Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit

Every standard identity substitutes for at least one ability, by default, or more if taken as an additional feature. It’s only for taking actions that the ability it subs for ordinarily covers.

An identity does not sub for that ability for the purposes of coercing a shock meter or making a stress check, unless it has the Resists Shock or Coerces feature respectively.

Has Scary Problems

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Two versions of the I Have Scary Problems Identity are included. One’s mystic. One’s just the outcome of living a life of incipient terror.

I Have Scary Problems.
Supernatural: Specific Inform (for whatever those oranges and pencils and people in
crowds have in common).
Feature: Use Gutter Magick.
Feature: Casts Rituals.

I Have Scary Problems, of course I can maintain a poker face, be ready to flee at all times, awaken at the slightest noise.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Substitutes for Dodge.
Feature: Substitutes for Notice.

Obsesses about UFOs

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I’m Obsessed with UFOS, of course I can attempt geometry and trigonometry, spot the tells of CGI, process video frame-by-frame.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Substitutes for Notice.
Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit.

Steals

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I Steal, of course I can tell if that purse is a knockoff, clock an armored car, spot a pickpocket in a crowd.
Substitutes for: Secrecy.
Feature: Substitutes for Lie.
Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit.

Single Parent

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I’m A Single Parent, of course I can stretch that grocery budget, arrange a very complicated schedule, throw together a Halloween costume at the last minute.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Protects Helplessness,
Feature: Protects Isolation.

Detective

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I’m a Detective, of course I can run a plate, conduct surveillance, spy on your personal electronics.
Substitutes for: Notice.
Feature: Substitutes for Secrecy.
Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit.

Checker

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I’m a Mystic Seeker, of course I can discuss Tarot and alchemy, recognize the commonest ways to fake having magick,
tell mystic inspiration from drug-abuse babble.
Substitutes for: Notice.
Feature: Protects Unnatural.
Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit.

Beat Cop

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Of course I’m a Beat Cop, I can recognize the local “usual suspects,” interpret gang tags and police radio codes, maintain a calm facade.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Substitutes for Struggle
Feature: Provides Firearms Attack.

Trucker

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I’m a Trucker, of course I can stay awake, use my Teamster connections, fix basic automotive damage.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Resists challenges to Isolation.
Feature: Smuggle stuff and people over state and national lines (unique).

Police Officer

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I’m a Police Officer, of course I can fix your parking ticket, reasonably request entry to most places, find my way around town.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Provides Firearm Attacks.
Feature: Substitutes for Struggle.

Gym Rat

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I’m a Gym Rat, of course I can massage that sore iliotibial band, talk shop with the bike store owner, find a buddy to lend me a kayak.
Substitutes for: Fitness.
Feature: Substitutes for Dodge.
Feature: Substitutes for Pursuit.