Shadowwalkers: Trait Sets, Mods, and Chargen

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Character Generation

You are welcome to use the following Template for your character sheet or replace it with your own format. Just make sure everything is clearly labeled with their appropriate die notations.

• Step by Step Chargen
• Character Advancement

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Prime Trait Sets

Primary trait dice should be included every roll Add one die each from Objective, Role, and Distinction sets to form the base of every dice pool.

Objectives

The first Prime Trait set we will be using is Objectives, broad goals that a given action is aimed at achieving. Each character is ranked in four Objectives:

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INFILTRATION | INVESTIGATION | NEGOTIATION | SABOTAGE

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Chosing the Infiltration Objective means a character is trying to insert themselves into a given place or headspace or situation.

Chosing the Investigation Objective means a character is trying to learn something about a given situation either in the moment or via research or interrogation, etc.

Chosing the Negotiation Objective means a character is trying to get someone to alter their thinking or action via intimidation or reason or compromise, etc.

Chosing the Sabotage Objective means a character is just trying to fuck up a given situation.

Set one Objective value at one at and two at

If none of the objectives above would apply to the action at hand and the GM determines that the stakes are such that a roll is still required, the player may roll a as their objective die, indicating that completing the task is, in and of itself, the charcter's primary motivation. Sometimes stuff just needs to get done.

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Roles

Second in the Prime Traits sets are Roles. If Objectives define the primary goal of a character's action. Roles give scope to the means by which those goals are achieved.

Characters tend to fill multiple roles in the regular course of things, but as might be expected, different characters develop more in certain roles than others, becoming top tier skilled in one, highly skilled in two others, competent in most of the rest, and abysmally less competent at that one role that just eludes them.

Each character is ranked in seven roles:

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CRAFTER | FIXER | RUNNER | SCRAPPER | SKULKER | TRACKER | TRICKSTER

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Crafter: Crafters create things from raw materials, be it physical objects such as furniture or computer chips or dinner, or more esoteric craftsmanship, like a manager who builds a sales force from the raw potential of other people or a sergeant who whips a platoon into fighting shape.

Fixer: Fixers are skilled at setting a messed up situation right. Political scandal? Didn't happen. Wrecked car? That'll buff right out. Messy murder behind the Dean's office? You would not believe what this solvent can make go gone.

Runner: Runners move things - information, people, cargo, etc. They are the smugglers, the digital pirates, and the traffickers of the new world. Need a ward bound demon? Runner can get you a greqt price.

Scrapper: Scrappers get into it. They ain't met the fight they didn't like and often act as enforcers, skirmishers, etc, for those that have need of their professional talent.

Skulker: Skulkers excel at getting things done in such a way that no one is the wiser, whether it be physically entering a secure facility undetected, accessing systems via unknown back doors, or setting up a cache or dead drop in plain sight.

Tracker: Trackers are skilled at hunting down anyone or anything that doesn't want or isn't meant to be found, locating people, resources, and rumors as needed, dogging them relentlessly until their quarry is in hand.

Tricksters: Tricksters are experts at misdirection, be it sleight of hand or the clever turn of phrase that changes the subject or the explosion at the old factory that keeps the cops busy while someone deals with the demonic familiar masquerading as a python at the local animal shelter.

Assign one of the following dice to each Role:

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Distinctions

Distinctions are the third set of Prime Traits and thematically define aspects of each character to paint a clear picture of them as a whole. All Distinctions are rated at

Each character is loosely defined by three Distinctions:

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ECHO | PROFESSION | WILDCARD

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Each of your three distinctions comes with the Hinder SFX already active.

Hinder: Sometimes your distinction works against you. Gain 1 plot point when you roll a instead of a to represent your distinction.

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Echo

Echo describes where your character's life intersected with the supernatural and how that changed them. Echo also determines your character's Power Set.

Bloodless - An encounter with vampires left you half in and half out of their world. You have access to the Bloodless power set.

Changeling - An encounter with a specific species of lycanthrope left you infected or cursed to share their form and appetites. You have access to the Changeling power set.

Fallen - An encounter with disposessed angelic beings branded you, searing your soul to your flesh and claiming you as a soldier in their fight. You have access to the Fallen power set.

Mystic - An encounter with elemental forces opened you to worlds beyond the mortal realm, enabling you to call forth powers from one realm to another. You have access to the Mystic power set.

Null - Despite countless encounters with the supernatural, you have remained stubbornly untouched and relentlessly human throughout. You have access to the Null power set.

Revenant - An encounter with literal ghosts nearly drew you entirely over to the other side, but you fought your way back. Changed. But alive. Sort of. You have access to the Revenant power set.

Touched - An encounter with creatures of the Fae realms marked you as one of their own. You have access to the Touched power set.

Unfettered - An encounter with beings from beyond time and space has left you seriously disconnected from what most folk consider reality, to the point that your mind reverberates with a near constant sense of cognative dissonance. But oh the things your mind can see now that it is free of the chains that bind the rest of creation. You have access to the Unfettered power set.

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Profession

A character's Profession is what they do outside their place in the supernatural world, though Profession and Echo are often a hand in glove prosopect, the one supporting and enhancing the other.

Examples of Profession might include (but are not limited to) cop, medical examiner, private eye, soldier, carpenter, criminal, entreprneur, author, student, slacker, playboy/playgirl/playthey, etc.

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Wildcard

The Wildcard distinction represents something truly unique about your character that sets them apart from their fellows and can be just about anything within reason. Wildcard Distinctions might include (but not be limited to) collector, chronic smoker, comes from money, knows a guy, mama bear, on the run, etc.

Note 1: Supernaturally flavored wildcard distinctions do not gain the character an additional power or power set and should be broad based in implication rather than specific. For example, Friend of the Fae would be great, but Teleporting Daemon Spawn would be way too specific.

Note 2: Wildcard distinctions that read like a professions are fine, but should be clearly written as a hobby or pass time than a full time profession.

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Secondary Trait Sets

Secondary trait dice may be included as appropriate Secondary traits represent character abilities or assets that may or may not apply to an action. Dice from these sets can be added to the dice pool only when they specifically apply to the action at hand.

Power Sets

Each character starts with a power set of the same name as their Echo Distinction. Each set comes with a selection of powers, from which the player will select three to start play, ranking one at and two at The player also selects one SFX for their power set to start the game. Limits are set according to type.

Note: The Hinder SFX can never be added to a power set.

The power set description indicates static abilities that the character can just use without requiring a roll.

Bloodless

Automatic Ability: The Bloodless are not burdened by a need to breaathe and cannot be killed by any means that rely on lack of oxygen to bring about death.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

Blood Soak (Durability): The character is able to shrug off damage from most weapons and natural attacks.

Catlike (Reflexes): The character is dextrous and agile in an uncanny fashion.

Celerity (Movement): The character can move almost faster than the eye can follow.

Chains of Earth (Special): The character can sink into the earth or rise up into the heavens. This power only confers vertical movement.

Death's Endurance (Stmina): The character does not feel fatigue.

Departing Visage (Illusion/Movement; limited): Character can take on the appearance of a great wolf or explode into a swarm (typically rats, bats, crows, or insects) or appwar to flow away as a mist while removing themselves from the scene. Illusion moves with the character and lasts only a single turn and the character is responsible for dealing with any terrain issues.

Feral Assault (Attack): Character can do significant damage with claws and bite.

Might of the Dead (Strength): The character is ridiculously strong.

Nighteyes (Senses): The character can see in all manner of darkness.

Overwhelm (Psychic): The character can invade the minds of mortals and supernaturals alike to pressure them to believe or do a thing.

Limit:

Changeling

Automatic Ability: Changelings are always able to retake their natural human form as a free action and can always understand the "speech" of their animal species, including posture and body language. All Changelings are able to take on the form of a normal sized animal of their lycanthropic species, but must roll to do so in stressful/high stakes situations. Changelings in animal form possess the senses, movement, reflexes, stamina, strength, durability and attack modes of the animal in question at

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

Animal Reflelxes (Reflexes): The character exhibits uncanny reflexxes even in human form.

Animal Senses (Senses): The character is able to use their animal senses even while in human form.

Call of the Wild (Summoning): Character can call nearby animals of its type and command them. Animals do not have to be exact species, just a similar type.

Creatures Great and Small (Size-change): While in animal form (not human or hybrid) the character is able to reduce or increase their size by two categories: (doubled or tripled | halved or quartered).

Hybrid Form (Shapeshift): The character is able to take on the bipedal animal form of a true lycanthrope of their species.

Voice of the Alpha (Psychic): Character can speak mind to mind with any animal or human within their line of sight and hear any intentional replies. For good or for ill, this power does not function on Nulls.

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Fallen

Automatic Ability: The Fallen are always aware of supernatural entities near them (within 50') and able to identify their type at range. This ability is not hindered by invisibility, intangibility, or altered form.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

Astral Shift (Teleport): The character can travel into and back from the Astral plane They must return to a location withiun 50' of the spot they left.

Call to Arms (Summoning): At need, the character can call up to four other Fallent who will appear and decide whether or not they wish to assist or even remain. No effect die or effect die results in the call being ignored. Effect die results in a single Fallen showing up. Effect die results in two Fallen showing up. Effect die results in tree Fallen showing up. Effect die results in four Fallen showing up.

Empathy (Psychic): The character can feel and interpret the emotion of any living creature or cursed artifact within 50' of then. Alternately, the character can influence and change the emotions being felt by degree (according to effect die).

ESP (Psychic): The character can read the surface thoughts of humans within their line of sight.

Fade(Invisibility): The character can fade from view, but immediately becomes visible again if they act directly against another creature.

Healing Touch (Special): By physically touching a creature, the character can remove a certain amount of Physicql, Psychic, or Spiritual stress (equal to the character's rank in this power if no dice are rolled, otherwise by effect die). The character cannot make the attempt again on the same target until that target has experienced downtime between scenes. For target creatures that are willing or that cannot otherwise resist, no roll is needed for this power. Nulls must always be treated as unwilling. The character cannot use this power on themselves.

Mindlink (Psychic): The character may speak mind to mind with any ally over any distance and hear when an ally calls out to them regardless of distance.

Voices of the Fallen (Psychic): If they concentrate, the character can "hear" the spoken words of others of their kind if their target is in the mortal or astral realm.

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Mystic

Automatic Ability: Mystics are able to unerringly feel where realms overlap and are able to identify the realm in question at the point where two realms touch.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

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Null

Automatic Ability: Nulls are utterly immune to the curse, infection, or mark of all supernatural beings. What's more, supernatural beings able to sense other supernaturals can only read Nulls as regular mortals, not as the anti-echo beings they really are.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

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Revenant

Automatic Ability: The dead are never invisible or intangible to the Revenant. The first timea Revenant encounters a particular spirit, they may ask one question of the GM about that spirit and recieve a true and unobfuscated answer.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

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Touched

Automatic Ability: The Touched recognize the Fae for what they are regardless of the form that fae appears in and may claim kinship once in a given encounter with a fae beingj. Kinship may be used to invoke protection for the duration of the encounter.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

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Unfettered

Automatic Ability: The Unfettered are able to share their madness. Once in a scene, they may inflict one minor GMC (or extra, or mook) in the scene with their sight, forcing the creture to experience the swirling, creeping doom that crouches outside of the real.

Powers: Select three powers from this list, ranking one at and two at

Limit:

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Knacks

Knacks are specific specialties under a given Role that the Urchin is just a natural at. Starting knacks are worth an extra to the roll it applies to but can be stepped up during chargen or advancement as outlined below.

Each player gets to assign two free knacks at to their Character's role.

Each player gets to assign one free knack at to each of their Character's roles.

Each player gets to assign two additional knacks at to any role rated or higher or step up an existing knack (or two) at a one-for-one exchange rate.

Knacks cannot be assigned to a character's role.

No knack can be stepped up higher than the dice value of the role it is assigned to.

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SFX

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Game Mods

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