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MUTE (PERSISTENT)

Your character cannot speak. Any communication must
be done through writing, gestures, or hand signs.
Illness, injury, or supernatural powers can inflict this
Condition on a temporary basis. If this is the case, it is
resolved when the character regains her voice.
Beat: Limitation or communication difficulty that height-
ens immediate danger.
NOTORIETY

Whether or not your character actually did something hei-
nous in the past, the wrong people think he did. This causes dis-
gust or ostracism by the common public. Your character suffers
a -2 on any Social rolls against those that know of his notoriety.
If using Social Maneuvering (p.81), the character must open one
extra Door if his target knows of his notoriety. Oftentimes, this
Condition comes from rumors and smear campaigns.
Skills: Subterfuge, Socialize
Resolution: The story is debunked or the character’s
name is cleared.

OBSESSION

Something’s on your character’s mind, and she just can’t
shake it. If she’s abiding by that obsession, exploring that
emotion, or otherwise pursuing the object of the obsession,
enjoy the 10-again quality on all rolls. When she’s not, you
lose the 10-again quality.
Resolution: Fulfilling the obsession, therapy.

SHAKEN

Something has frightened your character extensively. Any
time your character is taking an action where that fear might
hinder her, you may opt to fail the roll (before you’ve made
the roll), and shed this Condition. This Condition can be
imposed by a successful breaking point roll.
Example Skills: Brawl, Firearms, Intimidation, Weaponry
Resolution: Fail a roll, as noted.
SOULLESS (PERSISTENT)

A creature or phenomenon has stripped the character of
her soul. Without a soul, she can’t attempt abjuration, ward-
ing, or binding. She is also more susceptible to possession
— any dice pools to resist being taken over or possessed by
another entity are at a -2 dice penalty. The effects on Integrity
and Willpower, though, are more severe. For as long as she
has this Condition, she does not regain

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