Index | Time Under Chaos | Creating a Character | Trump Power
Trump is a Power not a skill. Some of the PCs will have Pattern based cards (ie Dworkin Deck); some might have a couple of Logrus based ones (for Suhuy & Mandor). But all you need is Pattern or Logrus sensitivity to create a trump - and your character should already have one or the other. For Trump artists the power that drives the trump is whatever one you wish to use providing you have access to that power.
It does not really matter which of Pattern (Amber, Corwin or Original) or Logrus is powering them, they just work. No Broken Patterns here, so no Broken Pattern related trumps.
There are two Paths that the Trump Power allows: Trump Artist and Trump Spy. Players may take either route or combine the two. If you are creative, you can be a trump artist or it may be that, lacking the power or artistic ability to create trumps, you are nevertheless supremely skilled at using them (as Caine is). For some trump is not about artistry or communications, it is about information and counter-information.
| For how many extra points you can spend at each level use the table below
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| Trump Power
| Points that can be spent
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| 1
| 5
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| 2
| 15
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| 3
| 20
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| 4
| 25
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| 5
| 30
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| 6
| 35
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| 7
| 40
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| 8
| 45
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| 9
| 50
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| 10
| whatever
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| How long for a contact to open
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| 0 to 2 Trump Power
| 1 minute of solid concentration
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| 3 to 5 Trump Power
| 30 secs of solid concentration
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| 6 to 8 Trump Power or 40 points plus of trump abilities
| 15 secs of solid concentration
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| 9 to 10 Trump Power or 60 plus points of trump abilities
| 5 secs of solid concentration
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| Abilities available with 1 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 2 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 3 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 4 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 5 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 6 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 7 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 8 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 9 or better Trump
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| Abilities available with 10 or better Trump
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