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Be amazed as the magician wields a deck of simple playing cards with all the poise and precision of a ninja's shurikens. Fear not, for they will not hit you, unless they want to.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.
Your attacks with playing cards no longer have their damage capped, and do +3 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
- Ricochet: You can make a thrown attack against a target behind cover so long as there is at least one exposed pathway to them.
- Reminder: Bonus Damage stacks with Weapon Damage, but does not stack with any other Bonus Damage. Instead, the highest Bonus Damage is used.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Throwing Mastery Gifts
Expert thrower
Caspian’s use of his trident, the power from it bestowed upon him by the kraken and his own physical ability has improved his capabilities in terms of throwing (especially in combat).
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with thrown weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing thrown weapons.
You also gain the following effects:
- Bullet Parry: You may use a Reaction to Defend against any Melee, thrown, or projectile Attack in range of your Attacks.
- Pin Down: If you make a thrown attack with something sharp, and it hits a target near a wall or a floor, the projectile pierces through them, pinning them to the wall or floor. Unpinning oneself quickly will increase the relevant Injury’s Severity by 1.
- Track And Field: “If you move at least 25 feet in a straight line before making a thrown Attack in that direction its effective range is tripled, and you deal +1 Damage.
- Yeet!: You can throw things up to 100 extra feet per point of Brawn with no penalty. Anything thrown further than 100 feet will not land at its target until the next Round on your initiative.
Vitamin Siege!
"Have a taste of my citrine spirit!"
The Scurvy Sorcerer wields their mighty bag of oranges before throwing one really fuckin' hard!
You gain the following benefits as long as the target has not consumed a citrus within the last hour and you are engaged in combat with citrus.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing citrus.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: C is the Key! - You have an intense and debilitating fear of scurvy. (Whenever you are without access to citrus for an extended period of time (several hours), or if your supply runs dangerously low (fewer than two pieces of fruit), you must make a Self-Control roll to avoid panicking and obsessing over finding more).
You also gain the following effects:
- Bullet Parry: You may use a Reaction to Defend against any Melee, thrown, or projectile Attack in range of your Attacks.
- Jackie Chan: You do not receive a Difficulty penalty when throwing objects that are not designed for throwing.
- Junk Wolf: Thrown attacks with improvised thrown weapons always deal a minimum of 3 Weapon Damage.
- Ricochet: You can make a thrown attack against a target behind cover so long as there is at least one exposed pathway to them.
Can't lose this!
Arisa tosses their weapon in an arc, leaving the weapon to travel around fly back.
Time to worry about something else.
I really really really really really really really really really can't afford to buy another knife.
Wait, can I?
No matter, still don't want this one to get stuck somewhere.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with thrown weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing thrown weapons.
You also gain the following effects:
- Boomerang: On your Initiative, in the Round following a thrown attack, the objects you threw will return back to you. You may catch them automatically, without making a roll or spending an Action.
Scatthach
Emulating the legendary Warrior Woman of the save name, Morgan has reconstructed some of her techniques, throwing spears with lethal accuracy.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with spears.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing spears.
You also gain the following effects:
- Point Control: Called Shots that you attempt only require a Contested Outcome of 2 for small targets and 4 for tiny targets.
- Track And Field: “If you move at least 25 feet in a straight line before making a thrown Attack in that direction its effective range is tripled, and you deal +1 Damage.
Scaling Cards
Scaling cards is the art of throwing normal playing cards with such skill and precision that they slice vegetables or stick into walls. This one has learned to throw cards which are metal with auch finesse they are not dissimilar to shirikens.
Note that while all playing cards benefit from this gift, Bullet Parry requires the card to be reinforced in some way such as being made of metal to benefit from it.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Playing Cards.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing Playing Cards.
You also gain the following effects:
- Bullet Parry: You may Defend against any attack in range of your attacks. Defending this way still costs a Reaction.
- Catcher In The Rye: You may catch anything flying or thrown as a Free Action with no roll, as long as it is not an attack.