Frideriki "Frid" Palaiologos

Develop a mental map of a structure or location, with information and details beyond what you could previously have detected.

Essence Cost: Low
Max Rechecks: 3x
Cooldown: Mid
Paired Action: Closely observe the location for a little while, noting as many specific, relevant details as possible.

• Gives the user a 3D view of the location’s topography and lets them briefly examine it.This may be rechecked a couple times over the course of the Mission.
• Instead of a standard recheck, the user may request another detail about the location, such as the likely position of a specific person or object within it, the timetable for a specific upcoming event, and other information that someone very familiar with the location might be privy to.
  ≫ Egs. “When is the next time the guard shift changes?”, “Are there any deliveries scheduled for today?”, “Is there a security camera covering the back door?”
  ≫ Highly consequential information may be more vague and/or consume multiple rechecks at once.
• No maximum duration, and cooldown begins on initial use, meaning that multiple instances may be active at once, even targeting the same location.

Essence Cost

Low

Cooldown

Mid

Paired Action: Closely observe the location for a Low Duration, then close your eyes to activate.

• Gives the user a 3D view of the location’s layout, which they may examine at will while their eyes are closed.
• While the user is examining their mental map, you may ask your Conduit up to four questions about the location, anything that a regular inhabitant of it might be privy to. (e.g. “When is the next shift change for the guards?”, “Are there any deliveries scheduled for today?”, “Is there a security camera covering the back door?”)
• No Duration, and Cooldown begins on use rather than on expiry, though reusing the Ability will end the current instance.

Perfectly disguise yourself as a target you have neutralized, absorbing some of their knowledge in the process.

Essence Cost: Mid
Max Duration High
Cooldown: Low
Paired Action: Kill, knock out, or otherwise get rid of target while taking an object from their person.

• The more important and/or emblematic the taken object, the more powerful the Identity’s Theft’s various benefits.
• Disguise can be extremely convincing, again scaling on taken object, extending to elements like voice, outfit, and even some props (with limited functionality).
• Player may ask questions about any basic information their target would have known while the ability lasts, so long as it is not excessive.
  ≫ Egs. “What was the password?”, “What’s the next thing this person was supposed to do today?”, “Where is this person’s office located?”
• If news of your target’s discovery (dead or alive) reaches your location OR you lose possession of the taken object, this ability is ended prematurely.

Essence Cost

Mid

Max Duration

High

Cooldown

Low

Paired Action: Kill, knock out, or otherwise get rid of the target while taking an object from them.

• This disguise can be extremely convincing, extending to voice, outfit, and similar, scaling on how important and/or emblematic the object taken from the target is.
• While disguised, you may ask your Conduit up to three questions about basic information the target would have known. (e.g. “What’s the password?”, “What’s the next item on their schedule?”, “Where is the boss’s office located?”)
• If news of the target’s discovery (dead or alive) reaches the user’s location or the user loses possession of the object they took from the target, Identity Theft will end prematurely.

Discover a valuable prize protected by a formidable set of defenses (guards, traps, barriers, etc.).

Essence Cost: Mid
Max Cooldown: High
Paired Action: Cautiously explore an as-of-yet uncharted area, demonstrably anticipating upcoming danger.

• Both the defenses and prize should be Pitched (pg24) to your Conduit just before they would come into your character’s view. They must both be closely congruent with what has already been established about the setting and overall mission.
  ≫ The apparent value of the prize (as relevant to the user and their mission) must be proportionate to the apparent challenge posed by its defenses.
• You may leave elements of your Pitch ambiguous–undefined defenses merit a MORE valuable prize; an undefined prize merits LESS challenging defenses.
  ≫ Eg. A trio of sleepy sentinels as the only protection for a priceless relic would be far less justifiable than the same trio guarded an unmarked lockbox.

Essence Cost

Mid

Cooldown

Low–High

Paired Action: Narrowly avoid being detected, caught, or similar by the defenses as part of the initiating Pitch.

• Cooldown scales on the Impact of the Pitched prize (as relevant to the user and their mission), which must in turn be proportional to the apparent challenge posed by the Pitched defenses. (e.g. A sleepy watchman posted at a side entrance would have a Low Cooldown; a sophisticated retinal scan gating access to top secret files would have a Mid Cooldown; a deadly monster guarding a sacred relic would have a High Cooldown.)
  • You may choose to leave some elements of your Pitch ambiguous, the Conduit filling in as they see fit.

A skintight bodysuit, offering some negligible physical protection. Substantially improves user’s flexibility and quiets their movements, though this benefit is notably reduced if largely covered by other clothing or gear worn over it.

• Provides a notable Boost to flexibility and causes the owner to leave substantially fewer traces of their passage, such as stray hairs, footprints, or similar.
• While not wearing bulky clothing or body armor alongside this suit, all of the owner’s actions are dramatically quieted.

Deadly knife with a long, thin blade., All but useless on defense. When used to kill or mortally wound an enemy in a manner not noticed by other enemies, instantly renders the user largely invisible for a Low Duration.

• Killing an enemy with this knife without being noticed by other non-allies renders the owner much harder to detect for a Low Duration.

Subtle device worn in one ear. Give a SINGLE copy to an ally during Assembly, allowing you both to speak with one another. Using the Earpiece has a cooldown (up to Mid) shared by both copies, scaling on how much was said (several sentences at max).

• Includes an identical copy, given out before or during the mission; the two wearers may speak to each other at any Range.
• Harder to detect while worn and makes any words spoken into one by its wearer harder to detect as well.

Set of high-tech ordnances (max 2 per mission), affixable to any flat surface. Choose a Low, Mid, or High Duration when placing; explodes after this elapses with power scaling length (at maximum able to easily bring down a building).

Quantity

2x

• Affixable to any flat surface; slightly harder to see when placed.
• When placing, choose a Duration from Low to High; explodes once the chosen Duration elapses, with power scaling accordingly up to beyond High. (e.g. A Low Duration would wreck an armored car; a Mid Duration would breach a bank vault; a High Duration would bring down a skyscraper.)