Re: [HOE] Stupid Syker Tricks

["UMBAGA Ingersoll" <uingersoll@hotmail.com>]

That sounds like a good idea. Most of the arcane backgrounds have more than 
one type of special power available (special powers include chip based 
abilities like toxic guardians and templar martyrs). Only sykers and 
doomsayers are left out. This concept bridges that gap a bit.

>From: Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>
>Reply-To: hoe@gamerz.net
>To: Hell on Earth <hoe@gamerz.net>
>Subject: [HOE] Stupid Syker Tricks
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
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>I was thinking of coming up with syker tricks like the huckster tricks.
>Basically they would require a blastin'(5) roll and each use costs 1 wind.
>They would all be very weak and take one action to perform. You could also
>only know/learn a trick if you know the "core power". Unless otherwise
>stated the trick has the same range as its core power. Some examples:
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>Nudge (Telekinesis)- with this trick the syker can move an object weighing
>no more than 3 lbs. by up to 2 yds. The object can only be "slid" or
>knocked over, it cannot be lifted. This can also be used to "bump"
>someone, if used as a vamoose the nudge causes the target to take a +1 TN
>to his next action.
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>BB (Brain Blast)- if a brain blast is a .50 from the brain, then BB is a
>.22. This trick has all the same ranges and modifiers as brain blast. It
>does 1d4 damage per success and raise. Not real useful in combat, good for
>beaning squirrels though.
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>Mood (Telepathy)- the syker can pick up the surface mood (friendly, angry,
>suspicous, etc.) of one target within range.
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>Flicker (arson, pyrokinesis)- the syker can cause any small fire source
>(up to a campfire) to flicker up to +-50% lighting for one round. This has
>no effect on damage done by the fire or the amount of fuel consumed.
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>Body Tweak (Body Control)- the syker can add +1 to her next trait/skill
>roll. This trick cannot be used on knowledge, smarts, mien or spirit
>rolls.
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>This, obviously, is a very short, partial list. But I wanted to get
>feedback on the idea behind it from you guys.
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>- Theo McGuckin, an obedient lackey licking the soft leather boot of High
>Energy Particle Physics.
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