Spie

Assassination allows the spie to instantly and irrevocably kill a target with a single attack. Under certain conditions, with the correct weaponry, a spie may carry out an assassination. There are lots of required conditions for an assassination. Assassination requires knowledge of the target’s anatomy. Whether a spie can assassinate robots and aliens is up to the referee.

Spies are naturally adept at not appearing as themselves. A spie can alter the appearance of her hite and wate with no effort at all. A spie can make herself appear 50% taller or 25% shorter. A spie can make herself appear 50% heavier or 25% skinnier. These changes in hite and wate do not require a task results roll.

Stun is a specialized martial arts attack used by tv and movie spies across the universe. Stun represents the single knock-out hand chop. The stun works best as a surprise attack but can also be useful in combat. The spie can only attempt to stun a target once per combat unit. The player must win an attack roll and a task results roll to stun an opponent successfully. The difficulty is equal to the MSTR of the target. A successful task results roll drops the target unconscious and uninjured to the ground. An unsuccessful roll inflicts no damage and leads to embarrassment and humour.

Spies have their style of deadly hand-to-hand combat. The martial art includes kicks, punches, bites, chops, head butts, and body slams. The martial arts ability is for unarmoured hand-to-hand combat only. Martial arts attacks do not use weapons and are only effective on targets in an adjacent hex.

A spie’s armour rating (AR) increases through dodges, parries, blocks, and rolls. This martial arts AR is for an unarmoured dress like a tuxedo or bathing suit. This armour rating bonus does not improve the AR of worn armour.

This column indicates the number of martial arts attacks the spie can make each unit. The number of attacks applies to the number of martial arts attacks that the persona can make. The number of attacks does not apply to any weapon attacks. A first level spie gets one martial arts attack per unit. A fifth level spie gets three martial arts attacks per unit.

An attack roll win delivers the damage listed. The player adds her Type B damage adjustment to this roll. The Type B weapon damage bonus (DA) is 1/4 of the persona’s physical strength. A first level spie with a 12 PSTR inflicts 1d4+3 HPS in damage. A fifth level spie with a 12 PSTR inflicts 1d8+3 HPS in damage.

The attack order is the secret sauce of the spie’s martial arts. The attack order allows experienced spies to get an attack roll in before and during their opponent’s attacks. A fifth level spie gets one attack roll before and one attack roll during the opponent’s attack. If this 5th level spie wins the initiative roll, she gets three attacks before her opponent. The attack order supersedes initiative.

Each assassination skill level reduces her assassination task results roll by 3DD.

Bribery allows the spie to convince personas to act out of context for remuneration. Some upstanding citizens may refuse any attempt at bribery. While others look at the additional remuneration as a business transaction The persona can use her bribery skill to slip across a border, get into a concert, or avoid a traffic ticket. Personas cannot bribe people into damaging themselves. Bribery has a DD range of 1-12 (1d12). The greater the risk for the bribee, the higher the degree of difficultly.

Blackmail is a variation on bribery where the target is a victim and does not benefit in the transaction. Blackmail has a DD range of 1-12 (1d12).

The spie uses casing to assess the risks of trying to penetrate a structure. Successful casing determines otherwise hidden alarms and security systems. Casing has a minimum DD range of 1-12 (1d12). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit.

Climbing tricks allow the spie to channel her inner monkey. Spie climbing is a combination of freestyle and parkour. Climbing has a minimum DD range of 1-8 (1d8). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit.

Concealment is the art of hiding objects on the body of the spie. The spie can hide weapons or money in her fat folds, armpits, fur, or orifices. The difficulty is adjusted depending on the intensity of the search. Concealment has a minimum DD range of 5-12 (1d8+4). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit. A successful task results roll allows the spie to sneak information or reveal information.

The spie can use this trick to encode or decode data. The encrypted material can take on any form the spie sees fit. The ref should adjust the difficulty to reflect the complexity of the code. Cryptography has a minimum DD range of 9-16 (1d8+8). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit. A successful task results roll allows the spie to sneak stuff past a search.

A spie can use her escape trick to avoid an otherwise inevitable event. A successful escape only delays impending doom. The spie can only use an escape roll to escape the impending doom. The spie can jump out of the way of a giant speeding robot, but she may jump off a bridge to do so. out of the frying pan and usually into the fire. Cryptography has a minimum DD range of 9-16 (1d8+8). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit. Escape cannot avoid plot or story points, but it may delay them for dramatic effect.

Forgery is the spie’s art form. Forgery ranges from falsifying legal documents to counterfeiting currency. Forgery is time-consuming. Forgery has a minimum DD range of 5-12 (1d8+4). The referee may modify this DD as she sees fit. A successful task results roll creates a passable document.

Interrogation is the formal or informal push for information from an unwilling persona. The spie can get information from a target by cajoling, deceiving, threatening, or hurting. The degree of difficulty is equal to the target’s mental strength score. An interrogation on a persona with a 10 MSTR would be a 10 DD maneuver.

A successful task results roll allows the persona to deceive lie detectors, immigration officers, legal cross-examination, or scrutiny. The lying trick should not replace an opportunity for role-playing. The degree of difficulty is equal to the target’s mental strength score. Lying to a persona with a 10 MSTR would be a 10 DD maneuver.

Bypass things that keep things protected. The locks include doors, boxes, safes, ignitions etc. Lock picking is non-destructive. Smashing a lock or shooting it with the Hollywood Unlocking Blaster is not lock picking. The nature of the lock decides the degree of difficulty. Tool locks are mechanical, and tech locks are electronic, comp locks may use facial recognition, and AI locks are the hardest to pick.

Picking pockets is any sleight of hand resulting in the transfer of wealth or property to the spie. The spie removes items from the pocket, flap, purse, or pouch of a primary observer. The degree of difficulty depends on the awareness of the target. The action rarely will deceive electronic surveillance equipment such as hidden cameras or alarm systems. The degree of difficulty is equal to the target’s awareness score. Picking the pocket of a persona with a 10 AWE is be a 10 DD maneuver.

Stealth is like spie camouflage. Stealth includes the ability to hide in the shadows, move silently, and avoid detection. The degree of difficulty is equal to the observer’s awareness score. Sneaking past a persona with a 10 AWE is be a 10 DD maneuver. The player must win a task results roll for every observer.