Editing MTH:Powers Q-Z

==REGENERATION==
Rank: 2

Cost: --

Dice Pool: N/A

Action: Reflexive

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character heals much faster than ordinary humans.  The character 

automatically heals one level of bashing damage per dot in Regeneration every 

turn at the start of his action, regardless of whether he is conscious or not, 

and he heals one level of lethal damage every fifteen minutes.  Aggravated 

damage heals at the ordinary rate.

Extras: Accelerated Regeneration (the character automatically heals one level 

of either bashing or lethal damage per dot in Regeneration every turn at the 

start of his action, whether he is conscious or not [starting with bashing 

damage first]; the character also heals one level of Aggravated damage every 

two days).


==SHAPESHIFT==
Rank: 3

Cost: 1 Verve, see below

Dice Pool: Stamina + (Survival) + Shapeshift

Action: Instant

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: One scene

Effect: The character is able to alter her physical form.  The simplest use 

of this power is simply to look like another person, without making any more 

significant physical changes.  If the character succeeds on the activation 

roll, she is able to shift her appearance to that of a generic human or 

humanoid of any gender, making it impossible to recognize her through cursory 

visual examination.  The character will still smell the same, however, and may 

still be recognizable through distinctive birthmarks or scars.  (The Storyteller 

and player should decide ahead of time if the character has any such distinctive 

features.)  Shapeshift can also be used in conjunction with more mundane disguise 

methods to emulate the appearance of a specific person; if used in this matter, 

each success on the activation roll adds a +1 modifier to the character's contested 

disguise roll.  The most complex (and most flamboyant) use of Shapeshift is to 

alter the character's body size and shape, increasing or redistributing muscle 

mass and growing claws or armor; a character using Shapeshift in this manner can 

turn into an animal, a creature out of myth, or a hellish montrosity.  A character 

using Shapeshift in this manner is able to make one of the following changes for 

every success she gains on the activation roll, plus one for every dot in Shapeshift 

she possesses:

* Increase or decrease her Size by one, to a minimum of zero.

* Increase a Physical Attribute by one.

* Shift any number of dots in Physical Attributes around, on a one-for-one 

basis; no Attribute may be reduced below one in this manner.

* Increase her Speed's species factor (normally 5) by one.

* Trade any number of dots between her Physical Attributes and her Speed's 

species factor, on a one-for-one basis; no Attribute may be reduced below 

one in this manner, and her Speed's species factor may not be reduced below 

zero.

* Take one dot in a physical superpower.  The Storyteller is the final arbiter 

of what powers can be emulated with Shapeshift; things like Claws, Armor, and 

Physical Mega-Attributes are appropriate, while powers such as Mental Blast, 

Force Field, and Teleport generally aren't.  These powers must be activated as 

normal (paying any necessary costs), but if an action is required to activate 

them, they may be activated in the same turn as the Shapeshift action is taken.

* Trade any number of dots in Physical Attributes for dots in Rank 1 or Rank 

2 physical superpowers, on a one-for-one basis; no Attribute may be reduced 

below one in this manner.  Again, superpowers acquired in this manner must be 

activated as normal, though they can be activated simultaneously to the Shapeshift

power.

Once a character has shapeshifted, the changes persist for one scene; the character 

may shapeshift again before the end of the scene, but doing so requires another 

activation roll and the expenditure of another Verve.

Extras: None.


==SHROUD==
Rank: 2

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Stealth) + Shroud

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Stealth) x 5 yards

Area: (Power Level + Stealth) yards

Duration: Concentration

Effect: The character creates a field of dark shadow, cloaking mist, nebulous 

energy or some other vision-obscuring medium.  For each success the character 

gains on the activation roll, any chararacters (friend or foe) within the area 

of the shroud, or trying to see through it, receive a –1 penalty to all 

sight-based perception rolls.  On an exceptional success, the shroud is so 

thick as to be effectively opaque; it is impossible to see through the area 

covered by the shroud at all, and characters caught within the area of effect 

are blinded.  Normally Shroud only affects normal vision, but for one 

additional Verve the activating character may also have it obscure other types 

of vision (such as infrared or ultraviolet).

Extras: Semisolid (each yard moved within the area of the shroud counts as two 

yards, and the shroud may be formed into a wall providing +1/+1 armor per dot 

of Shroud to anyone attacked through it), Sensory Deprivation Field (the shroud 

may block other senses or forms of detection, at a cost of one Verve per 

additional sense, up to a maximum of the user’s dots in Shroud; examples 

include smell, hearing, psychic detection, or motion tracking).


==TELEKINESIS==
Rank: 2

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Athletics) + Telekinesis

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Telekinesis) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character may telekinetically lift, move, or hurl objects through 

the air.  The character may move objects of a Size up to her Telekinesis 

without difficulty; to move objects larger than this, the character must make 

an activation roll, with each success allowing her to move an object one Size 

larger.  A character may move any object she can lift up to ten yards per dot 

in Telekinesis, and may move objects outside the original range of the power if 

so desired.  A character may also use Telekinesis to hurl an object she is 

capable of lifting; the range of such a projectile is (character’s Dexterity + 

Athletics + Telekinesis – object’s Size) yards, doubled for aerodynamic 

projectiles as normal.  Telekinesis may also be used to attack or grapple a 

target directly; in such a situation, the activation roll counts as the 

character’s attack roll, and the target’s Defense and armor apply.  Attacks 

made in this manner do bashing damage.  Telekinesis does not grant a character 

the ability to fly, though a character’s telekinetic abilities may serve as 

justification for her purchase of the Flight power.

Extras: Size Matters Not (all objects count as Size 0 for the purposes of 

lifting or determining range).


==TELEPATHY==
Rank: 3

Cost: Varies

Dice Pool: Varies

Action: Varies

Range: Varies

Area: Varies

Duration: Varies

Effect: The character is able to project her consciousness into the minds of 

others.  The character knows one of the following techniques for each dot in 

Telepathy she possesses; she may attempt to use a technique that she does not 

specifically know, but doing so increases the Verve cost of the technique by 

one and imposes a –1 penalty to the activation roll (if any).

Extras: None.


===COMMUNICATE===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Expression) + Telepathy [vs. target's Resolve + Power Level]

Action: Instant or contested; resistance is reflexive

Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: One scene

Effect: The character is able to communicate telepathically.  On a successful 

activation roll, the character establishes a mental link with her target through 

which the two characters can communicate, whether or not they share a common 

language.  The target character is aware of the link being established, and if 

he chooses, he may attempt to contest the Telepathy activation roll with a reflexive 

Resolve + Power Level roll; if the target wins this roll, the telepathic link is 

not established.  Once the link has been created, it remains in place for one 

scene, unless one of the characters decides to sever it; the activating character 

may sever a telepathic link automatically as a reflexive action, while the target 

character must make roll his Resolve + Power Level in a contested action against 

the original activation roll in order to sever the link.


===MENTAL BLOODHOUND===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Investigation) + Telepathy

Action: Instant

Range: Varies

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to track a target from a great distance by focusing 

on his mental activity.  In order to locate a target with this power, the activating 

character must be familiar with that target, either through previous telepathic 

contact or through some other means of interaction.  A single success on the 

activation roll allows the character to detect her target if he is anywhere within 

(Power Level + Telepathy) miles; each additional success on the activation roll 

doubles this range.  If the target character is in range and his brain is functional, 

the activating character is immediately aware of his exact location in relation to 

her.  If the target is not in range, or if his brain is no longer functioning, this 

power fails automatically.


===MEMORY ALTERATION===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Expression) + Telepathy vs. target's Resolve + Power Level

Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive

Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: An extension of the Mind Probe technique, this power allows the character 

to alter the memories of another.  In order to use this technique, the character 

must first find and learn the information she wishes to change using the Mind 

Probe technique; once this is done, the character may make a contested activation 

roll to alter the memory.  If the character wins the activation roll with an 

ordinary success, she is able to alter any single memory or piece of information 

in the target's mind; however, any related thoughts or memories (such as mnemonic 

devices for remembering passwords) will be left intact, which may end up confusing 

the target or alerting him to the memory alteration.  If the character wins with 

an exceptional success, not only is the chosen memory or piece of information 

altered, but any related memories will also shift and alter to accomodate the 

changed information, rendering the target unable to detect the memory alteration 

without outside help.  The memory changes caused by use of this technique are 

permanent, although the target may eventually realize that his memories are incorrect 

through interaction with other characters.


===MIND PROBE===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Investigation) + Telepathy (vs. target's Resolve + Power Level)

Action: Extended, or extended and contested; resistance is reflexive

Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to read the thoughts and memories of her target.  

In order to use this power, the character must make an extended activation roll 

and score a number of successes based on the target's Resolve and the nature of 

the thoughts or memories being sought.  Accessing a target's surface thoughts 

or short-term memory requires only a number of successes equal to the target's 

Resolve.  Accessing non-confidential information stored in the character's long-

term memory (such as family birthdays or basic job information) requires a number 

of successes equal to the target's (Resolve x 3).  Intimate or personal thoughts, 

or confidential memories (blackmail information, criminal activities, security 

codes) require a number of successes equal to the target's (Resolve x 5) to uncover, 

and learning the deepest-hidden thoughts and most-repressed memories require a 

number of successes equal to the target's (Resolve x 7).  It's also possible to 

learn a target's basic personality traits (in game terms, his Virtue and Vice) in 

this manner; the Storyteller should determine how many successes are necessary to 

learn this information based on the above guidelines and how honest or dissembling 

the target is.  The character using the Mind Probe technique may make a maximum 

number of rolls equal to the character's Resolve, and each roll takes one turn.  A 

character targeted by Mind Probe may make a reflexive (Wits + Composure - activating 

character's Telepathy rating) roll to become aware of the psychic intrusion, and 

if successful, may contest the activation roll with a reflexive Resolve + Power 

Level roll each turn; if the target wins, the activating character does not gain 

any successes towards learning the desired information that turn.


===THOUGHT DETECTION===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Investigation) + Telepathy

Action: Instant

Range: Varies

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to expand her awareness and detect nearby mental 

activity.  A single success on the activation roll makes the character aware of 

every entity with at least the intelligence of an insect within (Power Level 

+ Telepathy) x 5 yards of her.  Each additional success on the activation roll 

doubles this distance.  The character is aware of both the location and the 

nature of each detected intelligence; for example, she would be able to recognize 

that the primitive minds in the floorboards belong to cockroaches and that the 

more advanced, familiar intelligences on the other side of the wall are humans.  

When faced with an unfamiliar intelligence, such as an A.I. or an extradimensional 

being, the character will learn the qualities of the intelligence ("highly 

advanced and extremely logical," or "similar in strength to a human but completely 

unfamiliar") but will not recognize the manner of entity to which they belong.


==TELEPORT==
Rank: 2

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Investigation) + Teleport

Action: Instant

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to travel instantly from one point to another, 

without passing through the intervening space.  In order to use this power, the 

character must first select a target destination and determine how far away it 

is.  One success on the activation roll allows the character to accurately 

teleport a distance of up to 10 yards; each additional success multiplies this 

distance by a factor of ten (so, three successes on the activation roll would 

allow the character to accurately teleport up to 1,000 yards).  If the 

character does not roll enough successes to reach his destination, he ends up 

in a location (d10 + number of additional successes needed to reach target) x 

10 yards away from his intended direction, in a location determined by the 

Storyteller.  If the character can see his location, or has seen it before in 

person, he may elect to count his dots in Teleportation as automatic successes, 

rather than adding them to the activation pool; however, if he has never 

personally seen his target location, he is “teleporting blind” and suffers a –1 

penalty to the activation roll for every full 100 yards he tries to teleport.  

On a dramatic failure, the character not only counts as having failed 

his activation roll for the purposes of determining where he ends up, he also 

teleports into a dangerous situation—inside a solid object, for example, or 

several hundred feet above the ground or underwater.  Teleportation into the 

air or underwater is covered by the rules for falling and drowning, 

respectively; if the character teleports into a solid object, the character 

takes one level of Lethal damage for every point of Durability the object has, 

and the object takes one level of damage for every point of Stamina the 

character has.  The character is then ejected from the object by the shortest 

route possible.

Extras: Combat Teleport (teleportation is a reflexive action, rather than an 

instant action), Mass Teleport (the character may teleport up to one additional 

character for every dot in Teleport he possesses), Safe Blind Teleport (the 

penalty for teleporting blind is halved, rounding in favor of the character).


==TEMPORAL MANIPULATION==
Rank: 3

Cost: Varies

Dice Pool: Varies

Action: Varies

Range: Varies

Area: Varies

Duration: Varies

Effect: The character is able to manipulate the flow of time.  The character 

knows one of the following techniques for each dot in Temporal Manipulation she 

possesses; she may attempt to use a technique that she does not specifically 

know, but doing so increases the Verve cost of the technique by one and imposes 

a –1 penalty to the activation roll (if any).  In addition to any other 

techniques she may have, any character with dots in Temporal Manipulation 

possesses an extremely accurate internal clock; she always knows exactly what 

time it is, and is able to mentally time events with the accuracy of a 

stopwatch.

Extras: None.


===AGE ALTERATION===
Cost: 2 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Medicine) + Temporal Manipulation – target’s Stamina

Action: Extended

Range: Touch

Area: N/A

Duration: Permanent

Effect: Each success on the activation roll increases or decreases the target’s 

physical age by one year; the Storyteller is the final arbiter of what effects, 

if any, this has on the target.  Note that only the target’s physical body is 

changed, while his mental maturity, his knowledge level, and his superpowers 

remain intact; however, the immature brain of a child or the aged brain of a 

geriatric may not function as effectively as that of an adult, meaning the 

target may not be able to use that knowledge or those skills to full effect.  

Using Age Alteration is an extended action, and the character may roll and gain 

successes a number of times per scene up to her Stamina (including any bonus 

for Mega-Stamina).  Each roll takes one turn.


===ACCELERATE TIME===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation

Action: Varies

Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: One turn

Effect: The character accelerates the passage of time for herself or for 

someone else, allowing the affected character to perform long and complex tasks 

in the blink of an eye or unleash a flurry of blows on a hapless opponent.  A 

character under the effects of Accelerate Time counts as having a number of 

dots in the Hypermovement ability equal to the number of successes on the 

activation roll, up to a maximum of the original character’s dots in Temporal 

Manipulation.  The affected character also counts as having the Hyperspeed 

Attack extra, but the bonus to attack rolls is halved (rounding up).  

Activating this power is a reflexive action if the character uses it on 

herself; if used on another character, activating the power counts as an 

instant action.


===DILATE TIME===
Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: One turn

Effect: The character slows the passage of time around the target, reducing 

their ability to act and to respond to the world around them.  Each success on 

the activation roll reduces the target’s Initiative and Defense by 1, to a 

minimum of 0 each; a character reduced to 0 Initiative may not act in combat at 

all this turn, as he is simply unable to keep up with the speed of events 

happening around him.  Dilate Time can also inflict penalties to actions 

involving reaction time or quick action, both inside and outside of combat; the 

Storyteller is the final arbiter of how such penalties are applied.


===STOP TIME===
Cost: 1 Verve, 1 Willpower

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation vs. target’s 

Resolve + Power Level

Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive

Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Varies

Effect: A more potent version of Dilate Time, Stop Time does just that—stops 

the passage of time around a target.  Each success on the activation roll 

freezes a target in time for one turn; on an exceptional success, the target is 

frozen for an entire scene.  While frozen in time, the target cannot act or be 

acted upon in any way; he may not use any powers or abilities, and he is 

unaffected by and unaware of outside phenomena (attacks, superpowers, etc.).  

An unwilling target may attempt to resist this power with a reflexive Resolve + 

Power Level roll; if the target wins the contested roll, he counts as being 

under the effects of Dilate Time rather than Stop Time.


==VERVE RECOVERY==
Rank: 2

Cost: N/A

Dice Pool: N/A

Action: N/A

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: Permanent

Effect: The character recovers his energy extremely quickly.  Every time this 

character recovers Verve, he gains an additional number of Verve equal to his 

Verve Recovery rating.

Extras: None.


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