I’ve been wondering what ability might cover forgery in an interesting way, and with a combination of Ben Norby’s and Gorinich Serpant’s suggestions, I came up with this : it’s basically somewhere between forgery and the Picture of Dorian Gray
Theoretically, the last arcane ability could be a sort of vodou-doll effect instead, but that seemed a little powerful.
PORTRAITURE
You can use your art form to make near perfect copies of a person, object or location you are intimately familiar with. Your copies gain potency when used to alter public perception, and an arcane ability: ghost-copy, mirror-dark, or quick-study. Take this ability again to choose an additional arcane ability.
Your copies function as fine forgeries. This ability gives them potency when used to alter public perception and an arcane ability of your choice. Ghost-copy lets them act as equivalent to the actual subject in the ghost field. Mirror-dark lets them reflect the state and situation of their subject, allowing people to Attune to see what’s happening at that location or through that person’s eyes. Quick-study lets you copy something only familiar to you, rather than intimate.
(This is still for the forger/virtuoso/illusionist playbook, found here : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LapqJqnHEAootddWq5R0GjINILHYWVIPot41QOt9PwA/edit?usp=sharing )
#ArtistPlaybook
cool stuff; also love the formatting you did on the playbook in Docs (yoink!)
I don’t think the voodoo thing is necessarily OP; causing pain with the depiction could easily be a two-way street..
Love this! I’ll likely adapt this for the painting my group found — rather than actively paint things, they just attune with the black square to see things. But it seems like the same parameters could definitely apply. Really dig the ghost-copy ability… lots of fun and dangerous uses.
Well done!
Well, to voodoo someone with ghost-copy you need some method that interacts with the ghost field, rather than any old pins and hammers. Lightning hooks, electroplasmic ammunition and old magics aren’t cheap things you can just fling around. There are several special abilities like Ghost Fighter and Ghost Hunter that could allow harm through it but they require investment on either your or a friend’s part as well. Simply attuning to the copy may have varied results and connects you to that person in ways you may not want. Finally an astute person may notice that they sense two different environments when they attune, might even be able to trace the second location to find the copy. And if said astute individual can say shoot lightning via the ghost field then can effectively shoot from out of the ghost-copy. While it does have some powerful voodoo potential, it also has a large amount of risk to it.
On a different note, I’ve noticed that this ability can be similar to the demon’s ability to teleport and see through their element. Which can lead to some interesting interactions.