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! Cost !! Power !! Notes
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| 2-3        || ''Acute Smell''
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| 2-3        || ''Acute Smell'' || +N on scent-related Perception rolls
 
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| 1-4        || Armor
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| 1-4        || Armor || +N soak dice
 
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| 4-6        || Bond Sharing
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| 4-6        || Bond Sharing || 4 = one sense or environmental tolerance <br /> 5 = all senses or tolerances <br /> 6 = all senses and tolerances
 
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| 4/6/8      || Chameleon Coloration <br /> ''Shadow-walking''
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| 4/6/8      || Chameleon Coloration || 4 = darken to blend with shadows (Shadow-walking) <br /> 6 = hues of one color <br /> 8 = any color <br /> Wits + Alertness vs 7 to see you against same-color background
 
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| 3/5/7      || "Claws (Bygone)" <br /> "Teeth (Bygone)" (aka Fangs) <br /> "Horn (Bygone)"
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| 3/5/7      || "Claws (Bygone)" <br /> "Teeth (Bygone)" (aka Fangs) <br /> "Horn (Bygone)" || 3 = one <br /> 5 = two <br /> 7 = three <br /> double for agg
 
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| 3          || ''Deadly Demise''
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| 3          || ''Deadly Demise'' || dying attack that likely kills your killer
 
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| 3/5/7/10/15 || Elemental Touch
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| 3/5/7/10/15 || Elemental Touch || 3 = sense large quantity (Perception + Awareness vs 6-9) <br /> 5 = sense smaller quantity (Perception + Awareness vs 6-9) <br /> 7 = bend small amount (spend Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9) <br /> 10 = create small amount (spend Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9) <br /> 15 = bend large amount (spend 2 Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9)
 
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| variable    || "Enhancement (Bygone)"
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| variable    || "Enhancement (Bygone)" || +1 attribute or health level per 5 dots <br /> House rule: capped at +8 to attributes and +3 to health levels
 
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| 3 per      || Extra Heads
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| 3 per      || Extra Heads || +2 per extra head to resist ambush <br /> +2 per extra head participating in same Brawl attack <br /> may attack different targets using split actions <br /> decapitation is only an auto-kill if all heads are severed
 
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| 3 per      || "Extra Limbs (Bygone)"
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| 3 per      || "Extra Limbs (Bygone)" || may attack different targets using split actions
 
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| variable    || Extra Speed
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| variable    || Extra Speed || every 5 points gives +1 extra (not split) action per turn and multiplies running speed by 1.5
 
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| 2-6        || Feast of Nettles
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| 2-6        || Feast of Nettles || 2 = eat 3 Paradox per week <br /> 3 = 5 per week <br /> 4 = 10 per week <br /> 5 = 15 per week <br /> 6 = 20 per week <br /> must concentrate for 2-4 turns before and sleep it off after <br /> eating only part of a backlash requires Wits + Awareness vs 8, exceeding your limit kills you instantly
 
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| 2          || Flexible
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| 2          || Flexible || +1 Dodge, +2 grapple
 
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| variable    || "Hazardous Breath (Bygone)"
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| variable    || "Hazardous Breath (Bygone)" || 5*N points gives N levels of damage on Dexterity + Brawl vs 7 <br /> increase to 7*N to make it caustic (1 more level per turn until washed off) <br /> double = agg <br /> target can soak (if they can normally soak that type of damage) <br /> cannot use it more times per scene than your Stamina <br /> multiple Brawl successes = extra target in range at ST discretion
 
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| 3/6        || Healing Lick
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| 3/6        || Healing Lick || 3 = heal 1 non-agg health level (self or other) per turn <br /> 6 = also heals agg <br /> does not regrow severed parts (need Regrowth for that)
 
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| 2          || ''Hibernation''
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| 2          || ''Hibernation'' || don't need food/water until you wake up
 
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| 1          || Human Speech
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| 1          || Human Speech || while in non-human form
 
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| 2/5/10/15  || ''Immunity''
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| 2/5/10/15  || ''Immunity'' || 2 = minor nuisance or rare threat <br /> 5 = major or moderately rare threat <br /> 10 = deadly or common threat <br /> 15 = death itself
 
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| 3          || Information Font
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| 3          || Information Font || Perception + relevant ability vs 7 to obtain obscure information, others roll Intelligence + Enigmas vs 6-10 to understand you
 
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| 8/10        || Intangibility
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| 8/10        || Intangibility || 8 = invisible <br /> 10 = incorporeal <br /> spend Willpower to change state <br /> incorporeal: magic still affects you; turning it off takes a full turn (Perception + Awareness or Alertness vs 8 to see you, but can be touched) <br /> invisible: Perception + Awareness vs 7 to detect you with sensory magic, vs 9 to detect you disturbing the environment; does not mask your scent
 
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| 3/6        || Mesmerism
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| 3/6        || Mesmerism || 3 = freeze target <br /> 6 = draw target slowly closer <br /> Charisma + Intimidation, extended, accumulate successes equal to target's Willpower, botch = target cannot be hypnotized this way again
 
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| 3          || Musical Influence
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| 3          || Musical Influence || relevant social attribute + relevant ability vs target's Willpower, extra successes = extra targets <br /> if target realizes why they feel the effect, they still feel it but can act against it
 
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| variable    || Mystic Shield
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| variable    || Mystic Shield || every 2 points gives +1 countermagic or +1 diff to magic targeting you <br /> counts as a defensive action like Dodge
 
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| 3          || Nightsight
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| 3          || Nightsight || Perception + Alertness vs 8 to see in total darkness <br /> fog, smoke, etc.: ST discretion
 
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| variable    || ''Rapid Healing''
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| variable    || ''Rapid Healing'' || every 2 points lets you heal at the speed of 1 health level less injured
 
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| 2/4/6      || Regrowth
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| 2/4/6      || Regrowth || 2 = tail, tentacle, horn, etc. (1 day) <br /> 4 = severed limb, gouged eye (3 days) <br /> 6 = anything short of complete bodily destruction (1 week for vital organ, 2 weeks for multiple such injuries) <br /> this is in addition to normal healing time for health levels <br /> fire/acid can cauterize a stump and stop it from regrowing
 
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| 3/5/8      || Shapechanger
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| 3/5/8      || Shapechanger || 3 = one alternate form <br /> 5 = one range (e.g. birds, humans, cats, fish) <br /> 8 = anything <br /> any powers besides changing shape must be bought separately, and only apply while in a relevant shape <br /> others may roll Perception + Awareness vs 7 or other relevant sensory magic to see your true form, scent is ST discretion
 
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| 5/7        || ''Shared Knowledge''
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| 5/7        || ''Shared Knowledge'' || use each other's knowledges, Wits + Intuition vs (3 + knowledge level) for complex understanding <br /> 7 = can also see through each other's eyes <br /> range limited to (100 * your Willpower) yards
 
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| 3/5/8/10    || "Size (Bygone Power)"
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| 3/5/8/10    || "Size (Bygone Power)" || 3 = +1 (larger) / -1 (smaller) health level, +1/-1 Strength or Stamina <br /> 5 = +2/-2 health levels, +2/-2 total Strength and/or Stamina, -1/+1 diff for others to spot or hit you <br /> 8 = +3/-3, +3/-3, -2/+2 <br /> 10 = +4/-4, +4/-4, -3/+3
 
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| 2          || ''Soul-Sense'' <br /> ''Death-Sense''
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| 2          || ''Soul-Sense'' <br /> ''Death-Sense'' || 2 = Soul-Sense: Perception + Awareness or Occult to detect mystical creature (even if it's hidden/disguised) or person/place that is deeply holy/evil/etc. <br /> 3 = Death-Sense: sense when (if ever) someone is likely to die <br /> magical concealment provides resistance
 
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| 8/10/15    || Spirit Travel
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| 8/10/15    || Spirit Travel || 8 = one dimension || 10 = two dimensions || 15 = three dimensions
 
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| 3          || Spirit Vision
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| 3          || Spirit Vision || similar to Spirit Sight merit, hazier but less distracting, can choose to focus on it if e.g. a ghost is approaching
 
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| 3          || Tunneling
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| 3          || Tunneling || soft earth: walking speed to move through, half walking speed to leave tunnel <br /> long tunnels may require Stamina + Willpower
 
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| 2          || ''Unaging''
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| 2          || ''Unaging'' || same as Unaging merit
 
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| variable    || ''Venom''
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| variable    || ''Venom'' || 3*N points adds N levels of aggravated damage to a bite/claw/spur/sting attack <br /> increase to 5*N to apply it to anyone who touches or eats part of you
 
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| 4          || ''Wall-Crawling''
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| 4          || ''Wall-Crawling'' || resistance (e.g. strong wind, slippery surface, someone grabbing you) requires Strength + Athletics vs 7
 
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| 2/5        || Water-Breathing
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| 2/5        || Water-Breathing || 2 = can breathe both water and air <br /> 5 = don't need to breathe at all
 
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| 5          || ''Webbing''
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| 5          || ''Webbing'' || Dexterity + Webworking (secondary skill) vs 5 (travel), 6 (create), 7 (trap), 8 (grab at distance / block entrance) <br /> webbing has 6 soak dice and 3 health levels <br /> trapped victim must roll Strength vs 8 and get 3+ successes (or at ST discretion, roll Strength resisted by web's Strength 8)
 
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| 3/5        || "Wings (Bygone)"
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| 3/5        || "Wings (Bygone)" || 3 = jogging speed (13 yards per turn) || 5 = 20 yards per turn
 
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[[Category:Bygones]]

Revision as of 08:40, 18 April 2018

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Bygone Powers
Cost Power Notes
2-3 Acute Smell +N on scent-related Perception rolls
1-4 Armor +N soak dice
4-6 Bond Sharing 4 = one sense or environmental tolerance
5 = all senses or tolerances
6 = all senses and tolerances
4/6/8 Chameleon Coloration 4 = darken to blend with shadows (Shadow-walking)
6 = hues of one color
8 = any color
Wits + Alertness vs 7 to see you against same-color background
3/5/7 "Claws (Bygone)"
"Teeth (Bygone)" (aka Fangs)
"Horn (Bygone)"		 3 = one
5 = two
7 = three
double for agg
3 Deadly Demise dying attack that likely kills your killer
3/5/7/10/15 Elemental Touch 3 = sense large quantity (Perception + Awareness vs 6-9)
5 = sense smaller quantity (Perception + Awareness vs 6-9)
7 = bend small amount (spend Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9)
10 = create small amount (spend Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9)
15 = bend large amount (spend 2 Willpower and roll Manipulation + Awareness vs 6-9)
variable "Enhancement (Bygone)" +1 attribute or health level per 5 dots
House rule: capped at +8 to attributes and +3 to health levels
3 per Extra Heads +2 per extra head to resist ambush
+2 per extra head participating in same Brawl attack
may attack different targets using split actions
decapitation is only an auto-kill if all heads are severed
3 per "Extra Limbs (Bygone)" may attack different targets using split actions
variable Extra Speed every 5 points gives +1 extra (not split) action per turn and multiplies running speed by 1.5
2-6 Feast of Nettles 2 = eat 3 Paradox per week
3 = 5 per week
4 = 10 per week
5 = 15 per week
6 = 20 per week
must concentrate for 2-4 turns before and sleep it off after
eating only part of a backlash requires Wits + Awareness vs 8, exceeding your limit kills you instantly
2 Flexible +1 Dodge, +2 grapple
variable "Hazardous Breath (Bygone)" 5*N points gives N levels of damage on Dexterity + Brawl vs 7
increase to 7*N to make it caustic (1 more level per turn until washed off)
double = agg
target can soak (if they can normally soak that type of damage)
cannot use it more times per scene than your Stamina
multiple Brawl successes = extra target in range at ST discretion
3/6 Healing Lick 3 = heal 1 non-agg health level (self or other) per turn
6 = also heals agg
does not regrow severed parts (need Regrowth for that)
2 Hibernation don't need food/water until you wake up
1 Human Speech while in non-human form
2/5/10/15 Immunity 2 = minor nuisance or rare threat
5 = major or moderately rare threat
10 = deadly or common threat
15 = death itself
3 Information Font Perception + relevant ability vs 7 to obtain obscure information, others roll Intelligence + Enigmas vs 6-10 to understand you
8/10 Intangibility 8 = invisible
10 = incorporeal
spend Willpower to change state
incorporeal: magic still affects you; turning it off takes a full turn (Perception + Awareness or Alertness vs 8 to see you, but can be touched)
invisible: Perception + Awareness vs 7 to detect you with sensory magic, vs 9 to detect you disturbing the environment; does not mask your scent
3/6 Mesmerism 3 = freeze target
6 = draw target slowly closer
Charisma + Intimidation, extended, accumulate successes equal to target's Willpower, botch = target cannot be hypnotized this way again
3 Musical Influence relevant social attribute + relevant ability vs target's Willpower, extra successes = extra targets
if target realizes why they feel the effect, they still feel it but can act against it
variable Mystic Shield every 2 points gives +1 countermagic or +1 diff to magic targeting you
counts as a defensive action like Dodge
3 Nightsight Perception + Alertness vs 8 to see in total darkness
fog, smoke, etc.: ST discretion
variable Rapid Healing every 2 points lets you heal at the speed of 1 health level less injured
2/4/6 Regrowth 2 = tail, tentacle, horn, etc. (1 day)
4 = severed limb, gouged eye (3 days)
6 = anything short of complete bodily destruction (1 week for vital organ, 2 weeks for multiple such injuries)
this is in addition to normal healing time for health levels
fire/acid can cauterize a stump and stop it from regrowing
3/5/8 Shapechanger 3 = one alternate form
5 = one range (e.g. birds, humans, cats, fish)
8 = anything
any powers besides changing shape must be bought separately, and only apply while in a relevant shape
others may roll Perception + Awareness vs 7 or other relevant sensory magic to see your true form, scent is ST discretion
5/7 Shared Knowledge use each other's knowledges, Wits + Intuition vs (3 + knowledge level) for complex understanding
7 = can also see through each other's eyes
range limited to (100 * your Willpower) yards
3/5/8/10 "Size (Bygone Power)" 3 = +1 (larger) / -1 (smaller) health level, +1/-1 Strength or Stamina
5 = +2/-2 health levels, +2/-2 total Strength and/or Stamina, -1/+1 diff for others to spot or hit you
8 = +3/-3, +3/-3, -2/+2
10 = +4/-4, +4/-4, -3/+3
2 Soul-Sense
Death-Sense		 2 = Soul-Sense: Perception + Awareness or Occult to detect mystical creature (even if it's hidden/disguised) or person/place that is deeply holy/evil/etc.
3 = Death-Sense: sense when (if ever) someone is likely to die
magical concealment provides resistance
8/10/15 Spirit Travel 8 = one dimension 10 = two dimensions 15 = three dimensions
3 Spirit Vision similar to Spirit Sight merit, hazier but less distracting, can choose to focus on it if e.g. a ghost is approaching
3 Tunneling soft earth: walking speed to move through, half walking speed to leave tunnel
long tunnels may require Stamina + Willpower
2 Unaging same as Unaging merit
variable Venom 3*N points adds N levels of aggravated damage to a bite/claw/spur/sting attack
increase to 5*N to apply it to anyone who touches or eats part of you
4 Wall-Crawling resistance (e.g. strong wind, slippery surface, someone grabbing you) requires Strength + Athletics vs 7
2/5 Water-Breathing 2 = can breathe both water and air
5 = don't need to breathe at all
5 Webbing Dexterity + Webworking (secondary skill) vs 5 (travel), 6 (create), 7 (trap), 8 (grab at distance / block entrance)
webbing has 6 soak dice and 3 health levels
trapped victim must roll Strength vs 8 and get 3+ successes (or at ST discretion, roll Strength resisted by web's Strength 8)
3/5 "Wings (Bygone)" 3 = jogging speed (13 yards per turn) 5 = 20 yards per turn
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