Latest revision as of 13:58, 9 June 2010

Helping Goddess (Investigation)

• Basic Investigation Protocol 1/1
  • Expert Investigation Protocol 2/2
    • Companion Investigation Protocol 3/3
      • Master Investigation Protocol 4/4
  • Personal Tracking Protocol 2/1
    • Remote Tracking Protocol 3/2
      • Tracking Tag 4/3
  • Read Criminal Record 3/2
    • Read Web of Criminal Associates 4/2
      • Return to the Scene of the Crime 5/3
  • Speedy Research 2/1
    • Facts at a Glance 4/3
    • Summary Report 3/2

Personal Tracking Protocol

• Cost: 4 motes
• Duration: One Day
• Type: Subtle/Mental
• Minimum Investigation: 2
• Minimum Moe: 1
• Prerequisite Charms: Basic Investigation Protocol

Sometimes, people have important information and you need to track them down to recover it. For a day, you can track anyone by rolling Perception + Investigation with a difficulty of their Moe.

Remote Tracking Protocol

• Cost: 7 motes
• Duration: One Day
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 3
• Minimum Moe: 2
• Prerequisite Charms: Personal Tracking Protocol

This calls up a minor spirit and assigns it to track someone for you; you remain in telepathic contact with it and can see through its eyes. The spirit automatically defeats mundane attempts to hide the trail and you can roll Investigation + Perception vs. the target's Moe to overcome non-perfect defenses against being found.

Tracking Tag

• Cost: 2 motes, 1 WP
• Duration: One Day
• Type: Subtle/Mental
• Minimum Investigation: 4
• Minimum Moe: 3
• Prerequisite Charms: Remote Tracking Protocol

This charm was originally developed for use in studies of animal movements. You must touch the target with your body or with a weapon you're using, then activate this charm. Roll Perception + Investigation vs. the target's Moe as difficulty. If you succeed, you can sense which direction your target is at all times while it lasts, unless he uses some form of perfect concealment. This may be comboed with charms of other abilities.

Read Criminal Record

• Cost: 5 motes
• Duration: Instant
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 3
• Minimum Moe: 2
• Prerequisite Charms: Basic Investigation Protocol

The Ultimate System tracks the criminal record of every criminal. This lets you hack their files and read that record. Roll Wits + Investigation in an opposed roll to the target's Manipulation + Larceny. The more extra successes, the more you learn.

Read Web of Criminal Relationships

• Cost: 8 motes
• Duration: Instant
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 4
• Minimum Moe: 2
• Prerequisite Charms: Read Criminal Record

In addition to storing your crimes, the Ultimate System also cross-references to your associates. This charm lets you pull a list of someone's criminal associates by rolling Perception + Investigation with a difficulty of their Moe.

Return to the Scene of the Crime

• Cost: 5 motes, 1 WP
• Duration: Variable
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 5
• Minimum Moe: 3
• Prerequisite Charms: Read Web of Criminal Relationships

They say that Criminals always return to the scene of the crime. With this charm, you can ensure it is true. Roll Manipulation + Investigation with a difficulty of the highest Moe among the criminals. They will return to the scene of the crime as quickly as possible, one criminal for each extra success, in order of least to most responsible.

Speedy Research

• Cost: 3 motes
• Duration: One Task
• Type: Subtle/Mental
• Minimum Investigation: 2
• Minimum Moe: 1
• Prerequisite Charms: Basic Investigation Protocol

The Helping Goddess accelerates her rate of researching something; she divides the time between rolls by her Moe +1.

Facts at a Glance

• Cost: 5 motes, 1 WP
• Duration: Instant
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 4
• Minimum Moe: 3
• Prerequisite Charms: Speedy Research

If the information you seek is to be found in the source of data you are searching, you can find it in a single turn by making a Perception + Investigation roll, difficulty 3.

Summary Report

• Cost: 2 motes, 1 WP
• Duration: Instant
• Type: Speech
• Minimum Investigation: 3
• Minimum Moe: 2
• Prerequisite Charms: Speedy Research

Faced with a huge pile of reports and data to read through, you can boil it down to the most salient points in a single turn by making a difficulty 3 Perception + Investigation roll. You can summarize 50 * Moe pages worth of reports in one shot.