Bygone Powers
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- 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.
| 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 |
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| 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 You can +request custom +shift forms based on your Shapechanger Power Level to reflect the Size (Bygone Power) level stat changes and what sort of form it is. This does not apply to Human, or if your native form is about the same size as Human. |
| 5 | "Soak Agg" | You can soak both lethal and aggravated damage. |
| 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 |
