QUALITY

COST

C?

TIME

K?

NOTES

POWER

Shadow Power

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Power. No need to purchase for sentient creatures

Chaos Power

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Power

Amber Power

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Power

FINESSE

Shadow Finesse

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Finesse. No need to purchase for sentient creatures.

Chaos Finesse

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Finesse

Amber Finesse

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Finesse

BRAWN

Shadow Brawn

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Brawn. No need to purchase for most creatures

Chaos Brawn

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Brawn

Amber Brawn

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Brawn

FISTICUFFS

Shadow Fisticuffs

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Fisticuffs. No need to purchase for most creatures

Chaos Fisticuffs

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Fisticuffs

Amber Fisticuffs

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Fisticuffs

FORTITUDE

Shadow Stamina

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Stamina. No need to purchase this for most creatures

Chaos Stamina

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Stamina

Amber Stamina

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Stamina

WILLPOWER

Shadow Willpower

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Willpower. No need to purchase this for sentient creatures

Chaos Willpower

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Willpower

Amber Willpower

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Willpower

SWORDPLAY

Shadow Swordplay

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Swordplay. No need to purchase this for sentient creatures

Chaos Swordplay

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Swordplay

Amber Swordplay

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Swordplay

STRATEGY

Shadow Strategy

1

Y

1:40

N

Bestows Human-rank Strategy. No need to purchase this for sentient creatures

Chaos Strategy

2

Y

3:20

N

Bestows Chaos-rank Strategy

Amber Strategy

4

Y

6:40

N

Bestows Amber-rank Strategy

ARMOR / PROTECTION

Resistant Armor

1

Y

1:40

Y

Bestows additional protection on top any armoring. I.E., Resistant Armor Chainmail will protect better than Resistant Armor T-shirts. Will negate most Human-rank damage and will help reduce damage from most Chaos-rank damage. Not much use against Amber-rank damage.  Negates Extra-Hard damage.

Defiant Armor

2

Y

3:20

Y

Bestows additional protection on top any armoring. I.E., Defiant Armor Chainmail will protect better than Defiant Armor T-shirts. Armor which is much tougher, and resistant to more things, than might seem possible. Immune to Human-rank damage. Will negate most Chaos-rank damage and will help reduce damage from most Amber-rank damage. Only of slight use against Gerard, however. Negates Double Damage.

Impervious Armor

4

-

N/A

-

Bestows additional protection on top any armoring. I.E., Impervious Armor Chainmail will protect better than Impervious Armor T-shirts. Immune to Chaos-rank damage, and will negate most Amber-rank damage. Will also help reduce damage from most blows by something as strong or powerful as Gerard.  Negates Deadly damage.

MOVEMENT

Mobility

1

Y

1:40

Y

Bestows basic Human-rank surface movement for an artifact with no apparent means of locomotion (such as a strangling cord). Has only a minor effect on a living creature or artifacts that are already designed for travel (such as a car or golem) – given roughly equal speeds, they will win a race with another comparable artifact/creature.

Double Speed

2

Y

3:20

Y

Bestows fast movement. A human could keep pace with a horse, a horse could keep pace with a car, a car could keep pace with a performance racer.

Engine Speed

4

Y

6:40

Y

Bestows very fast movement. A human could keep pace with a car, a horse could keep pace with a performance racer, and a car could keep pace with an aircraft.

Levitation

1

Y

1:40

Y

Bestows basic levitation as a movement power. You can hover in place and travel along the vertical axis. This does not confer horizontal movement by itself. Something with inherent levitation (like a hummingbird) does not need to purchase this power.

Flight

1

Y

1:40

Y

Bestows flight as a movement power.  Something with inherent levitation (like an eagle) does not need to purchase this power.

DAMAGE CAUSING ABILITY

Extra Hard

1

Y

1:40

Y

Your weapon isn’t any deadlier, but it is pretty much unbreakable and can score/cut/pierce/bash through most armors with ease. Negates Resistant Armor.

Double Damage

4

Y

3:20

Y

Your weapon does more damage than is typical. Negates Defiant Armor.

Deadly Damage

N/A

-

N/A

-

Your weapon does much more damage than is typical. Negates Impervious Armor. Not available at the start of play.

COMMUNICATION

Psychic Touch

1

Y

1:40

Y

Can mystically communicate with the user on touch.

Psychic Speech

2

Y

3:20

Y

Can mystically communicate psychically within normal speaking range.

Psychic Call

4

Y

6:40

Y

Can mystically communicate psychically over several miles or through very close shadows

Psychic Herald

8

Y

13:20

Y

Can mystically anywhere in one shadow, or across a moderate distance through shadow

CONCEALMENT

Psychic Cloak

1

Y

3:20

Y

You are much harder to mystically detect using Finesse and Powers.

Stealth

2

Y

3:20

Y

You are much harder to physically.

Invisibility

4

Y

6:40

Y

You are nearly impossible to detect physically.

SENSORY CAPABILITY

Enhanced Senses

1

Y

1:40

Y

The thing has a physical (rather than psychic) sense beyond the norm with which it can detect things others would not; for example sonar, tracking by scent, electric field senses, etc.

Enhanced Sensorium

2

Y

3:20

Y

The thing has a number of physical (rather than psychic) senses beyond the norm with which it can detect things that others would not. These can include those above (for Enhanced Senses) and more.

OTHER PROPERTIES

Unusual Property

1

Y

1:40

Depends
on the
property.

Item or creature has some useful property which a normal item of its kind could not have, for example, buoyant plate armor, or a decanter of smoke which can emit it upon demand.

Conferral

5 per
Quality

-

8:20
per
Quality

Depends
on the
Quality

Makes the Quality something which applies to the user not just the creature or item. Note that conferred damage resistance will not generally be invisible, but will have some kind of visible aura effect, and be obvious on touch; however it will have the advantage of possessing no weak points.

POWER

COST

C?

TIME

K?

NOTES

SHADOW MOVEMENT

Follow Shadow Trail

1

N

-

N

Can follow the trail of someone moving through shadow. This is the only method they have of traveling through shadow other than along a shadow path (which anyone knowledgeable enough can do).

Seek in Shadow

4

N

-

N

Can move through shadow independently, though much less effectively than someone with Pattern. Works better near Chaos and is an extremely rare ability at the Amber end of the universe. Travel time is three times longer than that of someone with Pattern using the Shadow Walk ability. GM Permission required to take this for any creature or artifact.

SHADOW MANIPULATION

Mold Shadow Stuff

1

Y

10:00

Y

A catch-all power for minor supernatural effects centered on the thing itself; e.g. a flaming or poisoned weapon, a self-reloading weapon, an always-full flask etc. etc.

Mould Shadow Environment

2

Y

20:00

Y

A catch-all power to affect the area around the thing; e.g. control of the weather, a field of darkness or silence, making the local air breathable, allowing a gun to work in shadows where it normally could not etc. etc.

GM Permission required to take this for any creature or artifact.

SELF-ALTERATION ABILITIES

Cosmetic Changes

1

Y

10:00

Y

Non-functional aspects of the thing can be changed, e.g. color and pattern; it must be 'taught' all changes.

Alternate Form

1

Y

10:00

*

The thing can have one specific additional form or state (either another shape, or something like invisibility). This allows mass changes. * This Power may or may not be conferrable on Amberites depending upon the alternate form; non-physical changes such as invisibility can be conferred, actual shape-changing cannot.

Named and Numbered Forms

2

Y

20:00

N

The thing has up to twelve additional forms or states, including ones of different mass. * This Power may or may not be conferrable on Amberites depending upon the alternate form; non-physical changes such as invisibility can be conferred, actual shape-changing cannot. Requires GM Approval.

Limited Shapeshift

4

Y

40:00

N

The thing has many forms, and can learn more; however, it can not change mass. Not conferrable to Amberites. Requires GM Permission.

SORCEROUS POWERS

Rack a Spell

1

Y

10:00

N

Artifacts only (though a creature could have a spell-racking jewel which it could not use implanted in it, for example); a single spell can be hung in it. Spells in a spell rack do not decay rapidly as in Pattern or Logrus, and thus, do not need a micro-spell.

Rack Named and Numbered Spells

2

Y

20:00

N

Artifacts only (though see above); up to twelve spells can be hung in it.

Rack and Cast Named and Numbered Spells

4

Y

40:00

N

Artifacts only (through see above); can cast (but not create) any spells stored in it, independently of the owner, though they can only do so upon command, unless they are sentient.

Sorcerous Talent

1

Y

N

N

Creatures only; have magical powers, but are not capable of Power-based magic. You may pick any number of Named and Numbered shadows where they can exercise magical spells, however.

TRUMP CAPABILITIES

Trump Image

1

N

-

N

Artifacts only; contains a single Trump image. It is possible for a creature to posses this power, but in that case it means that it has an actual physical Trump, given it by someone else, and which it can use as it wishes. Obviously in this case it is more effective if possessed by a sentient creature!

Trump Deck

2

N

-

N

Artifacts only; either a Trump deck or an artifact with up to twelve Trump images. Trump Tricksters and Trump Artists have this included as part of the cost of their powers. It is possible for a creature to posses this power, but in that case it means that it has an actual physical Trump deck, given it by someone else, and which it can use as it wishes. Obviously in this case it is more effective if possessed by a sentient creature!

Conferral

10 per
Power

-

100:00
per
Power

Depends
on the
Power

Makes the Power something which applies to the user not just the creature or item.