[HOE] Tale-Teller AB (rough draft)

[Horace Black <horaceblack@yahoo.com>]

  This is what I've come up with so far (just this
morning).  Enjoy.
                            Horace Black


Arcane Background: Tale-Teller	3
  Some people can tell a joke or a story and entertain
a whole room full of people.  But there are some
people who speak to the very soul, whose words and
songs are magical in a sense.  With their stories,
songs and jokes they can alter the very fabric of the
universe and change the hearts of men and beast alike.
 Your hero has that kind of gift and he better use it
wisely.
   For every level of Tale-Telling Aptitude you
possess you know one Yarn.  Yarns are stories, songs,
jokes that have supernatural effects.
 
Yarns may be told by making a successful roll against
the Yarn’s TN, using the Aptitude listed in the yarn.

TN: This is the number the Tale-Teller needs to roll
or better to successfully use the yarn.

Speed: This is how many actions, the yarn takes to
tell.

Aptitude: This is the Aptitude the Tale-Teller rolls
to see if the yarn works or not.

Duration: This is how long the yarns affect the
target.

Yarns

Battle Cry
TN: 9
Speed: 1
Aptitude: Tale-Telling
Duration: 1 Round/Tale-Telling level
   By releasing a battle cry “Remember the Alamo, Viva
La France, Spoon, etc.”, the tale-teller gives a bonus
to his allies to their attack rolls of +1 per success
and raise, affecting 1 ally per tale-telling level.

Inspire Courage
TN: 5 + Fear level
Speed: 2
Aptitude: Tale-Telling
Duration: 1 Round/Tale-Telling level
   The tale spinner starts speaking of courage and
bravery, giving a bonus of +1 to guts checks per
success and raise, affecting one ally per level of
Tale-Telling Aptitude.

One Liner
TN: Opposed
Speed: 2
Aptitude: Performin’: Comedy
Duration: 1 Round/ Performin’:
      Comedy Success and raise
   So a Rabbi, a Priest and a clown walk into a bar
and the bartender says “What is this a joke!”  The
tale spinner is able to use Performin’: Comedy to
cause those who hear his joke to start laughing
uncontrollably (treat as stunned).  The targets must
make a Fair (5) Mien roll to resist One Liner. One
target is affected per level of Performin’: Comedy and
the tale-teller chooses the targets.

Soothing Song
TN: 7
Speed: 2
Aptitude: Performin’: Song
Duration: 10 minutes/success and raise
   By using Soothing Song, the singer can stop the
effects of insanities on a target for the yarns
duration.  So that things like phobias and the Lunacy
syker power would be temporally stopped. 


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