of ink in order to activate this Effect.
You may lock, unlock, and/or open your target.
Jeremy Soap takes a deep breath, blows, and creates a giant bubble imbued with his will to shield him and his friends from attacks. When used on someone else, it rockets towards them and engulfs them before hardening.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction to activate. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. You must actively and obviously use Bubble Wand to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a Barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome Damage. The Damage reduction from the Barrier is applied before Armor, and is treated like Armor by any effects such as Armor Penetration. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The Barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of damage. When a Barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
Pulling out your notebook, you compile your thoughts on the local area.
You can get an intuitive sense of the alien energies at play, given your constant exposure to them! Make sure to jot then down if you can, hahaha…
Alternatively, looking at some of the scrawled pages, you feel free to let your thoughts wander… and then an epiphany strikes you. A word, a sentence sticks out to you… it reminds you of something that happened here, and a vision flashes in your mind.
Where did it come from? Who knows? It almost feels like you’ve been here before…
Spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use a notebook that you’ve written in to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn a single specific piece of information, chosen from the following list, about the area:
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
You cannot investigate the same area more than once per day.
The user goes into a kit that has many cybernetic tools and parts to be used and installed onto a user.
Expend a point of Battery and spend 30 minutes. Select a Living target within arm's reach. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Battle Scar and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
Who wouldn't want one of the mad scientist's famous implants? All it takes is a little time and a few terrifying experiments, and you too could be a better you!
Warning: not fully tested on humans. Risk of dry mouth, upset stomach, or lost limbs. Do not consult your doctor before signing the liability release.
Exert your Mind and spend eight hours. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you cause a major Battle Scar instead of an augmentation. Your target must make a Trauma roll to reap the benefits of this Effect. They may choose to Resist the Effect and not make the roll. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Battle Scar and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
The augmentations you provide are not outwardly visible nor obvious.
The mobster presents a reasoned, logical case to the target: there's a lot of dangerous folks out there, and only they can offer safety... for a price.
If they agree, they will pay the mobster a monthly fee for protection. If they stop making their payments... well, let's just say, the mobster can't be held responsible for any unsavory types that might pay them a visit.
This Effect cannot be used unless you are making a deal to exchange money for protection.
You may make an oath with a physically-present, Sapient target. Communicate the oath's terms to the target, including the requirements and penalties for each participant. If all agree to the terms, you must Exert your Mind and all participants must shake hands to seal the deal.
Record the oath as a Condition. If a party breaks the oath, the Condition ends and they suffer the oath's penalty.
When crafting your oath, you may incorporate any of the following penalties:
The target cannot be compelled to agree via a direct threat of violence, another Effect, or another oath. If you would like to use clever wording to mislead the target, you must succeed a contested Intellect + (Culture or Influence) roll.
True to their namesake, the hacker can penetrate the security of any computer system, granting access to its informational stores, or, in a pinch, allowing them to issue commands. The hacked system will display a flickering image of a ghost until it is dismissed.
While hacking, The Technician's fingers move with supernatural speed, blurring like a ghost.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Computer within arm's reach. Does not work on Alien technology. Roll Intellect + Technology, with the Difficulty set by the GM depending on the security of the system you are hacking. Sapient targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you may issue a single command to the targeted system. This command must have a specific outcome or be a request for specific login credentials. The command you issue must be within the machine's current capabilities. For example, you cannot order a standard security camera to grow legs and walk around.
If your command does not require bypassing the security of the target (for example, typing on a computer that is unlocked), you do not need to Exert your Mind to activate this Effect, and activation only takes a single Action.
Your Hack cannot be reversed through mundane means for a number of hours equal to your Outcome.
Every hack you make leaves behind a flickering image of a ghost in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.
The detective can learn a lot by watching someone for a minute. Each subtle detail, every unexplained stain, reveals something about where the target has been. Ocassionally, they'll drop a business card, or explain how to contact them. The detective is listening.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend a minute. Select a Sapient target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target does not know you're watching them. At the end of your investigation, roll Charisma + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn a single specific piece of information, chosen from the following list, about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
The Skeleton Key slips easily into any keyhole and turns without a fuss.
Spend an Action.
You may lock, unlock, and/or open any number of doors, containers, knots, or locks within arm's reach of you. Cannot be used on Alien technology.
If you successfully operate a lock, you may choose to destroy it, rendering it inoperable.