Gray

Categories: For Players, Nechronica, Nechronica Classes

Posted:

June 1, 2024

Last updated:

October 9, 2024

Description

The truth is out there. It was a common enough phrase before the end of the world. In the final twilight of humanity, people begged for beings from beyond the stars to save them. Creatures the size of little girls started appearing, strange lights could be seen in the sky at night. Are we truly not alone in this universe?

No matter the truth, Greys are strange sisters. Oftentimes smaller, and using bizarre technology, they warp the battlefield. Hindering enemies, turning success into failure, the mere presence of a Grey will make the battlefield feel strange. Maybe they are here to save us, maybe they were created here on Earth, but no matter the truth, Greys are strange sisters.

Playing a Gray

Greys exist for one purpose. To make the enemy miserable. You have a suite of Hinder abilities in all manner of ranges. From Surprising Probe to the Matter Agitator Ray Supreme, you will excel in ensuring that the enemy is unable to make a successful attack. And should that fail, a Grey has a handful of roll inversions that might just come in handy.

New Terms

Laser Attack X: A Laser Attack is treated the same as any other type of Attack. As a note, it does not benefit from maneuvers that effect Shooting Attacks.

Reinforcement Points

Armament	Mutation	Enhancement
1	1	–

Special Skill

Abnormally Small
Timing:	Auto	Cost:	–	Range:	Self
Effect	Hinder 1 all Attacks targeting you. You can only take this Skill during character creation. When you take this skill, reduce the number of Mutation points your character receives during creation by 1.
Roswell, New Mexico or a small planet near Betelgeuse, it doesn’t matter. Anyone can tell by looking that you don’t belong here.

Skills

Confuse Ray
Timing:	Action	Cost:	3	Range:	0-2
Effect	Laser Attack 1. Apply either a Hinder Move 1 or a Support Move 1 to the target’s next move. This effect does not stack.
A blinding ray that muddles the senses. Watch the enemy stagger and stumble!

Matter Transferal Beam
Timing:	Rapid	Cost:	2	Range:	1-2
Effect	Choose an enemy. You swap places with them.
Bathed in a bright light, you and an enemy are both transported to your ship momentarily and swap places when you return.

Psionic Link
Timing:	Auto	Cost:	Special	Range:	Special
Effect	Once per game session, you may replace a Sister’s failed conversation check with a success. If it was a critical failure, you may instead replace it with a critical success.
How easy it is to know what to say from the outside looking in? Taking control of her mouth for a moment will soon be forgiven.

Mind Control Pheromones
Timing:	Check	Cost:	4	Range:	0-1
Effect	Target an “Attack” Maneuver. If the Attack is a critical success, the die result of the Attack Check becomes 1. If the Attack is a success, the die result of the Attack Check becomes 5. If the Attack is a failure, the die result of the Attack Check becomes 6. If the Attack is a critical failure, the die result of the Attack Check becomes 10. No effect can change this result.
A sweet smell permeates the air for a brief moment and they move like puppets. The fatal bullet lands harmlessly amongst the grass.

Matter Agitator Ray Supreme
Timing:	Check	Cost:	2	Range:	0-2
Effect	Hinder 2
Scrambling the target’s brain with a well timed shot from your laser pistol you can interrupt their thought process.

Surprising Probe
Timing:	Check	Cost:	2	Range:	0
Effect	Hinder 3 + Stagger
You probe… something. By any means the target is definitely surprised.

Mental Attention Replacement System
Timing:	Rapid	Cost:	3	Range:	0-1
Effect	Target “Action”, “Damage”, or “Check” Maneuver with a Range other than “Self”. Choose another Target for that Maneuver. The new Target must be a valid Target.
The mind is a simple machine. Replace one being for another. Where once stood a foe is now a fast friend.

Lightning Wizards Publishing