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Heliosail is a solarpunk ttrpg made by a small team of mostly me. This space is trans friendly, anti-capitalist, loving nature and envisioning a better world. Support your local indie game writers. No AI, ever. Available wherever you get your games!

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Demoralize. In a ship-to-ship battle, spend one of your ship's actions to speak to the other ship and attempt to demoralize the crew. You must make an aplomb skill check. On success, the enemy ship loses one action from its total action pool for the remainder of the battle, as your words lower a crew member's morale. You must be at the bridge and have functional communications.
Stash. When you are away from civilization, you still have access to materials you have stashed in your bags and pockets. Roll 1d8 to determine how many sessions worth of components you have. You can split these materials up among projects as you see fit. Once you have used this Trick, you cannot use it again until you have visited somewhere that your character can restock, such as a port or a town. This "restock" happens automatically.
Web of lies. If you have successfully lied to someone today, they are likely to keep believing you. You received +1 for every successful lie you have already told them today, to lie again. However, any failure is a critical failure. Upon failure, they will see through every lie you have told since activating the trick.
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Medical Specialty. EMT: You can restore an ally's entire HP during combat. Both you and your patient must forfeit the remainder of your Actions for the round. Plastic Surgeon: You can drastically change someone's physical appearance. Toxicology: Your are completely immune to poison and disease and can treat poisons without equipment.
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Nondescript. You can choose to present yourself as forgettable, and unremarkable to a stranger. The target will not remember your name, or what you look like, outside of the vaguest details. They will also forget everything you told them in the past 10 seconds before invoking this Trick. If they are purposefully trying to memorize your appearance to recall later, you can contest their skill check with your Subterfuge skill. There is no limit to how many times a day you can use this Trick, but only 1 person is affected each time.
description of a trick from the heliosail guidebook titled Small but Mean. In spite of your small stature, you can be imposing. Intimidation now counts as a social skill for you. Adjust your skill modifier to reflect the new ruling attribute before gaining +1 Intimidation. Gain +1 intimidation Requires: +1 intimidation
Quid Pro Quo: In battle, you can choose to forgo your reaction and accept the consequences of attack. If you attack the enemy who just attacked you on your next turn, they cannot use their reaction either.
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