Bygone Powers

• NOTE: Powers are approved at staff discretion. They need to make conceptual sense for your creature type. Any sensible IC explanation is fine, however just "I want it" is not sufficient.
• italics = not in database yet, will review on request
• House rules are highlighted like this.
• Chimerical bygones (page 98) are allowed, can treat redes as powers, and have Glamour equivalent to wilder changelings.
  • Must take Wyrd rede. Must use Wyrd rede to ICly exist in normalspace (similar to wraiths using Embody).
  • Other redes are at staff discretion.
  • Non-chimerical bygones can't have redes.
• 20th Anniversary powers (Gods and Monsters 201-214) may be allowed at staff discretion.

Bygone Powers

Cost	Power	Notes
2-3	"Acute Smell (Bygone power)"	+N on scent-related Perception rolls
1-4	Armor	+N soak dice
1/3	Bare Necessities	items shapeshift with you, similar to items dedicated by shifters 1 = clothes, small items worn close to your skin (e.g. wallet, watch, knife strapped to your leg) 3 = items small and light enough to carry in one hand (e.g. backpack, sword, walking stick, pistol, but not a semi-automatic rifle) Reference: Gods and Monsters 202
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	Death-Sense	sense when (if ever) someone is likely to die magical concealment provides resistance
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 raising to 8 dots maximum for attributes, and +3 dots to health levels, but attributes don't cost extra XP beyond the cost of the power
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
3/5/7/9/10	Extra Speed	5+ points = +1 extra (not split) action per turn, 10 points = +2 also increases walking/running speed per table on right Dexterity bonuses are from MtA 223 For moving and doing something else in same turn, see Combat#Movement
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)"	House rule: Does dice of damage, not automatic levels 5*N points gives N dice of damage on Dexterity + Brawl vs 7 increase to 7*N to make it caustic (1 more die 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 (bygone power)"	don't need food/water until you wake up
2/4	Human Guise	2 = visible tells (e.g. gills, cat eyes, reptile scales) but potentially concealable by makeup/clothes, one dot in Appearance 4 = appear entirely human unless another supernatural power/ability is used Reference: Gods and Monsters 206
1	Human Speech	while in non-human form
2/5/10/15	"Immunity (bygone)"	2 = minor nuisance (poison oak, common cold) or very rare threat (basilisks) 5 = major (disease, hunger) or moderately rare threat (poisons, extreme heat or cold) 10 = deadly (fire, drowning) or common threat (fire, metals (i.e.: silver, kryptonite)) 15 = death itself (house rule: requires an Achilles' heel at staff discretion, but complete bodily destruction doesn't automatically defeat it)
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 (during transition, seeing you requires Perception + Awareness or Alertness vs 8, but you 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	Lack of Scent	guess
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	Mystick Shield	every 2 points gives +1 countermagic or +1 diff to magic targeting you (not both) (house rule: must pick an allocation in advance, +diff is assumed until/unless allocating some/all to countermagic is explicitly requested, each aspect is capped at 10 points for +5) must be activated, counts as a defensive action like Dodge (house rule: does not impose penalties beyond the normal extra/split action rules)
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 house rule: if this would be off the chart, keep using the speed for 1 damage (bruised)
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 house rule: these Awareness checks are limited on the same basis as '+rules sniping'
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 Without this power, your native form can be maybe a step or two larger/smaller than human, but without any stat bonuses
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. house rule: Death-Sense is a separate power and does not include effects of Soul-Sense magical concealment provides resistance
8/10/15	Spirit Travel	Middle Umbra, astral lands, and/or Underworld 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
3/5/8/12	Telekinesis	max (10 lbs / 50 lbs / 100 lbs / effectively 350 lbs) Willpower vs 6+ depending on weight and what you're doing with it over 100 lbs requires spending a Willpower per additional 25 lbs
2/4/6	"Telepathy (bygone power)"	Intelligence + (Empathy, Etiquette, Intimidation, or other appropriate ability) unwilling target may do a resisted Willpower roll to block it out 2 = one character in line of sight 4 = add a number of characters equal to your Willpower 6 = extend range to 1 mile listening in as an outside party requires appropriate means (may be mundane technology depending on the bygone) and spending a Willpower
3	Tunneling	soft earth: walking speed to move through, half walking speed to leave tunnel long tunnels may require Stamina + Willpower
2	"Unaging (Bygone)"	same as Unaging merit
variable	"Venom (Bygone)"	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 (bygone)"	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