must be purchased separately for living mounts, aircraft, and Hacking
land or water vehicles.
Novice: You know how to line up a target. When making a
ram attack or attacking with a weapon while in your vehicle
or atop your mount, you enjoy a +1 bonus to attack rolls.
Expert: You use the mobility of your vehicle or mount to
attack with devilish agility. When you’re in a vehicle or
mount, you can make an attack roll at any point of your
movement. Normally you’d have to attack at the beginning
or end of your movement. During a chase (see Chapter 8:
Mastering the Rules), you can attack another participant as if
their Chase Total was 2 points closer to yours than it really is.
Master: They better get out of the way! You gain +1 SP when-
ever you roll doubles on an attack roll while driving, piloting,
or riding, or on any test you make to direct your vehicle or
mount.
Freerunning
Requirements: Dexterity 2, Dexterity (Acrobatics) focus
The roofs, alcoves, and catwalks of the city are your play-
ground.
Novice: Every move you make is part of one fluid motion.
Using the Move action to stand up, climb, dismount, and the
like does not reduce your Speed. Furthermore, whenever
you’re in a chase on foot (see the chase rules in Chapter 8:
Mastering the Rules) add +1 to your Chase Total, in addition
to the Stunt Die result, whenever you succeed on a Chase Test.
Expert: When you run, gravity is merely an inconvenience.
Terrain-based hazards do not reduce your Speed. When you
fall, if you succeed at a Dexterity (Acrobatics) test with a TN
determined by the GM based on height and nearby surfaces,
you suffer only half damage. You may also use Dexterity (Acro-
batics) instead of Constitution (Running) for Chase Tests on foot,
as long as you’re in a built up urban environment, or another
location where rapid climbing and bounding would be useful.
Master: Impressive acrobatics are just the way you natu-
rally move. You can re-roll any die result of 1 on each die
in Dexterity (Acrobatics), Stamina (Running), and Strength
(Climbing, Jumping) tests, but you must keep the results of
the second roll.
Grappling Style
Requirement: Fighting (Grappling) focus
You can subdue and restrain your opponents before they
know what’s happening.
Novice: You are slippery and swift. If you fail an opposed
Fighting (Grappling) test to avoid being grappled (as per the
Grapple stunt’s description), you can re-roll it, but you must
keep the results of the second roll.
Expert: If you successfully hit an opponent with an unarmed
Stunt Attack action and you choose a stunt from the grap-
pling category, you acquire 1 additional SP to apply to addi-
tional stunts.
Master: You can perform the Pin action stunt for 3 SP instead
of the usual 4. In addition, your penalty to Defense when
using the Grapple and Pin stunts is halved.
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Requirements: Intelligence (Computers) and Intelligence
(Security) focuses
If it’s stored in a computer, it’s yours for the taking.
Novice: Everything you need to know is a couple of keystrokes
away. When you succeed at an Intelligence (Cryptography)
or Intelligence (Security) test, the GM can provide you with
an extra item of information about the subject. Also, you can
use the Intelligence (Computers) focus instead of Communi-
cation (Investigation) and Intelligence (Research) if the infor-
mation you seek can be found online and you have a means
to connect. This also means that you consider Intelligence
(Computers) as a primary focus in an investigation for any
task where Communication (Investigation) and Intelligence
(Research) are primary focuses.
Expert: Security codes and countermeasures melt like butter
under your efforts. If you fail a Dexterity (Sabotage) (elec-
tronics only) or Intelligence (Computers) test, you can re-roll
it, but you must keep the results of the second roll.
Master: You know all the shortcuts in electronics and
programming. When you make an advanced test (see
Chapter 8: Mastering the Rules) using Intelligence (Cryptog-
raphy), Intelligence (Computers), and Dexterity (Sabotage)
(electronics only), add +2 to the result of the Stunt Die for the
purpose of reaching the test’s threshold. You can perform the
Cover Your Tracks exploration stunt for 2 SP in tests involving
the above focuses.
Hurled Weapon Style
Requirement: None
You are adept with weapons you throw by hand.
Novice: Your accuracy is uncanny. You gain a +1 bonus on
attack rolls with weapons from the Thrown Weapons and
Grenades group.
Expert: You can grab a throwing weapon in an instant. You
Ready a throwing weapon or grenade as a free action instead
of a minor action.
Master: You master your own leverage to throw further. You
can add your Accuracy to the range of throwing weapons and
grenades.
Improvisation
Requirement: Intelligence 1 or Willpower 1 or higher
You can come up with the next best solution to a problem.
Novice: You can do a little bit of everything. You can make
an ability test that requires a specific focus, even if you don’t
have that focus. You don’t gain a focus bonus to your roll and
don’t generate SP on such rolls, but you are always consid-
ered to have a primary focus in investigations.
Expert: Anything in your hands is a weapon or a tool. When
you perform the Whatever’s Handy combat stunt, the penalty
of your improvised weapon is reduced by 1 and lasts 2d6
rounds before breaking. If improvising a tool instead of a
weapon, you can perform tests that require the tool, but you
don’t generate SP when doing so.
Chapter 3 - Character Options