
Requiem
Echoes of Emotion
Concept: Mutant psychometrist who absorbs emotional residue from objects and weaponizes collected anguish as psychic artillery. Forensic consultant. Reluctant predator.
Origin: Genetic mutation amplified by childhood trauma.
Race: Human • Rank: Heroic
Attributes
Agility d4, Smarts d12+2, Spirit d12, Strength d4, Vigor d10Skills
Focus d12, Notice d12+1, Persuasion d12, Common Knowledge d12, Research d12, Occult d10, Athletics d4, Stealth d4, Fighting d4Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 19 (8); Power Points: 60
Hindrances
- Pacifist (Major): Your hero absolutely despises violence.
- Mild Mannered (Minor): The character has a gentle, non-threatening demeanor.
- Thin Skinned (Minor): Particularly susceptible to personal attacks.
Edges
Super Powers,Strong Willed,Brave,Iron Will,Level Headed,Charismatic
Powers
- Mind Reading(3 PP)Range: 6"/12 yd•Duration: Instant•Activation: Focus d12Focus vs target's Smarts (-2 with raise) to read surface thoughts. Range 6"/12 yds.Trapping: reads the emotional residue soaked into objects and minds alike
- Mind Shield(1 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+2 to resist mental attacks and mind controlTrapping: a ward against the grief she carries
- Telepathy(2 PP)Range: 24"/48 yd•Duration: PermanentCommunicate silently with chosen intelligent minds in range.Trapping: broadcasts borrowed anguish mind to mind
- Mind Control(5 PP)Range: 12"/24 yd•Duration: Sustained•Activation: Focus d12Focus success on a visible target: Spirit resists (-2 on a raise). Control one mind; commands must be received (silent orders need Telepathy). Harm to the subject/loved ones or violation of core ethics/duties: Smarts (-2 on the initial Focus raise); success refuses the order, a raise breaks free. Powers Down on loss of concentration.
More rules
Any resistance raise gives +2 future resistance this encounter.
Failed Focus: -2 on further attempts on that mind this encounter; Critical Failure bars them.
Trapping: drowns a will under a wave of collected sorrow - AwarenessLevel 9(9 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentIgnore 9 points of attack penalties.Trapping: feels every raw nerve of emotion in a room
- Super Attribute (Smarts)Level 6(12 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+6 die steps.Trapping: a psyche saturated with absorbed feeling
- Super Skill (Notice)Level 5(5 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+5 die steps.Trapping: forensic focus sharpened to a razor
- Force FieldLevel 10(10 PP)Range: Self•Duration: SustainedIncoming damage reduced by 10. When Shaken or Stunned, roll Spirit or the field Powers Down; Incapacitation ends it automatically.Trapping: a shroud of weaponised mourning
- ToughnessLevel 4(4 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+4 Toughness.Trapping: numbed to pain by borrowed suffering
- Heightened SensesLevel 4(4 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent4 sense bonuses chosen.Trapping: tastes the last emotion an object witnessed
- Wall Walker(1 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentMove on walls at normal Pace (may run); inverted surfaces at half Pace.Trapping: walks where the dead once walked
- ArmorLevel 4(4 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+8 Armor.Trapping: a carapace of hardened dread
Gear
No gear
Advances
- Skill: Notice d8 → d10 & Common Knowledge d4 → d6
- Attribute: Spirit d8 → d10
- Attribute: Vigor d4 → d6
- Attribute: Smarts d10 → d12
- Skill: Persuasion d6 → d8 & Occult d4 → d6
- Skill: Focus d8 → d10 & Common Knowledge d6 → d8
- Skill: Research d6 → d8 & Occult d6 → d8
- Skill: Persuasion d8 → d10 & Common Knowledge d8 → d10
- Skill: Research d8 → d10 & Occult d8 → d10
- Skill: Focus d10 → d12 & Notice d10 → d12
- Skill: Persuasion d10 → d12 & Common Knowledge d10 → d12
- Skill: Research d10 → d12
Backstory
At twelve, Mara touched her grandmother's deathbed and lived every moment of the old woman's life in one scream. She spent twenty years turning that curse into a career - the Archive grew vast, and dangerous. She hunts killers by reading what they left behind. She punishes them with it.
Appearance
Gaunt woman, late thirties, sharp cheekbones, color-shifting irises. Charcoal peacoat, dark practical clothes, hands always bare. A silver chain disappears beneath her collar.