6. Gifts

Table of Contents

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 List of Gifts

6.1: All Gifts cost 6 EP unless otherwise specified.

6.2: List of Gifts:

• 6.2.1: Mana Points

  This Gift is required if you wish to cast Magic Spells.  All Magic Spells require the expenditure of Mana Points when they are cast, in a quantity equal to the number of EP the Spell cost to buy.  If you don't have enough Mana Points left to cast a Spell, the Spell can't be cast.

  Folks without the Mana Points Gift have zero Mana Points.  Every time your character takes the Mana Points Gift, he gains 30 Mana Points.  This is enough Mana to cast an average Spell two-and-a-half times.  Mana Points expended are recovered at a rate of 6 Mana Points per hour of sleep, or 12 Mana Points per hour of uninterrupted meditation.

• 6.2.2: Psionic Power Points

  This Gift is required if you wish to use Psionic Powers.  All Psionic Powers require the expenditure of Psionic Power Points (PPP) when they are used, in a quantity equal to the number of EP the Psionic Power cost to buy.  If you don't have enough PPP left to cover the PPP cost of a Psionic Power, you cannot use that Psionic Power.  Furthermore, those Psionic Powers that operate over a period of time require the expenditure of one additional PPP for every time-period increment they are sustained (usually 1 PPP per round).  If you run out of PPP, your Psionic Power shuts down.

  Folks without the Psionic Power Points Gift have zero PPP.  Every time your character takes the Psionic Power Points Gift, he gains 40 PPP.  This is enough PPP to use an average Psionic Power 3 times times, with enough left over to sustain one of these Psionic Powers for 4 rounds.  Expended PPP are recovered at a rate of 6 PPP per hour of sleep, or 12 PPP per hour of uninterrupted meditation, just like Mana Points are.

• 6.2.3: Initially Wealthy

  You start with more money than you would otherwise.  The precise amount you start with is detailed in Section 11: Money and Equipment.  The Initially Wealthy Gift may be purchased more than once, but may only be bought when the character is first created.

• 6.2.4: Rapid Healing

  Your wounds heal at twice the normal rate listed in FUDGE section 4.8 .  This does not affect the amount of healing gained from instantaneous healing powers, but does affect the rate at which supernormal regeneration takes place.

• 6.2.5: Low Light Vision

  You can see almost as well at night or in dim light as you can in a well-lit room.  However, you still cannot see in total darkness.

• 6.2.6: Sharpness-Proof Hide

  Attacks with edged or pointed weapons (e.g. swords, spears, arrows, etc.) normally have +1 added to their Offensive Damage Factor due to Sharpness.  If you have a Sharpness-Proof Hide, the +1 sharpness bonus to offensive damage factor in attacks against you does not apply.  Creatures with hard, stony, metallic, etc. exteriors typically have a Sharpness-Proof Hide.

• 6.2.7: Resistance to Willpower Magic

  Against any type of magic (not psionics or other powers) whose Difficulty Level for success is based on your Willpower, you are at +3.

• 6.2.8: Divine Favor

  Cost: 24 EP
  This rather expensive Gift acts precisely as described in the FUDGE Miracles rules, section 7.21.

• 6.2.9: High Pain Threshold

  You are at no penalty when Hurt, and only a -1 penalty when Very Hurt.

• 6.2.10: Magic Detection

  Whenever a Spell is cast or a Spell is in effect nearby, you get to make a Perception roll to detect its presence.  On a Good result, you only notice that magic is in use "somewhere nearby".  On a Great or higher result, you know the location of the Spell caster or the Spell's effects.  On a Superb or higher result, you know how many Mana Points had to be expended to cast the Spell.  Note that this Gift only detects Spells; it does not detect the use of Psionic Powers, or magic items.

• 6.2.11: Internal Compass

  You always know which direction is north, even if you're standing in the middle of a magnet shop or one of the other players accidentally turned your map sideways without you knowing it.

• 6.2.12: Ambidexterity

  Both hands are equally useful.  When a character without this Gift uses her "off hand" to perform a task (including attack and parrying), the Difficulty of the task is usually increased by +1.  With Ambidexterity, neither of your hands is considered your "off hand," and so switching hands will not make a task more difficult.

• 6.2.13: Sharpness

  This gift represents claws, teeth, or other natural weaponry that is either edged or pointed.  You may add a +1 Sharpness bonus to ODF for any unarmed melee attack you make.  As with sharp weapons, the Sharpness ODF bonus will be negated if your target has the Sharpness-Proof Hide Gift, or is wearing armor that bestows the equivalent of the Sharpness-Proof Hide Gift.

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