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Processes Information

The Strange

While Ruk science enhances the physical bodies of many who live there, for you the enhancement is all to your brain. Your neural connections are faster, your memory is greater, and eventually you learn to use these enhancements to patch yourself into the All Song like no one else.

Your abilities probably do not have visible manifestations, although some processors have enlarged craniums or small plugs or artificial attachments on their skulls.

Processors are most often paradoxes, followed closely by spinners.

Connection

If this is your starting focus, choose one of the following connections.

• Pick one other PC. You have information about one of her biggest secrets.
• Pick one other PC. You became friends with this character through the All Song.
• Pick one other PC. When he stands next to you, the difficulty of any task involving the All Song is increased by one step.
• Pick one other PC. You remember seeing this character once before, long ago, but you can't recall where, and it bothers you.

Equipment

Ruk clothing, light armor, one weapon of your choice, a healing kit, an umbilical, and an account with 50 bits.

Minor Effect Suggestion

You spontaneously regain 1 point to your Intellect Pool.

Major Effect Suggestion

You gain an unexpected bit of information from the All Song about the situation at hand or someone involved.

Tier 1

Knowledge Storehouse Enabler

You can choose three different areas of knowledge—history, geography, botany, quantum mechanics, and so on—in which you are trained.

Storage Capacity Enabler

You gain 4 points to add to your Intellect Pool.

Tier 2

Gliding Through the All Song Enabler

You can access the All Song from anywhere in Ruk without the need of an umbilical. You are trained in All Song navigation.

Processing Power Enabler

You add 1 to your Intellect Edge.

Tier 3

Unearth Knowledge (4 Intellect points) Action

You can access the All Song with such sophistication that you can ask the GM one yes-or-no question and get an answer. The task difficulty varies but is typically 3.

Tier 4

Find the Undoing (4 Intellect points) Action

Through observation and access to the All Song, you determine the weaknesses, vulnerabilities, qualities, and mannerisms of a single creature. The GM should reveal the creature's level, basic abilities, and any obvious weaknesses (if any). The difficulty of all actions you attempt that affect that creature—attack, defense, interaction, and so on—is reduced by two steps.

Tier 5

Self-Preservation Enabler

Your enhanced mental abilities give you training in both Speed defense and Intellect defense.

Tier 6

The Speed of Thought Enabler

Any time you would normally need to use Speed, you can use Intellect instead. This includes your Intellect Edge as well as your Intellect Pool.