Bouncer
I’m a Bouncer, of course I can spot a fake ID, acquire drugs, get free drinks, hold my liquor, understand the club kids’ crazy slang.
Substitutes for: Fitness.
Feature: Coerces Violence.
Feature: Substitutes for Struggle.
Most identities fall into this category. They usually represent functional roles the character has (such as an occupation, vocation or hobby), defining personality traits or physical characteristics.
I’m a Bouncer, of course I can spot a fake ID, acquire drugs, get free drinks, hold my liquor, understand the club kids’ crazy slang.
Substitutes for: Fitness.
Feature: Coerces Violence.
Feature: Substitutes for Struggle.
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.
I’m Sort of Immortal, of course I can survive that fall, take that hit, endure those burns.
Substitutes for: Health.
Feature: Provides Wound Threshold.
Feature: Substitutes For Dodge.
I’m a Psych-Salad Survivor, of course I can register as mostly normal on the commonest psychological tests, resist sedatives, sit and stare at the wall without moving for hours on end.
Substitutes for: Lie.
Feature: Resists challenges to Violence.
Feature: Evaluates Self.
I’m an Authentic Thaumaturge, of course I can read a couple dead languages, spot mystic symbols incorporated into everyday objects, babble disturbingly.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Casts Rituals.
Feature: Every Authentic Thaumaturge starts play knowing two minor rituals of the player’s choice, or two chosen by the GM as being particularly likely to be useful (unique).
I’m a Zookeeper, of course I can get into the zoo, acquire poisonous snake venom, remain unbothered by the anteater’s incredible stench.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Provides Initiative.
Feature: Substitutes for Dodge.
I’m a Yardbird, of course I can play dumb, craft makeshift weapons, know when things are about to get ugly.
Substitutes for: Dodge.
Feature: Substitutes for Fitness.
Feature: Provides Initiative.
I’m an X-Ray Technician, of course I can move around the hospital without arousing suspicion, use an x-ray machine, tell you crazy stories about stuff that’s been inside people.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Resists challenges to Helplessness.
Feature: Substitutes for Status.
I’m a Weather Forecaster, of course I can introduce you to everyone at the local news station, identify cloud types, ridicule climate change deniers.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Substitutes for Notice.
Feature: Substitutes for Status.
I’m a Veteran, of course I can speak in military jargon, endure discomfort, kick nine kinds of ass on Xbox.
Substitutes for: Fitness.
Feature: Resists challenges to Violence.
Feature: Provides Firearm Attacks.