(Advanced, Advanced) Trump Artistry
What do you do when
PCs just keep throwing points at Trump? The book only gives some hints as
to what some of the Elders are capable of - here's what I devised with the help
of some of my PCs:
Trump Mastery – no mere Trump Artist, anymore.
Having
already spent 60 points on Advanced Trump Artistry, your PCs now have a base
for something possibly even greater. Beyond the cost for Advanced Trump,
if your players want to spend the amount in parentheses, these powers could be
at their fingertips (or brush tips, or quill tips, or pen -- well you get the
idea).
- Trump Intuition (+5) -
ability to figure out who's calling.
- Direct Trump Spying (+10
for a total of 15) - ability to spy on people without having to hold or
stare at the cards.
- Trump-Call Waiting (+10
for a total of 25) - ability to detect and recieve a Trump call, while in the middle of
another. the calls can
be merged (everyone in contact with everyone else), one call can be halted
until the other's complete (although if you're in contact with a high
Psyche person, they may detect the call, too), or the call can be blocked.
the latter call may even
be substituted for the one in progress (that one, then, would either be
terminated or put on hold). to
get really good at this, (+5 to 10) more points should be added.
- Dimensional Trump
Transportation (+20 for a total of 45) - ability to draw and utilize
Trumps to other dimensions.
- Trump Backward (+5 for a
total of 50) - ability to send someone (possibly yourself) back through to
where they recently Trumped out.
- Living Trump (+20 for a
total of 65) - ability to transform your body into Trump energy, and in
essence, "Trump out" to anywhere (possibly to anyone).
- Combine Scenes (+15 for
a total of 80) - ability to use more than one Trump card, then merge their
pictures and auras, combining them. this can be done using a person's
Trump and that of a place (using the new card would then transport the
person to the place), two places (if they are both Shadows, this creates a
new, merged Shadow. if one is Shadow, the other real, some attributes of
the real place can be imposed upon the Shadow. if they are both real,
well, you're messing with the universe, someone'll probably find out, and boy, are you gonna get it!), or two
people (either merging their minds, imposing one mind on the other, or
even possibly causing someone to think they're someone else, maybe even
induce schizophrenia!). to
get really good at this, a suggested (+5 to 10) more points should be
added.
- Trump Oracle (+20 for a
total of 100) - ability to Trump yourself about 5 minutes into the
future. Actually, for a more expensive version, that range could ever be extended.
The benefit is thus: You can find out one way that the future may unfold.
The flaw: Soon after you've talked to yourself, your actions change to
destroy the future self that you just spoke with. Thus, as you gain more
info, your future self will begin to fade away until you can't speak to it
anymore. There should even be a refractory waiting period before you can attempt to contact another future self.
- Advanced Trump Mastery
(beyond a base of 100 and up )
- you have mastered the art of Trump. you
can do virtually anything you can think of with it as long as it pertains
to Trump. think out an idea, explain to the GM why Trumps would be able to
produce an effect like that, add another point to Trump Artistry (or how
ever many the GM says) for the new power, and it will be yours!
These Trump abilities as listed are totaled in
increments. That is, you may either add the (+) amount and gain that power
only, or the cumulative amount to get all the powers falling below that number.
Therefore, for a total of 15 points, you should be able to have Trump Intuition
and Direct Trump Spying ,
for a total of 25 points that have been added, you'd get those things plus
Trump-Call Waiting. If your GM allows, you could spend the (+) amount for
several of these powers, and pay no attention to the way they are listed here.
That actually seems like the way I'd run it nowadays.
