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Those who came before
Fred's proficiency and connection to the Butchers Blade cleaver has enabled him to see the traces that those who came to the area before him have left in their wake, those who have merely traveled through the area leave ghostly footprints in the area while those who have died leave a much bigger trace in the area as large parts of their souls are left in the wake of their death
Spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet At the end of your investigation, roll Dexterity + Occult at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can tell how many living things have died in this area, what they were, and roughly when the deaths occurred.
- You learn how heavily trafficked the area is, what sorts of Animate beings have moved through the area and when.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
You cannot investigate the same area 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.
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The Sons of Salem
We swear to secure our people against the wickedness and evil of the invisible world.
We swear to aid the afflicted.
We swear to stay ever vigilant and seek out the abominable witchcrafts committed in this country.
We humbly pray to be blessed by God to hold all those who consort with the Devil accountable. Amen
—Opening and closing prayer for Sons of Salem meetings.
The Sons of Salem is a loosely-organized conservative populist movement in the United States that preaches violent opposition to anything they perceive as witchcraft, demonic, or monstrous.
Blowhard podcaster Ted Gundy and former general of the mercenary group “Hognose,” Roland Rush, founded the movement in 2010 after a series of violent werewolf attacks and unexplained, supernatural murders in Tennessee. Memberships grew quickly, stoked by Ted’s fiery doomsday rhetoric on his podcast "Truth Seekers" and the aspiration of the masculine power embodied by Roland.
Although they speak of duty, honor, and maintaining the “natural order” of things, the Sons of Salem are driven by fear. They collect guns and appear at protests en-masse as a way of easing the all-consuming terror of their powerlessness. At the same time, they have conditioned themselves to respond to fear with “strength” (read: violence).
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Investigate Area Gifts
Reconstructing the Scene
Based on these events, I think I know what happened here…
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:
- You can locate the source of any Alien energy or the presence of any Alien effects on the area. Specific information about the function of these effects beyond their general type is not forthcoming.
- You choose a specific type of event and receive a vision of the last time it occurred here.
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.
- 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.
Woman in STEM
She zones in and goes eerily quiet whilst observing the area around, nature, structures included, carefully analysing every little detail around her.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can locate the source of any Alien energy or the presence of any Alien effects on the area. Specific information about the function of these effects beyond their general type is not forthcoming.
You cannot investigate the same area 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.
Average Polaroid
Anneliese takes a picture, flapping the Polaroid photograph along the wing, and once it dries, the information reveals itself within her mind.
Spend 2 Actions. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use Polaroid Camera to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can locate the source of any Alien energy or the presence of any Alien effects on the area. Specific information about the function of these effects beyond their general type is not forthcoming.
- You learn how heavily trafficked the area is, what sorts of Animate beings have moved through the area and when.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: paranoia.
You cannot investigate the same area 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.
Queen's census
Queen Shimizu raises her staff and then slams the tip into the ground her mana expands from the tip.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend 2 Actions. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 500 feet You must actively and obviously use staff, wand, stave. to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can tell which entities lay claim to each part of the area and how these borders have shifted over time.
- You learn where exactly creatures and people live within the area, and what sorts of creatures they are.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
You cannot investigate the same area more than once per day.
- The sacrificial Injury received from activating this Effect cannot be prevented by any means or healed before 1 day has passed. It is shared with all Effects that use sacrifice. This Injury does not requires Stabilization or cause Battle Scars when it becomes Severe.
- 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.
Revenge
Finding creatures...
When you hunt vampires you need to know more information than is giving. This will give a better idea of what is around me and what I can really do.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute to activate. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use luckyshoes to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Brawn + Alertness at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You learn where exactly creatures and people live within the area, and what sorts of creatures they are.
- You learn how heavily trafficked the area is, what sorts of creatures have moved through the area and when.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
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Investigate Area Gifts
Set the Scene
The detective pulls out their magnifying glass and investigates the area, learning details about any nearby structures and picking up details on what sorts of beings have passed through and when.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use a magnifying glass to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can tell the age of any structure or natural formation in the area. This includes trees and plants growing in the area.
- You learn how heavily trafficked the area is, what sorts of Animate beings have moved through the area and when.
You cannot investigate the same area 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.
Scents and Signs
The beastmaster puts their nose to the ground and sniffs about the area. Their feral nostrils tell them what sorts of creatures live in the area, and who lays claim to each region.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet Can only be activated while you are in the wilderness. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Survival at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
- You can tell which entities lay claim to each part of the area and how these borders have shifted over time.
- You learn where exactly creatures and people live within the area, and what sorts of creatures they are.
You cannot investigate the same area 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.