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damage at the time. An adept with the silent form of this power merely needs to bump into, brush against or otherwise touch the target unobtrusively. The victim may not defend or counter-attack, but the attacker cannot use Combat Pool. The attack itself is not evident as such, and the target is not likely to remember the contact at all.

Once a delayed damage attack has been set in motion, the adept must sustain the power until it takes effect. During this time, the adept can perform no Exclusive magical activities and suffers a +2 modifier to all tests. The adept can drop the power at any time, but doing so dissipates the damage; there is no effect against the target.

Anyone who observes the target in astral space and achieves at least 2 successes on an Assensing Test (p. 171, SR3) notices the magical charge in the target’s aura. The charge can be removed before it takes effect by making a Dispelling Test against a target number equal to the Power of the attack, with a Drain equal to the attack’s Damage Code.

Adept assassins with delay damage and killing hands are capable of striking a victim with the confidence that the target will die hours later, when the adept has secured an alibi hun- dreds of miles away.

Distance Strike Cost: 2

This power allows an adept to “transmit” an unarmed attack over a short distance and strike a target without physi- cally touching them. The power has a range in meters equal to the adept’s Magic and inflicts the standard damage for an unarmed attack. The adept makes an Unarmed Combat Test as normal, ignoring Reach modifiers. The target uses Combat Pool

and Body dice to resist the attack as a ranged attack; in other words, the target cannot counterattack, and if the target rolls more successes on his or her Dodge Test than the attacker’s successes, the attack is a complete miss. Targets on the other side of an astral barrier cannot be affected by this power, on either the physical or astral planes.

Falcon uses distance strike against a corporate guard. Falcon rolls his Unarmed Combat 6, plus 4 Combat Pool dice, against Target Number 4, gaining 6 successes. The guard first makes a Dodge Test using 5 Combat Pool dice against Target Number 4, getting 4 successes. He then makes a Damage Resistance Test using his Body 4 against a Target Number 5 (Falcon’s Strength 7 modified by his 2 points of Impact Armor), earning 2 more successes. Falcon’s killing hands do base 5M damage, so the guard takes a Moderate wound.

Empathic Sense Cost: .5

Empathic sense grants a limited form of magical aware- ness that allows an adept to sense the feelings of those he can see with his unaided vision. Make a Perception (4) Test and use the Assensing Table (p. 172, SR3) to determine the emotional information the adept gains. Masking can defeat this power, but if the adept using the empathic sense power is also an ini- tiate, resolve an attempt to penetrate the masking normally (see p. 76). Note that adepts using this power are not actually assensing, and so cannot use Aura Reading Skill; nor are they considered dual-natured.

Flexibility

Cost: .5 (Level 1) or 1 (Level 2)

Flexibility makes an adept’s limbs unusually limber, able to twist and bend more than a normal person’s. For each level of this power, the adept may reduce the target numbers for Athletics (Escape Artist) Tests by 1. This includes tests made to slip out of ropes, handcuffs and other such bindings as well as tests made to escape from a hold in unarmed combat. The adept can also make Flexibility Tests to squeeze through small openings and passages that would be difficult for a normal per- son of the character’s size to fit through, such as transoms, ven- tilation ducts, and other close quarters. The gamemaster may determine appropriate target numbers for such tests.

Freefall

Cost: .25 per level

For each level of freefall, an adept can fall a distance of 2 meters without suffering injury or making a Damage Resistance Test, provided that the surface the adept falls onto is not in itself dangerous. If the adept falls a distance greater than the allowance of the power, subtract the maximum distance cushioned by the power from the distance fallen before calculating damage. If the adept falls onto a dangerous surface—an alley covered with shards of glass or a burning floor, for example—freefall still pro- tects against the falling damage, but the adept may take damage from the surface at the gamemaster’s discretion.

Great Leap Cost: .25 per level

Adepts with great leap are able to make incredible jumps into the air and over long distances. Each level of great leap adds a die for Jumping Tests (see Jumping, p. 47, SR Comp). Each level is also added to the character’s Quickness for deter- mining the maximum distance a character can jump.

Roshi is being chased across the rooftops and comes upon a 10-meter gap between buildings. Roshi’s Quickness is 6, and he has great leap level 4, so 10 meters is the maximum distance he can jump. He goes for it, rolling his 5 Athletics dice and 4 great leap dice against a Target Number 10. He gets 1 success, so he makes the jump, leaving his pursuers behind to gape.

Iron Will Cost: .5 per level

The iron will power protects an adept’s mind from outside influence. Each level provides an additional die when resisting any attempt to control or alter the adept’s mind, including manipulation spells and critter powers. This power does not defend against illusion or mana-based combat spells.

Magic Sense Cost: .5

The magic sense power allows an adept to sense magical energies and effects within a radius equal to the adept’s Magic Attribute x 5 in meters. Use the Detection Spell Table (p. 192, SR3) to determine the target number for the adept’s Perception Test and the information gained. Use of this power does not make adepts astrally active.

Missile Mastery Cost: 1

An adept with missile mastery has such a highly devel- oped talent for throwing weapons that normally harmless items such as pens, credsticks and ID cards become deadly weapons in the adept’s hands. Adepts attack with such items using Throwing Skill. Unorthodox missiles such as pens have a base Damage Code of (one-half adept’s Strength, rounded down)L. Impact armor resists damage from these attacks. Items with an edge or point inflict Physical damage, while blunt objects inflict Stun damage. When throwing standard missile weapons, such as shuriken and throwing knives, adepts with missile mastery add +2 to the weapon’s Power.

Nerve Strike Cost: 1

Nerve strike allows an adept to inflict damage that affects a target’s nervous system. The adept makes a standard unarmed attack against a base Target Number of 4 plus the tar- get’s Impact Armor Rating. Rather than inflicting damage, every 2 net successes reduce the target’s Quickness by 1. If Quickness is reduced to 0, the target is paralyzed. Lost Quickness is recovered at a rate of 1 point per minute. Nerve strike is most effective against human and metahuman oppo-

nents. When used against critters, the base Target Number is 6 (or higher, if the critter has an unusual anatomy). Targets that lack a functional nervous system, such as machines, spirits and zombies, are immune to this power.

Quick Draw Cost: .5

The quick draw power allows an adept to use the quick- drawing rules (p. 107, SR3) to quick draw weapons other than pistols. In other words, the adept can draw and use a single melee weapon, missile weapon, throwing weapon or firearm in one action. The adept need not spend 2 actions to draw and ready the weapon and attack; drawing or readying the weapon and attacking occur in the action used for the Attack Test. If using a weapon requires a Complex Action, the adept may draw the weapon and attack in a single Combat Phase. If the weapon requires only a Simple Action to use, the adept can draw it and make two Attack Tests in a single Combat Phase. The adept must succeed in a Reaction (4) Test to quick draw. Quick Strike

Cost: 3

Adepts with the quick strike power possess the ability to leap into action with startling suddenness. This power allows the adept to act first in one Initiative Pass per Combat Turn. This action uses up the adept’s action for that Initiative Pass. This power cannot be used during an Initiative Pass when the adept does not have an action. The adept’s Initiative Score is not affected. The adept must be unwounded to use this ability. Rooting

Cost: .25 per level

By taking a Simple Action, an adept with the rooting power can become an immovable object. Each level adds 1 die to all tests to resist being knocked down, thrown, levitated or otherwise moved against his will. The adept cannot move while using this power but can otherwise act normally (includ- ing making attacks), modifying all target numbers by +2. Sixth Sense

Cost: .25 per level

Adepts with sixth sense possess the ability to immediate- ly sense personal danger and leap into action with startling suddenness. Each level allows the adept to roll an additional die when making Reaction Tests for Surprise (p. 108, SR3). These dice do not apply to any other type of Reaction Test or Initiative roll.

Smashing Blow Cost: 1

Smashing blow allows an adept to focus magical energy into a devastating strike designed to smash through barriers. The adept makes an Unarmed Combat Test against a Target Number 4. Add the successes to the adept’s Strength and compare the result to the unmodified Barrier Rating, determin- ing the effect according to the Barrier Effect Table (p. 124, SR3). This power can be devastating when combined with the

increased strength or strength boost powers. Smashing blow can be used against objects (including astral barriers) by adepts with astral perception; the power adds +2 to the adept’s Charisma for such attacks.

Slash ’n’ Burn needs to get through a door (Barrier Rating 6). He takes a moment to concentrate and focus his inner energies, then with a mighty rebel yell strikes the door with a smashing blow. Slash’s player rolls his Unarmed Combat 6 against a Target Number 4 (the gamemaster decides there are no modifiers). He generates 3 successes. Added to Slash’s Strength 5, the result of 8 reduces the Barrier Rating of the door by 1 to a rating of 5. Slash’s next roll generates 4 successes for a total of 9. Because that result is more than 1.5 times the reduced Barrier Rating, the door’s rating is reduced to 4 and Slash punches a half-meter opening in it.

Spell Shroud Cost: .25 per level

Adepts with the spell shroud power have the ability to “cloak” their presence from detection spells. For each level of the power, the adept adds 1 die to Spell Resistance Tests against detection spells only. Note that the spell shroud power does not affect attempts to read the subject’s aura via astral perception or otherwise spot the character in astral space; nor does it affect Masking Tests.

Temperature Tolerance Cost: .25 per level

The adept’s body is exceptionally resistant to extremes of heat and cold. For each level of temperature tolerance, the adept gains an additional die for resisting the effects and dam- age of exposure to extreme temperatures. This power protects against both the primary and secondary effects of elemental manipulation spells.

Traceless Walk Cost: .5

An adept with the traceless walk power can move over soft or brittle surfaces such as snow, sand, or thin paper with- out leaving any visible traces. An adept with this power makes no noise from contact with the floor or ground (though move- ment from clothes or gear may still cause noise); apply a +4 modifier to hearing-based Perception Tests. An adept with this power will not trip ground-based motion or pressure sensors. The adept cannot walk across liquid surfaces (but can cross deep snow without sinking) and can still be tracked by nonvi- sual clues, such as scent.

True Sight Cost: .25 per level

An adept with the true sight power is more resistant to the effects of illusions. Each level of this power gives the adept an additional die when making Resistance Tests against illusion spells and illusion-based critter powers.

TOTEMS

hough the totems in the basic Shadowrun rules are all animals, other totems embody figures from the natural world, forces of nature and mythological arche- types, among others. All totems use the standard rules, and any shaman the world over may use any totem.

ANIMAL TOTEMS