Intelligence Conditions

  • Description: Your mind was already teetering on the edge of collapse, and this pushed it over the edge. Maybe you’ll feel better after you take a nap.

    Effect:

    • Reduce your Intelligence Attribute by 1.

    • Character immediately drops to 0 HP or below and is Out of the Fight. (This does not need to be resolved)

    Resolved:

    • Succeed on an Intelligence[Knowledge 3] test which requires a full day of down-time.

  • Description: Your thoughts have become disorganized and confused, thinking feels like wading through a deep fog.

    Effect:

    • Reduce your Intelligence Attribute by 1.

    Resolved:

    • Succeed on an Intelligence[Knowledge 3] test which requires a half day of down-time.

  • Description: Perhaps it would be better not to remember all this conflicting information?

    Effect:

    • Forget who you are and what you are doing. You still recognize your allies as friendly, but can’t remember their names or stories.

    • Reduce your Intelligence Attribute by 1

    Resolved:

    • Take a full night’s rest.

  • Description: What is the point in thinking things through of nothing will make any damn sense? Better to take the plunge and deal consequences later.

    Effect:

    • Gain a +1 Modifier on Athletics, Willpower and Vitality tests.

    • Gain a -1 Modifier on Sneak, Perception, Investigation, Empathy and Piloting tests.

    Resolved:

    • Receive a point of Insight Stress, a point of Charisma Stress and a point of Intelligence Stress.

  • Description: The problems you’ve encountered and the things you’ve seen consume you. You run scenarios and recreate the moments in your head all day, making it difficult to focus on anything else

    Effect:

    • Replace three of your current Experience triggers with three of the following experience triggers.

      • Obtain some Pre-blackout technology.

      • Study some Pre-blackout technology.

      • Capture an alien creature.

      • Study an alien creature.

      • Attempt to investigate a mystery.

      • Attempt to uncover a secret.

    Resolved:

    • Trigger all of your new experience triggers in single session.

  • Description: There’s something here you can’t understand- maybe the underlying meaning will become clear if you smash it to pieces.

    Effect:

    • You have advantage on Strength tests.

    • You have Disadvantage on Intelligence tests.

    Resolved:

    • Take a rest of at least one hour.

  • Description: Datapad won’t turn on, rig froze up- today is not your day to deal with tech.

    Effect:

    • You cannot use Tech Weapons, Datapads or Rigs.

    • You have Major Disadvantage on Datacraft and Mechacraft tests.

    Resolved:

    • Take a rest of at least one hour.

  • Description: Let’s just… not deal with this right now.

    Effect:

    • Clear all Intelligence Stress

    Resolved: None

  • Description: Yes, this is upsetting and disconcerting- but it’s also fascinating.

    Effect:

    • Gain a +2 Modifier on Knowledge and Investigation tests.

    • Gain a -2 Modifier on Perception and Empathy tests.

    Resolved:

    • Receive a point of Intelligence Stress

      or

    • Take a full night’s rest.

  • Description: Under the right conditions, pressure can make diamonds…

    Effect:

    • Increase your Intelligence Attribute by 1.

    Resolved:

    • Receive a point of Intelligence Stress

      or

    • Take a full night’s rest.

  • Description: Eureka! All it took was looking at the situation from another angle and suddenly all the pieces start fitting together!

    Effect:

    • Increase your Intelligence Attribute by 1.

    Resolved:

    • Receive a point of Intelligence Stress