Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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Action: Extended (4-30 Successes; each roll
represents thirty seconds of scouring; a
maximum of “Trail of Scales” rolls may be
made)
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: All accumulated
successes are lost, and the Media Scour is
concluded. The Dragon cannot try again for
twenty-four hours.
Failure: No successes are accumulated.
Success: Successes are accumulated toward
the target value, which varies depending on
how obscure the person sought may be.
Celebrities are always easier to find than
some random plumber who just happened to
swipe a Dragon Heart.
Exceptional Success: A massive number of
successes are accumulated toward the target
value. If the target value is exceeded by 5 or
more successes, the Dragon instantly knows
exactly where the target is and where he will
most likely be for the next few days.
While this Aspect is manifest, the Dragon
leaves shadowy footprints where she walks.
They last for roughly three seconds before
vanishing.
Master Master of of Secrets Secrets (Jack (Jack of of Sp Spades) Sp ades)
Intelligence serves no function if it
isn’t used to gather knowledge. But
gathering knowledge is so time-consuming.
You’d think that wouldn’t be a problem with
something as long-lived as a Dragon, but
impatience is a hard feeling to fight. To
research more efficiently, Dragons use this
Aspect.
Each odd point manifest grants a +1
bonus to Academics, and each even point
manifest grants a +1 bonus to Occult.
Research roll times are reduced to a fraction
with denominator equal to the points
manifest in this Aspect (so assuming two
points halves research time and assuming
five points reduces it to one fifth Round
down). Dragons very practiced in this
Aspect can research at breakneck speeds.
Type: Odd/Even
Cost: None
Dice Pool: None
Action: Reflexive
While this Aspect is manifest, the Dragon
sprouts two long fleshy whiskers in the
vicinity of her upper lip. Obviously this is
virtually impossible to conceal, which is
why the Aspect is locked in dark libraries.
Sympathetic Sympathetic Scale Scale (Squire (Squire of of Sp Spades) Sp ades)
Dragons, more so than the humans
they used to be, are hesitant to draw
attention to their weaknesses, and most
loathe admitting they have any. Still, the
notion that everything has its vulnerable spot
is a solid one, and Dragons who make use of
this Aspect take time to analyze and exploit
those spots.
Manifesting this Aspect lets the
Dragon aim actions at close range, sans the
drawbacks of defense loss and movement
limitation. Effectively, the aiming action
changes from a Full action to an Instant
action. In addition, the Dragon may aim
actions that normally would not be
associated with precision fire, like a
Persuasion attempt. She does so by seeking
out her target’s weak scale, then applying
her effort against that.
Each turn spent aiming an action
adds an additional die to the dice pool, up to
a maximum equal to the points manifest in
this Aspect. For ranged attacks, the
maximum is three higher than the points
manifest. Contested actions cannot be
aimed, and the time to aim an extended
action is based on the roll time of that action.
For example, aiming at a research project
with 30 minute rolls takes 30 minutes per
bonus die desired.
If at any point during the aim the
Aspect is manifest to a degree lesser than the
bonus accrued, all bonus dice in excess of
the active points are lost. For more
information on aiming, see the World of