List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[Anders]

Stable Kicker: You don't need to roll vs. DX to retain your footing after a missed kick.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Stable Kicker: You don't need to roll vs. DX to retain your footing after a missed kick.

More like +2 to this roll. And remember that if your GM uses Practice Makes Perfect, you get an extra +1 to this roll if you have Kicking at Skill-0, +2 at Sk+1 and so on.

[tantric]

Rough Trade is specifically refers to temporary penalties from action/combat. Getting your arm lopped off doesn't do it, a black eye does. It can't be deliberate, either. There should probably be a +2 limit, though, and it's up to GM discretion - no one looks good covered in sewage. Still, it's a perk that says when you get slimed, you get a sexy bed-head look rather than drowned rat. This is the norm for characters in movies, who in RL have their grime applied by make-up artists.

Maybe Hot 'n' Dirty would be a better name. Rough Trade might apply to people who look good in damaged clothes, holding guns, etc.

Both are intended as appearance mods for everyday style heroes - you can look good on occasion with actually sinking lots of points into Appearance.

I'm trying to think of a movie ref for Cleans Up Real Good, but all I can think of is the chick in Devil Wears Prada, and I *hated* that movie. Then again, I don't usually like how women look in make-up, so I'm not a good judge.

Also, Wears It Well - you get a +1 appearance reaction in a specific set of clothes, such as a uniform or overalls or whatnot. You could model this as some kind of Appearance (requires object), but I don't think it's really worth the effort.

Nice Body - your appearance goes up a level while naked or scantily clad only.

Grace - you get (DX-10)/3 as an appearance bonus only while moving

How would you model Natural Beauty - meaning you look best without any prep or make-up?

[Hrothgar]

Last Stitch Effort (In Vain): You are out of arrows, ammunition, or energy cells. You have no weapons to swing with, the opponent you face is unfazed my mere unarmed combat, and you are just generally screwed. As a last stitch effort, you may take and throw a single item at your opponent, and it will automatically hit. This cannot be an item that does damage, otherwise you would have a chance. Items like a hat, travelers ration, a shoe, or a dead cat. This will not hurt your opponent, but may surprise it (Depending on a will roll) for one second, giving you a last chance to run.

Mild Intuition: This is a perk-level form of intuition. You are good at guessing something, but only at a single, mildly convenient task. Examples include: you can usually guess which woman/man in a bar is likely to go home with you, you can usually guess someones age, or you can usually guess someones favorite food.

No Bad Hair Day Your hair always looks neat and well-kept, despite just waking up in the morning or running from giant ants through a forest.

Fast-Draw (Make-up): You can put on makeup as if it's second nature. Putting your face on in the morning should not take longer than a few minutes. You may even readjust your makeup with ease in stressful situations (i.e. while being shot at in a high speed car chase)

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by Hrothgar

Mild Intuition: This is a perk-level form of intuition. You are good at guessing something, but only at a single, mildly convenient task. Examples include: you can usually guess which woman/man in a bar is likely to go home with you, you can usually guess someones age, or you can usually guess someones favorite food.

I knew a sportswriter who had a variation of that -- he had seen so many athletes and their height/weight measurements over the years that he could look at someone and immediately guess their weight within 10 pounds. We had a fun time proving that during a late shift in the newsroom, though I can't imagine it's a talent that made him popular with the ladies. ;)

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

... though I can't imagine it's a talent that made him popular with the ladies. ;)

Guess the real weight in his head, but report it ten pounds lighter.

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Stable Kicker: You don't need to roll vs. DX to retain your footing after a missed kick.

Nitpick: It's actually DX or Kicking you roll against.

[Anders]

Which would reinforce me in my beliefs that any character who takes the perk is likely to have a high Kicking skill already... meaning it mostly saves the game from a lot of nuisance die rolls. Always a good thing, IMO.

[the_matrix_walker]

Magic Perks

Magical Attunement: You may cast spells in low mana areas at -4 to skill rather than -5. This Perk May only be taken in primarily Normal or Higher Mana gameworlds for balance.

Johny one spell: You seem to have a knack for a particular spell. Add +1 to Basic Skill for the purposes of determining Energy Reduction for High Skill, Required Spell Casting Rituals OR negate 1 hex of range penalty for Regular Spells (you may buy 3 levels of this Perk to add each benefit)

Affinity for Beasts: You may use spells from the Mind Control College normally reserved for sapient creatures on those with animal intelligence. You must figure out how to adapt these and take them as separate spells for each category of animal, but it does not require full research. Only other mages with this Perk can learn them. Prerequisites Animal Empathy AND Animal Friend.

[Talonxlll]

Keen Edge(Skill): Gives you a +1 to the effective skill whenever you use that skill and tie against an opposing skill roll.

Taunt: Once per round, you may taunt an enemy. You must be able to speak, and the enemy must be able to hear and understand you. If that enemy fails a will roll, they get -1 until the beginning of your next turn to hit anyone else but you.