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==RAPIDITY==
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==RAISE DEAD==
  
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Rank: 3
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Class: Gamma
  
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Cost: 1 Verve per action
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Cost: 1 Verve
  
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Dice Pool: N/A
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Dice Pool: Power Level + Raise Dead + (Occult)
  
 
Action: Instant
 
Action: Instant
  
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Range: Self
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Range: Power Level x 2
  
 
Area: N/A
 
Area: N/A
  
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Duration: Instant
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Duration: One Scene
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Effect: This power allows the character to bring life to the dead, to serve her in battle or other tasks. On a normal success, the reanimated body has a dice pool of 7 for all physical actions, and a dice pool of 3 for all mental actions, with a defense equal to half the character's dots in Raise Dead - if the target is the body of a meta-human, treat all superpowers as if they only had a single dot, and actions requiring verve or willpower draw from the character's own verve pool. Bodies reanimated with a single success do not retain merits or skill specialties. On an exceptional success, the reanimated target retains all of their stats from before dying, with a plus 1 to all physical actions - if the target is the body of a meta-human, their powers retain all dots from before death, and they arise with 10 verve to spend. Bodies reanimated on an exceptional success are sentient, though regardless of prior goals are now cooperative with the character (you can bring an enemy back to life with an exceptional success without being attacked by him/her). Bodies reanimated on an exceptional success also retain all merits from their former life. A body can only be reanimated once, after that it cannot be given life a third time. A character can only have a number of reanimated bodies working with her equal to her dots in Raise Dead.
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Extras: None
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Weaknesses:
  
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A component of Superspeed (see also Hypermovement and Alacrity), Rapidity allows a character to take multiple actions in a turn.  The player may take up to one full additional action without penalty for each dot in Rapidity each time the power is activated.  These actions may not be full movement actions (for that kind of speed, see Hypermovement).
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Fresh Bodies: Each turn the target has been dead applies a cumulative -1 penalty to attempts to use Raise Dead.  
  
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For purposes of strategy, players should note that the activation cost for this power is ''per action'', meaning that a character can burn through their Verve very quickly with this power.
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Pushing Daisies: A body must be touched as an instant action to be reanimated, and once reanimated will only be cooperative with the character to the extent that they would in life.  
  
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Reduced Verve Cost would of course raise the rank to 4 and remove the cost, but the Storyteller is free to deny the Extra, or force their choice of weakness on the player if they really want those extra actions every turn.
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Note: Some storytellers may find it necessary to have their characters make a reflexive morality roll when using this power at a penalty equal to half their dots in Raise Dead, depending on how they fluff the effect. Asking a body's corporeal spirit to fight alongside you one last time before passing on is not necessarily evil, while turning a mortal's corpse into a shambling meat-shield is not necessarily good.  
  
 
==REGENERATION==
 
==REGENERATION==
  
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Rank: 2
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Class: Beta
  
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Cost: --
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Cost: 1 Verve
  
 
Dice Pool: N/A
 
Dice Pool: N/A
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Duration: Instant
 
Duration: Instant
  
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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.
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Effect: The character heals much faster than ordinary humans. The character automatically heals one level of bashing damage, or downgrades one level of lethal damage, per dot in Regeneration, every turn at the start of his action. These effects may be mixed, so a character who has 2 lethal levels of damage and 4 dots in regeneration may downgrade both levels to bashing and heal them in the same turn. Aggravated damage heals at the ordinary rate. This power is reflexive, so the character heals regardless of whether he is conscious or not.
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Extras:
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Versatile Regeneration - Aggravated damage may be downgraded as well.
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Weaknesses:
  
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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 15 minutes).
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Second Wind - This power must be deliberately activated as an instant action, taking the character's action for the turn.
  
 
==RESURRECTION==
 
==RESURRECTION==
  
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Rank: 4
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Class: Alpha
  
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Cost: Special
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Cost: One permanent dot in this Power
  
 
Dice Pool: N/A
 
Dice Pool: N/A
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Duration: Permanent
 
Duration: Permanent
  
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Effect: No matter the hardship, no matter how many pieces he may have been blown into, a character with this power always stands a chance of coming back.
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Effect: All characters in More Than Human have an out-of-character license to return from the dead due the Asylum mechanics. This one has an in-character rational for doing so. Using this power means the character gets to lose a dot of Resurrection and take on some extra hassle instead of losing a dot of Asylum when coming back from the grave.
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The exact rational for this power will vary between characters, but their Resurrection will always depend on a Contingent Activation (as the Weakness, though it does not reduce the class of the Power) The player must choose which of these is the case with their character. Enemies who know of this contingency will most-likely seek to ensure it doesn't occur. The ST should work with the player to determine the specifics this entails.
  
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Activating this power costs a permanent dot of Power Level, and if the character does not have a dot to sacrifice, they are truly dead.  Should the last dot be sacrificed, the character will still resurrect, but only as a normal person, without this or any other powers or merits not available to superhuman characters.
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==SCAN==
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The exact rational for this power will vary between characters, but their Resurrection will always depend on one of two factors; Either the body may reconstitute itself or it must be reformed at another, specific location.  The player must choose which of these is the case with their character. 
 
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If the body must be reconstituted then the character's body must be removed from harm's way before the process can begin.  Enemies may seek to keep this from coming to pass.
 
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If the body is reformed somewhere then this location of facility must be in working order and is vulnerable to attack.  The ST should work with the player to determine the specifics this entails.
 
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Levels in this power effect the process in two ways.  First, they allow for a faster resurrection, with the listed value being the time it will take the character to resurrect once they are in a position to do so.  The second benefit is that the rating allows more time to pass before resurrection is no longer an option.  That second option means that, should conditions not allow the character to resurrect, their allies have more time to change the situation.
 
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Resurrection Level    Minimum Time    Maximum Time
 
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    1                1 month        1 turn
 
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    2                1 week          1 day
 
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    3                1 day          1 month
 
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    4                1 hour          1 year
 
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    5                1 minute        1 decade
 
  
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==SCAN==
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Class: Alpha
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Rank: 1
 
  
 
Cost: 1 Verve
 
Cost: 1 Verve
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Duration: Instant
 
Duration: Instant
  
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Effect: The character is able to discern the powers and capabilities of a target.  Each success on the activation roll allows the character to learn her target's rating in any one Attribute, Skill, or superpower.  Depending on how this power functions, the Storyteller may elect to describe this rating in qualitative ("He is extremely skilled with all melee weaponry and is a master of swords" = Weaponry [Swords] 4) or quantitative ("His augmented strength is 120% of the human maximum" = Strength [including Mega Strength] 6) terms.
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Effect: The character is able to discern the powers and capabilities of a target.  <p>
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For every success on the activation roll the character may learn one of the following, with it's applicable rating:
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*one Attribute  
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*one Skill (specialties as well)
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*one Superpower
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*one Enhancement Merit related to a skill or attribute
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Extras:
  
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Extras: Multiple targets (the character may elect to allocate her successes amongst all the possible targets in range, rather than choosing only one).
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Multiple targets - The character may elect to allocate her successes among all the possible targets in range, rather than choosing only one.
  
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==SHAPESHIFT (Alpha, Beta, or Gamma)==
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==SHAPESHIFT==
  
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Rank: 1 (Alpha), 2 (Beta), or 3 (Gamma)
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Class: Alpha
  
 
Cost: 1 Verve, see below
 
Cost: 1 Verve, see below
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Dice Pool: Stamina + (Survival) + Shapeshift
 
Dice Pool: Stamina + (Survival) + Shapeshift
  
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Action: Instant or Extended
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Action: Instant
  
 
Range: Self
 
Range: Self
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Duration: One scene
 
Duration: One scene
  
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Effect: The character is able to alter her physical form.  There are three versions of this power, with each of the later versions including the earlier.  Thus if you have Shapeshifting Gamma you also possess Shapeshifting Beta and Alpha.
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Effect: The character is able to alter her physical form.   
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Using Shapeshift is either an instant or an extended action.  The character may pay the cost once and shift for the scene, or they may pay the cost, look at the result, and choose to continue shifting next turn.  Additional turns of shifting cost only time, not Verve, and the character may roll a number of times up to his effective Stamina. Each roll takes one turn. 
 
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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.  If the character wishes to stay in their assumed shape after one scene, they may continue to do so for one verve.  This allows them to hold the form for the rest of the scene without a roll.  Additional scenes cost one verve per.
 
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The character may cancel their shift, reverting back to their normal form, at any time as a reflexive action.  This is an all-or-nothing reversion.  If the player only wants to revert part of their form, they must activate the power again.
 
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'''Alpha Version'''
 
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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, scars or other esoteric means of identification. 
 
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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. 
 
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Extras: The character may also shift there scent, as well as all other means of identification that does not rely on the character's mental state (such as telepathy) or spiritual state (such as a character identifying another the soul through magic).
 
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'''Beta Version'''
 
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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.  The new form must still be very vaguely humanoid.  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:
 
  
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* Increase or decrease her Size or species Speed factor by one, to a minimum of zero.
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Using Shapeshift is either a simple action taking one turn. A character may take multiple turns to achieve more radical changes than a single roll can produce. Additional turns of shifting cost only time, not Verve, and the character may roll a number of times up to his effective Stamina in a scene.  
  
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* Increase or decrease a Physical Attribute by one.
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Once a character has stopped shifting the changes persist for one scene; the character may shapeshift again before the end of the scene (within the stamina limit above), but doing so requires another activation roll and the expenditure of another Verve. If the character wishes to stay in their assumed shape after one scene, they may continue to do so for one verve. This allows them to hold the form for the rest of the scene without a roll. Additional scenes cost one verve per.
  
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* Shift any one dot in Physical Attributes around; no Attribute may be reduced below one in this manner.
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The character may cancel their shift, reverting back to their normal form, at any time as a reflexive action. This is an all-or-nothing reversion. If the player only wants to revert part of their form, they must activate the power again.  
  
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* Trade up to two dots between her Physical Attributes and her Speed's species factor; no Attribute may be reduced below one in this manner, and her Speed's species factor may not be reduced below zero.
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The simplest use of this power is simply to look like another person or similar being, without making any more significant physical changes. Essentially, successes on the activation roll are added to successes on attempts at disguise or impersonation. In addition, the shapeshifter is able to shift her appearance to that of a human or humanoid of any gender, may appear biological, robotic, living or dead, making it impossible to recognize her through cursory visual examination. The character will still smell and taste the same, however, should that come up.  
  
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The character may choose to take an obvious identifying feature as a weakness for this power. Such a feature might be the inability to change the character's distinctive coloration (think Beast Boy or Plastic Man), or having a distinctive odor.
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With out additional Shapeshift merits, this power can be used to simulate powers that aid disguise but don't actually alter the character's physical form, such as holographic projections and identity-oriented illusions.
  
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The character may choose to take an obvious identifying feature as a Persistent Condition for this power. Such a feature might be the inability to change the character's distinctive coloration (think Beast Boy or Plastic Man), or having a distinctive odor. The Condition allows those who are familiar with the shapeshifter to identify them without a roll. This is worth a beat when it becomes a problem for the character.
  
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Shapeshifting has an associated [[MTH:Power_Trees|Power Tree]].
  
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'''Gamma Version'''
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Other then the kinds of powers detailed above, Shapeshift cannot allow the character to emulate other super powers, but it can be used as a rational for buying those powers with experience points.
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Weaknesses:
  
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Using this power, a character can turn into an animal, a creature out of myth, or a hellish monstrosity. 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:
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Single Shape - The character can only take on a single predefined shape, but does not have to roll for activation. If the shape requires multiple successes it now only requires one success, but manifests the same way every time.
  
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* Take one dot in a purely physical Rank 1 or Rank 2 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.
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Slow Activation - The shift comes on slowly, requiring some other extended action with a target number of 5 successes. Determine an appropriate pool with the Storyteller when this power is taken. Examples might include meditation (as per the core book), an arcane ritual (Intelligence + Occult), or an invocation to a deity (Presence + Expression).  
  
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* Trade any three dots in Physical Attributes for dots in Rank 1 or Rank 2 physical superpowers; 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 Shapeshiftpower.
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Evidence - When the character shapeshifts, they leave something behind, such as a shed skin or shell, glowing green mucus, or scorch marks. Whatever it is, it's distinctive and an obvious sign of the character's presence.  
  
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The distinctive feature option for the Beta version of this power is a requirement for the Gamma version.
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Players looking to do so may want to look at the generic weaknesses Contingent Activation, Convergent Activation and Obvious.
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Extras: None.
 
  
 
==SHROUD==
 
==SHROUD==
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Rank: 2
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Class: Alpha
  
 
Cost: 1 Verve
 
Cost: 1 Verve
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Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Stealth) + Shroud
 
Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Stealth) + Shroud
  
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Action: Instant
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Range: (Power Level + Stealth) x 5 yards
 
Range: (Power Level + Stealth) x 5 yards
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Duration: Concentration
 
Duration: Concentration
  
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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).
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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 characters (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. Those within count as blind for the purposes of combat if more then two successes are scored.
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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 effects normal vision, but for one additional Verve the activating character may also have it obscure other types of vision (such as infrared or ultraviolet).
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Extras:
  
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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).
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Sensory Deprivation Field - The shroud may block other senses or forms of detection. This Extra can be taken multiple times, blocking three senses or forms of detection per purchase. Examples include smell, hearing, psychic detection, motion tracking, or mystic sight.
  
 
==SKINCHANGER==
 
==SKINCHANGER==
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Class: Alpha
  
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Rank: 1  
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Cost: 1 Verve
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Cost: 0 Verve, unless extending duration (as per Shapeshifter)
 
  
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Dice Pool: Manipulation + (Survival) + Skinchanger
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Dice Pool: Stamina + Skinchanger
  
 
Action: Instant
 
Action: Instant
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Duration: One scene
 
Duration: One scene
  
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This power, except for the changes noted here, operates exactly like Shapeshift Beta.
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The character may change their shape into a variety of stolen forms. The character may only take on the shapes which currently exist in their "library", and start with only their natural shape in their library. To add a shape the character must kill the current 'owner' of the shape in some specific and gruesome fashion taking no less then fifteen minutes to complete.
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The exact way in which this happens is left for the ST and player to determine. The character may skin the person alive and crawl into the resulting skin-suit, beat them to a pulp and absorb the victim through the skin, cut their head open and study their brain, or just chop them up and dine upon a chili made from their flesh and seasoned with their tears. 
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Whatever the case the victim must die, must suffer, and must be a sapient organic being. While in the stolen form they may elect to use the forms physical attributes when making a roll. Secondary traits alter as usual. If the stolen form has powers with a physical and organic rational the Skinchanger may choose to purchase them immediately or purchase them later. In either case they are bought with the Contingent Activation drawback; They may only be used while in the appropriate form.
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The form is set at the time of death. It's attributes and powers may not be further developed. Likewise it does not age. A Skinchanger may effectively extend their life by shifting between stolen forms and not re-entering their original if they suspect their original form has lived past its normal allotment of years.
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Players should keep in mind that this power in no way offers any exemption from the Degeneration rolls it will inevitably cause. Standard use of this power requires torture in some form, though Compassionate Monster (below) may allow this to be upgraded to 'mere' premeditated murder. It is the Storyteller's call weather use of this power under the Heart's Blooded extra qualifies as being a lesser sin then general torture, if applicable.  
  
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The character may only take on the shapes which currently exist in their "Library", and start with only their natural shape in their library.  To add a shape the character must kill the current 'owner' of the shape in some specific and gruesome fashion taking no less then fifteen minutes to complete.  They must then assimilate the new shape in a process also taking no less then fifteen minutes.
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This power operates similar to Shapeshift, players looking at one may wish to look at the other.
  
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The exact way in which this happens is left for the ST and player to determine.  The character may skin the person alive and crawl into the resulting skin-suit, beat them to a pulp and absorb the victim through the skin, cut their head open and study their brain, or just chop them up and dine upon a chili made from their flesh and seasoned with their tears. 
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Whatever the case the victim must die, must suffer, and must be a sapient organic being.  Modifications made to the character's stats by this power must be associated with the taken form.
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Compassionate Monster - The victim need not die suffering.
  
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Players should keep in mind that this power in no way offers any exemption from the morality rolls it will inevitably cause.  Standard use of this power requires torture, though Compassionate Monster (below) may allow this to be upgraded to 'mere' premeditated murder.  It is the Storytellers call weather use of this power under the Heart's Blooded extra qualifies as being a lesser sin then general torture.  
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Heart's Blooded - Less then sapient creatures are now valid targets (it doesn't have to qualify as a person).
  
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Extras: Compassionate Monster - The victim need not die suffering, Heart's Blooded - Less then sapient creatures are now valid targets.
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Extended Duration - The power now costs a Verve a day.
  
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==TELEKINESIS==
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==SUMMON MINION==
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Rank: 2
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Class: Alpha
  
 
Cost: 1 Verve
 
Cost: 1 Verve
  
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Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Athletics) + Telekinesis
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Occult) + Summoning
  
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Action: Instant
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Action: Instant or Extended
  
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Range: (Power Level + Telekinesis) x 5 yards
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Range: (Power Level + Summoning) x 2 yards
  
 
Area: N/A
 
Area: N/A
  
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Duration: Instant
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Duration: Until banished or killed
  
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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.
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Effect: The character is able to summon a specific type of supernatural creature. The stats of the creature are based upon a template for an animal out of the [[MTH:World_of_Darkness_Animals|World of Darkness Animal Stats]] or an alternative one approved by the Storyteller. Alternatives may include templates based upon Spirits as defined in the core rules.  
  
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Every summoned entity has a Summoning Rating. The Summoning Rating is the number of successes needed on the activation roll needed to bring the being forth. If using one of the templates from the link above, the Summoning Rating is equal to the Size of the template. If using a template based upon a spirit, use the spirit's Rank. When creating templates of your own, start with one of the templates provided from either source. The ST should raise or lower the Summoning Rating relative to how much more or less powerful the custom entity is.
  
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Using Summoning is either an instant or an extended action. The character may choose to continue summoning next turn, adding his successes together, up to the number of dice in his unmodified pool. Additional turns of summoning cost only time, not Verve, and the character may roll a number of times up to his effective Stamina. Each roll takes one turn.
  
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Creatures summoned in this way are not under the control of the summoner. The summoner may want a to take some variation of the Domination power or the Banish power too deal with that.
  
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Action: Varies
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Group Summons – Any character with a Mystic power can choose to let the character with this power guide them through a summoning ritual for the minion. This must be an extended action, but other Mystic heroes can be involved in a teamwork effort towards the summons.
  
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Greater Summons - The character's successes on the activation roll count double. Most of the templates used for Greater Summons should represent sentient creatures.
  
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Duration: Varies
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==SUMMON ANIMALS==
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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).
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===COMMUNICATE===
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Dice Pool: Composure + (Animal Ken) + Animal Mastery - target's Resolve
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Cost: 1 Verve
 
  
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Expression) + Telepathy [vs. target's Resolve + Power Level]
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Action: Simple
  
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Action: Instant or contested; resistance is reflexive
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Range: (Power Level + Animal Mastery) x 5 yards
  
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Duration: Until arrival
  
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Effect: The character issues a telepathic summons (possibly in conjunction with a bird call or a wolf's howl), compelling nearby animals to converge on his current position. The character may elect which kind of animals the summons affects, such as "all predators," "only deer," or "my pet dog."  One success on the activation roll is enough to call most of the viable animals within a radius equal to the character's (Power Level + Summon Animals) x 100 yards. Once the summoned animals reach their destination, they will revert to their normal behavior. Most characters who have this power will use it to tame, hunt or otherwise use the animals they summon.
  
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==SUPER SPEED==
  
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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 roll his Resolve + Power Level in a contested action against the original activation roll in order to sever the link.
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Class: Alpha
  
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===MENTAL BLOODHOUND===
 
 
Cost: 1 Verve
 
Cost: 1 Verve
  
−
Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Investigation) + Telepathy
+
Dice Pool: N/A
  
−
Action: Instant
+
Action: Reflexive
  
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Range: Varies
+
Range: Self
  
 
Area: N/A
 
Area: N/A
  
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Duration: Instant
+
Duration: One turn
 +
 
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Effect: The character is very, very fast. Super Speed must be activated each turn to gain it's benefits.  Those benefits are:
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* The character’s Speed is multiplied by the number of dots she has in Super Speed, plus one; IE a character with Super Speed 1 doubles her Speed, a character with Super Speed 2 triples it etc. This effects running speed and special speeds such as Flight identically.
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* Outside of dramatic time, tasks the character undertakes have their time for completion divided by the number of dots in this power plus one. The Verve cost for this is equal to one for every hour of time, or portion of an hour, before reduction. Thus, an hour long task with Super Speed 3 takes 15 minutes, and costs one Verve.
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Super Speed has an associated [[MTH:Power_Trees|Power Tree]]. Please read about the Power Tree before editing this power.
  
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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.
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==TELEKINESIS==
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Class: Beta
  
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===MEMORY ALTERATION===
 
 
Cost: 1 Verve
 
Cost: 1 Verve
  
−
Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Expression) + Telepathy vs. target's Resolve + Power Level
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Dice Pool: See below
  
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Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
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Action: Instant
  
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Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 5 yards
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Range: (Power Level + Telekinesis) x 5 yards
  
 
Area: N/A
 
Area: N/A
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Duration: Instant
 
Duration: Instant
  
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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.
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Effect: The character may lift, move, or hurl objects through the air by will. Assume the character can manipulate objects as if she were touching them, and without being harmed by doing so. If moving an object such that it would require Strength or Dexterity as part of a roll, use the dots in this merit in place of the appropriate attribute.   
  
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===MIND PROBE===
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If Telekinesis is used to attack or grapple a target directly the target is surprised unless the ST decides the defender had reason so expect such an attack (typically any opponent will be surprised only the first time they are attacked this way by the same character). 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.
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Cost: 1 Verve
 
  
−
Dice Pool: Wits + (Investigation) + Telepathy (vs. target's Resolve + Power Level)
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God Machine Chronicles Rules Update: If using the rules update, ignore the Telekinesis Merit in favor of this power.
  
−
Action: Extended, or extended and contested; resistance is reflexive
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==TELEPATHY==
 +
Class: Gamma
  
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Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 5 yards
+
Cost: 0
  
−
Area: N/A
+
Dice Pool: Resolve + (Empathy or Intimidation) + Telepathy
  
−
Duration: Instant
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Action: Varies
  
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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.
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Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 10 yards
  
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Area: Varies
  
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===THOUGHT DETECTION===
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Duration: Varies
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Cost: 1 Verve
 
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Investigation) + Telepathy
 
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Action: Instant
 
  
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Range: Varies
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Effect: The character is also able to communicate telepathically. The character establishes a mental link with her sapient 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 contact. If so, the telepathic character must gain at least one success on Wits + Empathy + Power Level minus the targets Resolve + Composure + Power Level '''''[[(Normal non-rolled resistances only include one attribute + Supernatural Resistance. This power should be modified accordingly)]]'''''. Forcing entry into someone's mind is an invasive act, and may prompt a Breaking Point for some individuals. Having one's mind broken into is an even more traumatizing experience, and is likewise more likely to provoke a breaking point, especially in individuals who are particularly guarded and private. Characters that loose Integrity due to telepathic communication are likely to develop 'interesting' psychological states, perhaps even taking on personality traits or values of one another.
  
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Area: N/A
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Once the link has been created, it remains in place until either the character severs it or the target tries to push them out again on subsequent turns, prompting another roll.
  
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Duration: Instant
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Ignore the Telepathy Merit in the core rules with More Than Human.
  
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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.
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Telepathy has an associated [[MTH:Power_Trees|Power Tree]].
  
 
==TELEPORT==
 
==TELEPORT==
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Rank: 2
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Class: Beta
  
 
Cost: 0+ Verve
 
Cost: 0+ Verve
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Duration: Instant
 
Duration: Instant
  
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Effect: The character is able to travel instantly from one point to another, without passing through the intervening space. If the character gets at least one success on the roll, they reappear up to 10 yards away from their original location. Each additional 10 yards penalizes the roll by 1. The player may choose to buy off these penalties at a cost of one verve per penalty.  Failing the roll gives the Storyteller the entertaining option of choosing the destination of the 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, such as several hundred feet above the ground or underwater.  The character cannot, intentionaly or not, teleport into a space they cannot occupy.
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Effect: The character is able to travel instantly from one point to another, without passing through the intervening space. If the character teleports 5 yards away or less into a location they can see, there is no activation roll. To teleport up to 10 yards or into a location they cannot see requires at least one success on an activation roll. Each additional 10 yards penalizes the roll by -1. The player may choose to buy off these penalties at a cost of one verve per penalty.   
  
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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 and Power Level he possesses).
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Failing the roll gives the Storyteller the entertaining option of choosing the destination of the 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, such as several hundred feet above the ground or underwater, or creates some sort of compromising medical anomaly, at the ST's option. The character cannot, intentionally or not, teleport into a space they cannot occupy.
  
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==TEMPORAL MANIPULATION==
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Extras:  
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Rank: 3
 
  
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Cost: Varies
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Combat Teleport - The character may teleport reflexively once per dot in Teleport during his turn. In addition, as a dodge, he may contest one attack with a Teleport activation roll, negating the attacker's successes with his own. If he rolls more successes than the attacker, he teleports to his intended destination after the attack is resolved.
  
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Dice Pool: Varies
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Long Teleport - The character may teleport twice as far for the same cost.
  
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Action: Varies
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Mass Teleport - The character may teleport up to one additional character for every dot in Teleport and Power Level he possesses.
  
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Range: Varies
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Weaknesses:
  
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Area: Varies
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Flash Step - The character actually does pass through the intervening space, and cannot teleport through any sort of cover, even if he can see through it.
  
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Duration: Varies
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==TEMPORAL MANIPULATION==
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Class: Beta
  
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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.
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Cost: 1 Verve
  
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Extras: None.
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Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation
  
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===AGE ALTERATION===
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Action: Reflexive
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Cost: 2 Verve
 
  
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Medicine) + Temporal Manipulation – target’s Stamina
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Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) x 5 yards
  
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Action: Extended
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Area: N/A
  
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Range: Touch
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Duration: One round
  
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Area: N/A
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Effect: The character can slow or speeds the passage of time around the target, altering their ability to act and to respond to the world around them. Each success on the activation roll reduces or improves 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.
  
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Duration: Permanent
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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.
  
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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.
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Temporal Manipulation has an associated [[MTH:Power_Trees|Power Tree]].
  
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===ACCELERATE TIME===
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==TETHER==
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Cost: 1 Verve
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Class: Alpha
  
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Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation
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Cost: None
  
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Action: Varies
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Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Athletics) + Tether
  
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Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) x 5 yards
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Action: Instant
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Area: N/A
 
  
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Duration: One turn
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Range: (Power Level + Tether) x 5 yards
  
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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.
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Duration: Instant or One scene
  
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Effect: The character is able to extend a chain or web that pulls things. On a successful activation, the character anchors himself to an object. If the target is fixed and capable of supporting his weight, the character either pulls himself to it, or may swing up to 10 yards per success. If the target is loose, the character pulls it to himself instead. The character can pull a loose object of a Size up to his own Size or his dots in Tether + his successes rolled, whichever is lower. When attempting to pull another character with this power, the target's Defense applies to the activation roll.
  
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===DILATE TIME===
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The character can use this power to cling to a wall or ceiling, but cannot move freely across such a surface unless he has the Wallcrawler merit.
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Cost: 1 Verve
 
  
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Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation
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The character can choose to remain attached to the target until end of scene, until his grip is broken by force, or until he ends the effect reflexively. When attached, the character and target cannot move apart. Attempting to break the character's grip is an instant Strength roll contested reflexively by the character's Strength + Tether. If the target breaks free, it can move up to its Speed in the same action.
  
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Action: Instant
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Clarification: This power represents an innate ability, as opposed to a piece of equipment. A player who simply wants their character to have a grappling hook should use the appropriate equipment from existing books.
  
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Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) x 5 yards
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==VECTOR MANIPULATION==
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Class: Gamma
  
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Area: N/A
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Cost: 1 Verve
  
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Duration: One turn
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Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Vector Manipulation
  
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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.
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Action: Reflexive
  
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Range: (Power Level + Vector Manipulation) x 5 yards
  
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===STOP TIME===
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Area: N/A
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Cost: 1 Verve, 1 Willpower
 
  
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation vs. target’s
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Duration: Instant
  
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Resolve + Power Level
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Effect: The character is able to alter the direction of projectiles. Whenever a ranged attack passes within (Power Level + Vector Manipulation) yards of the character, he may redirect the attack at a target of his choice, using the activation roll as an attack roll.
  
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Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
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Using this power counts as a dodge action.
  
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Range: (Power Level + Temporal Manipulation) yards
 
  
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Area: N/A
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==VENOM==
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Class: Beta
  
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Duration: Varies
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Cost: Varies
  
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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.
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Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Medicine) + Venom
  
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==VERVE RECOVERY==
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Action: Instant
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Rank: 2
 
  
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Cost: N/A
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Range: Self
  
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Dice Pool: N/A
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Area: N/A
  
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Action: N/A
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Duration: One scene
  
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Range: Self
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Effect: The character is able to synthesize deadly poisons from his body. When this power is activated, the character creates one dose of poison per success and spends 1 Verve per success. If the character has insufficient Verve or chooses to create fewer doses, the remaining successes are wasted. The poison has toxicity equal to the character's dots in Venom and one method of delivery of the character's choice. The character is immune to any poison he creates.
  
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Area: N/A
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Once per turn as a reflexive action, he character may apply one dose of any poison he creates to his own hands or an object he can touch, but not forcefully poison another character.
  
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Duration: Permanent
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Extras: None
  
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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.
 
  
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Extras: None.
 
  
 
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RAISE DEAD[edit]

Class: Gamma

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Power Level + Raise Dead + (Occult)

Action: Instant

Range: Power Level x 2

Area: N/A

Duration: One Scene

Effect: This power allows the character to bring life to the dead, to serve her in battle or other tasks. On a normal success, the reanimated body has a dice pool of 7 for all physical actions, and a dice pool of 3 for all mental actions, with a defense equal to half the character's dots in Raise Dead - if the target is the body of a meta-human, treat all superpowers as if they only had a single dot, and actions requiring verve or willpower draw from the character's own verve pool. Bodies reanimated with a single success do not retain merits or skill specialties. On an exceptional success, the reanimated target retains all of their stats from before dying, with a plus 1 to all physical actions - if the target is the body of a meta-human, their powers retain all dots from before death, and they arise with 10 verve to spend. Bodies reanimated on an exceptional success are sentient, though regardless of prior goals are now cooperative with the character (you can bring an enemy back to life with an exceptional success without being attacked by him/her). Bodies reanimated on an exceptional success also retain all merits from their former life. A body can only be reanimated once, after that it cannot be given life a third time. A character can only have a number of reanimated bodies working with her equal to her dots in Raise Dead.

Extras: None

Weaknesses:

Fresh Bodies: Each turn the target has been dead applies a cumulative -1 penalty to attempts to use Raise Dead.

Pushing Daisies: A body must be touched as an instant action to be reanimated, and once reanimated will only be cooperative with the character to the extent that they would in life.

Note: Some storytellers may find it necessary to have their characters make a reflexive morality roll when using this power at a penalty equal to half their dots in Raise Dead, depending on how they fluff the effect. Asking a body's corporeal spirit to fight alongside you one last time before passing on is not necessarily evil, while turning a mortal's corpse into a shambling meat-shield is not necessarily good.

REGENERATION[edit]

Class: Beta

Cost: 1 Verve

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, or downgrades one level of lethal damage, per dot in Regeneration, every turn at the start of his action. These effects may be mixed, so a character who has 2 lethal levels of damage and 4 dots in regeneration may downgrade both levels to bashing and heal them in the same turn. Aggravated damage heals at the ordinary rate. This power is reflexive, so the character heals regardless of whether he is conscious or not.

Extras:

Versatile Regeneration - Aggravated damage may be downgraded as well.

Weaknesses:

Second Wind - This power must be deliberately activated as an instant action, taking the character's action for the turn.

RESURRECTION[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: One permanent dot in this Power

Dice Pool: N/A

Action: Reflexive

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: Permanent

Effect: All characters in More Than Human have an out-of-character license to return from the dead due the Asylum mechanics. This one has an in-character rational for doing so. Using this power means the character gets to lose a dot of Resurrection and take on some extra hassle instead of losing a dot of Asylum when coming back from the grave.

The exact rational for this power will vary between characters, but their Resurrection will always depend on a Contingent Activation (as the Weakness, though it does not reduce the class of the Power) The player must choose which of these is the case with their character. Enemies who know of this contingency will most-likely seek to ensure it doesn't occur. The ST should work with the player to determine the specifics this entails.

SCAN[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Investigation) + Scan - target's Resolve

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Scan) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to discern the powers and capabilities of a target.

For every success on the activation roll the character may learn one of the following, with it's applicable rating:

  • one Attribute
  • one Skill (specialties as well)
  • one Superpower
  • one Enhancement Merit related to a skill or attribute

Extras: Multiple targets - The character may elect to allocate her successes among all the possible targets in range, rather than choosing only one.

SHAPESHIFT[edit]

Class: Alpha

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.

Using Shapeshift is either a simple action taking one turn. A character may take multiple turns to achieve more radical changes than a single roll can produce. Additional turns of shifting cost only time, not Verve, and the character may roll a number of times up to his effective Stamina in a scene.

Once a character has stopped shifting the changes persist for one scene; the character may shapeshift again before the end of the scene (within the stamina limit above), but doing so requires another activation roll and the expenditure of another Verve. If the character wishes to stay in their assumed shape after one scene, they may continue to do so for one verve. This allows them to hold the form for the rest of the scene without a roll. Additional scenes cost one verve per.

The character may cancel their shift, reverting back to their normal form, at any time as a reflexive action. This is an all-or-nothing reversion. If the player only wants to revert part of their form, they must activate the power again.

The simplest use of this power is simply to look like another person or similar being, without making any more significant physical changes. Essentially, successes on the activation roll are added to successes on attempts at disguise or impersonation. In addition, the shapeshifter is able to shift her appearance to that of a human or humanoid of any gender, may appear biological, robotic, living or dead, making it impossible to recognize her through cursory visual examination. The character will still smell and taste the same, however, should that come up.

With out additional Shapeshift merits, this power can be used to simulate powers that aid disguise but don't actually alter the character's physical form, such as holographic projections and identity-oriented illusions.

The character may choose to take an obvious identifying feature as a Persistent Condition for this power. Such a feature might be the inability to change the character's distinctive coloration (think Beast Boy or Plastic Man), or having a distinctive odor. The Condition allows those who are familiar with the shapeshifter to identify them without a roll. This is worth a beat when it becomes a problem for the character.

Shapeshifting has an associated Power Tree.

Other then the kinds of powers detailed above, Shapeshift cannot allow the character to emulate other super powers, but it can be used as a rational for buying those powers with experience points. Weaknesses:

Single Shape - The character can only take on a single predefined shape, but does not have to roll for activation. If the shape requires multiple successes it now only requires one success, but manifests the same way every time.

Slow Activation - The shift comes on slowly, requiring some other extended action with a target number of 5 successes. Determine an appropriate pool with the Storyteller when this power is taken. Examples might include meditation (as per the core book), an arcane ritual (Intelligence + Occult), or an invocation to a deity (Presence + Expression).

Evidence - When the character shapeshifts, they leave something behind, such as a shed skin or shell, glowing green mucus, or scorch marks. Whatever it is, it's distinctive and an obvious sign of the character's presence.

Players looking to do so may want to look at the generic weaknesses Contingent Activation, Convergent Activation and Obvious.

SHROUD[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Stealth) + Shroud

Action: Reflexive

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 characters (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. Those within count as blind for the purposes of combat if more then two successes are scored.

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 effects 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:

Sensory Deprivation Field - The shroud may block other senses or forms of detection. This Extra can be taken multiple times, blocking three senses or forms of detection per purchase. Examples include smell, hearing, psychic detection, motion tracking, or mystic sight.

SKINCHANGER[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Stamina + Skinchanger

Action: Instant

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: One scene

The character may change their shape into a variety of stolen forms. The character may only take on the shapes which currently exist in their "library", and start with only their natural shape in their library. To add a shape the character must kill the current 'owner' of the shape in some specific and gruesome fashion taking no less then fifteen minutes to complete.

The exact way in which this happens is left for the ST and player to determine. The character may skin the person alive and crawl into the resulting skin-suit, beat them to a pulp and absorb the victim through the skin, cut their head open and study their brain, or just chop them up and dine upon a chili made from their flesh and seasoned with their tears.

Whatever the case the victim must die, must suffer, and must be a sapient organic being. While in the stolen form they may elect to use the forms physical attributes when making a roll. Secondary traits alter as usual. If the stolen form has powers with a physical and organic rational the Skinchanger may choose to purchase them immediately or purchase them later. In either case they are bought with the Contingent Activation drawback; They may only be used while in the appropriate form.

The form is set at the time of death. It's attributes and powers may not be further developed. Likewise it does not age. A Skinchanger may effectively extend their life by shifting between stolen forms and not re-entering their original if they suspect their original form has lived past its normal allotment of years.

Players should keep in mind that this power in no way offers any exemption from the Degeneration rolls it will inevitably cause. Standard use of this power requires torture in some form, though Compassionate Monster (below) may allow this to be upgraded to 'mere' premeditated murder. It is the Storyteller's call weather use of this power under the Heart's Blooded extra qualifies as being a lesser sin then general torture, if applicable.

This power operates similar to Shapeshift, players looking at one may wish to look at the other.

Extras:

Compassionate Monster - The victim need not die suffering.

Heart's Blooded - Less then sapient creatures are now valid targets (it doesn't have to qualify as a person).

Extended Duration - The power now costs a Verve a day.

SUMMON MINION[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Occult) + Summoning

Action: Instant or Extended

Range: (Power Level + Summoning) x 2 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Until banished or killed

Effect: The character is able to summon a specific type of supernatural creature. The stats of the creature are based upon a template for an animal out of the World of Darkness Animal Stats or an alternative one approved by the Storyteller. Alternatives may include templates based upon Spirits as defined in the core rules.

Every summoned entity has a Summoning Rating. The Summoning Rating is the number of successes needed on the activation roll needed to bring the being forth. If using one of the templates from the link above, the Summoning Rating is equal to the Size of the template. If using a template based upon a spirit, use the spirit's Rank. When creating templates of your own, start with one of the templates provided from either source. The ST should raise or lower the Summoning Rating relative to how much more or less powerful the custom entity is.

The player starts with one template and may learn additional templates by either studying the creature they are based upon or researching them by occult means. Mechanically this means buying additional templates at a cost of 1 per experience.

Using Summoning is either an instant or an extended action. The character may choose to continue summoning next turn, adding his successes together, up to the number of dice in his unmodified pool. Additional turns of summoning cost only time, not Verve, and the character may roll a number of times up to his effective Stamina. Each roll takes one turn.

Creatures summoned in this way are not under the control of the summoner. The summoner may want a to take some variation of the Domination power or the Banish power too deal with that.

Extras:

Group Summons – Any character with a Mystic power can choose to let the character with this power guide them through a summoning ritual for the minion. This must be an extended action, but other Mystic heroes can be involved in a teamwork effort towards the summons.

Greater Summons - The character's successes on the activation roll count double. Most of the templates used for Greater Summons should represent sentient creatures.

SUMMON ANIMALS[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Composure + (Animal Ken) + Animal Mastery - target's Resolve

Action: Simple

Range: (Power Level + Animal Mastery) x 5 yards

Duration: Until arrival

Effect: The character issues a telepathic summons (possibly in conjunction with a bird call or a wolf's howl), compelling nearby animals to converge on his current position. The character may elect which kind of animals the summons affects, such as "all predators," "only deer," or "my pet dog." One success on the activation roll is enough to call most of the viable animals within a radius equal to the character's (Power Level + Summon Animals) x 100 yards. Once the summoned animals reach their destination, they will revert to their normal behavior. Most characters who have this power will use it to tame, hunt or otherwise use the animals they summon.

SUPER SPEED[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: N/A

Action: Reflexive

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: One turn

Effect: The character is very, very fast. Super Speed must be activated each turn to gain it's benefits. Those benefits are:

  • The character’s Speed is multiplied by the number of dots she has in Super Speed, plus one; IE a character with Super Speed 1 doubles her Speed, a character with Super Speed 2 triples it etc. This effects running speed and special speeds such as Flight identically.
  • Outside of dramatic time, tasks the character undertakes have their time for completion divided by the number of dots in this power plus one. The Verve cost for this is equal to one for every hour of time, or portion of an hour, before reduction. Thus, an hour long task with Super Speed 3 takes 15 minutes, and costs one Verve.

Super Speed has an associated Power Tree. Please read about the Power Tree before editing this power.

TELEKINESIS[edit]

Class: Beta

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: See below

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Telekinesis) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character may lift, move, or hurl objects through the air by will. Assume the character can manipulate objects as if she were touching them, and without being harmed by doing so. If moving an object such that it would require Strength or Dexterity as part of a roll, use the dots in this merit in place of the appropriate attribute.

If Telekinesis is used to attack or grapple a target directly the target is surprised unless the ST decides the defender had reason so expect such an attack (typically any opponent will be surprised only the first time they are attacked this way by the same character). 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.

God Machine Chronicles Rules Update: If using the rules update, ignore the Telekinesis Merit in favor of this power.

TELEPATHY[edit]

Class: Gamma

Cost: 0

Dice Pool: Resolve + (Empathy or Intimidation) + Telepathy

Action: Varies

Range: (Power Level + Telepathy) x 10 yards

Area: Varies

Duration: Varies

Effect: The character is also able to communicate telepathically. The character establishes a mental link with her sapient 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 contact. If so, the telepathic character must gain at least one success on Wits + Empathy + Power Level minus the targets Resolve + Composure + Power Level (Normal non-rolled resistances only include one attribute + Supernatural Resistance. This power should be modified accordingly). Forcing entry into someone's mind is an invasive act, and may prompt a Breaking Point for some individuals. Having one's mind broken into is an even more traumatizing experience, and is likewise more likely to provoke a breaking point, especially in individuals who are particularly guarded and private. Characters that loose Integrity due to telepathic communication are likely to develop 'interesting' psychological states, perhaps even taking on personality traits or values of one another.

Once the link has been created, it remains in place until either the character severs it or the target tries to push them out again on subsequent turns, prompting another roll.

Ignore the Telepathy Merit in the core rules with More Than Human.

Telepathy has an associated Power Tree.

TELEPORT[edit]

Class: Beta

Cost: 0+ 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. If the character teleports 5 yards away or less into a location they can see, there is no activation roll. To teleport up to 10 yards or into a location they cannot see requires at least one success on an activation roll. Each additional 10 yards penalizes the roll by -1. The player may choose to buy off these penalties at a cost of one verve per penalty.

Failing the roll gives the Storyteller the entertaining option of choosing the destination of the 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, such as several hundred feet above the ground or underwater, or creates some sort of compromising medical anomaly, at the ST's option. The character cannot, intentionally or not, teleport into a space they cannot occupy.

Extras:

Combat Teleport - The character may teleport reflexively once per dot in Teleport during his turn. In addition, as a dodge, he may contest one attack with a Teleport activation roll, negating the attacker's successes with his own. If he rolls more successes than the attacker, he teleports to his intended destination after the attack is resolved.

Long Teleport - The character may teleport twice as far for the same cost.

Mass Teleport - The character may teleport up to one additional character for every dot in Teleport and Power Level he possesses.

Weaknesses:

Flash Step - The character actually does pass through the intervening space, and cannot teleport through any sort of cover, even if he can see through it.

TEMPORAL MANIPULATION[edit]

Class: Beta

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Temporal Manipulation

Action: Reflexive

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

Area: N/A

Duration: One round

Effect: The character can slow or speeds the passage of time around the target, altering their ability to act and to respond to the world around them. Each success on the activation roll reduces or improves 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.

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.

Temporal Manipulation has an associated Power Tree.

TETHER[edit]

Class: Alpha

Cost: None

Dice Pool: Dexterity + (Athletics) + Tether

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Tether) x 5 yards

Duration: Instant or One scene

Effect: The character is able to extend a chain or web that pulls things. On a successful activation, the character anchors himself to an object. If the target is fixed and capable of supporting his weight, the character either pulls himself to it, or may swing up to 10 yards per success. If the target is loose, the character pulls it to himself instead. The character can pull a loose object of a Size up to his own Size or his dots in Tether + his successes rolled, whichever is lower. When attempting to pull another character with this power, the target's Defense applies to the activation roll.

The character can use this power to cling to a wall or ceiling, but cannot move freely across such a surface unless he has the Wallcrawler merit.

The character can choose to remain attached to the target until end of scene, until his grip is broken by force, or until he ends the effect reflexively. When attached, the character and target cannot move apart. Attempting to break the character's grip is an instant Strength roll contested reflexively by the character's Strength + Tether. If the target breaks free, it can move up to its Speed in the same action.

Clarification: This power represents an innate ability, as opposed to a piece of equipment. A player who simply wants their character to have a grappling hook should use the appropriate equipment from existing books.

VECTOR MANIPULATION[edit]

Class: Gamma

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Wits + (Science) + Vector Manipulation

Action: Reflexive

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

Area: N/A

Duration: Instant

Effect: The character is able to alter the direction of projectiles. Whenever a ranged attack passes within (Power Level + Vector Manipulation) yards of the character, he may redirect the attack at a target of his choice, using the activation roll as an attack roll.

Using this power counts as a dodge action.


VENOM[edit]

Class: Beta

Cost: Varies

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Medicine) + Venom

Action: Instant

Range: Self

Area: N/A

Duration: One scene

Effect: The character is able to synthesize deadly poisons from his body. When this power is activated, the character creates one dose of poison per success and spends 1 Verve per success. If the character has insufficient Verve or chooses to create fewer doses, the remaining successes are wasted. The poison has toxicity equal to the character's dots in Venom and one method of delivery of the character's choice. The character is immune to any poison he creates.

Once per turn as a reflexive action, he character may apply one dose of any poison he creates to his own hands or an object he can touch, but not forcefully poison another character.

Extras: None


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