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            a pair of oddly purplish lenses down over the infrared light  ers. Only recently moved out of the laboratory, the Bleed-
                                                                           eld
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            source on the goggles’ brow, allowing the wearer to see objects  er has begun field-testing with a number of field ops teams



                                                                              testing
                                                       object
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            in Twilight as clearly as if they were manifested physically.  around the globe.around the globe.
                                                     hysically
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                            ly as if they were manifested
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            The process required to treat the lenses to render Twilight vis-  The Bleeder fires a focused microburst of energy in a
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            ible creates weird distortions of the physical world. While the  tightly constrained beam. Through processes not fully un-
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                                                                   y constraine
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                                                                             d
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                                                           s
            hunter is using the goggles to see Twilight objects, he suffers  derstood even by the scientists who discovered them, this
                                                                    d even by the scientists who dis
                                                               erstoo
                                        wilight objects, he suffer
                                                               d
                           goggles to see T
                                          e to notice anyt
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            a -2 penalty to Perception checks made to notice anything in  energy reacts violently with the quasi-biological functions of
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            the physical world.                               the vampire’s blood, with the net result that it evacuates the
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                                                                                     e net resu
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                             ALKYRIE agent may re
                                               q
                                                uisition a mo
               For four dots, a VALKYRIE agent may requisition a more  creature’s body, usually in a violent manner. Laboratory tests
                            V
                                                                          , usually in a violent man
                                                           es
                                                                           resu
                                               eric
                                              h
                                   k
            advanced model that can pick up trace etheric disturbances  have recorded results ranging from a minor leakage of the tear
                                                               h
                                                        anc
                                                                              ts ranging from a mino
                                                       b
                           a
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                                 p
                            t can
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                                                  d
                                                                ave recor
                                      p
                                                           e
                                                                            . In some test cases, the
            left behind by incorporeal creatures after they pass. These  ducts to vomiting. In some test cases, the blood actually shot
                            po
                                                               ucts to vomitin
                                                     ss. Thes
                                                   pa
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                           o
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                              real creatures after the
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                                                               out of the subject’

                                          p
                                                                                      ne red mist.
                                                                               ores in a fi
                            ftly luminescent
            traces appear as a softly luminescent purple cloud that trails  out of the subject’s pores in a fine red mist. While not entirely
                                                                              p
                                                           ls
                                                                            s
                                             le cloud that trai
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                                                                                  resents a minim
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                                                  e
                                                                                               a
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                                                                      d
                                                   d
            behind a spirit or ghost, enabling it to be tracked. The trail  eliminated, the weapon presents a minimal threat level to hu-
                            ost, ena
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                                                                iminate
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                                            e trac
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                                                       e tra
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                                                                                               h
                           es per point of Power the spirit entity pos-
                                                                ans and natural animals, as the
                                                                                         y
            fades after 10 minutes per point of Power the spirit entity pos-  mans and natural animals, as they lack the critical metabiol-
                                                                                           lack t
                           of beings that use the full nine Attribut
                                                                       p
                                                           e
                                                                        ire bloo
            sesses. (In the case of beings that use the full nine Attribute  ogy of vampire blood..
                                                               ogy of vam
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                                                                            h
                                                                          :
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            spread, such as a Twilight-walking witch, use the highest of    Function: The Bleeder is treated as a ranged weapon,
                           w
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                                                                bj
                                                                  ect to all the normal rules for ran
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            Strength, Intelligence or Presence.)              subject to all the normal rules for ranged combat. Attacking
                           ce or Presence
                                                                                             ed
                                                               su
                                       .)
               Etheric goggles have a battery life of six hours as a night vi-  with the Bleeder is a Dexterity + Firearms attack, with a +3
                           have a battery life of six hours as a night vi-
                                                               with the Bleeder is a Dexterity + Firearm
                                                               bonus to represent the weapon’s damage.
            sion device, or three hours when used to see Twilight objects.   bonus to represent the weapon’s damage.
                           e hours when used to see Twilight objects.
                                                                  Roll Results
                                                                  Roll Results
                                                           )
                                     The Bleeder (••)             Dramatic Failure: The Bleeder overloads and critical com-
                                                         ••
                                                        (
                                     The Bleeder
                                                                  Dramatic Failure: The Bleeder overloa
                            thing so much as a jackhammer wit
                                                           h
                           o
               Resembling nothing so much as a jackhammer with  ponents are thrown out of precise alignmen
                                                              ponents are thrown out of precise alignment. The wielder takes
                                              b
                                               it
                                            ll

                                                  h
                                                   e B
                                                ,
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                               pl
                                 ace of t
                           h
                             in
                                          d
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                                                        d
                                                      ee
                                                           is
                                                         er
                                                     l
            a small satellite dish in place of the drill bit, the Bleeder is  one point of bashing damage from the elect
                                                              one point of bashing damage from the electrical surge, and the
                                     s newest developments. T
                                                          he
                           V
                             ALKYRIE’
                                                              device is rendered inoperable until it is recalibrated. Recalibra-
            one of Task Force: VALKYRIE’s newest developments. The  device is rendered inoperable until it is reca
                                   V
                                     ALKYRIE’
                                                          to
                                             s scientists refer
                           t
                             in what
                                                              tion requires five successes on an extended Intelligence + Sci-

            Bleeder is the latest in what VALKYRIE’s scientists refer to  tion requires fi ve successes on an extended
                                ,
                            ponry
                           a
                                                      imina
                                                           te
                                                     l
                                                   d
                                                     e
                                         to target an
                                  esigne
                                  d
                                       d
            as “crowd-safe” weaponry, designed to target and eliminate  ence roll, with each roll representing a minu
                                                              ence roll, with each roll representing a minute of work.
                                   ifi ll
                                               d h i
                                          i
            supernatural threats, specifically vampires and their servants,   Failure: As with an ordinary ranged attack, the target
            while presenting little threat to potential victims or bystand-  suffers no damage or ill effect.
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