Ebb: Senses

+1 rank Good vision or Hearing (Player's choice) (Read Advantages/Disadvantages)

Removes sense CONC in seconds. Range - touch, choose sense, Cost: 1 FLUX. Save Required. The first of the Sensing abilities deals with the actual removal of one of four major senses; hearing, sight, smell and taste. One of these can be removed at any one time. It costs 1 FLUX to remove a sense. This requires the Ebon to be touching the victim and the effect lasts for the user's CONC in seconds

Removes sense CONC in rounds. Range - touch, choose sense, Cost: 2 FLUX. Save Required. This is the extended version of the Rank 1 skill where the sense is removed for the user's CONC in rounds instead of seconds. It costs 2 FLUX and again the Ebon must be touching the victim. You may have to make an unarmed combat roll to achieve this.

Removes sense CONC in seconds, range - Sm, choose sense, Cost: 3 FLUX. Save Required. This allows an Ebon to remove the sense within a Sm radius. It costs 3 FLUX and lasts for the user's CONC in seconds.

Restore sense deprived from 'Shock Sense' Rank 1, range Sm, Cost: 4 FLUX. This ability allows a character to restore any sense removed by the use of Rank 1 Shock Sense. The user must be no more than Sm from the subject and the skill costs 4 FLUX.

Restore sense deprived from 'Shock Sense' Rank 1 & 2, range Sm, Cost: 5 FLUX. The Ebon is now able to remove the effect of Shock Sense 1 and 2 at a range of 5m and cost of 5 FLUX.

Removes sense 1 minute, range 5m, Cost: 6 FLUX. Save Required. This allows an Ebon to remove a sense for 1 minute as long as the subject is no more than Sm away from the target at a cost of 6 FLUX.

Scare. Unmodified Fear roll, failed roll means loss of next 4 actions, due to shock, range 80m, Cost: 7 FLUX. Save Required. Scare: Now that the basic senses are easy for the Ebon to manipulate, they can actually go deeper and plant a frightening image in the victim's mind. This normally takes the form of a visual image that is frightening to the subject. To avoid the effect, they must make a Fear roll at a rating of 4. The cost is 7 FLUX and has a range of 80m.

Clear senses, sober up, removes shock or confusion for Shock Sense 1 -5, Cost: 8 FLUX. This ability enables an Ebon to be able to remove the effects of of Shock Senses 1-5 as well as natural shocks i.e. after the character has failed a Fear roll with a Fear total of no more than 23. (See 'Fear' .) It also allows a character to clear the head or 'sober up' a confused or drunk person at a touch for a cost of 8 FLUX.

Erase 5 minutes of someone's memory permanent, range touch, Cost: 9 FLUX. Save Required. This has a strong connection with the 'Communication' abilities as it deals with the eradication of the last 5 minutes of someone's memory. This is quite selective in as much as the erase will only work on immaterial memories such as "It's your round." VOP! "No, it's your round." "Oh, so it is." This is mostly at the Games Master's discretion and costs 9 FLUX. The range is touch.

Remove sense permanently at touch, Cost: 10 FLUX. Save Required. This is the most powerful of the Shock Sense abilities. It will, when used, permanently destroy any chosen sense. This costs 10 FLUX and the user must be touching the target.

Cost 1 FLUX/hour, stops all detection by Ebon abilities. This ability effectively shuts off the Ebon' s mind to any forms of detection from other Ebon abilities that can seek out or sense Ebons. Other Ebons can however, sense any FLUX that the Ebon with the Mind Block uses. It costs 1 FLUX an hour to maintain the Mind Block.

See in infra-red spectrum of light. Cost: 1 FLUX, duration CONC in minutes. This Sense ability alters the optic receptors of the Ebon to enable them to see in the Infra Red spectrum of light as well as the normal human spectrum of light. This costs 1 FLUX and lasts for the user's CONC in minutes.

See in ultra violet spectrum of light. Cost: 1 FLUX, duration CONC in minutes. This ability alters the Ebon' s sight in the same way to the Rank 12 ability but now the Ebon can see in the Ultra Violet spectrum of light. The cost is 1 FLUX an hour and lasts for the user's CONC in minutes. This can be combined with the Rank 12 skill to enable the Ebon to see in Ultra Violet, Infra Red and the normal spectrum of light.

Any permanently lost sense at touch, Cost: 10. This skill gives the Ebon the ability to restore senses lost due to the Rank 10 ability, Shock Sense 7. It costs 10 FLUX for the use of this skill and the range is touch.

Save sound to disk, duration 2 hours, Cost: 5 FLUX. This ability enables the Ebon to record anything that they can hear to a disc or slug by projecting the audio signal. This costs 5 FLUX and the Ebon can record 2 hours of audio pick-up as long as they have physical contact with the disc or slug

Save sight to disk, duration 1 hour, Cost: 3 FLUX. This ability enables the Ebon to record anything they see to slug or disc. They can also do this with photographic slugs at the same cost, 3 FLUX per hour of recording. The Ebon must have actual physical contact with the disc or film. This can be combined with the Rank 15 skill, Audio Projection, to produce audio/visual recordings at a cost of 7 FLUX per hour.

Clear sense, passive, shock sense any rank has no effect. This is a passive ability. An immunity has now been built up against all the Shock Sense abilities, none of which now have any effect on the Ebxn.

Perfect/total recall, cost 5 FLUX/Ebon' s CONC in minutes. In that time, a character will remember everything seen and heard (even if player does not). This is a form of memory manipulation that allows the Ebon to control the storage of information received by the brain giving the Ebon 'total recall' so that they will remember everything seen and heard. This skill costs 5 FLUX to remember a time period equal to the Ebon' s CONC in minutes, for example, if the Ebon wishes to fully remember a conversation to report back to their superior in their squad and has a CONC of 10, they will remember 10 minutes/5 FLUX spent. If they wish to remember a longer period i.e. 20 minutes, then they must spend a further 5 FLUX.

Permanent, passive. - This is a permanent and passive mind block which can be switched on and off if the Ebon so requires. It prevents any other Ebon being able to detect them but other Ebons can however, detect FLUX that the Ebon with the Mind Block uses.

"I don't want it! Have it back!" Match FLUX used and return to sender. This is the ability used by Ebons to calculate, using all available information to the senses, the equations used against the Ebon by an opponent and then to reverse the attack and throw it back at the user. This costs the Ebon the same amount as the Ebon used to perform the initial attack. If the Ebon has insufficient FLUX to do this, then the ability used against them takes full effect and the Ebon loses all their FLUX