Task Force Trickster.pdf

Trickster

The Biggest Secret

It’s all a trick! History, mythol-

ogy, reality… all of it a prank

gone out of control. There’s

only one who knows this

though-- Coyote (or Loki, Ra-

ven, a rose by any other

name…) and he’s not telling.

It’s all just too fun.

Now packs of agents swarm all

time and space, adjusting, re-

pairing and creating tricks at

Coyote’s bequest. Coyote has

given them a wide range of

tricks of their own to help them

with their assignments and oc-

casionally pops in if sees fit (but

being Coyote, more trouble is

often brought!).

Sadly, a universe full of tricks,

schemes and illusions is a lot

to manage, even for someone

as powerful as Coyote. It just

couldn’t be handled alone

any longer. At first, just a few

agents were recruited, sent

here and there to keep up

tricks that needed maintain-

ing. Soon, there were more

and more, but being taken

from the human world, they

were often too involved in the

tricks themselves. It often

caused the agents to get too

wrapped up in their assign-

ments. Coyote then decided

that agents would not longer

be recruited, but created.

So, throw on your jumpsuit,

grab your gear and head over

to the gate platform! The joke’s

on you!

Agents

Character

Agents are created at Coyote

Base by a semi-mystical, semi-

technological process designed

by Coyote that creates fully ma-

tured beings with completely

unique personality traits and

abilities. After each mission, the

agents are deconstructed,

though they are not aware of

it. This saves Coyote from hav-

ing to keep tabs on agents be-

tween missions. Though new

agents are most often created

for each mission, Coyote can

recreate previous Agents and

build on their previous skills.

This only happens if an agent

team is particularly successful.

Creation

The most important part of mak-

ing an agent is having a good

concept. What do you want your

agent to do? What are they good

at? Are they a tough mercenary, a

brainy tech specialist, or a embit-

tered scout? Thinking about the

type of agent that seems fun to

play will make it easier to create

one.

Next, decide on what agent type

best fits your concept—-coyote,

mimic, lantern or vessel. They

each come with their own unique

set of traits and abilities. They are

described in detail on the follow-

ing pages.

Since an agent’s personality is

built nearly randomly from the

collective unconscious, their

memories and traits can come

from an unlimited number of

real, historical and fictional

places. They may remember go-

ing to school at Oxford univer-

sity in the 1700’s, learning to

shoot a rifle during the US civil

war and datajacking a drone

spacecraft in the far future. The

Agent creation process stitches

these experiences together

cleanly and other agents will

have no qualms with these sup-

posed discrepancies. Coyote

base exists outside of time, so it

is normal to interact with a vari-

ety of times and places.

Coyote

The Coyote agent represents

Coyote’s animal form — sneaky

and cunning, sometimes cow-

ardly but capable of ferocity.

Wild canines are often over-

looked in many places, making

them great infiltrators. They

are hearty and resilient, able to

survive in a variety of harsh en-

vironments. Though they can-

not speak, Agents have no

trouble communicating with

them. Coyotes are the only

agent that can use Howl tricks,

allowing the Agent to use it’s

howls for a variety of useful ef-

fects.

Coyote

Stat Bonus: Reflexes +1

Beginning Skills:

Sneak d4

Fight d4

Survival d4

Tricks d4

Special Ability:

Teeth—Coyotes have natural

weapons that deal d6 with each

bite.

Unique Tricks: Howl Tricks

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