The world violently distorts and tears apart as Aira forcibly inputs code into the world of Neo-GENIS as she enters a command to her phone, doing as she wants, with screams and glitches from everything in the world destroying and quickly recreating it with her input put into place.
Spend 2 Actions. Select a Device within arm's reach. Can be used on Alien technology. You must actively and obviously use Smartphone to activate this Effect. 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.
When targeting non-computer devices, you may operate switches, buttons, dials, levers, and latches.
Every hack you make leaves behind Distorted pieces of reality writing Aira in all caps. in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see The world violently distorts and tears apart as Aira forcibly inputs code, with the voices and screams of the worlds npcs, players, and admins as creations from outside Neo-GENIS, outside the world and things that are incomprehensible distort the world around Aira.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
May 24, 2025, 9:53 a.m. - Improvement Cost: 2. Added Enhancement: Concealed, Removed Drawback: Focus
Luna has immense control over digital systems, although it's come at the cost of her body and... to a degree, her mind. Spending all her time in cyberspace.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 Actions. Select a Device within 300 feet. Can be used 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.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is her nose wiggling. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
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.
When targeting non-computer devices, you may operate switches, buttons, dials, levers, and latches.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weak Stomach: Your time in a more perfect world has left you weaker to the more ugly parts of the one you live in and Minor Vertigo: Take a -1 to any rolls involving balance or grace..
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fear of the Dark: You are utterly terrified of darkness. You must succeed a Self-Control roll in order to leave a well-lit area. If you fail, you may Exert your Mind to face your fear. Take a Mind Damage if you are ever surprised while it’s dark and Autophobia: You are deeply afraid of being alone outside of your safe space. To leave a safe location alone, make a self-control roll. If you fail, you may Exert your Mind to face your fear.
Motoha has spent so long in her room learning coding, that her ability to hack has manifested within neo-genis itself.
At her beckoning a green hologram of a keyboard will manifest itself, allowing her to begin to execute complex commands using it on the target.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 Actions. Select a Device within 300 feet. Can be used 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.
When targeting non-computer devices, you may operate switches, buttons, dials, levers, and latches.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Anti-Social.
Mandy has attended college in Dortmund Germany and majored in computer science. She knows how to hack machines with any smartphone quickly enough to be able to bypass most firewalls or defenses.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Computer within 20 feet. Does not work on Alien technology. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is capable of connecting via bluetooth. You must actively and obviously use a smartphone to activate this Effect. Roll Dexterity + 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.
You may issue a "self-destruct" command that leaves the hacked system's hardware inoperable, even if that machine had no such functionality previously. Only works on Computers.
Your Hack cannot be reversed through mundane means for a number of hours equal to your Outcome.
Your hack cannot be discovered by system administrators or firewall software for a number of hours equal to your Outcome on the initial roll.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
S0L scratches or burns something that looks like a small sun into a surface, but is actually a complex set of instructions in insanely small symbols. A complete system override for any robot or "living computer" not prepared to look at it.
Once the trap triggers, S0L is connected to the victim and may even make their circuits overheat and their bodies burn.
Anyone checking the system afterwards will find an ASCII sun prominently "burnt" into the code.
If you know that an evil copy of you is somewhere out there, you have to find a way to defeat them without giving up on your ideals.
Exert your Mind and spend 30 seconds to trap a region of any shape that contains your current location and fits entirely within 20 feet. This trap lasts until triggered or disarmed. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is an Animate Computer. Roll Perception + Technology, with the Difficulty set by the GM depending on the security of the system you are hacking.
The trap looks like a scratched or burnt sun pictogram. Only those who have seen this trap before can identify it as a trap. Anyone who is aware of the trap may intuitively avoid, trigger, or destroy it.
Any Computer that enters the chosen region will trigger the trap. 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.
You may issue a "self-destruct" command that leaves the hacked system's hardware inoperable, even if that machine had no such functionality previously. Only works on Computers.
Every hack you make leaves behind A sun on a prominent display in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
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.