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[PTU] Some new edges; Making the skills a little neater
Topic Started: Nov 28 2014, 09:16 PM (762 Views)
Sgt. Cookie
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Almost every skill has at least two Edges to go with it. Except two, Occult Education and Perception. The Game of Thros' Edges don't "really" count as they're pretty much useless outside of Fantasy campaigns.

So, here are a couple of Edges per skill to try and rectify that. As anyone who's seen my homebrew will know, I tend to have a questionable sense of balance, so please critique harshly!

So, here we go:

Occult of Personality
Prerequisites: Novice Occult Education
Effect: Add your Spirit modifier to all Occult Education skill checks, instead of your Mind modifier. Occult Education essentially becomes a Spirit-Attribute skill for you. Additionally, you may use Occult Education instead of Charm to improve the disposition of Ghost type pokemon and instead of Command to command unruly Ghost types.
Note: If you have Elemental Connection (Ghost) then the +2 bonus to Charm/Command checks applies to Occult Education checks for the Charm/Command uses of this Edge.

Unnatural Senses
Prerequisites: Expert Occult Education
Effect: You may make Perception checks to notice Invisible Ghost type pokemon, even if you are not otherwise aware of them. Additionally you may Dowse (Page 261 Core Rulebook) without needing a Dowsing rod.

Note: If you already rule that Perception checks can be made to notice invisible pokemon, then this Edge grants a +4 bonus to those checks.



Eyes of Nature
Prerequisites: Novice Perception
Effect: Whenever you use Survival to scout an area and track targets (Page 27, Core Rulebook), you gain a bonus to your roll equal to your ranks in Perception

Sixth Sense
Prerequisites: Adept Perception
Effect: Whenever an opponent you are unaware of attacks you, you gain +1 evasion to that first attack only.


EDIT: Thought of a punnier name for the first edge.
Edited by Sgt. Cookie, Nov 30 2014, 12:19 PM.
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Onidrill
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Perception probably doesn't have more edges associated with it because it's the single best non-combat skill in the game - it doesn't really need edges to prop that up more.
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GrayGriffin
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What do you even mean by "Dowse without a Dowsing roll"? You need that roll to tell you how many shards you find? Are you seriously suggesting that you just get the maximum number of shards each time?
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Pandora
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It says Dowsing Rod, not Dowsing Roll. Just means that you can make a Dowsing Roll without the tool, which is interesting but not necessarily useful, since Dowsing Rods are supposed to be free, according the the devs.
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