Durru Sanderson

Pepper an area with conjured gunfire as you charge towards it.

Essence Cost

Low–High

Area of Effect

Low–High

Cooldown

Mid

Paired Action: Shout a fierce battlecry while charging the targeted area.

• Effectiveness of this gunfire scales Low–High, along with Essence Cost and Area of Effect, on how much danger the user’s charge puts them in.
  • The specifics of the gunfire (type of weapon, direction it emanates from, number of salvos, etc.) are all Pitched, as grounded in the user’s Backstory.

March forth to the beat of a military tune, emanating from nowhere, prompting non-enemies nearby to follow your lead.

Essence Cost

Mid

Max Duration

Mid

Cooldown

Mid

Paired Action: Call out marching orders, then advance (or perform other repetitive actions) in time to the tune. You must continue to do so or this Ability will end prematurely.

• Inspires courage in the user (High Impact) as well as, to a lesser degree, those who follow them.
• Greatly reduces the degree to which physical actions are impeded (by injuries, heavy burdens, or similar) for all affected (High Impact).
  • Followers also have their marching speed Boosted to match the user’s.
• Ending this Ability with a combat action (charging, shooting, etc.) Boosts the effectiveness of that action for the user, scaling Low–High on how long this Ability was maintained for.

Transform one of your weapons into a fitting non-combat tool, gaining an Expertise in its use within a relevant domain.

Essence Cost

Low

Duration

Mid

Cooldown

Low

Paired Action: Sheathe the weapon, then unsheathe it after a few seconds in its new form.

• Transformation is Pitched but does not need to be at all realistic. (e.g. A firearm could become a fire hose, its ammunition converted into a water tank.)
• As part of the Paired Action, the user may instruct a few nearby allies in the use of the intended tool to apply this Ability to comparable weapons held by those allies, though this increases Essence Cost to Mid.

Cloak, pinned at the shoulder with a large brooch.

Long-hafted, ceremonial battleaxe with a crescent-shaped head.

Durability Boost

Mid

• The more individuals are acting in unison with the owner, the less likely bystanders are to question or interfere with their actions.
• Standing in front of an entryway or route with this axe will physically prevent bystanders and lowly enemies from passing by the owner, inversely scaling Low–High on how large an area they are blocking.

Tall felt cap with an ornamental browpiece.

• Authority figures will tend to trust the owner.
• Swear an oath of loyalty to an authority figure to be granted a Mid amount of Pitched supplies by them.

Heavy military backpack.

Uses

3x

• Contains simple explosive ordnances (grenades, landmines, breaching charges) accessed via Pitches.
  • These explosives are capped at Mid Impact.

Decorated miquelet lock musket, tipped with a bayonet, firing with a loud bang. Fairly slow to reload.

Ammunition

Mid

Effective Range

Mid

• Moving will not destabilize the owner’s aim.
• Incapacitating any enemy will automatically reload this gun.
• Expend a Mid amount of wealth (causing it to vanish) to grant this gun a Pitched Low Boost to any physical property (power, accuracy, range, etc.) for the rest of the mission.

Small cannon mounted on a hand cart, firing with an almighty boom. Lobs a salvo of fiery rain in a high arc. Takes a Low Duration to set up and reload.

Ammunition

Low

Effective Range

High+

Area of Effect

Mid

• Deals disproportionate damage to terrain features (High Impact).
• May be set to fire up to three salvos at a pre-selected stationary target, automatically reloading itself each time over a Low Duration (High Cooldown).

Ornate, single-edged short sword with an inward-curving blade and no hand guard.

Cleaving Boost

Mid

• While sheathed, civilians will tend to trust the owner (Low Impact); while fighting with this sword, other soldiers will instead (Mid Impact).
• An act of genuine valor will reward the owner with a Low–High amount of wealth in the form of conjured local currency, scaling on the heroism they demonstrated, when they next resheathe this sword.