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Object Knowledge Ability to scry on an object
Bill is an avid investigator. He has spent his career hunting the next big lead. As he has begun delving deeper into the world of the supernatural he has started to manifest abilities. He has been granted the ability to see people in the objects that have had pass interactions with. Bill just needs to hold the object and open his mind to aether. As Bill manifests his power his eyes go completely white, as if his pupils don't exist. He can learn who has interacted with the object.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute to activate. Select a target Object within arm's reach. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Alertness at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- Determine if this target is Alien in origin or whether it has any Alien energy or outside influences.
- You receive a visual description telling you who has used this object recently.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Assess Antiquity
"Fascinating... simply fascinating."
Marie carefully brushes the dust and grit from an object, deeply examining it to determine a variety of historical markers. So familiar with the various types of sediment, dust, and wear on a given object, she is easily able to determine the environment an object would have recently been. With a few more deductions and close observations, she begins to understand the strange, unworldly qualities of the given item. With each fact, she quickly runs to a journal to write down what she has learned.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute to activate. Select a target Object within arm's reach. You must actively and obviously use a brush to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- Determine if this target is Alien in origin or whether it has any Alien energy or outside influences.
- You receive a visual description of the surrounding area, allowing you to discern where this object has recently been.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
The Whispers In the Mists
"They talk to me sometimes. Normally only when it's very quiet, but they tell me things."
Elizabeth reaches out, touching the object of interest. And she whispers a question to the Mists.
And they whisper back, quiet voices in her ear, telling her some of the object's secrets.
Spend 2 Actions. Select a target Object within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless you are fully enveloped in the Mists. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- Determine if this target is Alien in origin or whether it has any Alien energy or outside influences. You receive information about the type of energy, including the name of the relevant Source pool or equivalent.
- You learn the object's intended function and how to use it for its intended purpose, though not necessarily the ability to do so.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
The observer
When drawn from the pocket its a small squared device, pressing a button on top makes it unfold and reveal a screen and the ray casting part on the other side making it like a triagle. When used to scan an object a ray is casted from top to bottom covering the surface of the scanned object, after some time the data is processed and shown on the screen with a three dimmensional representation of the object
The casted ray will bounce on the surface revealing fingerprints or any trail left from the previous user, this is digitalized, processed and analyzed to determine who its previous user was based on a databased maintained with the people linked to current contract
Expend a point of Battery and spend a minute. Select a target Object within arm's reach. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Technology at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- You receive fingerprints telling you who has used this object recently.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Exhibit A
Holden conjures a vision of any object he touches. He recieves information on where it was made, where it has been, and who has held it.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a target Object within arm's reach. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- You receive Testimony telling you who has used this object recently.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Post-Mortem Forensics
“My mind, her skills.”
Penny uses the reaper’s eyes to pick apart medical and forensic information such as mold spores, residue and physical injury to determine where they were before and how they died.
Penny always loved murder mystery, and the irony of that fact is not lost on her. Now that she has become the ultimate murder mystery, she realizes that the powers gained from these jobs can use them to fulfill her detective fantasies, buy looking over the patient with the eyes of a doctor and mortician, but with her own superior reasoning skills.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute to activate. Select a Pieces of Bodies within arm's reach. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Medicine at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- You receive trace particles and regional forensic traces, allowing you to discern where this object has recently been.
- You learn Cause of Death.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
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Appraise
Her greed knows no bounds.
The Thief examines an object closely for a minute to appraise its value. As their eyes dance across the subject, their pupils split vertically, and their irises fade to gold. If it is a particularly valuable item, the Thief may greedily lick their lips, revealing a forked tongue.
Within a minute, they have determined how materially valuable the object is and why.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a target Object within arm's reach. At the end of your investigation, roll Charisma + Culture at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
- You learn the object's highest material value and why it is worth so much.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.