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| | Welcome to the world of Spirit of the Century! Pulp Action in a poorly researched world of plot holes and spelling errors.<br> | | Welcome to the world of Spirit of the Century! Pulp Action in a poorly researched world of plot holes and spelling errors.<br> |
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| − | [http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=137990; THE THREAD]<br>
| + | THE THREAD<br> |
| − | [http://crackmonkey.org/~nick/loyhargil/fate3/fate3.html; THE RULEBOOK]<br>
| + | THE RULEBOOK<br> |
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| | Storyteller:<br> | | Storyteller:<br> |
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| | Kiplingskat - '''Velma Valentine''', Sassy Pilot - ''Jessica Simms'' - Xander Drake<br> | | Kiplingskat - '''Velma Valentine''', Sassy Pilot - ''Jessica Simms'' - Xander Drake<br> |
| | Irishopolis '''Murphey O'Malley''', Mad Scientist - ''Oliver Albright'' - Janet the Parrot<br> | | Irishopolis '''Murphey O'Malley''', Mad Scientist - ''Oliver Albright'' - Janet the Parrot<br> |
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| − | ==''Spider Frost''==
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| − | ===''The Editor''===
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| | =='''Beasle Wattsworth'''== | | =='''Beasle Wattsworth'''== |
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| | ===Miranda Wattsworth=== | | ===Miranda Wattsworth=== |
| − | RIVAL<br>
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| − | Miranda Wattsworth<br>
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| − | *Soul Sucking Harpy
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| − | *"...for old time's sake?"
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| − | *"I own you!"
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| − | *True Love, True Hate
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| − | *Soul Slave Janet
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| − | *Pursued by Devils, Never Caught Up
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| − | *Sends a Shiver Up My Spine
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s):<br>
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| − | Empathy
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| − | '''Popular Gal''' [Rapport]<br>
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| − | You’re adept at catching the eye of the opposite sex, and keeping it once you’ve got it. Any seduction attempts you make with Rapport receive a +2 technique bonus provided the target is someone who could be receptive to it (this is not always a simple case of gender and preference).
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| − | '''Razor Tongue''' [Art]<br>
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| − | The artist has a way with words, and knows how to craft the most exquisite insults. Whenever making a social roll that uses such words, he may automatically complement the effort with his Art skill – this is particularly potent when complementing Intimidation to get a rise out of someone, and in such a case, grants an additional +1 regardless of the level of skill.
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| − | '''Poison Words''' [Art]
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| − | ''Requires Razor Tongue.''
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| − | The artist’s skill at satire is so profound as to take the whole audience with him. The artist may choose a target normally, and that target need not be in the audience (though it should be one familiar to the audience). Normally, aspects resulting from a performance may not be specific; with this stunt, however, the player may specify the target in any aspect he puts on the scene. Thus, while an artist might normally be able to add the “Hate” aspect to a scene, but one with this stunt may make it “Hate Lord Octavian”.
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| − | '''Hit Them Where It Hurts''' [Empathy]<br>
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| − | Your skill at reading people makes you adept at provoking a strong emotional response if you’re trying to get them angry, depressed, or something similar. Normally, the Intimidation skill would be used for such efforts; however, if you’ve succeeded at any Empathy roll against the target previously, you may use Empathy to wage such psychological warfare instead. In the hands of a character with high Empathy, this is especially lethal when combined with a successful read on someone that reveals an aspect.
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| − | '''Ride Anything''' [Survival]<br>
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| − | If it can be ridden like a riding beast, you can ride it. You suffer no penalties or increased difficulty for a lack of familiarity, no matter how strange the mount, be it dinosaur, mechanical spider-robot, or Martian bird of prey.
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| | ===''Dante Rays''=== | | ===''Dante Rays''=== |
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| | =='''Mina/Milo Mengele'''== | | =='''Mina/Milo Mengele'''== |
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| − | Surgeon with a lust for all things dark and deadly, Toxicology prodigy, Black-market patron, Artist with a blade, General creepy guy - who's really a gal.
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| − | *Weirdo
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| − | *Morbid Curiosity
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| − | *Super Scalpel Slash!
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| − | *That can kill you..
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| − | *I know this voodoo priestess who can...
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| − | *Body? What body?
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| − | *Lil' old me?
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| − | *Reichsinspekteurr Karl
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| − | *Without a trace
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| − | *Aspect 10
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| − | Skills:
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| − | *Superb - Science
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| − | *Great - Mystery, Academics
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| − | *Good - Deceit, Weapons, Athletics
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| − | *Fair - Engineering, Contacting, Endurance, Resources
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| − | *Average - Riding, Driving, Piloting, Survival, Alertness
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| − | ''Stunts:''
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| − | '''Doctor '''
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| − | The character has a singular ability to help the wounded recover from their ills. Whenever rolling Science to provide first aid or proper medical attention (see page XX), the roll is made at +2. A character with this stunt may choose to have a medical degree, or at least certification to act as a paramedic, nurse, or other medical professional.
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| − | '''Surgeon'''
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| − | You’re not only a doctor, you’re at the forefront of medical Science in action. Your character is a respected authority in a specific field of surgical or therapeutic medicine; define it at the time you take this stunt. Possibilities include heart or brain surgery, transplant operations, disease pathologies, and so on; your character has the opportunity to break new ground ahead of the actual technological curve.
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| − | Thus, surgeons start with the +2 bonus from Doctor, and add at least one, for a total of +3. And better yet, they operate with a +4 in their area of utmost expertise.
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| − | '''Scholar of Toxicology - Accademics'''
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| − | Your character is a respected authority in a specific academic field. Possibilities include history, English, archeology, mathematics and so on. In the elite circles of that particular field, you are recognized for your expertise. Even if your skill level is low, it merely means you are towards the bottom of that particular group of the elite.
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| − | '''Contortionist Athletics'''
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| − | You can fit into and through spaces and shapes that no normal human readily can. Normally, contorting tasks are impossible to attempt, or at best default to a (non-existent) Contortion skill rated at Mediocre. With this stunt, you can use your full Athletics score instead, and have rationale to attempt feats of contortion that are simply unavailable to others.
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| − | '''Slippery-Athletics'''
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| − | Requires at least one other Athletics stunt.
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| − | You gain a +2 to all attempts to defend against knockback or push attacks, as well as any attempts to escape from bonds.
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| | ===Reichsinspekteurr Karl=== | | ===Reichsinspekteurr Karl=== |
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| | *The Dark Side | | *The Dark Side |
| | *"Xander, deal with this." | | *"Xander, deal with this." |
| − | *Thule Society
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| − | *[Aspect7]
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| − | *[Aspect8]
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| − | *[Aspect9]
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| − | *[Aspect10]
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| − | *[Aspect11]
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| − | *[Aspect12]
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| | Assumed Key Skill(s):<br> | | Assumed Key Skill(s):<br> |
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| | ===''Olivia Martini''=== | | ===''Olivia Martini''=== |
| − | Fresh out of work, she's a complete novice here to try her hand at creative writing before diving into other career opportunities.
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| | =='''Ace Steel'''== | | =='''Ace Steel'''== |
| − | Cultist , Madman, Monster hunter, Loose Cannon.... Kung-fu Master?<br>
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| − | Current Fate Points:'''5(-1=4-1=3)'''<br>
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| − | Aspects<br>
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| − | *I live on the Edge<br>
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| − | *Brotherhood of the Black Star <br>
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| − | *Chosen One of Ct'tharhogg <br>
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| − | *My Body is a Road Map of Pain<br> ''Occult Scarification, Tattoos, Battle-scars, Taint from beyond our reality... etc.''<br>
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| − | *Bizarre Luck <br>
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| − | *Bionic Arm <br>
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| − | *Master of the Obsidian Death Style of Jing Zu <br>
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| − | *Monster Hunter<br>
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| − | *Enemy: The dread skypirate Roberts<br>
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| − | *Dark Sorcerer <br>
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| − | SKILLs<br>
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| − | Superb- Mysteries<br>
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| − | Great- Fists, Leadership<br>
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| − | Good-Intimidation, Resolve, Endurance<br>
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| − | Fair- Athletics, Survival, Resources, Might<br>
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| − | Average- Weapons, Deceit, Contacting, Empathy, Investigation<br>
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| − | STUNTS<br>
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| − | '''°Martial Arts''' [Fists]<br>
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| − | Your training in the martial practices of the Far East have honed your abilities with your Fists into a finely disciplined form that is
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| − | part combat skill, part art form. This gives you an acute insight into the means and methods of barehanded warfare.
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| − | You may use your Fists skill to study an opponent by engaging him and testing his defenses with your own martial techniques. You
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| − | must do this as a full action during an exchange. Your target must defend against this action, which is essentially a maneuver, with
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| − | his Fists skill.<br>
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| − | If you succeed, you have gained insight to your target’s fighting techniques, and may place an aspect on the target, as with a
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| − | successful maneuver. Whenever you tag this aspect, you gain an additional +1 to your roll, for a total of +3 instead of the normal
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| − | tagging bonus of +2.
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| − | '''°Lethal Weapon''' [Fists]<br>
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| − | Your martial skill is dedicated to dishing out punishment, and your hands are practically illegal in most civilized countries. Any
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| − | time your opponent opts to take a mild or moderate consequence from a blow you have dealt, you may spend a fate point to increase
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| − | the severity of that consequence by one step, increasing mild to moderate and moderate to severe. The opponent may then
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| − | reconsider whether to take the consequence, or instead offer a concession. You may not do this to an opponent who is already taking
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| − | a severe consequence.
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| − | '''°Fist of Death''' [Fists]<br>
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| − | By concentrating your force into a powerful blow, you may devastate even the most potent of opponents. Once per opponent per
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| − | '''°Minions''' [Leadership]-''Brotherhood of the Black Star (A.K.A.~Cultists of Ct'tharhogg)''<br>
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| − | You have minions – lots of them. As a default, in a scene, you may have the bare minimum of minions easily on hand – two or three
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| − | of Average quality (page XX).<br>
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| − | You may make three upgrades to improve your minions, spent at the point you bring them into the scene. Each upgrade either by
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| − | adds three more to their number, or boosts the quality of three of them by one step (no minion can be more than Good quality).
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| − | This stunt may be taken multiple times to increase the starting number of minions (taking it twice means you start out with five or six of Average quality) and the number of upgrades (taking it twice also means you have six upgrades). You must spend all of your upgrades at the start of the scene when you bring in your minions, but you needn’t bring them all in right away.
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| − | '''°Unapproachable''' [Intimidation]<br>
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| − | It’s difficult to try to manipulate someone when you’re constantly reminded of how scary they are. A character with this stunt may
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| | ===The Dreaded Sky-Pirate Roberts=== | | ===The Dreaded Sky-Pirate Roberts=== |
| − | RIVAL<br>
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| − | The Dreaded Sky-Pirate Roberts<br>
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| − | *"Pride is my favorite sin..."
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| − | *Atomic Zeppelin
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| − | *Pirate Code of Honor
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| − | *Beyond Fear.
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| − | *[Aspect5]
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| − | *[Aspect8]
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| − | *[Aspect9]
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| − | Resolve, Alertness
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| − | '''Smooth Recovery''' [Resolve]<br>
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| − | While most characters with Resolve can keep things together under stress, for your character it is second nature, allowing him to regain his footing in the face of even the direst of outcomes outside of physical conflict. This stunt allows the character to take one additional moderate, social or mental consequence than normal, allowing him to take up to four total consequences of that variety.
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| − | '''Unflappable''' [Resolve]
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| − | ''Requires Smooth Recovery.''
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| − | The character is simply not prone to fear. While Intimidation efforts against him might provoke other emotions, they can rarely scare him; he gains a +2 to his Resolve when defending against a purely fear-based Intimidation action.
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| − | '''Right Place, Right Time''' [Resolve]
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| − | ''Requires Unflappable.''
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| − | The character seems to always be in a safe spot, without moving in any obvious way. When engaged in physical combat, characters with this stunt may use Resolve as their combat skill when defending, and may also use it to move or take cover (so long as they merely saunter; no sprints allowed).
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| − | To the outside world, it appears that the character is simply staying put and unfazed as gunfire and other attacks miss him by scant inches, or is picking up his undisturbed martini as the werewolf rushes past. Circumstance conspires to leave the character undisturbed so long as his defense is not beaten.
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| − | The character maintains a quick and easy awareness of ambushes and other nasty surprises – perhaps preternaturally, perhaps simply due to finely tuned mundane senses. Whenever ambushed (see page XX), the character is able to take a full defensive action, gaining a +2 on his defense roll, regardless of whether or not he’s surprised (if he is surprised, dropping his base defense to Mediocre, this stunt takes his base defense up to Fair).
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| − | '''Saw It Coming''' [Alertness]
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| − | ''Requires Danger Sense.''
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| − | The character is never surprised; he may always take a full defensive action when ambushed, and his base defense is never reduced to Mediocre by surprise.
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| | ===''Jack Irons''=== | | ===''Jack Irons''=== |
| − | Clean cut 2 fisted writer. Over protective of his 5 sisters and rumored to live his work. He use to write pulp short stories for the Rockfield Gazette (which burned down under mysterious circumstances).
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| | =='''Velma Valentine'''== | | =='''Velma Valentine'''== |
| − | -Sassy, cigar smoking pilot adventurer/explorer for hire, newfound curiosity in the Occult, alleged ex-Mob Moll.<br>
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| − | Health XXOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | *“If it has wings and an engine, I can fly it."
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| − | *Bombshell Barrage!
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| − | *Epic Poker Face
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| − | *"What’s this thing do?"
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| − | *Vampy Vixen
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| − | *Globetrotter Extrordinaire
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| − | *"Some call it arrogance, I call it self-awareness."
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| − | *“If I ever see that Xander Drake bastard again, I’ll…."
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| − | *Aspect Nine
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| − | Superb - Pilot<br>
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| − | Great - Guns, Rapport<br>
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| − | Good - Engineering, Contacting, Empathy<br>
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| − | Fair - Athletics, Drive, Alertness, Resources<br>
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| − | Average - Mysteries, Deceit, Fists, Gambling, Resolve<br>
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| − | -Acrobat [Athletics]<br>
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| − | You are able to perform any number of impressive acrobatic feats. Difficulties assigned for complex maneuvers while acting (e .g walking on a tightrope, doing brain surgery while hanging from a trapeze) are reduced by two. Falling rolls gain a +2 bonus. When used acrobatically, your Athletics skill can never be used to restrict another skill, only complement it.
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| − | -Walk the Walk [Contacting]<br>
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| − | The character’s travels have taken her to every corner of the globe. Her familiarity with the streets and peoples of the world allow her to function easily, at home and abroad. The character never suffers any additional difficulty from unfamiliar circumstances when Contacting.
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| − | -Two Gun Jill [Guns]<br>
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| − | Normally, shooting with two guns just looks cool without providing a bonus. With this stunt, a character firing two weapons has a decisive advantage.
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| − | Any time this character uses two guns and hits a target for at least one stress, the stress of the hit is increased by one (meaning, essentially, that he never hits a target for less than two stress, when she hits).
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| − | Furthermore, any defense against maneuvers to deprive the character of either of her guns is improved by one. The two belong together, after all, in the hands of a Two Gun Jill.
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| − | -Barnstormer [Pilot]<br>
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| − | This pilot can squeeze her plane through places where it has no business fitting. Normally, a pilot can spend a fate point for a coincidence or declaration to assure that the plane has enough clearance space to fly through. Characters with this stunt never need to spend a fate point: if it could fit, it can. What’s more, if your character does spend a fate point, she can fit the plane in places it absolutely should not be able to. This stunt is also useful for landing planes in improbably tight quarters.
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| − | -Personal Aircraft [Pilot]<br>
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| − | You have a personal aircraft that you own or have the exclusive right to fly. In all respects, this stunt functions like the Custom Ride stunt. Please refer to that stunt for details.
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| | ===Xander Drake=== | | ===Xander Drake=== |
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| | *Cheerful executioner | | *Cheerful executioner |
| | *"With pleasure, Reichsinspekteurr" | | *"With pleasure, Reichsinspekteurr" |
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| | '''Subtle Menace''' [Intimidation] <br> | | '''Subtle Menace''' [Intimidation] <br> |
| | The character exudes menace far in excess of his capability to act. Even bound and behind prison bars, the character is so ripe with the promise of the awful things he could do that he’s still scary. This character may use Intimidation no matter what the power imbalance in the situation is, and reduces his target’s bonuses for acting from a superior position by 2 (to a minimum of +0). | | The character exudes menace far in excess of his capability to act. Even bound and behind prison bars, the character is so ripe with the promise of the awful things he could do that he’s still scary. This character may use Intimidation no matter what the power imbalance in the situation is, and reduces his target’s bonuses for acting from a superior position by 2 (to a minimum of +0). |
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| | ===''Jessica Simms''=== | | ===''Jessica Simms''=== |
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| − | An energetic, somewhat fidgety young writer fresh off the proverbial boat. She has a massive handbag that many in the business have dubbed her 'Bag of Tricks'. Her explanation? "I just like to have everything close at hand!"
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| | =='''Murphey O'Malley'''== | | =='''Murphey O'Malley'''== |
| − | Think Dexter from Dexter's Lab meets the early 20th century and add booze.
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| − | Health: 00X00
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| − | Composure: 00000
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| − | Minor: Stunned
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| − | Moderate: Arms Incapacitated
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| − | Major: Unconscious
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| − | "I am advanced for my age" - Only the spry young age of 15.
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| − | "Steamy Punk" - Tends to be irrational and hot-headed against members of authority.
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| − | "Drink Tank" * - As all stereotypical irish, this boy likes his whiskey
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| − | "Dammit, Janet!" - Annoying parrot of a certain pirate captain...
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| − | "Lead (or some other type of metal) Foot" - Signature Metal Boots that make it really hard to drive.
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| − | "Magna cum La-De-Da" - Genius who hates other geniuses
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| − | "Push the Red Button" - Usually installs red buttons onto objects that cause both dangerous and exciting effects
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| − | "School of Hard Knocks" - He learns from mistakes, and he makes a lot of them.
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| − | "Dropkick Murphy!" - The boots are made for stomping, and thats just what they do.
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| − | Superb - Engineering
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| − | Great - Science, Fists
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| − | Good - Intimidate, Might, Resources
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| − | Fair - Empathy, Sleight of Hand, Endurance, Gambling
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| − | Average - Rapport, Academics, Guns, Alertness, Athletics
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| − | You are able to create devices that even a 21st century person would deem impossible, unlikely, or simply too advanced for mankind’s present capabilities. Unconventional construction methods, cars that run on brainpower, and other bizarre effects are all possible.
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| − | Your Mad Science must have a theme (such as Doktor Herborn's "metabolic chemistry"), which you must define when you take this stunt. Any Mad Science improvements you incorporate into devices must fit this theme (but with a little creativity, most concepts can fit a sufficiently flexible theme).
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| − | As with the Weird Science stunt (above), a mad scientist may collaborate with an engineer in order to help that engineer build mad sciences into his gadgets for only a single improvement allocation.
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| − | Mister Fix-It
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| − | The character’s talented at getting things repaired under time-critical circumstances. The time it takes to get something fixed by the character is reduced by two steps. If the situation is already operating on the fastest possible amount of time the difficulty of the repair effort is reduced by one. These bonuses stack with Grease Monkey!
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| − | Grease Monkey
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| − | If it has an engine and wings, propellers, or wheels, you “get” it, intuitively and completely. Whenever dealing with a Engineering roll involving a vehicle – repairing, designing, upgrading, etcetera – your difficulties are reduced by one, and additionally, the time to get the work done is reduced by one step on the time table (see page XX).
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| − | *Only applies to engineering
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| | ===Janet the Parrot=== | | ===Janet the Parrot=== |
| − | VILLAIN<br>
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| − | Janet the Parrot a.k.a. Janet Parotisio
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| − | Known Aspects:
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| − | *Inhuman Witch
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| − | *Uncanny Evasion
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| − | *Darkness
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| − | *True Form
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| − | *Reinforcements From Beyond
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| − | *Ethereal Jaunt
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| − | *Soul Feast
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| − | *[Aspect8]
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| − | *[Aspect9]
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| − | *[Aspect10]
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| − | *[Aspect11]
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| − | *[Aspect12]
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s):<br>
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| − | Stealth
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| − | Rumored Stunt(s):<br>
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| − | '''In Plain Sight''' [Stealth]<br>
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| − | Your character suffers no environment-based difficulty increases when using Stealth. This means that even when he’s out in the open and wouldn’t normally be able to justify using Stealth, he may. This also means that, once hidden, even people actively searching for him (page XX) do not get a +2 to their Alertness or Investigation rolls.
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| − | This ability only functions so long as your character does not move, and does not do anything other than hide. The moment he does something else, he breaks cover and is immediately visible.
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| − | '''Master of Shadows''' [Stealth]
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| − | ''Requires In Plain Sight.''
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| − | Your character is one with the shadows, and lives in every darkened corner, unheard and unseen. You gain the full benefit of In Plain Sight, but may also move one zone per exchange without automatically breaking stealth, allowing you to remain hidden while moving, even when you shouldn’t be able to hide in the first place.
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| − | If your character is in an environment that could give a bonus to stealth (like one with a Dark or Smokey aspect) or even one that would normally justify the use of Stealth to hide, you may pay a fate point to make a full sprint action without automatically breaking stealth.
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| − | The upshot of this stunt is as follows: Whenever the character moves while hidden, discovery penalties (see page XX) may still apply, but are cut in half. Outside of conflict, this leaves observers at +1 for a cautious creep, +2 for walking pace, +3 for a jog (short sprint) and +4 for an out-andout run (long sprint); inside conflict, observers only get a +1 to detect the character for every zone moved in an exchange. If used in combination with Like the Wind (see page XX), these discovery bonuses are eliminated entirely.
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| − | '''Quick Exit''' [Stealth]<br>
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| − | A momentary distraction is all you need to vanish from the scene. Provided you are not in the midst of a conflict, you may roll a quick contest between your Stealth and the highest Alertness in the room. If you succeed, the next time someone turns to look at or talk to you, you’re not there.
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| − | '''Vanish''' [Stealth]
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| − | ''Requires Quick Exit.''
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| − | This stunt functions the same as Quick Exit (above), but the character may vanish even if he is in a conflict, as a full action. This requires some dramatic flourish (smoke bombs or bright flashes are classics) or the invocation of an appropriate environmental aspect (like The Darkness of the New Moon).
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| − | '''Shadowed Strike''' [Stealth]
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| − | ''Requires Master of Shadows and Vanish.''
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| − | The character strikes from out of the darkness, leaving his foes bewildered and in pain. When hidden, the character can launch an attack while remaining hidden, using his Stealth for any defense rolls for the duration of that exchange.
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| − | '''Deadly Shadows''' [Stealth]
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| − | ''Requires Shadowed Strike.''
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| − | When using the Shadowed Strike method the character may use his Stealth to make attacks as well, rather than using his Weapons skill or the like.
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| | ===''Oliver Albright''=== | | ===''Oliver Albright''=== |
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| − | ==Other Characters==
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| − | ==="Billiards" Badwick, Balloontrepreneur===
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| − | Jolly Texan gambling millionaire who travels the world in his personal zeppelin seeking high-stakes fun. Current employer of "Kid" O'Malley.
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| − | Known Aspects:
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| − | *Stubborn as a Texas Mule
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| − | *Sucker for an Emotional Appeal
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| − | *"Kid, I'm your employah!"
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| − | *More Money Than Sense
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| − | *Pool Shark
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| − | *Balloontrepreneur
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s):<br>
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| − | Resources, Gambling
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| − | ===Ling Deschanel===
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| − | Daughter of a Chinese Warlord and a French tennis starlet
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| − | Known Aspects
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| − | *Child of Two Worlds
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| − | *Gymnast
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| − | *A Lady of Wealth and Taste
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| − | *Kidnapped!
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s)
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| − | Acrobatics
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| − | ===Paul Fonck===
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| − | Leader of the Blot-Outs, a mercenary fighter plane squadron currently in the employ of the Dreaded Sky-Pirate Roberts.
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| − | Known Aspects:
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| − | *Hard Head, Soft Heart
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| − | *"What?"
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s)
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| − | Pilot, Leadership
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| − | ===Katydid Xiuxiu===
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| − | Chinese ghost doctor, poisons expert and pan-dimensional gossip. One of Mina's teachers.
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| − | Known Aspects:
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| − | *Pigeon Fancier
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| − | *I know a ghost who knows a guy
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| − | *Ear to the Ground
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s):
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| − | Contacting, Mysteries, Medicine
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| − | ===Thongsuk Samdaengpan===
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| − | Thai nun, master of meditation.
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| − | ===Tong Lord Xua===
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| − | Criminal Lord of Hong Kong
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| − | Known Aspects:
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| − | *Hot Headed
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| − | *I own this city!
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| − | *Mechanical Man
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Drive, Leadership<br>
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| − | ''Superb (+5)'' - Might<br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - Endurance<br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - Guns, Resolve, Athletics<br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOXXO OO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | Rumored Stunts:<br>
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| − | ''NOTE: These Might Stunts only apply when Xua is piloting his Mechanical Man''<br>
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| − | '''Herculean Strength''' [Might]<br>
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| − | The character is incredibly strong, capable of lifting great weights. All weight-based difficulties that don’t involve combat are reduced by two steps. See page XX for more on weights.
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| − | '''Piledriver''' [Might]<br>
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| − | ''Requires Herculean Strength.''
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| − | The character is capable of landing powerful blows with hammer-like force. At their best, these blows can rip apart steel cages and knock down walls. A character with Piledriver adds four to his attacks with Might against inanimate targets.
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| − | '''Unstoppable''' [Might]<br>
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| − | ''Requires Herculean Strength and at least one other Might stunt.''
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| − | Once in motion, this character is very difficult to stop due to his sheer muscular force.
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| − | The character may use Might rather than Athletics for move actions; this includes sprinting (see page XX). Furthermore, all blocks to his movement, including borders which can be “smashed” through, are considered to be two lower.
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| − | '''Wrestler''' [Might]<br>
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| − | ''Requires one other Might Stunt.''
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| − | The character is a trained wrestler. The character may use their Might skill instead of Fists.
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| − | ====Mechanical Man====
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| − | A Might-enhancing steam-suit with an array of unguided rockets strapped to the back.
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| − | ===Tony Xi===
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| − | Ex-lieutenant to Tong Lord Xua. Missing a kidney.
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| − | *Surprisingly Honorable
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| − | *"Ah, jeez."
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| − | *"Let me say that a different way..."
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Something?<br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - Leadership<br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - Guns, Rapport<br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - Resolve<br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - Endurance<br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health XOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | ===P.D.Henriksonn===
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| − | A mysterious assassin who uses untraceable ice bullets crafted with the arcane power of...what exactly?
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| − | *"I'm going to put [target] on ice"
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| − | *Not Book Smart
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| − | *Ice Pistol
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| − | *Magic?
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| − | *ICE Plane
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Guns<br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - Guns<br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - Athletics, Acrobatics<br>
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| − | ''Fair(+2)'' - Pilot, Mysteries, Engineering<br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - <br>
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| − | Stunts<br>
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| − | '''Personal Aircraft'''<br>
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| − | You have a personal aircraft that you own or have the exclusive right to fly. In all respects, this stunt functions like the Custom Ride stunt (page XX). Please refer to that stunt for details.<br>
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| − | '''Prototype Aircraft'''
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| − | ''Requires Personal Aircraft.''<br>
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| − | Identical to the Prototype Car stunt (on page XX), but for your plane.<br>
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| − | The ICE ("Independent Combat Engine") Biplane<br>
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| − | Conscious (2)<br>
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| − | ''Like independent, but the device is capable of basic reasoning, and can interpret simple commands.''<br>
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| − | Alternate Usage<br>
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| − | ''The device can now do something else of roughly the same scope. A car might also be able to be a boat, for example, or a gun might be able to shoot a grappling hook. Alternately, it may be able to do something normal but do it exceptionally well (so that a technology works like it does in the movies rather than real life).''<br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | ===Kelly Bravadous===
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| − | Some girl who is totally not an assassin. Ignore her. (Her bravadous sorcerous nature wars with her sneaky assassin ways.)
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| − | *Mystic Sign Language
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| − | *Poison!
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| − | *Aspect 3
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Stealth<br>
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| − | ''Superb (+5)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - Stealth<br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - Deceit, Weapons<br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - <br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | The Honest Lie [Deceit]
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| − | The best lies are the ones that contain a healthy dose of truth. Whenever the character incorporates a hefty portion of the truth into a lie, he gains a +2 bonus. The truth must be relevant, not unimportant, and significant, not trivial – it must be on par with (or bigger than) the lie, or at least in the ballpark.
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| − | Clever Facade [Deceit]
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| − | Requires either The Honest Lie or Takes One to Know One.
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| − | Whenever the character is the target of an Empathy “read”, and decides to put a false face forward (see page XX), and wins the contest, he not only provides a false aspect to the reader, he also gets a read on the reader himself (revealing an aspect). The reader has fallen for your clever little trap!
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| − | ===Ms. Egbert Engle===
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| − | shopkeep, herbalist, spinster, heiress
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| − | ===Gong Pao Gang===
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| − | Three brothers, former students of Madame XiuXiu, who have formed their own gang to pursue petty crime and good deeds.
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| − | ====Liu Kang====
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| − | Martial arts master and criminal mind. Defender of peace against the imperialist.
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| − | *A Brother to His Men
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| − | *Go and Get Them
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| − | *Fists of Punching
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Fists<br>
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| − | ''Superb (+5)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - <br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | ====Chun-li====
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| − | Pyromaniac and petter of dogs.
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| − | *Pyromaniac
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| − | *"What is 'bang' in your language?"
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| − | *Aspect 3
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Engineering<br>
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| − | ''Superb (+5)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - <br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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| − | ====Brock Lee====
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| − | Machine Gun Guy. Friend to children everywhere.
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| − | *An Unconvincing Pseudonym
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| − | *Mad Dash
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| − | *Never Reloads
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| − | Assumed Key Skill(s): Guns<br>
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| − | ''Superb (+5)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Great (+4)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Good (+3)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Average (+1)'' - <br>
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| − | ''Mediocre (+0)'' - <br>
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| − | STRESS<br>
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| − | Health OOOOO<br>
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| − | Composure OOOOO O<br>
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| − | Mild: None<br>
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| − | Moderate: None<br>
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| − | Severe: None<br>
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