List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[Figleaf23]

Totem/Happy Place: while stunned or similarly afflicted, spend a round invoking a mental image instead of attempting to recover to get a +2 on the attempt to recover you make in the following round.

(Probably fairly useful for low IQ adventurers.)

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

As others have remarked, this is WAAAAY powerful for a perk. It could put an opposing mage out of a whole combat scenario.

On the other hand, if you limit it to non-combat only, a -1 modifier on thinking and concentration for up to an hour would be okay.

I don't mind knocking it down to 5-10 seconds. And the modifier's a reasonable way to "tone it down." As I mentioned, this is for non-combat use only -- I figure in a fight, everyone will have other things on their minds.

[cybermancer2k1]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

What's The Name of That Song?
Once per day, by humming or whistling a "catchy" song in a non-combat situation, you can temporarily disrupt others' concentration. Those around you should make a Perception roll, on a success, they lose their train of thought for the next 30 seconds. The song is up to the player, though in the modern world, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" can be especially effective ....

Can you imagine one of the PC's starting to hum "Liberty Bell March" (aka the theme from "Monty Python") right as the group techie is cooking up some intricate sleight-of-technical-hand at a critical moment? Good GM fun...

[cybermancer2k1]

Alarm Clock - You wake up at the same time every day, without fail, even if you've been up late and have only grabbed a couple hours' sleep.

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by cybermancer2k1

Alarm Clock - You wake up at the same time every day, without fail, even if you've been up late and have only grabbed a couple hours' sleep.

My wife has the advanced version of this -- she can tell herself to wake up at a specific time and do it, without the alarm clock. But that's probably more of a low-level case of Absolute Timing.

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

My wife has the advanced version of this -- she can tell herself to wake up at a specific time and do it, without the alarm clock. But that's probably more of a low-level case of Absolute Timing.

I have this, too. I've never woken up to an alarm clock in my life. I have set one a number of times (e.g. had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. for a marathon I was competing in, set the alarm for 4:30, woke up at 4:25), but generally I wake up when I need to.

I think it could still be counted as a perk, as this doesn't necessarily convey other aspects of Absolute Timing.

[cybermancer2k1]

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

I think it could still be counted as a perk, as this doesn't necessarily convey other aspects of Absolute Timing.

I figured: Absolute Timing (Limited Use, 1/day, -40%, Accessibility (only to wake up), -40%) [0.4], rounded up to [1]. I guess a generous/nice GM could let you have it as a 0-point feature. YMMV.

[cybermancer2k1]

Looks Good on Ya: You look good wearing any type of clothing -- dirty, rumpled clothes, the opposite sex's clothes, a burlap sack...it doesn't matter. +1 Reaction bonus from anybody you come in contact with, so long as you're dressed.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by cybermancer2k1

Looks Good on Ya: You look good wearing any type of clothing -- dirty, rumpled clothes, the opposite sex's clothes, a burlap sack...it doesn't matter. +1 Reaction bonus from anybody you come in contact with, so long as you're dressed.

Munchkin. +1 reaction usually costs [5]. Maybe [4] in your case.

[Lord Carnifex]

I'd personally allow a specific type of clothing for a +1 while wearing that clothing type. For instance, I posted "Looks good in uniform" giving a +1 to Appearance while wearing the appropriate uniform.