Talents
· No modifier
· +2 Lowest/ - 2 Highest
· +2 specific / -4 specific.
· + 2 to Lowest of pair/-2 Specific.
· +1 specific.
· +2 specific /-2 specific.
· +1 Any.
· +2 Any/-2 Any.
· +3 (lower of pair)/-1 specific.
· +2, +2 specific/-2, -2 specific.
· +2, +2 fixed/-2 fixed.
· +4 specific/ -4 specific.
· +4 lowest of pair/ -2 specific.
· +2 Any
· +4 specific/-2, -2 specific.
· +4 to any attribute/ -4 to any attribute.
· +4 specific/-2 specific.
· +2, +2, +2 specific/-2 specific.
· Near-human: The error range of each Medicine check targeting a near-human character increases by 1. Further, a near-human character suffers a –2 penalty with all skill checks made to disguise himself as a human or blend in with humans.
· Semi-human: The error range of each Medicine check targeting a semi-human character increases by 2. Further, a semi-human character suffers a –6 penalty with all skill checks made to disguise himself as a human or blend in with humans.
· Quasi-human: The error range of each Medicine check targeting a quasi-human character increases by 4. Further, a quasi-human character suffers a –2 penalty with all skill checks made to disguise himself as a human or blend in with humans.
· Non-human: The error range of each Medicine check targeting a near-human character increases by 8. Further, a non-human character may not disguise itself as a human or blend in with humans; the fact that he is different is always obvious.
· Native Culture: Predetermine initial Cultures focus.
· You gain a +2 to +4 bonus to saves against radiation poisoning. However, you suffer a -2 to -4 penalty to saves against ingestion- and injury-delivered diseases and poisons.
· You gain the aquatic NPC quality.
· You gain the augmented (Caliber I) NPC quality.
· Free Caliber I gear pick (specific).
· You gain the low-light vision NPC quality.
· You gain the natural attack (Caliber I) NPC quality. If you already possess a __________ natural attack, its grade increases by 1.
· Night Vision NPC quality.
· Your Size becomes Small (1x1).
1 point
· You are always considered armed with a deadly weapon when making an Intimidate check or initiating a Stand Off.
· The bleeding condition does not affect you.
· Once per session, you may improve the disposition of any 1 NPC by 1 grade without making a skill check.
· Class skill & +5 result cap (specific).
· Damage Resistance, 6 points.
· Your base Defense increases by 1.
· DR 1/-.
· You gain a +1 bonus with all attack and skill checks you make during dramatic scenes.
· You gain an extra Associate grade contact. This contact improves by 1 grade at career levels 6, 12 & 18.
· You gain 1 additional Interest at Career Levels 0, 2, 6, 10, 14 & 18.
· Extra skill focus (specific).
· Extra forte (any 1).
· Extra Proficiency (specific).
· Fearless I.
· Free Bribe check (minimum Bribe value).
· Free Caliber II gear pick (specific).
· Gendermorph: You require no additional time for and suffer no penalty to Falsify/Disguise checks from changes to gender.
· Your Size becomes Large (1x1). Your Reach remains 1 square.
· Natural Attack (Caliber II). May possess the injector quality.
· Once per session, you may request a hint from the GC for which the GC does not gain an action die. If the GC refuses, you gain 1 bonus action die.
· Maximum skill rank bonus +3 (specific skill), stacks with other qualities.
· Natural attack (Caliber II).
· Reduced Attribute damage.
· Retry a specific check without penalty number of times equal to starting action dice.
· Your Speed increases by 5 ft.
· The armour piercing and keen qualities of all attacks against you are reduced by 3.
· You automatically succeed on all cooperative checks where you are the helper if you have at least 4 ranks in the skill being used and the leader shares your allegiance or is one of your team-mates.
· You gain DR 2/-. This damage reduction stacks with and is considered to come from armour.
· You may avoid receiving the fatigued or unconscious conditions from taking damage to your wounds a number of times per scene equal to your starting action dice.
· You may go without sleep without penalty for a number of days equal to your Constitution score. After that period you suffer 1d6 points of stress damage per additional day you remain awake and cannot recover from stress damage until you sleep for at least 8 hours.
· Your unarmed, melee and non-exotic hurled attacks possess the armor piercing (2) quality.
· Your maximum ranks in a specific skill increases to your Career Level +5. This benefit is not cumulative with any other effect that increases your maximum rank in this skill.
· Each of your teammates who can see or hear you benefits from your Interests as if they possessed them.
· Each time an opponent attacks you and misses, he suffers 1 point of stress damage.
1.5 points
· Base Speed 40'.
· Class skill & +5 result cap (any 1).
· Damage Resistance, 10 points.
· Extra weapon proficiency (any 1).
· Extra skill focus and related forte (specific skill).
· You gain 1 additional skill focus, or 1 forte for any 1 skill focus you possess.
· Fast Healing NPC quality.
· Free Caliber III gear pick (specific).
· Large, reach 2 (2x2).
· 2 Extra Proficiencies (specific).
· While you are in a group of 5 or more that share your Talent and are within 15 ft. of each other, you gain the swarm NPC quality.
· You may send and receive telepathic messages with anyone who shares your Talent in a radius equal to your Career Level x 5 miles.
· Once per scene during an x or y dramatic conflict after strategies are revealed, you may change your strategy for that round to any other legal strategy. If two opposing characters use this ability during the same round, both abilities are expended without effect.
2 points
· Bonus feat.
· Defence bonus +2.
· You gain an extra interest at career level 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20.
· Free Caliber IV gear pick (specific).
· Free Request check (any 1 type).
· You gain the improved hearing NPC quality: Your base hearing range is equal to your Wisdom score × 10 ft. Further, unless deafened, you gain a +4 bonus with Notice/Awareness and Search/Perception checks made to determine surprise (see 2.0, page 323).
· You gain the improved vision NPC quality: Your base visual range is equal to your Wisdom score × 20 ft. Further, unless you are blinded, the range penalty applied to your ranged attacks is reduced by 2 (minimum -0).
· You gain a +1 bonus to Initiative. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· You gain a +1 bonus to Knowledge checks bonus. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· You gain a +1 bonus to checks to determine Surprise. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· You produce 3 doses of poison (improved lethal poison or improved dementia poison) each scene. These doses cannot be saved or stockpiled from scene to scene, but may be used with your bite attack or be applied to items or weapons during the current scene. You again a +4 bonus on all saves to resist your own poison.
· When you or any of your teammates makes a skill check with the Project Investment tag, the time and cost are calculated as if the DC were 5 lower (minimum 15).
· Psionic Immunity. You are immune to telepathy and other psionic powers. However, you are also unable to utilize any other psionic abilities.
· You gain a single Psionic power (alternatively you gain access to Psionic skill and a single focus tag). Psion level is equal to career level.
· You gain the winged flight NPC quality with a flight speed of 50'.
· Increase a specific attribute by 1. This attribute increases by a further +1 at career levels 7 & 14.
· Morph: You require no additional time for and suffer no penalty to Falsify/Disguise checks from changes to your height, age, skin colour, or sex.
4 points
· You gain a +1 insight bonus to Action Die results. This bonus increases by a further +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· Diverse: You may choose 3 abilities from the Diverse Qualities list. (Note that Races with this ability should not have attribute modifiers).
· Choose 1 skill. This is always a class skill for you, and you may chose an additional skill to gain this beneft at career levels 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· You gain 4 additional skill points at career level 1, and 1 additional point per character level gained thereafter.
· You gain 2 extra vitality points at career level 1, and 1 additional point per character level gained thereafter.
· You gain 1 additional wound point at Career Level 1, and 1 additional wound point at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20.
· You gain a +1 insight bonus to a specific save. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at career levels 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
· Your threat range with a specific skill increases by 1. This bonus increases by an additional +1 ar career levels 5, 10, 15 & 20.
· Your current lowest attribute increases by 1. This increase applies to your lowest attribute at career level 5, 10, 15 & 20.
· You gain a new Wealth statistic (e.g. Chrome) with a starting value of 1. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 5, 10, 15 & 20.
· 2 bonus feats.
· You gain a +1 bonus to Wealth. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at career levels 5, 10, 15 and 20.
· When you take a Taunt action, you may target 1 additional opponent. You roll only once for the Taunt action, while each opponent rolls to resist separately. The number of opponents you may target with a Taunt action increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8 12, 16, and 20.
· Extra Action Die.
· You gain DR 1/Specal characters (damage inflicted by special characters ignores this damage reduction). This DR increases by 1 at Levels 4, 8, 12 ,16, and 20.
· -3 Starting weapon proficiencies (minimum 0).
· Achilles Heel (any 1) NPC quality.
· Feral NPC quality.
· Forbidden from taking 6 specific weapon proficiencies.
· Limited to 7-12 Specialties (specific) or lose Specialty feat.
· Speed -10'.
· Vendetta: The disposition of all members of a significant power group/organization is reduced by 2 grades.
· Light Sensitive: Each time you enter a more brightly lit area, you take 6 points of flash damage for each category the ambient light increases (see Spycraft 2.0 table 5.14, page 351). You suffer a -4 gear penalty to all Flash damage saves. This save penalty may be eliminated by wearing tinted goggles (a common item).
· Forbidden from taking 12 weapon proficiencies (specific).
· Limited to 1-6 specialties (specific) or lose Specialty feat.
· Starting AD reduced by 1.
· Reviled: The disposition of any character that does not share your native culture and is aware of your Origin is reduced by 1 grade.
· Favoured Classes: If you have more levels in any base class than your highest level in either of 2 specific classes, your starting action dice are reduced by 2.
· Never gain weapon proficiencies.
· The disposition of any character that does not share your native culture and is aware of your talent is reduced by 2 grades.
· +2 to any 1 attribute, –2 to any 1 attribute.
· Choose 1 skill. This is always a class skill for you. Further, your result cap with this skill increases by 5 (maximum 60).
· You gain 1 additional skill focus or 1 forte for any 1 skill focus you possess.
· You gain 1 additional weapon proficiency.
· Your melee, unarmed, and non-explosive hurled attacks gain the armour-piercing (2) quality.
· You are always considered armed with a deadly weapon when making an Intimidate check or initiating a Stand Off.
· Once per session, you may improve the disposition of any 1 non-villain NPC by 1 grade without a skill check.
· Your base Defence increases by 1.
· Choose 1 type of dramatic conflict. Once per scene during an dramatic conflict of that type, after strategies are revealed, you may change your strategy for that round to any other legal strategy. If two opposing characters use this ability during the same round, both abilities are expended without effect.
· You may take 2 Ready actions at the same time as 1 full action. After the first of the 2 triggers occurs, the other Ready action is lost.
· Each time an opponent attacks you and misses, he suffers 1 point of stress damage.
· Each time an opponent attacks you and misses, he suffers 1 point of subdual damage.
· You gain the Fearless I NPC quality.
· Once per session, you may make a Bribe check at the minimum Bribe value without paying its cost.
· Choose a Caliber II gear pick. That item is added to your possessions.
· Once per session, you may request a hint from the GC for which the GC gains no action dice. If the GC refuses, you gain 1 bonus action die.
· Once per scene, you may speak to 1 of your team-mates for 1 minute to grant them a +1 morale bonus with all saving throws until the end of the current scene.
· Each time you suffer attribute damage, the attribute damage suffered decreases by 1 (minimum 1).
· Each of your team-mates who can see or hear you benefits from your Interests as if they possessed them.
· You may retry a skill check without suffering any penalties listed in its Retry entry a number of times per session equal to your starting action dice.
· Your Speed increases by 5 ft.
· You gain 1 acquaintance-grade contact. This contact improves by 1 grade at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18.
· You gain 1 additional Interest at Career Levels 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, and 18.