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Telekinesis
Channel the power of mind over matter and have control over objects with the simple flex of the mind. Your eyes to occasionally glow depending on the exertion.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 4 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Line of Sight: You must be able to visually observe anything you interact with, and any actions that you are taking will end if their target moves out of sight.
- Unarmed Combat: You can use this Effect to deal damage through unarmed attacks, grapples, and thrown objects. Attacks deal +1 Damage. Unarmed Mastery does not apply.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You may control 2 total objects at the same time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weak Stomach.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
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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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Telekinesis Gifts
Poltergeist
Orlando has a spirit inhabiting her body, which she has control over. The spirit can interact with the outside world, picking up objects and harming people with its cold grasp. When using this ability, Orlando's skin becomes even more pale than usual, and a slight haze sets over her whole body, as if she is stuck in a mirage.
A cold gust of wind presses against your stomach, followed by a stinging feeling. No blow was received, and yet your stomach turns a purplish brown from bruising. You are no longer safe in your own home.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 4 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 1 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Line of Sight: You may use this Effect on targets which are out of sight, provided you have an understanding of their location.
- Unarmed Combat: You can use this Effect to deal damage through unarmed attacks, grapples, and thrown objects. Attacks deal +1 Damage. Unarmed Mastery does not apply.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one Action at a time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Nightmares.
- Using this Effect on targets which you cannot see will not give you any descriptive information about their location or surroundings, though you will have a sense of whether or not you are “touching” them, or if they bump into something.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
Helping Hands
“I can help, Grace, don’t worry.”
Obedience is able to temporarily puppet Grace’s movements to manipulate objects around them. As with all powers, the three eyes occupied by the girls glow their apple red while Obedience’s pale blue form grows a little stronger. They are also willful enough to land blows as if from cold hands on targets.
The girls’ forms have joined enough now that Obedience’s gestures no longer stray from Grace’s body. One hand joined at the middle finger, another melded into the Gauntlet- they are nearly locked in place, just how the girls want it to be. They are able to manipulate objects in the first place in the way most ghosts are; through a force of powerful (in this case combined) will, sending ripples through the currents of a half-existing realm which flows erratically adjacent to ours.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Reactions: You cannot use a Reaction telekinetically.
- Line of Sight: You must be able to visually observe anything you interact with, and any actions that you are taking will end if their target moves out of sight.
- Unarmed Combat: You are able to deal damage through unarmed attacks, grapples, and thrown objects. Unarmed Mastery does not apply.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You may use this Effect to simulate fine tools which can manipulate tiny or delicate things, such as a lockpick, forceps, probes, etc.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one Action at a time.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
Pixie Dust
"But why the sparkles?"
Bluedo focuses on things he wishes to move. As he does so, rainbow sparkles appear around them causing them to float. Why this took the form of rainbow sparkles, he has no idea.
This was a bit of an odd one. Bluedo went to visit the shaman, as was his custom, and the shaman instead of just teaching him things had him wear a leaf loincloth and go prancing in the woods. This was very strange, but Bluedo followed the instructions with minimal question, and somehow as he did so he felt...freer. When he got back to the shaman after dancing around for a couple hours, the shaman had him focus on a couple things and lo and behold, he found he could lift things with his mind! How all these things connect, he has no idea.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 4 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Heavy Lifting: You may Exert your Mind to increase your Mental Strength by 4 for the next non-combat action you take with this Effect.
- Reactions: You cannot use a Reaction telekinetically.
- Line of Sight: You may use this Effect on targets which are out of sight, provided you have an understanding of their location.
- Unarmed Combat: You cannot deal damage through unarmed combat or thrown objects with this Effect, though you may still grapple with targets.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one Action at a time.
- Using this Effect on targets which you cannot see will not give you any descriptive information about their location or surroundings, though you will have a sense of whether or not you are “touching” them, or if they bump into something.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
Mind Over Matter
“Mind over matter represents the triumph of will over physical hindrance. Our thoughts are our weapon against the world.” - David Adam, 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop'
Sheriff Perkins can, with great focus and mental strain, channel his will and energy to cause objects to move about. The effort of this causes his eyes to take on a faint blue glow.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating and a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Reactions: You cannot use a Reaction telekinetically.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one action at a time.
- Line of Sight: You must be able to visually observe anything you interact with, and any actions that you are taking will end if their target moves out of sight.
- Unarmed Combat: You cannot deal damage through unarmed combat or thrown objects with this Effect, though you may still grapple with targets.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
Mind over Matter
"Looks can be deceiving."
Tam's eyes glow cherenkov blue, and she slowly lets out a breath. The object in question has the same soft blue glow around it as it moves though the air.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 4 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 4 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Line of Sight: You may use this Effect on targets which are out of sight, provided you have an understanding of their location.
- Unarmed Combat: You cannot deal damage through unarmed combat or thrown objects with this Effect, though you may still grapple with targets.
- Weapons: You are able to effectively wield weapons to Attack, Defend, and Clash with this Effect.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You may control 4 total objects at the same time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: A Pack of Three/Four (Maddening) Whenever a fellow contractor (who you are not directly acting against) is in danger, you must roll self-control or immediately attempt to assist them.
- Using this Effect on targets which you cannot see will not give you any descriptive information about their location or surroundings, though you will have a sense of whether or not you are “touching” them, or if they bump into something.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
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Blade Dance
Some say the Blademasters hone their skills by shaving using only their mind.
The Blademaster is so attuned to blades that they may manipulate any bladed object at a range simply by willing it. Observers see translucent spider-silk connecting the Blademaster's fingers to the blade, allowing them to puppet it.
You gain the following benefits as long as the target object has a cutting edge.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Line of Sight: You must be able to visually observe anything you interact with, and any actions that you are taking will end if their target moves out of sight.
- Unarmed Combat: You cannot deal damage through unarmed combat or thrown objects with this Effect, though you may still grapple with targets.
- Weapons: You are able to effectively wield weapons to Attack, Defend, and Clash with this Effect.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one Action at a time.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.
Mind Over Matter
The Psychic can, with great focus and mental strain, channel their will to move objects with their mind.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
- Line of Sight: You must be able to visually observe anything you interact with, and any actions that you are taking will end if their target moves out of sight.
- Unarmed Combat: You cannot deal damage through unarmed combat or thrown objects with this Effect, though you may still grapple with targets.
- Weapons: You cannot wield weapons effectively in combat.
- Fine Tools: You are otherwise limited to actions that a normal human could do with their bare hands.
- Maintaining Focus: You must maintain Concentration while taking Actions in this way. If you are Injured or interrupted, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 9 to maintain Concentration. If you fail, you cannot engage in telekinetic actions for the next 6 - Intellect rounds.
- Levitation: If you are strong enough to lift yourself, you may levitate up to within 75 feet away from the ground. Movement is limited to 5 feet per Round.
- Multiple Items: You can only interact with one thing or take one Action at a time.
- Any telekinetic actions which interact with Animate targets may require contested rolls at GMs discretion.