Ability Approval I

[Sigmund Vrell]

Username: Sigmund Vrell

Name of Ability?
Scion of an Old God (Upgrading)

Ability Effects:
(Old)
Master Skill
Arcana - Rank 7

Total cost: 350

(New)
Master Skill
Knowledge (Arcana) - Rank 7
Knowledge (Rituals) - Rank 7
Knowledge (Supernatural phenomena) - Rank 7
Knowledge (Eldritch creatures) - Rank 7
Knowledge (Eldritch religion) - Rank 7

Descriptor: Of all the members of the Mindbreaker Order, Sigmund stands above each and every one of them in his comprehensive knowledge of all things supernatural.

Essence Cost: 1750

STAFF EDIT: Approved

 

[Sigmund Vrell]

Username: Sigmund Vrell

Name of Ability?
Son of Ranvier

Ability Effects:
Son of Ranvier

Protection - Rank 7 (700)
Ongoing (700)
Limited (Cold) (-350)

Sense (Sight) - Rank 5 (500)
Ongoing (500)
Limited (Darkness) (-250)

Total cost: 1800

Descriptor: Sigmund, like an everyone born in the far-North land of Ranvier, is supernaturally inured to the effects of the cold and possesses exceptionally good night vision, even exceeding his sight in the daylight.

Essence Cost: 1800

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Jester Lavorre]

Username: Jester Lavorre

Name of Ability?
Master Skills

Ability Effects:
Investigation - Rank 5 (250)
Knowledge (Religion) - Rank 5 (250)
Medical - Rank 5 (250)
Social (Persuasion) - Rank 5 (250)
Craft (Forgery) - Rank 5 (250)
Rituals/Arcana - Rank 3 (150)

Descriptor: Jester is a skilled investigator with a keen eye. She likes to act the part of a detective. She has also spent a fair amount of time with actual investigators, and picked up a trick or two along the way.

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Although she doesn’t act like a lady of the cloth, Jester is a cleric who worships a rather unorthodox deity, The Traveller. Because of her religious background, and also her well educated upbringing, Jester has a rather wide and somewhat deep pool of knowledge on a variety of religions.

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On many of her journeys Jester has served as the party’s de facto healer. Although it is an ongoing education, and she is no heart surgeon, Jester has a sufficient understanding of the medical practice. No Hippocratic oaths for this cleric, though.

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Jester can be, like, totally persuasive. Her manner of speaking is unorthodox and off-putting, but her mannerisms are charming and folks tend to like her, making Jester a deft user of the persuasive arts.

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It is shocking how often in her travels Jester has needed to forge a document or a signature. Although one can argue that it is never required to forge a document, sometimes it sure feels necessary. Jester is well practiced in mimicking another’s penmanship.

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Jester is an amateur at the magical arts. She’s no wizard, or sorcerer, or whatever, but she can recognize a spell when she sees it and even perform some minor spells and cantrips of her own. It isn’t one of her favorite areas of study, however.

Essence Cost: 1400

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[John Connor]

Username: John Connor

Name of Ability?
Professor at Harvard

Ability Effects:
Master Skills: Professor at Harvard
Knowledge (Symbology)
Knowledge (Conspiracies)
Knowledge (Math)
Knowledge (Art)
Knowledge (Religion)
Knowledge (Eidetic Memory)
Swimmer

Descriptor: All for my npc

Essence Cost: 100

STAFF EDIT: Approved.

 

[Mollymauk Tealeaf]

Username: Mollymauk Tealeaf

Name of Ability?
Master Skillz

Ability Effects:
Rituals/Arcana - Rank 5 (250)
Social (Persuasion) - Rank 5 (250)
Survival (Danger Sense) - Rank 5 (250)
Performance (Showman) - Rank 2 (100)
Research and Investigation - Rank 3 (150)
Knowledge (Religion) - Rank 1 (50)

Descriptor: Being a Bloodhunter like Molly is just a fancy way to call yourself a magical monster hunter. It takes one to know one! Molly not only has an innate sense and knowledge about things from beyond, but also how they are brought forth across the veil. His infernal bloodline also lends itself to an easier understanding of the magic that keeps his prey here and the words and writings that called them forth. He might even have a few clues on how to send them back…if stabbing them fails.

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They don't call it devilishly handsome for nothing. Not only possessing roguish good looks and a smile to match, Molly has a relaxed demeanor and easy laugh that make him hard to resist. Reading people is also a part of his skill set, and a necessity for his tarot readings where he is looking to understand the other person more than the cards in front of them. Molly will use his charm to pull you into the folds of his cloak for safety against dangers, or maybe just so you can see what lies beneath.

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A bonus of having blood imbued with magical properties is that when it wants to tell you something- you'll know! Molly has learned to listen to the tingle in his toes and knows when danger is afoot. This is useful when you're trying to get the drop on evil, before it reaches across the veil for you, first. This also works when you have to decide if what you are seeing is real, or just another trick for evil to escape your fury.

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There was a reason that Molly's Tarot Tent was one of the hottest attractions at the carnival he worked at. Molly uses his natural charisma to bombastic levels when he has someone sitting across the tarot deck. You have to be over the top when you're only good at the card readings by accident. He draws people in with his performance as well as he draws cards from his handmade deck.

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Molly's keen red eyes are on the case. Solving mysterious happenings is a great way to bring yourself face to face with foes from the beyond. He lives to either send them back, or eliminate them forever - but you have to find them first. Seeing the pattern and following the thread has been easier and easier as he becomes better at following clues and using natural ingrained senses.

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Molly at the very least, knows most of the religious symbols that adorn his cloak. He doesn't have a very deep understanding of such things and doesn't put much stock in it other than helping him seems more mystic than he is and selling Tarot Readings.

Essence Cost: 1050

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Shallan Davar]

Username: Shallan Davar

Name of Ability?
Learned Caution

Ability Effects:
Knowledge (Dragonology) 2 (100)
Language (Draconic) 2 (0)
Knowledge (Cartoons) 2 (0)
Knowledge (Cartoon physics) 2 (0)
Knowledge (Kaijuology) 2 (0)
(Gifted discount)

Descriptor: After the hardships experienced at their hands, any scholar worth her stormlight would take the time to learn more about the dangers these beings pose and methods for properly handling them. Shallan is by no means an expert in these fields, but she's learned a trick or two in how to deal with them

Essence Cost: 100

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Orion]

Username: Orion

Name of Ability?
Replicate

Ability Effects:
Mimic 4 (up to 800E) (1600)
+ Ongoing (0)
+ Ranged (200)

Descriptor: After an upgrade to his NOVA unit, Orion can scan someone and temporarily perform all of the target’s Abilities they possess expertly, as long as it falls within the power limitations of Replicate. The scan does not require physical proximity and the replication lasts until the end of the battle.

Essence Cost: 1800

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Shinku]

Username: Shinku

Name of Ability?
Master Skill

Ability Effects:
Social (Microexpressions) Rank 6

Descriptor: With his years of observing people, Shinku learned to catch and interpret even the faintest body language or change in facial expressions. As much as it helped him to predict an opponent’s next move, it gave him advantage over his social interactions. A faint smirk could warn him of a person's hidden motive of contempt. A slight movement of the eyes could warn him of people lying, along with countless other actions and expressions that allows him to almost accurately read others.

Essence Cost: 300

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Dr. McNinja]

Username: Dr. McNinja

Name of Ability?
He is a Ninja Upgrade

Ability Effects:
Agility (200) Rank 5->7
Modifiers: None

Endurance (100) Rank 5->7
Modifiers: None

Speed (200) Rank 1->3
Modifiers: None

Concealment (Sight) [100] Rank 2->7
Concealment (Hearing) [100] Rank 2->7
Modifiers: Ongoing [+100]

Descriptor: He is a ninja. Trained from a young age, Doc’s body is honed to perfection to evade the senses by 1) being hard to detect and 2) not being in the same place for too long. Furthermore, his physical body can go on for a long time doing inhuman flips and running. He can also move extremely fast in short intervals.

Essence Cost: 4800

STAFF EDIT: Approved

 

[Dr. McNinja]

Username: Dr. McNinja

Name of Ability?
All But One PHD Upgrade

Ability Effects:
Master Skill Rank 6->8 [50]
-Medical
-Humanities/Science (Biology)
-Research/Investigation
-Rituals/Arcana
-Subterfuge

Master Skill Rank 8 [50]
-Humanities/Science (Engineering)
-Humanities/Science (Linguistics)
-Humanities/Science (Education)
-Legal Lore
-Driving/Piloting (Car Stunts)

Descriptor: I have the Gifted Affinity, and this is two groups.

Essence Cost: 800

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Dr. McNinja]

Username: Dr. McNinja

Name of Ability?
Doc's Deep Pockets Upgrade

Ability Effects:
Variable Creation [200] Rank 1
- Limited (-50) [Only Medical/Occult Items that fit in a pocket]
- Finite (-50) [Each repeated use summons a slightly less helpful object]

Healing [200] Rank 7
- Self/Other (+25)
- Ongoing (+0)
- Finite (-50) [Each repeated use heals the target less]

Descriptor: No matter how dire your injuries, if you’re alive, Doc probably has something in his pockets that can keep you that way. When asked, he will never reveal exactly what he has in his pockets, and nobody else seems to be able to find where they come from. Regardless, Doc can quickly analyze what you need, from band-aids to flesh regrowth serum, and can heal you. In fact, the healing goes on for a while - up to a minute! Unfortunately, Doc’s pockets aren’t infinite; the more medicine he pulls out, the less medicine he’ll have available until he restocks.

Essence Cost: 1325

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Dr. McNinja]

Username: Dr. McNinja

Name of Ability?
Ninjas Don't Look at Explosions Upgrade

Ability Effects:
Protection Rank 7 [100]
- Affects Multiple [+50]
- Ongoing [+0]
- Limited (Must be intentionally facing away from threat) [-50]
- Concentration [-50]

Descriptor: It is a well-known law of ninjutsu in Doc's world that, as long as you are facing away from an explosion, you suffer no damage from the deadly shrapnel or the heat. At worst, you get launched into the air. Dr. McNinja has worked on this concept, studying and breaking its boundaries. As long as Doc is intentionally facing away from any danger, through some miracle, Doc is much less harmed, despite having done very little to avoid or block the danger. If Doc is holding onto anyone as he does this, they also benefit from the same protection, as long as they are also faced away from the danger.

Essence Cost: 350

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Dr. McNinja]

Username: Dr. McNinja

Name of Ability?
Hyperrealistic Mask

Ability Effects:
Illusion (Visible) [200] Rank 4
- Transferable [+50]
- Ongoing [+0]
- Activation [-50]
- Removable [-50]

Descriptor: Dr. McNinja has an array of disguises. Where does he store them? Who knows? All that matters is that, as long as you wear the disguise the way he says to, you'll look exactly like... whatever your disguise is! It's usually something outlandish. That having been said, the disguises are pretty flimsy - any other senses will be able to determine you're wearing effectively a rubber mask, and once that's discovered, it can be easily peeled off by someone else. Furthermore, the disguises take upwards of 10 seconds to put on.

Essence Cost: 600

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Shinku]

Username: Shinku

Name of Ability?
Master Skill

Ability Effects:
Investigation Rank 6 (Tracking)

Descriptor: Years of operating as an assassin honed him the ability to track his targets having little to no initial clue about his target's location. He has learned to accumulate specific information such as habits, relationships, and interests that might narrow his location search. He has also learned to be keen with rumors and the best place to gather them. An initial encounter with his target could potentially make it easier even, with him knowing how to identify tracks, discover signs in his surroundings that might lead his path, and his quickness on mapping a surrounding's layout to predict his target's possible routes.

Essence Cost: 300

STAFF EDIT: approved!

 

[Ben]

Username: Brass Belle

Name of Ability?
Speak with Animals

Ability Effects:
Communication 1 (100 essence)
self/other (+25 essence)
Limited: Only animals (-50 essence)

Descriptor: Brass has a way of speaking to animals, giving her the ability to talk to most anything she can see and gain at least a limited response of emotions and feelings back. though this does not make the animals more intelligent, it allows her to convey messages back and forth for ease of communication, and allows them to understand the meaning of what Brass is getting across even if they can't understand more complicated sentiments.

Essence Cost: 75

STAFF EDIT: Looks fine. Approved.

 

[Ben]

Username: Brass Belle

Name of Ability?
Jump spell

Ability Effects:
Flight 1 (200)
Transferrable (+50)
Affects multiple 1 (+50)

Descriptor: Brass usually keeps herself covered in several enchantments. one such enchantment is the 'jump' spell, which allows her to leap supernaturally high into the air at high speeds. this does not allow her to continue to fly, just to leap into the air, and she will, then, have to land within a few seconds as gravity takes its natural course.

Optionally, Brass can temporarily bestow this ability to another, allowing them to reach new heights in the literal sense of the word. this gives them the ability to leap on their own will, but only works for a few seconds once activated, and while it can be bestowed to multiple people, it requires them to be gathered within the same small area as Brass herself, working along an area of effect radius. the effect may only be used by those who gain it for a few seconds before it fades.

Essence Cost: 300


STAFF EDIT: Looks good. Approved.

 

[Ben]

Username: Brass Belle

Name of Ability?
Shillelaigh upgrade

Ability Effects:
damage 6 (600)
-Removable - (-300)

Descriptor: Brass's main weapon is a simple quarterstaff, yet with just a touch even a bare quarterstaff becomes a focus for the power of nature - The weapon holds unnatural power and can break through even potent armor with a simple whack, despite Brass's relative physical Weakness. Like all such weapons, however, it can be taken from her, and even used against her in such a situation.

Essence Cost: 300

STAFF EDIT: Don't forget to speak softly with that big stick. Approved.

 

[Ben]

Username: Brass Belle

Name of Ability?
Longbow

Ability Effects:
Damage 2 (200)
Ranged (+100)
-Removable (-100)

Descriptor: An outdated but still effective weapon, Brass relies on this weapon in times of great need and a ballistic ideal. Brass is a surprisingly good shot with this medieval weapon, able to send arrows flying for hundreds of yards with great accuracy, and with enough force to be compared to small arms fire, but like all such physical instruments, it can be snatched from Brass's hands with force or trickery, robbing her of the ability.

Essence Cost: 200

STAFF EDIT: For when you absolutely have to stab somebody aaaaaall the way over there. Approved!

 

[Aster]

Username: Aster

Name of Ability?
Predator's Senses [Upgrade]

Ability Effects:
Sense (Sight, Hearing, Smell & Extrasensory) 1 (400)
– Ongoing (100)

Descriptor: Perhaps predictably, given her wolf heritage, Aster's senses are extremely sharp across the board. Her overall eyesight, hearing and sense of smell are nearly as acute as an actual wolf's, including much sharper vision at night or in otherwise low light. She can detect and hear much lower and higher noise frequencies than normal, and is much more sensitive to changes in things like barometric and electrostatic pressure in the air, giving her a keen sense for not only when the weather's about to go crazy, but her relative elevation.

Essence Cost: 500

STAFF EDIT: Approved!

 

[Aster]

Username: Aster

Name of Ability?
Master Skills

Ability Effects:
Investigation (Eye for Detail) 4 (200)
Knowledge (Speed-Reading) 3 (150)
Research (Internet Wizard) 2 (100)
-- Activation (-50)
Combat (Marksmanship) 2 (100)

Descriptor: A further collection of assorted skills picked up in Aster's daily life that generally serve her well.

Eye for Detail -- Maybe not the kind of thing you'd normally think of, but Aster has had to develop a talent for spotting certain things, mostly for her lamentable retail job at a game-centric store. The number of times people try to slip fake money, sell fakes of rare cards or the like, or pass off a fake ID for the 'special' (read: age-restricted) merchandise is a lot more than you'd think. Being able to notice and spot the tiny details and flaws that give such things away quickly and reliably is an important thing. Aster considers it a point of pride to not let such things past her unless they're very good fakes. It comes in handy with things like pattern recognition, spotting inconsistencies, and makes her great at those 'spot the difference' games.

Speed-Reading -- The amount of inane bullshit Aster has had to read (and read quickly) is sometimes staggering. From cards with paragraphs of rules text, to entire game rulebooks to be able to tell some "UHM, ACKSHUALLY" type he's wrong, to itemized inventory lists when the new miniatures shipment comes in, there's a lot of little things. Reading it all quickly is one thing, but actually comprehending and maintaining what's read is another matter. It's tough, but Aster has had to get good at it, or get overwhelmed by a tidal wave of nerd bullshit and angry manager yelling, which she'd rather avoid at all costs.

Internet Wizard -- Any old schmuck can do some snooping on the internet and use a search engine. But there's a difference between that and doing it well. Even knowing the basics of search syntax, recognizing ads and obvious biased or clickbait results, can dramatically improve the speed, ease and reliability of finding information. And with at least some of that knowledge at her fingertips, from many long heated discussions and "no I'm right!" arguments, Aster can typically find out at least a little something about a whole lot if things...as long as she has a minute or two to search it up. It comes in handy when all you need is some quick, simply answers!

Marksmanship -- Aster might not be great at some of the 'handling a gun' aspects, but...she did spend some time at the range with her dad once upon a time, and has had a bit of practice on her own, and is at least...competent when it comes to the shooting part of things. She does at least grasp the concept of things like trigger discipline, when or when not to have the safety on, and how to maintain a proper grip on her gun.

Essence Cost: 500

STAFF EDIT: Approved!