I'm looking to build the New American Gods from Neil Gaiman's American Gods and want to give them a purview called Technics as the pantheon specific purview. I'm pretty new to Scion, and am designing these in preparation for running my first campaign, so any input would be greatly appreciated.

Abilities would be:

Technics
Overclocked
(Technics •)
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Craft (Appropriate Skill)
Cost: None

The Scion takes a Difficulty 1, fifteen minute dramatic action to fiddle with an electronic device. If the Intelligence + Technics roll is successful, the device provides a +1 die bonus for using it. By increasing the difficulty by one, the Scion can limit the number of people capable of gaining the bonus dice to a number of individuals no greater than his Legend. This bonus lasts for one scene per threshold success.

Example: The Technical Kid, Scion of The Web, is preparing for a raid on the FBI mainframe. He makes his roll and gets a +1 die bonus to all rolls during the raid. Alternatively, he could increase the difficulty to 2 (and still easily make it thanks to his Epic Intelligence). Doing this would allow him to limit the die bonus to himself, and up to three others (because his Legend is 4).

No Trail
(Technics ••)
Dice Pool: Wits + Larceny
Cost: 1 Legend

The Scion makes a Wits + Technics roll. The number of successes indicates the number of scenes in which the Scion will leave no nonphysical trails. This will not stop someone from physically tracking the Scion, but will cover any traces left via internet surfing, credit card purchases, or other data trails. Trails whose causes which have a long duration, such as a long stay at a hotel, use up one success per day. Alternatively, the Scion can spend successes to cover additional people, up to his Legend. Successes spent in this manner do not increase the duration.

Example: Joey Smiles, Scion of Media, is on the run with two of his cronies. He tires quickly of the low key life, and takes his crew to a swank hotel. As he walks in, he makes his roll and gets 4 successes. He opts to get himself one room and his two Cronies another. The two rooms will use two successes per day, and so only be covered for two days. He'd better enjoy it while it lasts.

Cookie
(Technics •••)
Dice Pool: Intelligence or Wits + Science
Cost: 1 Legend

The Scion targets a creature he can see, or one whose data trail he has located online, and rolls Wits + Science against a difficulty of the target's Legend. Successes indicate the number of days the target's location will be tracked. The cookie usually takes the form of spyware for digital trails, and a high tech bug for physical trails. For the duration, the Scion will know the general location of the target, down to a building level if indoors, or city block sized area outdoors. If the Scion has access to a computer which is currently under the effects of Overclocked, the granularity of location is known to within 10 yards instead.

Example: The Technical Kid has been assigned to track down Joey Smiles, who has gone into hiding after orchestrating a raid on one of The Web's largest media pirating sites. The trail is nonexistent (thanks to Joey's Technics) until one of his cronies decides to visit the local porn store and buy some magazines. Once The Kid has scented the trail, he tags it. He rolls Intelligence (choosing it because of his Epic dots in it) + Science, and get 5 successes. The croney's Legend is only 1, so for the next 5 days The Kid will have a bead on his location. Since he always keeps his laptop Overclocked, the spot will be known to within 10 yards.

Hmmm good ideas...although they are a little rough...and generally not epic enough...

This is my idea ...running with your same Technic concept:

• Gremlins
Dicepool: None
Cost: None

The character can irreperably destroy any purely electronic device he can touch at will. This takes one round but after the action the device cannot be repaired through any normal means.

•• Cookie
Dicepool: None
Cost: 1 Legend
Duration: 1 action

Any electronic network the character with this power is directly connected to counts as being touched and in line of sight by that character. If there is a user at the other end...that user counts as being touched and in line of sight as well. The character can use any power that requires touch (including the first power in this purview, Gremlins) or line of site on the remote device or user as if they were in the same room.

••• Lawnmower Man
Cost: 1 Legend + 1 Willpower
Duration: 1 scene

The character with this boon can utilize and communicate with any electronic device within (Legend x 100) feet of himself. He can ring and talk through cell phones, close windows on someone's desktop, run-up someone's iPhone bill by browsing the internet or do anything with the device a normal user could.


So..what do you think?

I think I need to get Demi-God before I finalize my first three dots on the purviews. It's hard to decide what's a good 3-dot Boon when I don't know what the 4-dot Boons do. Luckily it comes out Friday.

Compared to the other purviews I think those are too powerful, especially Cookie. As written you can destroy any computer on the planet if it's connected to the internet and you've got good hacking skills. Alternatively, you could combine it with Gaurdian to Vigil Brand anyone who is using a computer, and for the rest of your lives know where they are and how they're doing. And without knowing what Demi-God offers, there's no telling what other long distance nastiness it would allow.

I like Lawnmower Man, though I'd probably make them still make rolls to hack in. The vast majority of the time it won't matter, but there would be times when they were trying to hack into a system protected by another Scion and as written it would be automatic using that power.

Quote from: James McMurrayI think I need to get Demi-God before I finalize my first three dots on the purviews. It's hard to decide what's a good 3-dot Boon when I don't know what the 4-dot Boons do. Luckily it comes out Friday.

Compared to the other purviews I think those are too powerful, especially Cookie. As written you can destroy any computer on the planet if it's connected to the internet and you've got good hacking skills. Alternatively, you could combine it with Gaurdian to Vigil Brand anyone who is using a computer, and for the rest of your lives know where they are and how they're doing. And without knowing what Demi-God offers, there's no telling what other long distance nastiness it would allow.

Considering, you can already destroy any computer on the planet that's connected to the internet with good hacking skills (in real life)...I didn't think it was all that powerful (especially when a charcter has Epic Intelligence)...only shortens the amount of time it takes. I figured it would be more useful healing your friends over their cellphones and whatnot. But you can also, you know, kill web servers.

QuoteI like Lawnmower Man, though I'd probably make them still make rolls to hack in. The vast majority of the time it won't matter, but there would be times when they were trying to hack into a system protected by another Scion and as written it would be automatic using that power.

They do have to roll to hack in. They're counted as a normal user, so if a normal user needs a login/password, then they need a login/password. They also count as actually connected to the object, so they can destroy any electronic device within range.