Editing SHELTER:Simon Jordan (section)

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Contacts:

Royce Owen (NSA administrator; Simon was originally assigned to him during his liaison time.)

Acquaintance: Bookworm I: You have unparalleled research skills and can just ‘walk up to the right part of a library’ or ‘flip open a book to the right page’ with spooky accuracy. At Level 2, you may reduce the amount of time required to make an Investigation/Research check to 1/2 standard (minimum 5 minutes).

Associate: Friends in Low Places: You can quickly plug into any local network, scouting the lay of the land. Soon, it’s as if you’ve been operating there forever. At Level 1, the time and money required for you to perform any Canvass Area check are reduced to 1/2 standard (rounded down, minimum 10 minutes and $10). Further, at any time during the same mission after you’ve made a successful Canvass Area check, the time required for you to make a Black Market check in the same area is reduced to 1/2 standard (rounded down, minimum 1 hour).

Confederate: All the Right Answers: At Level 6, when you undertake a Complex Task for which Analysis, Investigation, or Search is the key skill, the starting number of Challenges decreases by your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1).

Partner: Diplomatic Solution: Your powers of persuasion are so great you can talk people out of anything, including open hostility. At Level 8, once per scene, you may choose a number of standard NPCs equal to your career level × your Charisma modifier. As a full action, you may target these NPCs with an Impress check (DC 10 + the highest Will save among the targets). With success, a number of targets equal to twice the amount by which you beat the DC immediately halt all hostile action towards you, your teammates, and one another, and take no new hostile action against these people for a number of minutes equal to your class level, so long as you continue to speak calmly and no one makes hostile or threatening actions toward them (e.g. drawing or raising a weapon).


Captain Mackenzie Ryan, British Armed Forces (Now running security for the British Embassy, studied alongside Simon)

Acquaintance: Backup I: You maintain contact with diverse friends who can help out in a pinch. At Level 5, once per session, you may call upon a friend to assist you. This friend’s disposition toward you is Supportive. He shows up 1d6 hours after he’s summoned and helps with 1 task that may be completed by the end of the current scene. The friend is a Tier I standard NPC of any type, chosen when you summon him (see page 453). He possesses a Grade VIII skill of your choice (see page 443), as well as 1 Caliber I gear pick of your choice. This item leaves with the friend at the end of the current scene.

Associate: Deep Cover I:  You take extra precautions every time you go undercover. At Level 1, the Power Rating of each cover identity you create or request increases by 1 (maximum 10).

Confederate: Backup II

Partner: Security Detail


Wealth: 5

Lifestyle: 2 (-1 Appearance modifier)

Spending Cash: 3 ($900)

Possessions 5 (Forensics Kit II, Feat Training II (Tracking Basics), Walther PPK I (Holster, Holdout)
Parabolic Microphone I, Skill Training I (Survival), Commercial Grade Video Camera III)