ChecksThey no longer notice its presence, but they'll feel its absence…Reading: Open fileReadingOpen fileNeed to knowMy clearanceBlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10They no longer notice its presence, but they'll feel its absence -- a hole in the city's memory.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8His words are tinged with subtle disappointment.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC9THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE IS IMMATERIAL. THE BUILDING SHOULD HAVE KEPT UP THE FIGHT REGARDLESS.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9The next two weeks flash before his eyes...EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC8Cordoning off the whole neighborhood, all-night shifts, non-stop abuse from everyone who can't get to their corner shop, or bar, or home...PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8It never even crossed his mind.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10The rash on his neck visibly throbs.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Suddenly, he realises, he doesn't know her at all.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9If he hears a scream from inside the Palace, the last thing he's going to do is run inside to assist.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9This little performance is for his own benefit.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10This little piggy's a total pussy.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9He's desperately hoping you'll give him a good reason to let you step in.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10Just say something that sounds good. No need to get deep -- in fact, better if you don't.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10Tell the piggy we're not pussies. But in a way he'll like.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC9Ah, cop speak -- stilted, bloated, and memorised from a pamphlet.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC8Look -- wobbling legs. Prey shakes.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Given the building's condition, he might be scared of the whole thing collapsing on him.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC8Yeah, he's pretty scared.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC11A brownish stain on the bricks, like a shadow cast by no one.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Pedestrian. Crushed. Very likely fatal.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10He talks as if they're terrorists.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC7Most GMs don't carry guns.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9Even in his fantasy, he has to call in the big boys.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC11His voice is indifferent, but his eyes drift back towards the building, curious.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Too cynical to consider it.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8He believes the cliche, so it's his final word on the subject.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A man sprinkles dried kibbles into a bowl. His companion pads around him, brushing against his ankles, tail fluttering. Streetlights smear against the window, but the fragile machinery of routine holds the world at bay.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8DOES THE PROTO-FASCIST LARVAE NOT KNOW THAT PALACES OF CULTURE WERE BUILT TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL?BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Can't be that sensitive. The area's not secured, and there's no other GM around.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10They no longer notice its presence, but they'll feel its absence -- a hole in the city's memory.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8His words are tinged with subtle disappointment.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC9THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE IS IMMATERIAL. THE BUILDING SHOULD HAVE KEPT UP THE FIGHT REGARDLESS.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9The next two weeks flash before his eyes...
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC8Cordoning off the whole neighborhood, all-night shifts, non-stop abuse from everyone who can't get to their corner shop, or bar, or home...
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8It never even crossed his mind.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10The rash on his neck visibly throbs.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Suddenly, he realises, he doesn't know her at all.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9If he hears a scream from inside the Palace, the last thing he's going to do is run inside to assist.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9This little performance is for his own benefit.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10This little piggy's a total pussy.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9He's desperately hoping you'll give him a good reason to let you step in.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10Just say something that sounds good. No need to get deep -- in fact, better if you don't.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10Tell the piggy we're not pussies. But in a way he'll like.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC9Ah, cop speak -- stilted, bloated, and memorised from a pamphlet.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC8Look -- wobbling legs. Prey shakes.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Given the building's condition, he might be scared of the whole thing collapsing on him.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC8Yeah, he's pretty scared.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC11A brownish stain on the bricks, like a shadow cast by no one.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Pedestrian. Crushed. Very likely fatal.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10He talks as if they're terrorists.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC7Most GMs don't carry guns.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9Even in his fantasy, he has to call in the big boys.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC11His voice is indifferent, but his eyes drift back towards the building, curious.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Too cynical to consider it.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8He believes the cliche, so it's his final word on the subject.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A man sprinkles dried kibbles into a bowl. His companion pads around him, brushing against his ankles, tail fluttering. Streetlights smear against the window, but the fragile machinery of routine holds the world at bay.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8DOES THE PROTO-FASCIST LARVAE NOT KNOW THAT PALACES OF CULTURE WERE BUILT TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL?
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Can't be that sensitive. The area's not secured, and there's no other GM around.