Time to Myself

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Time to Myself

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Sometimes a man just needs to get away, have some time to himself to sort out what he has learned and figure things out.

@Snake Eyes Please write and interlude for your character coming to awareness and how he got to Skagit Valley.
  • 2D6 EFFECT
    2 Catastrophe: Something goes terribly wrong. The GM must decide what, but some ideas are a new and permanent Minor Hindrance, the inability to use powers for several days, or an explosion of some sort. The backlash should be thematic if possible. If the hero tampers with dark forces for his abilities, for example, he might become corrupted or summon something sinister into the world. If he’s a weird scientist the device might explode for 3d6 damage in a Medium Blast Template, or he might develop a Quirk, Phobia, or other “madness.”

    3 Backfire: The power succeeds as with a raise but affects a different target with the worst possible results. A bolt hits a random friend, boost Trait increases an enemy’s skill or attribute, etc. If there’s no likely target, he’s Stunned instead. If the power has a Duration other than Instant, it lasts its full term and can only be negated by dispel (the caster can’t voluntarily end it herself).

    4–5 Short Circuit: The power fails but the Power Points allocated to it are spent, along with an additional 1d6 Power Points.

    6–8 Stunned: The caster is Stunned (see page 106). She subtracts 2 from arcane skill rolls for the rest of the encounter (the penalty remains –2 even if she gets this result again).

    9–10 Overload: The character’s synapses crackle and overload with power. He takes 2d6 damage plus the cost of the power in Power Points, including any Power Modifiers the player declared.

    11 Fatigue: The character suffers Fatigue.

    12 Overcharge: The power draws ambient energy from the air, automatically succeeding against the target with a raise and costing the caster no Power Points!

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1 = 2 of Clubs
2 = 2 of Diamonds
3 = 2 of Hearts
4 = 2 of Spades
5 = 3 of Clubs
6 = 3 of Diamonds
7 = 3 of Hearts
8 = 3 of Spades
9 = 4 of Clubs
10 = 4 of Diamonds
11 = 4 of Hearts
12 = 4 of Spades
13 = 5 of Clubs
14 = 5 of Diamonds
15 = 5 of Hearts
16 = 5 of Spades
- reroll line for quickness & activation for Calculating -
17 = 6 of Clubs
18 = 6 of Diamonds
19 = 6 of Hearts
20 = 6 of Spades
21 = 7 of Clubs
22 = 7 of Diamonds
23 = 7 of Hearts
24 = 7 of Spades
25 = 8 of Clubs
26 = 8 of Diamonds
27 = 8 of Hearts
28 = 8 of Spades
- reroll line for Hyperion Juicer -
29 = 9 of Clubs
30 = 9 of Diamonds
31 = 9 of Hearts
32 = 9 of Spades
33 = 10 of Clubs
34 = 10 of Diamonds
35 = 10 of Hearts
36 = 10 of Spades
37 = J of Clubs
38 = J of Diamonds
39 = J of Hearts
40 = J of Spades
41 = Q of Clubs
42 = Q of Diamonds
43 = Q of Hearts
44 = Q of Spades
45 = K of Clubs
46 = K of Diamonds
47 = K of Hearts
48 = K of Spades
49 = A of Clubs
50 = A of Diamonds
51 = A of Hearts
52 = A of Spades
53 = Jokers = They are equal
54 = Jokers = They are equal
- If no reroll is being used then there are 2 extra jokers -
55 = Jokers = They are equal
56 = Jokers = They are equal
and of course update your signatures!
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Re: Time to Myself

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I've seen all the photographs. I've analyzed each one. Of course there are fakes. Of course there are profiteers. It's human nature.
He refers back to a book opened up and resting next to a map of the Skagit valley.
But I know sasquatch is out there. He has to be. He breaks his stare to look at the wall, and breaks the silence of one man in a secluded forest cabin, lit only by lantern-light, to say to no one in particular: "I'm going to find him."
As if taken aback that he was talking to himself out loud, or that he assumed sasquatch to be a male, he chided himself. "Or her. Really, Michael. You don't know."
He returned to his study of the region. There was another stack of books piled on a different table, picked up in a weird Seattle bookstore, that had nothing to do with sasquatches. Ridiculous flights of fancy, these spellbooks. Magic isn't real. Still, this was more interesting reading than the latest John Grisham or Tom Clancy novel. So when he grew weary of cross-referencing sasquatch sighting tips and landmarks in the valley, he would pore over incantations to blind your victim, or quicken your own physical or mental abilities. This was the idle sort of reading one would do before bed.
Bed wasn't in the cards this evening for Michael Callahan.
A strange storm had appeared almost out of nowhere, and he'd been dealing with the howling winds and beating rain for the last two days. At the peak of the tempest, though, a different sort of thunder rolled, preceded by a frantic whining jet engine. The "thunder" shook the whole cabin and even knocked a stack of books to the ground. "...the FRICK?!" he exclaimed as the earth rolled beneath his feet, aftershocks of a man-made earthquake. Donning his heavy coat quickly and grabbing the hunting rifle next to the door, he opens the door and points a flashlight into the gloom. The beam is practically swallowed up in the darkness and rain and wind. Muttering to himself, barely audible to himself over the torrential downpour and the wind, he almost wishes into the night. "Would be nice to be able to Vide in tenebris..."
In an instant, he feels a very slight drain of his...spirit, for lack of a better term. At the end of that momentary internal gasp, though, he finds the darkness holds no more mystery for him. Aware fully that there is no sun or moon to be seen, he can still see through the darkness as if his eyes were made for it. "Holy Toledo..." He shakes off the strangeness to investigate the noise.
He stumbles upon the wreck of a jet airliner. Amidst the flames are survivors, all scampering for shelter. Well, almost all. Some of them are tearing the plane apart, making travois for the injured or even scavenging spare parts. What the frickin' heck is going on...are those people wearing body armor?!
Curiosity getting the better of him, he moves closer to the action...
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