Might
9/ 9
Edge 0
Miss Katherine Withers
Cypher System character · Tier 1
Miss Katherine Withers
a Kind Speaker who Consorts with the Dead
Speed
10/ 10
Edge 0
Intellect
17/ 17
Edge 1
- Effort
- 1
- Armor
- 0
- Recovery
- +0 / step 1
- Damage
- hale
Abilities
Karma
Sometimes, strangers just help you out. To gain the aid of a stranger, you must use a one action, ten-minute, or one-hour recovery roll (without gaining its healing benefit), and the GM determines the nature of the aid you gain. Usually, the act of kindness isn’t enough to turn a bad situation completely around, but it may moderate a bad situation and lead to new opportunities. For example, if you are captured, a guard loosens your bonds slightly, brings you water, or delivers a message.
CSRD p1547
Weapon Practice
You can use light weapons without penalty. You have an inability with medium and heavy weapons; your attacks with medium and heavy weapons are hindered.
CSRD p803
Terrifying Presence
You convince one intelligent target of level 3 or lower that you are its worst nightmare. The target must be within short range and be able to understand you. For as long as you do nothing but speak (you can’t even move), the target is paralyzed with fear, runs away, or takes some other action appropriate to the circumstances. In addition to the normal options for using Effort, you can choose to use Effort to increase the maximum level of the target. Thus, to terrorize a level 5 target (two levels above the normal limit), you must apply two levels of Effort. Action.
2 intellectCSRD p6531
Understanding
You observe or study a creature or object. Your next interaction with that creature or object gains one asset. Action.
1 intellectCSRD p6645
Encouragement
While you maintain this ability through ongoing inspiring oration, your allies within short range ease one of the following task types (your choice): defense tasks, attack tasks, or tasks related to any skill that you are trained or specialized in. Action.
1 intellectCSRD p5102
Magic Training
You are trained in the basics of magic (including the operation of magic artifacts and cyphers) and can attempt to understand and identify its properties. Enabler.
CSRD p5747
Speaker for the Dead
You can ask a question of a dead being whose corpse you are touching. Because the answer comes through the filter of the being’s understanding and personality, it can’t answer questions that it wouldn’t have understood in life, and it can’t provide answers that it wouldn’t have known in life. In fact, the being is not compelled to answer at all, so you might need to interact with it in a way that would have convinced it to answer while it was alive. For each additional Intellect point you spend when you activate the ability, you can ask the being an additional question. Action.
2 intellectCSRD p6386
Skills
Skill
You know what it’s like to go a mile in someone else’s shoes. You’re trained in all tasks related to pleasant social interaction and discerning the dispositions of others.
Inabilities
Inability
Being kind comes with a few risks. All tasks related to detecting falsehoods are hindered.
Equipment
Appropriate Clothing
Starting equipment
Light Weapon
Starting equipment
Two Expensive Items
Starting equipment
Two Moderately Priced Items
Starting equipment
Cyphers
None recorded.
Artefacts
None recorded.
Advancements
None recorded.
Connections
None recorded.
Rules audit, 15 applied changes
- pools set Might 8, Speed 9, Intellect 11 (CSRD p726-p885)
- might.max add 1 (CSRD p726-p885)
- speed.max add 1 (CSRD p726-p885)
- intellect.max add 4 (CSRD p726-p885)
- intellect.max add 2 (CSRD p1545)
- abilities grant kind.operation-3 (CSRD p1547)
- intellect.edge set 1 (CSRD p798-p818)
- weapons grant light (CSRD p803)
- ability.erase-memories replace magic-training (CSRD p1033-p1070)
- ability grant terrifying-presence (CSRD p6531)
- ability grant understanding (CSRD p6645)
- ability grant encouragement (CSRD p5102)
- ability grant magic-training (CSRD p5747)
- ability grant speaker-for-the-dead (CSRD p6386)
- equipment grant speaker starting equipment (CSRD p804)
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