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Rebuilding Aberrant to deal with some of its most eregrious flaws.
 
Rebuilding Aberrant to deal with some of its most eregrious flaws.
  
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=Miscellaneous Rule Changes=
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Rules Alterations]]=
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==Botching==
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* Alterations to core system elements.
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* '''Botches''': A character botches a roll if it fails with a margin of failure higher than the character's Ability rating in that roll + 1. Count each '1' rolled as +1 to the margin of failure. Therefore, if a character has an ability rating of 1, he botches with an adjusted MoF of 3 or greater, while a character with an ability rating of 5 will only botch rolls if his adjusted MoF is 6 or higher. Mega-Attributes do not reduce the botch chance of dramatic failure, save for adding more successes and therefore reducing the number of failed rolls and the chance for high MoFs.
 
  
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* '''Botching Rolls without an Ability''': Some rolls may not have an ability or Quantum power governing them (i.e. Node detection, certain Enhancements which require a roll of their associated attribute and only that attribute, so on). In that case, a character botches if he rolls no successes and at least one 1-Mega-Attributes do not insulate against botching with their requisite Enhancements.
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Combat Alterations]]=
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* Alterations to elements of the combat system.
  
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==Hazards==
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Character Generation]]=
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* '''Falling Damage''': Falling damage is now 1 bashing die/2 meters (round down), up to 25B damage from a fall. Fall damage is ''lethal'' if the damage equals or exceeds the character's (Stamina + Athletics). So a character with Stamina 5 and Athletics 5 considers fall damage lethal only from falls of 20 meters or more, but an old granny with Stamina 1 and Athletics 0 considers all fall damage lethal. Remember that each dot of Mega-Stamina counts as 2 dots of Stamina.
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* How to build a Nova character.
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* '''Hard Radiation''': Hard Radiation's damage is ''aggravated'' at high levels, causing permanent damage which baselines cannot heal without extensive medical aid.  
 
  
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==Equipment==
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Abilities]]=
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* '''Vehicles''': Vehicles now have altered stats, as listed in the expansion. There are no longer armor adds for vehicles, which should be noted. Note that vehicles do not take "ping" damage from attacks that lack damage adds. You ''can'' trash a car with bare hands, but you better be Charles Atlas or a Nova before you try it.
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* Alterations to the Abilities found in ''Aberrant''.
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* '''Weapons''': Weapons have errata and a few new additions. Both vehicle and weapon errata are listed in the expansion.
 
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* '''Resources''': The cost of an item establishes the rough "budget range" of an item rather than its precise cost. A Resources 4 car might cost a hundred thousand dollars, yet a Resources 4 set of clothing might only cost a thousand or so. It is possible to liquidate money to buy objects above one's price range. In that case, roll resources. For every success rolled, add +1 to effective resources for the purposes of a single purchase-if successful, you are now a proud owner of the desired item. This can only be attempted once per month and for particularly expensive items (Russian surplus air superiority fighters, new homes, illegal nuclear weapons) the ST reserves the right to '''permanently''' reduce resources by 1 or more points after a purchase.
 
  
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==Combat==
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Mental Systems]]=
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* '''Range Increments''': The range increment is the short range of the attack. Medium range is up to double the range increment and +2 difficulty, Long range is up to quadruple the range increment and +4 difficulty, and an Extreme range shot is up to eight times the range increment, at +6 difficulty.  
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* Science, gadgeteering, and mental combat.
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* '''Healing Times''': A character who has taken damage heals each level at the rates given below. Novas heal at at least double normal rate by default, which increases via Mega-Stamina. Furthermore, Novas with Mega-Stamina 1 reduce wound severity by 1 category when calculating healing times, Novas with Mega-Stamina 3 reduce wound severity by 2 categories when calculating healing times, and Novas with Mega-Stamina 5 reduce wound severity by 3 categories for healing. Note that each category of "-5 to -10 HLs" is a separate category, they just have one line to save space. A character heals an additional 1 category faster with competent medical care (a small clinic with decent provisions) and 2 categories faster with expert care (a top of the line trauma ward).
 
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** -0 HLs: 1 hour (bashing)/1 day (lethal)
 
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** -1 HLs: 2 hours (bashing)/2 days (lethal)
 
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** -2 HLs: 4 hours (bashing)/1 week (lethal)
 
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** -4 HLs: 8 hours (bashing)/2 weeks (lethal)
 
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** -5 to -10 HLs: 16 hours (bashing)/1 month (lethal)
 
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** Incapacitated: 1 day (bashing)/3 months (lethal)
 
  
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=Virtue and Vice=
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Social Systems]]=
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Characters no longer use the singular Nature rules, but rather have a Virtue and a Vice. Characters regain WP when acting in accordance to their virtue or indulging their vice, and must spend WP to act against their vice. Characters may have different Virtues and Vices-James Bond's Virtue might be Bravo but his Vice is almost certainly Hedonist, for example.
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* Social Combat, Sway, and other ways to win friends and influence people.
  
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A character regains 2 WP when acting in accordance with their Virtue and 1 WP when they indulge their Vice. If a character has an opportunity to indulge their vice yet does not do so, they must spend 1 WP. A character may only regain WP from Virtue or Vice once per scene, and only needs to spend 1 WP to act against their Vice for a scene.
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Quantum and Mega-Attributes]]=
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* Alterations to Quantum, Mega-Attributes, Quantum Pool, and other facets of Nova superiority.
  
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==Natures==
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Power Errata]]=
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* Architect
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* Changes to many of the powers available to Novas.
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when your character takes a concrete step towards realizing his greater goal.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist getting angry at someone who points out flaws in your plan, or following someone else's great plan. Regain WP if ignoring such criticism or following someone else's agenda would benefit you in the long run.
 
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* Bravo
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you defeat a seemingly equal or superior foe or force him to back down.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist taking by force something you desire and have asked for "politely". Regain WP if you do so and it has significant negative long-term consequences.
 
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* Caregiver
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you recieve tangible proof that you have helped another.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist giving aid to anyone who seems like they need it. Regain WP if giving such aid ends up causing you more trouble than it's worth.
 
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* Charmer
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you clearly provide comfort and good cheer to another.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to tell someone something they don't want to hear, regain WP if you don't tell them something they don't want to hear and not doing so has potential negative consequences to you.
 
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* Cynic
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you have a backup plan when things go sour, because of your cynicism.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to take advantage of a lucky break (rather than dismissing it due to clearly being a trap/a worse choice/etc). Regain WP if doing so puts you into a worse situation later.
 
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* Expert
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you make a particularly impressive showing with an ability or teach your chosen skill to someone.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist showing your expertise off in a valid situation. Regain WP if doing so is taking an unreasonable risk.
 
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* Fanatic
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you advance your chosen cause.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to avoid making any sacrifice to the cause that is demanded. Regain WP if accepting this could possibly lead to grievous harm.
 
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* Follower
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when your carrying out your assigned duty is a significant factor in the group's success.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to take charge or disagree with orders. Regain WP if the orders are blatantly bad or inefficient and you follow them anyways.
 
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* Hedonist
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Gain WP when you have a truly good time (and bring others for the ride)
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist indulging in your chosen pleasure. Regain WP if indulging in such is obviously a bad idea.
 
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* Hotshot
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you survive a dangerous situation you deliberately entered.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist indulging in an obvious foolhardy venture. Regain WP for taking the "hard way" when doing so has no benefits and great danger.
 
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* Jester
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you lighten a mood or ease a tense situation.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist shooting your mouth off in inappropriate circumstances. Regain WP if you do so and it ends up greatly inconveniencing you (insulting a world leader on national TV, etc.)
 
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* Leader
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Gain WP when one of your plans succeeds.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist taking charge when you are not in charge. Regain WP if doing so is a terrible idea.
 
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* Paragon
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Gain WP when you accomplish a task by sticking to your enlightened ideals.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist your self-righteousness and accept a compromise. Regain WP if compromise would be a far better idea than self-righteous one-true-way moralizing.
 
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* Perfectionist
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Gain WP when your painstaking perfectionism covers even an unforseen complication.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to trust a hastily-put-together plan or jury-rigged system. Regain WP when you end up going without because of this insistence on a perfect plan (or mechanism) or none at all.
 
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* Survivor
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when you survive a dangerous situation via your own cunning and preserverance.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP to resist taking any action which would prolong your own survival or increase your chances, no matter what it is. Regain WP if you take an action that alienates or hurts friends and close allies for personal survival.
 
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* Traditionalist
 
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:'''(Virtue)''': Regain WP when adherence to tried-and-true methods prove effective.
 
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:'''(Vice)''': Spend WP or disregard intuition, non-traditional deduction, or the bleeding edge. Regain WP if your refusal to use bleeding-edge equipment or superscience hobbles a plan.
 
  
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==Chargen Altered Rules==
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=[[Aberrant 2.0 Equipment Errata]]=
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Note that power costs in NP have been decreased and Attribute/Ability purchasing with NP is rendered much less efficient to encourage less people with 5s in every attribute at chargen. It does make characters more powerful but I don't think that's an inherent issue. Means more playing the character you want versus playing half of the character you want.
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* New rules and fixes for armor, vehicles, weapons, and chemicals of all sorts.
  
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'''Human (Phase 1)'''
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=Miscellaneous=
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:'''Abilities''': 30 ability dots + 3 free specialties
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[[Aberrant 2.0/2.1 Quick Reference]]
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:'''Quantum''': Humans have a base Quantum of 0.
 
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Otherwise all costs and points are equal to the ones in the core rulebook.
 
  
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'''Nova (45 NP base)'''
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[[Aberrant/Trinity 2.x Background Setting Elements]]
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:'''Quantum''': +1 Quantum for free, costs 5NP for every additional Quantum point (max starting Quantum is 5)
 
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:'''Quantum Pool''': 1 NP buys +3 to Quantum pool.
 
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:'''Attributes/Abilities''': 1 NP: 2 Attribute/6 Ability dots, one Ability dot can be traded for 3 specialty Dots
 
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:'''Body Modification''': 1 NP: 8 XP of Body Modifications
 
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:'''Mega-Attribute''': 2 NP: 1 dot of a Mega-Attribute
 
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:'''Enhancement''': 1 NP: 1 Enhancement
 
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:'''Strength''': 1 NP: 2 levels of strength for a power
 
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:'''Extra''': 2 NP: 1 Extra for a power
 
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:'''Level 1 Power''': 1 NP: 1 dot of a L1 power
 
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:'''Level 2 Power''': 2 NP: 1 dot of a L2 power
 
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:'''Level 3 Power''': 3 NP: 1 dot of a L3 power
 
  
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===Bonus Points===
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==Additional Rules==
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:'''Attribute''': 4
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Body Modifications]]<br>
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:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)
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* New and improved body modifications for Novas (and baselines alike, with the new system for cybernetics)
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Chrysalis]]<br>
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===Experience Costs===
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* The Chrysalis Trait revamped
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:'''Initiative''': N/A (can no longer be bought)
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Expansion]]<br>
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:'''Attribute''': 6 XP if buying up from 0 to 1
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* Rewritten weapons and armor section, with tags and other things.
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:'''Specialty''': 1 XP (max. 3 per ability)
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Optional Rules]]<br>
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:'''Quantum Pool'''*: 2 XP per point
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* Optional rules for additional enjoyment
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:'''L4 Quantum Power'''*: Current Rating x 9, 12 XP new
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Paramorphs]]<br>
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:'''L5 Quantum Power'''*: Current Rating x 11, 15 XP new
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* Powering up the last member of the Inspired trio.
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:'''L6 Quantum Power'''*: Current Rating x 13, 18 XP new
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Shards]]<br>
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:'''Extra'''*: 10 XP
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* Alternative settings
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:'''Strength'''*: 4 XP
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Psion Rules]]
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* Psions
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===Chargen Variants===
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Trinity]]
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====Taint Mutants====
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* A reimagined Trinity setting by yours truly.
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Taint Mutants are technically not Novas, as they do not possess the M-R node. Their ability to channel Quantum is much more haphazard and limited by their initial mutation. Rather than possessing a M-R node, they possess the cells scattered in metastasizing cancerous nodules all over their body, alien biology which will eventually consume them from the inside out with power they were not designed or intended to channel. On the flipside, anyone can be induced into becoming a Taint Mutant.
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Societal Changes]]
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* How to change society for fun and profit.
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These mutants are built as humans the same way as a normal Nova, but have significant restrictions on their power. When designing them post "Eruption", Taint Mutants have 10 NP (versus a full-fledged 1st Gen Nova's 45), and they start with Permanent Taint 6. Taint Mutants gain the free point of Quantum and the free points in Endurance and Resistance that all Novas gain, but may not raise their Quantum under any circumstances. In addition to their increased starting Taint, Taint mutants cannot buy powers "Tainted" for reduced cost-every power or Mega-Attribute they purchase is ''already'' Tainted. These mutants also may not buy Node or Dormancy-they have a Quantum pool of 10 which they may not expand, and may only spend up to 4 Quantum/turn.
 
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Obviously, because of their Quantum restriction, Taint Mutants may not possess any quantum powers with a quantum minimum higher than 1. Many Taint mutants also have their physical and mental attributes greatly rearranged as their reshaping is consciously done by a Nova. Most notably, most Taint mutants have an appearance score of 0, transferring all dots of appearance into dots of additional physical attributes, and mega-intellects are exceptionally rare among Taint mutants, as the Aberrants want expendable shock troopers, rather than thinkers and planners. Taint Mutants are at the mercy of the Aberrant who created them in terms of power set-after their mutation, a sub-Aberrant may never gain new powers, even if he does improve in already-granted ones.
 
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In theory, it would be possible to create artificially-induced "pseudo-Novas" such as this in a significantly less horrific manner as a route to transforming humanity into a posthuman existence. However, an understanding of the theory behind creating pseudo-Novas (as opposed to Taint Mutants) would require one to piece together fragments of information left behind by the defunct United States of America, the EU, Project Triton, the Teragen, and the current Aberrants.
 
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Taint Mutants are not rendered unplayable at Taint 10+, rather their mutations become ever more obvious and they become ever more unstable. Taint Mutants with Taint above 10 are doomed to a (relatively) fast and miserable death, and are often expended on suicidal attacks against human holdings. These mutants must make a reflexive (Stamina + Resistance) roll every month, the difficulty being (Permanent Taint - 8). Failure on this roll adds +1 to permanent Taint, and botching this roll causes the mutant to die in a horrific and agonizing fashion. Liquefaction is ''not'' the worst possible outcome here.
 
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High-Taint Eximorphs are the majority of recent (2080+) eruptions rather than the low-taint ones. With both higher Taint and lower power, these Aberrants are still more than a match for the average Psion. Trinity-era Aberrants are built on 25 NP, but gain 1 point of permanent Taint for every power or Mega-Attribute they possess (no matter the dot rating, M-Str 5 gives 1 point of Taint, just like M-Str 1), and 1 additional point of permanent Taint per point of Quantum they possess.
 
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These Aberrants ''never'' erupt without aberrations and start with 3 permanent Taint (including the 1 point from their automatic level of Quantum). These Aberrants are technically not limited in development, but may not start with a Quantum higher than 3 or any power rating higher than 3. They are also not rendered unplayable at Taint 10+, but simply gain more and more mutations.
 
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==Ability Improvement==
 
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===Ability List===
 
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Abilities List]]
 
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===Instruction===
 
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Instruction is used to teach people abilities. The difficulty for an Instruction roll is, by default, 6 - (average of the student's mental attributes) for 1 week's worth of instruction. For this, 1 Mega-Attribute dot counts as 2 dots of the relevant attribute. Reducing the difficulty of the roll below 0 adds bonus successes instead. A student gains 1xp for a successful roll + 1xp for every 2 additional successes rolled.
 
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===Martial Arts===
 
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Martial Arts]]
 
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===Linguistics===
 
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Linguistics allows a character to speak 1/2/4/8/12 additional languages from Linguistics 1-5. However, there are a few notes.
 
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* Formal academic mastery of a language (which includes literature, historical, and cultural aspects) requires 1 additional language slot. An English professor who speaks no other language has Linguistics 1 (English; Formal English), for example.
 
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* Alien languages require more than 1 language slot. Most alien languages require 2+ language slots, and most of them require technological aids to communicate with.
 
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* Learning alternate expressions of languages also takes 1 slot even if they share common systems like systems of writing or speech. A character uses 2 language slots to speak both Mandarin and Cantonese fluently, and a character who understands English needs to pay 1 language slot to learn sign language and another to learn braille.
 
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===Unskilled Ability Use===
 
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A character takes dice penalties for using an ability unskilled depending on the attribute being used. A roll using a Physical attribute is at -1, a roll using a Social attribute is at -2, and a roll using a mental attribute is at -3. A Nova also reduces their effective Mega-Attribute rating by ''double'' the dice penalty. A Nova with Mega-Dexterity 3, Dexterity 8, and Ledgerdemain 0 rolls 7d and gains only 1 automatic success to pick a pocket.
 
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=Physical Rebuild=
 
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==Natural Lethal Soak==
 
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All characters, baseline and Nova, have natural lethal soak equal to Stamina/2. Novas no longer gain natural lethal soak as one of their special abilities-their increased toughness is represented by additional health levels, as listed below. All Stamina soak is Stackable.
 
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==Quantum and Soak==
 
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In Aberrant as written, Novas can spend 1 Quantum (up to their permanent Quantum score) to roll 1 die and add successes to soak for 1 turn. This is an incredibly inefficient and unpredictable defensive method, which is essentially pointless for most characters.
 
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''Instead'', in this system, a Nova may always pay 1 or more Quantum to roll their permanent Quantum score in response to being hit by a damaging attack. Each success reduces the damage of one attack by 1 health level-and each additional point of Quantum spent adds an additional success to this roll. This is an instinctive response and does not require the Nova to be aware of the attack, and may reduce damage down to 0 health levels. Although worse against being hit by about a dozen attacks, it's more effective against sudden horrific ones. Willpower may be spent on this roll for an additional success. This last-ditch defense is obvious, and generally manifests in a way in line with the powers and beliefs of the Nova in question. Although one can only attempt this once per attack, it may be used multiple times a turn, the only limit to doing so being the Nova's limit on quantum expenditure per turn. All Novas possess this last-ditch but relatively inefficient defensive power.
 
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==Health Levels==
 
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A baseline human has a health track of -0/-1 x 2 /-2 x 2/-4/Incapacitated. This is the standard 7 level health track.
 
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Novas channel Quantum through their body, increasing the toughness of their skin, muscles, and bones due to such rigors of channeling, and as they become more adept at channeling such energies their body becomes tougher in turn to allow them to make use of their mastery. Each point of Quantum a Nova possesses gives the Nova an additional -0 health level. Furthermore, each point of Quantum adds +1B/1L to the Nova's natural soak. Quantum-granted soak stacks with Stamina and Mega-Stamina soak, although it is not doubled by purchases of Resiliency.
 
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A Nova has a natural ''Aggravated'' soak of (Quantum/2).
 
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==Mega-Physicals==
 
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===Mega-Stamina===
 
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Mega-Stamina now provides, per dot:
 
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* Doubles the Nova's lifespan per level (x2 for M-Sta 1, x4 for M-Sta 2, x8 for M-Sta 3, so on and so forth.)
 
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* Increases the Nova's healing rates per level as noted in the core book.
 
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* One -0, one -1, one -2, and one -4 Health Level per purchase.
 
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* +1B/1L Stackable natural soak per purchase.
 
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===Mega-Attribute Clarification===
 
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Each Mega-Attribute counts as 2 dots of the relevant Attribute when calculating static values, but grant 1 success to all rolls based on that Attribute. No Attribute-increasing ability (save Node Spark) can grant a character Mega-Attributes anymore. Mega-Attributes are after all, powers rather than physical abilities, and you can't get Mega-Strength via bulging biceps or high-end artificial musculature.
 
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==Stacked Defenses==
 
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Stacking defensive powers becomes less and less effective the more of them you have. To allow the reduction in stacking effectiveness, there are now three categories of soak.
 
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* Natural soak: Natural soak comes from Quantum, Stamina, and Mega-Stamina.
 
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** Without Enhancements, Natural soak should equal (Quantum + Stamina + Mega-Stamina)B, (Quantum + Mega-Stamina + Stamina/2)L, and (Quantum/2)A.
 
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* Power-Based soak: Power-Based soak is gained from Quantum (or Psi) powers.
 
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* Armored soak: Armored soak comes from body armor or eufiber, or body modifications.
 
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Any character may only gain the full defensive value of one source of each soak type (normally the highest soak value). The second source of said soak is halved, the third source has its value divided by 4, and so on, to a minimum of +0L/0B from stacking. Round stacking soak values down. Note that some soak is noted to be ''Stackable'', primarily soak gained from body modifications. This means you add up all sources of stackable soak and treat it as one source of soak.
 
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Example: A Nova with Eufiber 4 (+4B/4L soak), Advanced Body Armor (+6B/6L soak), and Subdermal Armor (+2B/2L soak) with a Hyperdense Skeleton (+2B/1L soak) calculates his armored soak by taking the full value of his Advanced Body Armor (6B/6L), then halving the value of his Eufiber (4B/4L halves to 2B/2L), and then quartering the value of his body modification soak (4B/3L quarters to 1B/0L), giving him a total of 9B/8L soak from armor, rather than 14B/13L.
 
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==Armor==
 
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Armor is destroyed if an attack has raw damage equal to its Destruction rating, with damage adds counting double. An armor's penalty decreases the user's dice pool for actions such as running, dodging, leaping, and so forth. It also adds to the difficulty of all rolls to resist exertion. Furthermore, the heavier and more tiring the armor, the harder it is for a character to act. A character must have both (Strength + Might) and (Stamina + Endurance) equal to (2 + total mobility penalty), or takes a -1 dice penalty to all rolls for every dot he falls short of this requirement.
 
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Some particularly light armor is now considered to be "lightweight" and has no strength or stamina requirements. Armored T-Shirts, Reinforced Clothing, and Eufiber are the only lightweight armor in the core.
 
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===Stacking Armor===
 
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A character may wear multiple suits of armor, but stacking thick and heavy armor is a great way to exhaust oneself. Wearing more than 1 source of armored soak adds an additional -1 to mobility penalty above and beyond the total penalty of the armor. Body modifications do not generally count for this unless explicitly stated.
 
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=Mental Rebuild=
 
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==Science (or is it SCIENCE!)==
 
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To fully clarify, there are three "types" of technical advancement in ''Aberrant''. Conventional science, super-science, and Devices.
 
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'''Conventional''' science is stuff that fully meshes with the laws of physics and requires no exotic ingredients, nor does it play with the nigh-magical forces that the Inspired possess. Conventional science creates things like suborbitals, advanced body armor, railguns, powersuits, the occasional robot, fusion reactors, pollution-eating microbes, genetic enhancements, the list goes on and on. Anyone, baseline or Inspired, can advance conventional science.
 
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'''Super-science''' isn't the same thing as cutting edge science. It's research and development which requires exotic, Nova-created ingredients or perhaps uses Noetic or Quantum forces (as opposed to small-q quantum). Super-science can be duplicated by baselines with the right materials, but cannot be advanced by baselines. Super-science developments include FTL drives, Soma, Eufiber based infrastructure, hypercore rounds, and several varieties of free-floating active nanotech.
 
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'''Devices''' are handcrafted systems which are unique to the creator and their harnessing of Quantum or Noetic forces. Devices can be created by the Inspired but cannot be duplicated (although there are Devices that are similar enough to have identical game effects) because they are personal expressions of power, rather than technical advancements per se.
 
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==Advancement==
 
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To create an advancement (either mundane or super-science) a character must have sufficient dots in the ability to make an advancement, typically 4+ in the primary ability and 3+ in at least two related abilities (so a character attempting to develop a fusion reactor needs Science[Physics] 4 and Engineering and Computers 3, for example), while his lab assistants need either 4+ in a related ability or 3+ in the primary ability (so said character could be assisted by an engineer with Engineering 4, or a physicist with Science[Physics] 3). Advancements typically are rolled for over the course of weeks or months, and best done during downtime. Each lab assistant adds +2d to this roll, up to the lower of (Charisma or [Primary Ability]) assistants.
 
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Minor advancements (inventing the iPod, assembling already-existing technology into a new product) use 1 week as an interval for the roll, while major ones (developing sentient AI, creating a new species, curing aging, etc) require 1 month per roll interval. Typically a character must accumulate 20-100 successes although particularly bleeding-edge projects may require far more than this.
 
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Super-science advancements require the character to be Inspired ''and'' use a roll interval of 2 months. Baseline lab assistants for super-science must have 4+ in the primary ability and 3+ in at least two related abilities, while Inspired (Nova/Psion/Paramorph) lab assistants may use the standard rules instead.
 
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==Gadgeteering, 2.0==
 
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To create a gadget, a character rolls Intelligence + (Science or Engineering, choose lower). Biological gadgets replace this with Intelligence + (Science or Medicine, choose lower), while software gadgets use Intelligence + (Computers or Engineering, choose lower). Each assistant (up to Intelligence + Charisma assistants) adds 1d to this total if they have either Science or Engineering at 2+, 2d if they have both abilities at 2+ or 1 ability at 4+, and 3d if they have both abilities at 4+. Inspired assistants (Novas, Psions/Psiads, Paramorphs) add an additional 1d to the roll. If the character has a relevant power (such as Matter Creation for hardtech gadgets, Biomanipulation for living, or Cyberkinesis for software) add the power rating in dice to the roll.
 
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Each roll is roughly 1 week of work time. Each success on the roll becomes 1 NP, which is used to purchase attributes, abilities, and powers for the gadget. All gadgets start at Quantum 0 and have no Quantum pool. A gadgeteer is limited in the power of the gadgets he or she builds as well-a gadgeteer cannot build a gadget with a Quantum higher than his (Mega-Intelligence + 1) or Quantum, whichever is lower, and may not spend more NP on non-Quantum categories than 2*[Intelligence + Relevant Ability] for a non-autonomous gadget, or 3*[Intelligence + Relevant Ability] for an autonomous gadget.
 
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If a gadget is defined as an autonomous system, it requires at least 1 dot of Intelligence to interpret commands and/or act autonomously. An autonomous gadget may only use its own dice pools.
 
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===Gadget Items===
 
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Many gadgets have mundane origins which provide their own benefits-an enhanced suit of full plate which projects a forcefield, an assault rifle with a few special firing modes, so on and so forth. A gadget retains these mundane benefits, such as armor soak, mundane offensive ability, and so on.
 
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Furthermore, a gadget may potentially be built tougher or do more damage than its mundane counterparts, via the proper use of Enhancements, "Body Modifications", and powers. Although powers typically enhance both the user and the gadget, body modifications modify the gadget itself.
 
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Most importantly, extra health levels provided by Mega-Stamina or body modification do not affect the user, although they do enhance the gadget itself.
 
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===Augmentation===
 
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Non-autonomous gadgets are often used to augment, rather than replace, a user's prowess. Therefore, it is possible for a character to pay triple NP for an attribute or ability to have it add to, rather than replace, the user's rating. For example, a Nova gadgeteer might make a suit of powered armor, paying 3 NP to have it add +2 to strength and another 6 NP to have it add +1 to Mega-Strength. A gadgeteer may even pay 15 NP to have a gadget which amplifies his or her Quantum score.
 
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Note that Mega-Attribute limits still exist: A Nova may not possess enhanced Mega-Attributes above (Quantum + 1) or their attribute rating.
 
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===Difficulty===
 
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The gadgeteering roll is +0 difficulty by default. For every power the gadgeteer desires to add which he or she lacks at the desired level but can study in a lab, add +1 to difficulty. For every power the gadgeteer desires to add which she cannot study in a lab, add +2 to difficulty. Increasing the gadget's lifespan past 1 month adds +1 or more difficulty. To make a gadget easy to maintain, halving its effective NP for maintenance purposes, add +2 difficulty. A gadget with more individual Quantum powers (including Mega-Attributes) than the gadgeteer has Mega-Intelligence adds an additional +1 difficulty to its roll.
 
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Remember, difficulty subtracts from the successes gained from each roll.
 
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===Limits===
 
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No power on the gadget may have a rating higher than the gadgeteer's (Mega-Intelligence + 1), or the rating the gadgeteer possesses it at, whichever is higher (although the maximum rating of a power is still limited to Quantum or 5, whichever is higher). Powers the gadgeteer lacks may not be rated higher than (Mega-Intelligence) or the rating of the studied subject, whichever is ''lower''.
 
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A gadget must fuel its abilities from its internal battery, and requires it for normal operating. If it lacks such a battery, a Nova may fuel its powers from his own Quantum Pool, but this requires double cost. Furthermore, a gadget without a quantum storage system of some sort costs the Nova 1 quantum point whenever the Nova wishes to take advantage of its abilities, attributes, or enhancements above and beyond any costs for powers. Recharging a gadget's Quantum pool costs 2 Quantum per point of Quantum it possesses, although gadgets slowly regenerate Quantum at 1 point/hour.
 
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===Maintenance===
 
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A gadget's lifespan is considered to be 1 month by default. Doubling this lifespan adds +1 to difficulty of the creation roll, quadrupling it adds +2, and so on. As an alternative, the character may attempt maintenance, using the same pool that he or she used to create the gadget to repair it. Maintenance requires a gadgeteer to roll as many successes as the gadget has NP to fully refurbish it for another interval of lifespan, but the interval of the roll is days instead of weeks.
 
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After a gadget's lifespan is up, every time it is used, a gadget takes 1 unsoakable, unhealable aggravated health level.
 
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===New Background: Gadget===
 
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A character may possess a gadget at character generation, paying background points for the gadget. Given the power of this background, gadget background dots cost ''triple''-Gadget 1 costs 3 background dots, Gadget 3 costs 9, and so on. The background costs are given for non-autonomous gadgets. Autonomous gadgets can be purchased with this background, but gain +5 NP for buying basic attributes/abilities and have no maximum item cost, although the ST should veto building autonomous gadgets off of expensive objects such as superfighters without a very good excuse. The system is supposed to let you buy robot girls, quantum powered gun drones, and other toys, not get yourself a flying battleship.
 
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Note that Gadgets must buy their first level of Quantum with NP, cannot take powers Tainted, and start with a Quantum pool of 0, which must be bought up for the gadget to be useful.
 
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:Gadget *: The character has a trivial gadget with 10 NP, built off of any item with a cost of *** or less. A gadget of this rating may possess up to two separate Quantum powers or Mega-Attributes with a rating no higher than ** in any.
 
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:Gadget **: The character has a minor gadget with 12 NP, built off of any item with a cost of *** or less. A gadget of this rating may possess up to three separate Quantum powers or Mega-Attributes with a rating no higher than ** in any.
 
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:Gadget ***: The character has a moderately powerful gadget with 15 NP, built off of any item with a cost of **** or less. A gadget of this rating may possess up to three separate Quantum powers or Mega-Attributes with a rating no higher than ** in any.
 
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:Gadget ****: The character has a powerful gadget with 18 NP, built off of any item with a cost of **** or less. A gadget of this rating may possess up to four separate Quantum powers or Mega-Attributes with a rating no higher than *** in any.
 
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:Gadget *****: The character has an extremely powerful gadget with 20 NP, built off of any item with a cost of ***** or less. A gadget of this rating may possess up to four separate Quantum powers or Mega-Attributes with a rating no higher than *** in any.
 
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==Anticipation==
 
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Oftentimes in ''Aberrant'' people will play characters smarter than they are. Far smarter, in fact. Due to this, a player may not consider an element in the story or predict a turn of events which the character, by all rights, should have been able to predict and prepare for. Modifying the Anticipation system from nWoD: Mirrors, this section covers how a Mega-Intelligent (or in certain cases, Mega-Witty or Mega-Perceptive) Nova may be able to alter a situation to their advantage.
 
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===Requirements===
 
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To be capable of using Anticipation, the character must have a relevant Mega-Mental attribute, or an Ability Mastery. A character may do this a number of times per scene equal to (1 + Highest Mega-Mental Attribute). Being able to predict a situation isn't just about raw intellect, after all. Someone superhumanly perceptive can twig onto extremely minor changes in tone or disposition which might betray future plans, while someone with superhuman thinking speed and poise can run through a half-dozen scenarios with their merely human intellect. At the ST's discretion, low average mental abilities may prevent the use of Anticipation without spending WP, or forbid it entirely. Planning is not all about perception, or thinking quickly, or thinking well. It requires all three elements.
 
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Alternatively, characters without a relevant Mental Attribute may attempt this if their total (relevant Attribute + Ability) dice pool is above 7 and they spend 1 Willpower. They may only do this once per scene. Only the extremely skilled are going to have sufficient ''actual'' genius in the field for them to be capable of doing such feats.
 
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===Systems===
 
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During a situation where the player thinks their character could have anticipated, the character may roll a Mental Attribute and Ability combination which makes sense. Examples would be "Wits + Empathy" to plan for a social encounter or predict the actions of a hated nemesis, "Intelligence + Tactics" or "Intelligence + Security" to have a safehouse already set up when you're on the run, "Wits + Computers" to have infiltrated a virus into the security system ten minutes ago when you were at that unattended terminal, so on and so forth.
 
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Successes on that roll translate to points which can be used to access effects. These effects must make some degree of sense. Effects include bonus dice, inflicting penalties, having equipment accessible, so on and so forth. The opponent may attempt to counter as per the rules, either canceling out anticipation successes, or using his own anticipation successes to alter your
 
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====Example Effects====
 
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* 1 success: Having a small item on hand ("I thought we might run into guys with guns, so I happened to be wearing a bulletproof vest")
 
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* 1 success: +/- 1d on any one dice roll (yours or the opponents), cannot add more than +/-3 to any one roll ("I could see that he favored his right eye. If I made a run for it when he was only looking at me with his left, I'd have a better chance.")
 
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* 1 success: Define a minor element of the scene ("There happens to be an abandoned building a block away which is pretty empty, we could hide there.")
 
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* 2 successes: Having a larger item on hand ("I thought we might face that guy. Fortunately I have a RPG over here somewhere.")
 
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* 2 successes: 1 temporary background dot (Allies, Followers, Resources/etc) for the scene
 
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* 2 successes: reroll any one failed or botched roll for the scene.
 
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* 3 successes: Define a major scene element ("You just happened to have stepped into a minefield." "I shut down the security five minutes ago.")
 
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* 3 successes: Change an already taken action ("Okay, I read about the minefield and so I don't step into it, but hose the ground down with high-explosive 30mm shells instead.")
 
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====Complications====
 
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* +1-4: Desired effects are extremely unlikely ("You want me to believe that you, a law-abiding citizen, happen to have stashed a RPG and a half-dozen reloads in your car's trunk?")
 
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* +2: Repeating the same effect again and again. Don't be boring!
 
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* +2: Desired effect does not mesh with setting ("You're in an affluent neighborhood. An abandoned building nearby? Really?")
 
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=Social Rebuild=
 
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Do you like Sway? I like Sway! Get nWoD Mirrors!
 
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==Sway==
 
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Making a character do what you want is simple, in practice. Any logical combination of Attribute and Ability can be used to attempt to create Sway, which the subject may resist via straight Willpower and bonuses from Wits/Enhancements, or a related Attribute + Ability combination if so desired. Unsuccessful attempts to generate Sway create a cumulative +2 difficulty penalty for rolling the same attribute/ability combination during the scene, and a cumulative +1 difficulty penalty for any other attempts to create Sway. Botching extends the penalty duration for the rest of the story, or permanently if the character was attempting to create Intimate Sway.
 
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By default, this roll is over the timeframe of one day, which covers several hours' worth of schmoozing someone. Reducing the time taken for this roll increases difficulty:
 
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* 1 hour: +1 difficulty
 
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* half-hour: +2 difficulty
 
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* 10 minutes: +3 difficulty
 
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* 5 minutes: +4 difficulty
 
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* 1 minute: +5 difficulty
 
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Each net success over the opponent's defense and the difficulty creates one point of Sway of the given type (Casual or Intimate) which can be used to make the target take a desired action. Each individual action costs 1 point of Sway, so if you wanted for someone to "stop chatting, tell your friend to go home, and go help me with this project", that would cost 3 points of Sway, one for getting your lab partner to stop chatting, another to make him ask his friend to leave, and a third to help you with your stuff. The opponent may resist Sway with Willpower, paying 1WP to cancel out 1 point of Sway. If canceled with WP, any attempt to demand a similar condition automatically fails for the rest of the scene.
 
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Extending the influence of your actions for a scene costs 1 additional point, extending them for a session costs 2, and extending them for an entire story costs 5. Extending your influence longer, to years or even permanently, can easily cost far more successes than that and is the result of weeks or months of constant influence.
 
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===Casual===
 
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Casual sway has no significant emotional component and is generally short lived. It is most useful for forming the basis of a personal relationship, creating vague positive or negative feelings, or getting minor favors done which might cause some trouble for the other character, but is not capable of doing anything more than that. Getting your captor to hand you his gun is not something casual sway can do, but it might let you stall him for long enough to build a rapport. Casual Sway cannot be extended past a scene, and fades at 1 point/day.
 
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It requires 2*willpower successes worth of Casual Sway to start creating Intimate Sway. For most normal people, that requires days of work, but a particularly capable Nova may be able to become your best friend in a handful of minutes.
 
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===Intimate===
 
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Intimate sway has an emotional component, and attempting to build it also renders you vulnerable to similar attempts, for it requires bonding and understanding the other party as a person (or pretending to be, you could be a sociopathic asshole after all). Intimate sway can allow you to make a target act against his morals or ideology, take actions which might cause them serious trouble, have them abandon long-held beliefs or change the target's opinion on an important issue, or even temporarily change the character's Demeanor. The few things it cannot do are change the character's Nature, make them take actions that directly lead to self-harm (such as jumping off a bridge or in front of a bus) unless they're already inclined towards that, or permanently change their personality.
 
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===Bonuses and Penalties===
 
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There are social "weapons" that can be used to give bonuses to Sway attempts, such as Influence, Backing, Fame, high appearance, having a loaded gun to the victim's head, threatening his children, so on and so forth. These bonuses tend to increase the dice of the person attempting to Sway others, or may alternatively increase the difficulty of resistance. On the flipside, social "armor" exists that protects against Sway. Having a ideological or ethical objection to the task requested (+1-5 diff), negotiating from a position of strength (+1-5 diff), being requested to perform an action which could be dangerous to life or social standing (+1-5 difficulty) are all examples of potential "social armor".
 
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Similarly, if you're the one staring down the barrel of a loaded gun, difficulty penalties can often be insane. A Mega-Charismatic Nova with no non-social powers staring down the barrel of a shotgun (+3 difficulty to Sway) against fanatics who absolutely loathe the Nova and what he stands for (+5 difficulty to Sway) might still be able to talk his way out of the situation if he's good enough and has enough time... but if he's about to be executed in a minute (+5 difficulty) that's a total of +13 difficulty and the opposition can roll to resist beyond that. Not a good position to be in at all.
 
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=Quantum Rebuild=
 
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==Chargen==
 
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* There is no longer any option to purchase Quantum via bonus points, because that was broken as all hell. Instead, characters start with 45 NP default instead of 30.
 
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* 1 NP now buys 2 attribute dots or 4 ability dots instead of 3/6 respectively. 1 ability dot may be traded in for 4 specialty dots.
 
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* Costs are altered: See below.
 
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==Quantum Pool==
 
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A Nova's base Quantum Pool is now calculated by: 10 + [(Quantum + Node) * 5]. A chargen Nova has minimum Quantum Pool 15, maximum 60, without buying expansions.
 
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* It costs 3 XP to buy +2 to Quantum Pool, or 1 NP to buy +4 to Quantum Pool.
 
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* As a clarification, 1 Aggravated HL sacrificed provides 2 temporary Quantum points. These Quantum points can be spent above and beyond normal Quantum expenditure for the turn-they do not count towards the Quantum/turn limit.
 
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==Taint==
 
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Each Dot of Taint provides the following advantages:
 
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* Aberrations: The Nova gains beneficial body modifications (large size, acute senses, hardened skin, etc.) per dot of Permanent Taint. This body modification must generally relate to the power/etc. the Taint was used to purchase. After the 4th point of Taint, these body modifications become ever more obvious, and ever more powerful. At Taint 1-4, each point of Taint grants 2 XP worth of modifications, at Taint 5-7, each point grants 4 XP worth, and at Taint 8+ each point grants 6 XP worth.
 
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* Reduced Cost: Taking a power or level of Quantum Tainted reduces its cost by 3 NP (at chargen) or half (after chargen) at the cost of 1 permanent Taint. This can give a power negative cost at chargen.
 
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* Transhuman Ascendence: The quantum energies coursing through the Nova mutate her body far past human limits, both for good and for ill. At Taint 4, a Nova chooses one attribute. This attribute no longer has a rating cap, and any body modifications or merits which adjust or eliminate this rating cap (such as Exceptional [Attribute] or Inhuman [Attribute]) are converted back into XP. Every point of Taint after that removes the rating cap from an additional attribute, so a Nova at Taint 8 has 5 attributes which have no limit to their development.
 
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However, each Dot has the following disadvantages:
 
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* Social Issues: A Nova suffers +1 difficulty on social rolls against others if the Nova's permanent Taint is 4 levels higher than the opponent, and this difficulty penalty increases by every additional 2 levels of permanent Taint the Nova has. A Nova with Taint 8 suffers a +2 difficulty against a Nova with Taint 2, and +3 difficulty against a baseline. This applies for ''all'' social rolls, including intimidation-the Nova is just ''so'' fearsome the opponent is driven catatonic or desperately tries to make a stand rather than telling the Nova what he or she wants.
 
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* Taint Radiation: At high Taint levels (8+) the Nova radiates Taint radiation, which can poison baselines and give Taint to nearby Novas. With one scene of constant exposure, a Nova or baseline with permanent Taint less than half that of another Nova must roll (Stamina + Resistance) at the end of the scene, the difficulty being half the difference between the Taint levels of the two Novas (round up). Failure means a Nova takes 1 point of temporary Taint + 1 more point for every point of permanent Taint a Nova has above 9, while a baseline gains 1 level of ''permanent'' Taint and the advantages and disadvantages of said.
 
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* Aberrations: The Aberration system is used as normal for disadvantageous or inconvenient changes. These changes are merely paired with beneficial ones. Minor Aberrations are generally minor physical changes which merely stand out, equivalent to 0 to 1 point flaws. Moderate Aberrations are generally equal to 1-3 point flaws, and should be disadvantageous to the character, or highly inconvenient. Severe Aberrations are equivalent to 4+ point flaws.
 
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Novas gain Aberration points with increasing Taint as shown below:
 
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: Taint 0-2: 0 pts
 
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: Taint 6-8: 2 pts/level
 
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: Taint 9-10: 4 pts/level.
 
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A minor Aberration is worth 1 point, a moderate 2, and a severe 4.
 
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==Temporary Taint==
 
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This section lists new and altered ways to gain or lose temporary Taint.
 
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===Quantum Recharging===
 
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Novas can unsafely channel ambient quantum energies, recharging 2 Quantum Points instantly at the cost of 1 temporary Taint. This supplements Dying for Power: A very desperate Nova can do truly insane
 
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===Power Maxing===
 
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A Power Max requires the character to pay double the cost of the power, although more Quantum can be spent (an additional amount up to the character's permanent Quantum score). The character rolls his permanent Quantum. The character gains 1 temporary taint for a failed max, and 2 if the roll botches. Successes on this roll (if any were rolled) are added to the number of additional Quantum spent and used to buy new features for the power. This is a reflexive action.
 
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*1 success buys +1d to the power's dice pool or damage, up to [Quantum].
 
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*2 successes converts 1 dice in the power's pool into a success. For powers which have a roll to hit and another damage roll, it converts both part of the to-hit and damage roll.
 
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*2 successes buys any desired Extra for the power.
 
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*3 successes increases the power's level by 1 for all purposes, including accuracy, damage, and range.
 
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*5 successes allows the Nova to alter the chosen power for (Quantum) actions, turning it into a similar but related power. For example, a Nova could pay 5 successes to turn Healing into Biomanipulation, or Bioluminescence into Quantum Bolt.
 
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====Power Maxing and Taint====
 
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A character may choose to take 1 temporary taint to add an additional point to their power max pool, or 2 temporary taint to convert all dice into successes.
 
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===Losing Temporary Taint===
 
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Characters may lose temporary Taint as listed in the core rulebook. Furthermore, a few additional systems help losing temporary Taint.
 
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*At the end of the scene, a character may roll Node. Temporary Taint is reduced by 1 per success on this roll. If this roll botches though, the character gains an additional 1 temporary Taint. It is the irony of the Nova condition that although a larger Node invaribly causes mental problems and Taint, it slows the accumulation of temporary Taint.
 
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*Taint Resistant Novas lose 1 temporary Taint every 24 hours.
 
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*2nd Gen Novas lose ''all'' temporary Taint every 24 hours.
 
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==Extras and Enhancements==
 
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Instead of how Extras work currently, an Extra can be purchased for a power for the flat cost of 10 XP per Extra, with a maximum amount of Extras equal to half the power rating, rounded up (so a power at Rating 3 can support up to 3 Extras). A power may use as many or as few Extras as desired, each one adding +1 to the Quantum cost of the power. Buying an Extra at chargen is worth 3 NP. This change makes L3 powers somewhat better because they can support just as many Extras as L1 powers, and gives an incentive to buy power ratings up. Furthermore, a power may also have Strengths (as per the Player's Guide) equal to its rating. Each Strength costs 4 XP or 1 NP at chargen.
 
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For Mega-Attributes, a character may support up to (Mega-Attribute + 2) Enhancements per attribute instead of an infinite amount, and may not stack any Enhancement more than (Mega-Attribute/2, round up) times.
 
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* '''Crush''': Crush damage is lethal by default, and if used to charge an attack for extra damage levels, the attack may take the form of a Smackdown (Str + 6 damage) or be aimed for 1 turn, instead of being a normal strike.
 
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* '''Accuracy''': Accuracy adds +1 to the accuracy of all Nova powers, and increases the Nova's maximum aiming bonus by 3, to (Perception + 3), as well as adding 3 extra dice on the first turn of aiming. Accuracy may be purchased more than once to stack the improved power accuracy, but not further increase aiming ability.
 
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* '''Hardbody''': Hardbody only affects Mega-Stamina soak, giving the Nova an aggravated soak score equal to his Mega-Stamina score normally, or twice that if the Nova also has Resiliency.
 
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* '''Shockwave''': Shockwave deals (Strength + [Mega-Strength * 2])B damage to an area [Mega-Strength x 10]m in radius, and forces a Strength + Athletics roll at Difficulty 3 to stay upright or fall prone.
 
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* '''Thunderclap''': Thunderclap deals (Strength + [Mega-Strength * 2])B damage to soft targets in an area [Mega-Strength x 10]m in radius, and those in that radius must roll Stamina + Resistance, difficulty equal to the number of levels of bashing damage they have taken, or be deafened. Surgery is required to repair this damage in baselines, but Novas regain their hearing immediately after healing the bashing damage.
 
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* '''Catfooted''': ''replace system with:'' Catfooted adds 1 success to any contested Stealth roll, and all attempts to track the Nova's footprints without superhuman senses automatically fail as long as the Nova does not botch her stealth roll. This costs 1 Quantum and lasts for a scene.
 
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* '''Physical Prodigy''': ''replace system with:'' +1 success to any Athletics, Performance, or other rolls based on physical prowess. This does not affect combat or dodge rolls. However, Physical Prodigy adds a bonus die to all Athletics rolls, including dodge.
 
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* '''Rapid Strike''': Rapid Strike adds [Mega-Dexterity] dice to any melee damage roll.
 
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* '''Adaptability''': Adaptability renders the Nova biologically immortal and adds (Mega-Stamina) dice to any roll to resist toxins or diseases which the Nova is not immune to.
 
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* '''Regeneration''': A Nova with Regeneration heals (Mega-Stamina + 1) levels of bashing or lethal damage per hour and heals half that many levels of aggravated damage each day. Regeneration allows a Nova to regrow missing limbs or organs in (30/Mega-Stamina) days.
 
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* '''Fast Tasks''': On extended rolls which require effort and knowledge, divide the timeframe of a roll by (Mega-Dexterity). Simple tasks such as painting or gardening can be completed in one combat round (3 seconds). When Fast Tasks is active, a Nova may take advantage of their increased speeds, reloading, drawing, or changing ammunition for weapons as a reflexive action.
 
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* '''Awe-Inspiring/Face of Terror''': ''replace system with:'' Awe-Inspiring gives +(Mega-Appearance) dice on Sway rolls where physical impressiveness is especially useful (commanding/etc), while Face of Terror does the same on rolls where raw horror may provide an advantage (for example, on torture). In ''especially'' fitting situations, a character may be able to add 1 success to the roll along with the bonus dice.
 
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* '''Seductive Looks''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Appearance) dice to any Sway roll where seuxality could be an additional advantage. In ''especially'' fitting situations, a character may be able to add 1 success to the roll along with the bonus dice.
 
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* '''Persuader''': ''replace system with:'' Reduce the target's willpower by (Mega-Manipulation) when calculating the amount of Casual Sway needed to start creating Intimate Sway, minimum 1 effective Willpower. Costs no Quantum points and is always on.
 
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* '''The Voice''': ''replace system with:'' Spend 1 Quantum to make a Sway roll via Manipulation + Relevant Social Ability, creating Intimate Sway, which has a difficulty of (Opponent's Wits). The victim may roll Willpower to resist. The timeframe of this action is 1 combat turn, but this can only be applied to one target and only may apply once per scene. Sway generated by The Voice ''cannot'' have its duration extended at all.
 
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* '''Commanding Presence''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Charisma) bonus dice to rolls made to create Sway which use superior rank or social class as an element of persuasion. In ''especially'' fitting situations, a character may be able to add 1 success to the roll along with the bonus dice.
 
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* '''Seductive''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Charisma) bonus dice to rolls made to create Sway via sexual attractiveness. In ''especially'' fitting situations, a character may be able to add 1 success to the roll along with the bonus dice.
 
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* '''Trickster''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Manipulation) to any roll made to create Sway that would convince a character of a fundamental untruth or otherwise deceive them. In ''especially'' fitting situations, a character may be able to add 1 success to the roll along with the bonus dice.
 
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====Mental====
 
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* '''Mental Prodigy (Any)''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Intelligence) dice to any roll made related to the field in question. Mental Prodigy: Tactics no longer adds +3 Initiative.
 
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* '''Quickness''': Quickness actions may explicitly ''not'' be split into multiple actions, and moreover allow all actions, including the use of Quantum powers. A Nova may not take any more Quickness actions than he or she has Mega-Wits.
 
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* '''Multitasking''': ''replace system with:'' Multitasking reduces multiple action penalties by (Mega-Wits). Multitasking is a permanent Enhancement which is always on and costs no Quantum points.
 
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* '''Discerning Mind''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Intelligence) dice to any roll to resist Sway. Furthermore add +(Mega-Intelligence) to the character's Willpower when determining the points of casual way necessary to create intimate sway.
 
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* '''Unfazeable''': ''replace system with:'' +(Mega-Wits) dice to any roll to resist Sway. Furthermore add +(Mega-Wits) to the character's Willpower when determining the points of casual way necessary to create intimate sway.
 
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* '''Electromagnetic Vision''': The Enhancement stays in effect for a scene. Adds (+Mega-Perception) dice for sight rolls instead of +3d.
 
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* '''Hyperenhanced Hearing''': The Enhancement stays in effect for a scene. Adds (+Mega-Perception) dice for hearing rolls instead of +3d.
 
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* '''Eidetic Memory''': The Nova may in effect have up to [Mega-Intelligence + 3] "phantom" dots of knowledge abilities stored in his memory, with no single "phantom" ability having a rating higher than (Mega-Intelligence/2 or 3, whichever is lower, round up) dots. These dots act as the ability in all respects, but are not actually purchased.
 
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===Strengths===
 
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Remember, no power can have more levels of strength than its rating. Each strength costs 1 NP or 4 XP.
 
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* '''Accuracy''': Add 1d to the roll to attack with the power.
 
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* '''Area''': Add 1 to the power's rating when calculating area, or add an area of effect with a radius of (Power Rating) meters for 1
 
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* '''Damage''': Add 1 level of bashing or lethal damage, or 1 die of aggravated damage.
 
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* '''Effect''': Add 1d to the power's activation roll. 2 levels of Effect adds 1 bonus success to a power's activation roll.
 
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* '''Multiple Actions''': 2 levels of this strength allows a power which normally cannot be used more than once a turn to be used more than once a turn.
 
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* '''Range''': Add 1 to the power's rating when calculating range.
 
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* '''Soak''': Add 1B/1L/(1A) soak if a power grants soak. This grants aggravated soak only if the power would normally soak aggravated damage.
 
  
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===New And Altered Extras===
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* '''Aggravated''': An offensive power with the Aggravated Extra deals half (round down) its normal damage and has half (round down) its range, but is aggravated. Claws given the Aggravated Extra deal (Claws) Aggravated damage instead, soaked separately from the rest of the attack damage, which is lethal. A power with the Aggravated Extra becomes more difficult to maintain. Powers with the duration of [Action] become [Instant], and powers with the duration of [Maintenance] or [Concentration] become [Action].
 
  
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* '''Area''': A power with Area may have its Area reduced down to a minimum of 1 meter radius whenever used.
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== [[Aberrant 2.0 Requests]] ==
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* '''Armor Piercing''': Armor Piercing attacks reduce enemy soak by 2 ''and'' gain +1 damage per threshold success, up to 5 (unless an Enhancement improves this). Armor Piercing may be bought more than once: every purchase after the first reduces enemy soak by an additional (power rating).
 
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* '''Burning''': Burning does half damage reduced by soak (round up) for (power rating) turns. Burning may be bought twice, so it does half post-soak damage (round up) instead.
 
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* '''Cloud''': Cloud adds +1 accuracy per dot of power to the attack.
 
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* '''Homing''': Homing powers subtract (power rating) successes from any enemy dodge roll and reduce penalties from distance and/or cover by (power rating). A Nova may buy Homing twice to render the power "fire and forget", allowing it to attack targets the Nova cannot perceive due to cover, lack of line of sight, or other similar factors (as long as the Nova could in theory see the target, i.e. the target isn't there and invisible). A fire-and-forget power must be aimed with a general target criterion (valid criteria would be "any human male", "anyone wearing this uniform, "any armored vehicle"). If there is any doubt about whether the power can acquire a target, roll the power's effective Intelligence of (power rating/2, rounded up). Success means it successfully acquires a target if one exists, failure means it dissipates harmlessly, and a botch means it rockets off and blows up an orphanage or something.
 
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* '''Impervious''': Impervious no longer ignores armor piercing and turns aggravated damage to lethal. An Impervious defensive power allows the power to add its lethal soak to aggravated soak, and reduces the effectiveness of armor piercing munitions and powers, subtracting (Power Rating * 2) from the effects of any hit by an armor-piercing attack or power. Impervious may be bought up to twice, stacking the effectiveness reduction to armor piercing effects.
 
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* '''Increased Duration''': The Increased Duration Extra changes Instant duration powers into Action duration powers, Action duration powers to Concentration powers, Concentration powers to Maintenance powers, and if bought twice for a Maintenance power, a Maintenance power becomes a Permanent power. As a Permanent power, an attack or other activated power can be activated at-will for no cost.
 
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* '''Increased Range''': The Increased Range Extra doubles the range increment, and changes long range to (infinite). Note that a Nova must be capable of perceiving the target to attack the target.
 
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* '''Mastery''': Mastery multiplies range and area of effect increments by 5/10/15, reduces power cost by 1/2/3 Quantum, and multiplies the effect of the power by 2/3/5. Each level of Mastery does not count as an Extra for the number of Extras a power can support. Mastery 1 is gained at Q6, Mastery 2 is gained at Q8, and Mastery 3 is gained at Q10.
 
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* '''MIRV''': A power with MIRV must deal at least 1 die of damage to every target.
 
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* '''Supercharge''': The Supercharge Extra allows a Nova to supercharge a power beyond what he or she is normally capable of. The Nova pays as much Quantum as she wishes in addition to the normal activation cost. For every multiple of the power's cost, add a temporary +1 to Quantum and +1 to the power for purposes of resolving effects only for one roll.
 
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: '''Example:''' A Nova with Quantum 3, Dexterity 4, and Quantum Bolt 4 supercharges it, paying an additional 10 Quantum. The Nova resolves his Quantum Bolt as if he had Quantum 7 and Quantum Bolt 9, rolling 13d for his attack and dealing 36L [14] damage. The target is advised to use last-ditch defenses if at all possible, even burning life for additional power to fuel said defenses.
 
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* '''Spray/Jet''': A power with the Spray/Jet extra only gains the accuracy bonus if the power is being used consecutively. However, the +1 difficulty to dodge spray/jet attacks remains. As a spray, the attack acts as a multiple-target burst attack, gaining (power rating) in accuracy but subtracting -1 to the dice pool for every target attacked beyond the first.
 
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==Power Alterations==
 
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Some powers now have a duration of "Action" instead of "Instant" (mainly offensive powers). A duration of "Action" means that the power cost must only be paid once every turn, rather than once every use in a turn.
 
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===Absorption===
 
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Absorption can increase a character's strength by up to (Quantum + Absorption) dots (rather than just Absorption). Under no circumstances does Absorption give Mega-Strength.
 
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===Animal/Plant Mastery===
 
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Animal/Plant Mastery gives the ability to talk to both plants and animals without an Extra.
 
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===Biomanipulation===
 
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Biomanipulation has Quantum Minimum 5.
 
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*Health Manipulation: Health Manipulation rolls (Stamina + Biomanipulation), adding autosuccesses equal to Quantum against a target's Stamina + Resistance. Each net success deals 1 lethal health level of damage. Health Manipulation cannot normally be soaked-however, Hardbody adds an additional (+Mega-Stamina) dice to the resistance roll.
 
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Given that Bodymorph allows the emulation of Level 2 powers, Bodymorph is now considered to be a Level 3 power.
 
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Boost is a reflexive power which does not take an action to activate, and rolls (Stamina + Boost) rather than (Quantum + Boost), each success adding a dot to the trait being Boosted. Boost may not increase a trait by more than (Quantum + Boost) dots.
 
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===Claws===
 
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Density Increase is no longer rolled, instead adding (Density Control*2) to strength, lethal, and bashing soak, and also multiplying the character's mass by that value rather than the written increase.
 
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Disrupt may be targeted at quantum-based constructs such as force fields, quantum constructs, and even self-guided quantum powers such as homing quantum bolts (when the attacker is out of line of sight) or the like. Similarly, it may be used to power block against offensive quantum powers.
 
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In this case, each net success on the (Intelligence + Disrupt) roll against the Construct's (Stamina + Resistance) becomes 2 levels of damage to the construct. Force fields and guided powers (homing Quantum Bolt, homing Disintegrate, etc etc) have an effective Stamina equal to (Quantum + Power Rating), and without a specific formula instead lose 2 automatic levels (or dice) of damage per success on a disrupt roll.
 
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In the event it matters, as some constructs may have regenerative abilities or fail to be incapacitated by certain types of damage, disrupt-caused damage is aggravated.
 
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(Element) Control is now a generic unified power, with power effects appropriate to the chosen element or weakened L1/L2 powers. Elemental Anima no longer exists, having been subsumed into Elemental Mastery. (Element) Mastery/Manipulation now generally has Quantum Minimum 4, with the exceptions being Spatial Manipulation and Temporal Manipulation due to the power sets of said.
 
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* Blast/Lethal Blast are one power, and have a duration of "Action" rather than "Instant". Blast does [Quantum x 3] levels and [Power Rating x 4] dice of bashing damage, while Lethal Blast does [Quantum x 2] levels and [Power Rating x 4] dice of lethal damage. The Rate of Fire of Blast is (Quantum + Power Rating) * 2. This is only relevant for the use of burst attacks and multiple target attacks.
 
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* Storm deals (Wits + Elemental Mastery) dice of lethal damage and reduces enemy dice pools by (power rating) if they fail an opposed roll (often Stamina + Resistance, although certain storms may be defined with more esoteric resistance attributes if the element is obscure enough).
 
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* Sphere uses the rules for Spatial Shockwave, with a radius of [Quantum + Power rating] x 10 meters, and a damage of [Quantum x 2] levels and [Power Rating x 4] dice of bashing damage, or [Quantum x 2] levels and [Power Rating x 3] dice of lethal damage to all in the sphere. Sphere cannot be blocked without a power or dodged without the ability to move outside of the radius of effect.
 
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* Shield can use one of several rules, with the player choosing the mode on purchase.
 
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: '''Soak''': The shield adds +2B/2L to soak per power level. This is commonly used for "shields" which emulate armor, such as Molecular Control.
 
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: '''Ablation''': Acts identically to forcefield, save it has [Quantum + Stamina + Power Rating] external health levels. Shields which ablate against enemy attacks (magical sci-fi energy shields) are represented in this fashion.
 
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=== Entropy Control ===
 
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* Bioentropy Storm: Bioentropy storm damage is unsoakable by any means, but still resisted by Stamina. Hardbody adds an additional (Mega-Stamina) dice to resist Bioentropy Storm.
 
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* Breakdown: Breakdown deals health levels of damage per success against targets, which cannot be soaked, against the target's Stamina. Simple or hardened objects such as fairly simple machines, milspec computers, and the like have Stamina 5+ and take 1 health level of damage per net success, moderately simple systems such as vintage (pre-hypercombustion) cars, WWII-era propeller planes, most high-reliability computers, etc have Stamina 2-4 and take 2 health levels of damage per success, while highly complex systems like cutting edge fighter aircraft, advanced electronics, and so on have Stamina 1 and take 3 levels of damage per net success. Breakdown damage is '''lethal'''.
 
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* Probability Corruption: The character now rolls Intelligence + Probability Control versus Wits + Luck (the Nova power). Each net success removes 1 success from the result of any roll the opponent makes, up to (Entropy Control) successes removed. Furthermore, a character affected by this power botches any non-opposed failed rolls and any opposed roll where he or she scores 0 or fewer successes.
 
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If a character has Wings, add +1 to the effective rating of the Flight power for purposes of speed and maneuverability for each purchase of Wings that the character has. Gliding Wings add +1 to maneuverability, but do not affect speed. To fully synchronize tactical and strategic flight speeds, flight now allows the character to move (Quantum + Flight) * 32 meters a round, or roughly (Quantum + Flight) * 40 km/h.
 
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Forcefield no longer gives soak. Rather, it gives temporary external health levels equal to (Quantum + Stamina + [2*Forcefield]) which regenerate at [power rating] levels/turn on the character's action. An attack which penetrates the field has to be soaked normally by the character, but loses as many dice and levels of damage (automatic damage levels are absorbed first) as were necessary to penetrate the field. So a character with Quantum 3, Forcefield 3, and Stamina 5 with Mega-Stamina 2 has a forcefield with 18 health levels that regenerates 3 of these levels a turn. If she was hit by an attack that did [15] + 20L damage that penetrated her field on the first hit, she subtracts the 18 health levels from the damage dealt (negating all 15 automatic damage levels and 3 damage dice), which means that she only has to soak 17L damage. If all health levels are filled by damage, a forcefield shuts down and may not be reactivated until the character's next action.
 
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*'''New Extra''': '''Feedback'''. A forcefield with Feedback deals damage to the attacker whenever hit. For every level of damage the forcefield withstands, it deals 1 dice of the same type of damage (bashing or lethal, aggravated is downgraded to lethal) to the attacker.
 
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*'''New Extra''': '''Volatile'''. A Volatile forcefield damages everything around the user when breached, dealing [Quantum * 2] levels and (Forcefield * 2) dice of bashing damage, or [Quantum] levels and (Forcefield * 2) dice of lethal damage to all targets within a radius of ([Quantum + Forcefield] * 5) meters.
 
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*'''New Extra''': '''Ablative'''. An Ablative forcefield negates all damage from the attack that pierces the forcefield.
 
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*'''New Extra''': '''Hardened'''. A Hardened forcefield has bashing, lethal, and aggravated soak equal to (Forcefield + 1).
 
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===Healing===
 
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Healing is now a Level 2 power, which rolls (Stamina + Healing) to heal targets. Each net success on this roll allows the Nova to heal 1 health level. Aggravated damage costs triple to heal. A Nova may heal even a dying character but that merely stabilizes them at Incapacitated.
 
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===Hypermovement===
 
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Hypermovement multiplies the ''final'' movement distance by 6 per level for both tactical and strategic movement.
 
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===Hypnosis===
 
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''Replace system with'': Roll Intelligence + Hypnosis against the target's Willpower. Successes generate Casual Sway over a timeframe of ten seconds (3 combat rounds). This Casual Sway fades at the rate of one point/day.
 
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Immolate now deals [Quantum] levels + (Immolate * 3) dice of bashing or [Quantum] levels + (Immolate * 2) dice of lethal damage to everyone in contact with the Nova. Immolate damage is soaked separately from melee damage.
 
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===Invisibility===
 
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Invisibility adds (+Invisibility) to the difficulty of any attack and Awareness rolls against the user unless the opponent possesses a total Perception + Awareness dice pool equal to (Wits + Invisibility + Quantum). Note that certain enhanced senses (Mega-Perception Blindfighting, or Hyperenhanced Hearing) may make Invisibility utterly irrelevant. Furthermore, Invisibility may negate difficulty modifiers for stealth due to poor conditions ''in addition'' to its normal bonuses, reducing them by (Invisibility) to a minimum of 0.
 
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: Psychic Invisibility is an alternative variant which relies on basically making people not pay attention to you. Psychic Invisibility works more easily without anomalous behavior-i.e. instead of rolling Stealth, a character using Psychic Invisibility rolls (Manipulation + Psychic Invisibility), adding Quantum automatic successes, versus a target's (Wits + Awareness + Willpower). Psychic Invisibility masks one's signature more thoroughly (because the sensor readings are there, they just don't pay any attention to them), but the difficulty of the Manipulation + Psychic Invisibility roll increases with anomalous behavior.
 
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:: Improperly dressed (wearing heavy body armor at a formal ballroom dance, wearing swim trunks and nothing else in the middle of a warzone): +1
 
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:: Personnel already on alert: +1
 
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:: Dealing with paranoids: +1
 
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:: Minor anomalous behavior (not following a directive, going a different direction to the crowd): +1
 
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:: Calling attention to oneself (talking, taking unusual action, etc): +2
 
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:: Doing something threatening (pointing a gun at a person's head, unsheathing a knife, etc): +2
 
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===Luck===
 
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Luck can be used multiple times per scene at higher levels: A character may use Luck up to (Luck/2) times a scene, round up. Furthermore, when used to augment an ability/attack/damage/defense roll, Luck is added to the roll as bonus dice (or successes for defense rolls), it is only rolled to influence random events.
 
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===Matter Creation===
 
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Instead of sacrificing 1 permanent WP point to make items permanent, the character sacrifices 1 permanent Quantum point instead. Furthermore there are no restrictions on how much damage they can do. If you get enough successes summon a railgun out of thin air. Go wild!
 
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===Mental Blast===
 
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Mental Blast is now Duration [Action] rather than [Instant] and deals 2 levels of bashing damage per net success rather than 1.
 
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*'''New Extra''': Lethal-Mental Blast deals lethal, rather than bashing, damage, causing severe neurological trauma.
 
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*'''New Extra''': Disruptive-The action after being successfully attacked by Mental Blast, the victim takes an additional -(Mental Blast/2) dice penalty, rounded up. This penalty does not stack and lasts for one turn.
 
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===Node Spark===
 
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Node Spark's artificially added abilities last for a ''scene''. Node Spark automatically induces some temporary Taint-a character gains a number of temporary points of Taint equal to (1 + number of 1s rolled).
 
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===Psychic Shield===
 
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===Quantum Bolt===
 
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Quantum Bolt is now Duration [Action] rather than [Instant] and can switch between lethal and bashing damage as desired. Quantum Bolt has a RoF of (Quantum + Power Rating) * 2.
 
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* Bashing Damage: [Quantum * 3] levels + [Quantum Bolt * 5] dice
 
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===Quantum Conversion===
 
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As an offensive power, Quantum Conversion deals [Quantum + Quantum Conversion] levels of bashing damage or (Quantum + Quantum Conversion) dice of lethal damage and costs only 1 Quantum.
 
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===Sizemorph (Grow)===
 
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Sizemorph (Grow) gives a linear increase in volume. 1 dot is doubled mass, 2 is tripled, so on. Sizemorph (Grow) adds +2 Stamina and +2 -0 HLs instead of +1 per level as well, to even it out with the "Large/Huge/Giant/Gargantuan" body modifications.
 
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Shapeshift no longer allows the character to emulate powers. It only allows the character to shuffle attribute dots, change appearance, and manifest body modifications. Each success on the shapeshift roll allows the manifestation of 6 XP worth of body modifications, moving 2 physical attribute dots (or appearance) around, or adding +1 to a physical attribute (or appearance).
 
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===Spatial Mastery===
 
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* Ripple Shield is a Specialized (ranged attacks only) shield with the Deflection and Soak options (+1 difficulty, +2L/2B soak per level).
 
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Stun Attack now has an attack roll of Dexterity + Stun Attack and does (Strength + Stun Attack) dice of stun damage with (Quantum) automatic levels. Stun Attack is also Duration [Action] rather than [Instant].
 
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* Accelerate Time: Accelerate Time's extra actions, like all extra actions, may not be split.
 
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* Delay Damage: Delay Damage delays all damage from one attack by its net successes in turns, and a character may pay 1 WP to delay all damage from a blow until the end of the scene instead.
 
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* Dilate Time: Dilate Time reduces initiative by (Temporal Manipulation) per net success, but can be resisted by an opposed (Willpower + Quantum) roll.
 
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=New Additions=
 
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Expansion]]<br>
 
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Optional Rules]]<br>
 
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[[Aberrant 2.0 Paramorphs]]
 
  
 
[[Category: Aberrant 2.0]]
 
[[Category: Aberrant 2.0]]

Latest revision as of 23:20, 19 June 2013

Rebuilding Aberrant to deal with some of its most eregrious flaws.

Aberrant 2.0 Rules Alterations

  • Alterations to core system elements.

Aberrant 2.0 Combat Alterations

  • Alterations to elements of the combat system.

Aberrant 2.0 Character Generation

  • How to build a Nova character.

Aberrant 2.0 Abilities

  • Alterations to the Abilities found in Aberrant.

Aberrant 2.0 Mental Systems

  • Science, gadgeteering, and mental combat.

Aberrant 2.0 Social Systems

  • Social Combat, Sway, and other ways to win friends and influence people.

Aberrant 2.0 Quantum and Mega-Attributes

  • Alterations to Quantum, Mega-Attributes, Quantum Pool, and other facets of Nova superiority.

Aberrant 2.0 Power Errata

  • Changes to many of the powers available to Novas.

Aberrant 2.0 Equipment Errata

  • New rules and fixes for armor, vehicles, weapons, and chemicals of all sorts.

Miscellaneous

Aberrant 2.0/2.1 Quick Reference

Aberrant/Trinity 2.x Background Setting Elements

Additional Rules

Aberrant 2.0 Body Modifications

  • New and improved body modifications for Novas (and baselines alike, with the new system for cybernetics)

Aberrant 2.0 Chrysalis

  • The Chrysalis Trait revamped

Aberrant 2.0 Expansion

  • Rewritten weapons and armor section, with tags and other things.

Aberrant 2.0 Optional Rules

  • Optional rules for additional enjoyment

Aberrant 2.0 Paramorphs

  • Powering up the last member of the Inspired trio.

Aberrant 2.0 Shards

  • Alternative settings

Aberrant 2.0 Psion Rules

  • Psions

Aberrant 2.0 Trinity

  • A reimagined Trinity setting by yours truly.

Aberrant 2.0 Societal Changes

  • How to change society for fun and profit.

Aberrant 2.0 Changelog

Aberrant 2.0 Requests

  • Use this (uncreated) page for requests, suggestions, and other things.
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