Lilly McCullough is a Tier 2 Honorable Smith who Works The Back Alleys with a Skills And Knowledge Flavor in a Historical world

Tier

Effort

Might

Pool

Edge

Speed

Pool

Edge

Intellect

Pool

Edge

Special Abilities
Underworld Contacts
You know many people in a variety of communities who engage in illegal activities. These people are not necessarily your friends and might not be trustworthy, but they recognize you as a peer. You and the GM should work out the details of your underworld contacts. Enabler. Granted from Works The Back Alleys

► Skills	Pool	Cost	T	I
Demeanor Of Command	I	2
You project confidence, knowledge, and charisma to all who see you for the next hour. Your demeanor is such that those who see you automatically understand that you are someone important, accomplished, and with authority. When you speak, strangers who are not already attacking give you at least a round to have your say. If speaking to a group that can understand you, you can attempt to have them produce their leader or ask that they take you to their leader. You gain a free level of Effort that can be applied to one persuasion task you attempt during this period. Action to initiate. Granted from Smith
Impart Ideal	I	3
After interacting for at least one minute with a creature who can hear and understand you, you can attempt to temporarily impart an ideal to it that you could not otherwise convince it to adopt. An ideal is different than a specific suggestion or command; an ideal is an overarching value such as "All life is sacred," "My political party is the best," "Children should be seen, not heard," and so on. An ideal influences a creature's behavior but doesn't control it. The imparted ideal lasts as long as befits the situation, but usually at least a few hours. The ideal is jeopardized if someone friendly to the creature spends a minute or more bringing it back to its senses. Action. Granted from Smith
Interaction Skills			T
You are trained in two skills in which you are not already trained. Choose two of the following: deceiving, persuading, public speaking, seeing through deception, or intimidation. You can select this ability multiple times. Each time you select it, you must choose two different skills. Enabler. Granted from Smith
Skill With Defense			T
Choose one type of defense task in which you are not already trained: Might, Speed, or Intellect. You are trained in defense tasks of that type. Enabler. Granted from Smith
Stealth Skills			T
You are trained in your choice of two of the following skills: disguise, deception, lockpicking, pickpocketing, seeing through deception, sleight of hand, or stealth. You can choose this ability multiple times, but you must select different skills each time. Enabler. Granted from Works The Back Alleys
Trained In Discerning People's True Motives Or Seeing Through Lies			T
Granted from Honorable
Trained In Pleasant Social Interactions			T
Granted from Honorable
Travel Skills			T
You are trained in two skills in which you are not already trained. Choose two of the following: navigation, riding, running, piloting, or vehicle driving. You can select this ability multiple times. Each time you select it, you must choose two different skills. Enabler. Granted from Skills And Knowledge Flavor
Light Weapons
Light Weapons Granted from Speaker
Heavy Weapons				X
Heavy Weapons Granted from Speaker
Medium Weapons				X
Medium Weapons Granted from Speaker
Practiced With Medium Weapons				X+
You can use light and medium weapons without penalty. If you wield a heavy weapon, attacks with it are hindered. Enabler. Granted from Smith

► Attacks	Dmg	Skill	Pool	Type
Punch	2	P	M	L
Mod:0 Cost:Free Skill:Practiced Distance:Immediate A right jab. Attacks are eased by 1 for Light weapons
Light Weapon	2	P	S	L
Mod:0 Cost:Free Skill:Practiced Distance:Immediate A light weapon of your choice. Granted from Starting Equipment. Attacks are eased by 1 for Light weapons

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Cyphers
Perfection	Level: 6
The user treats their next action as if they had rolled a natural 20. Subtle
Wing Clip	Level: 7
You can activate this cypher a part of attacking a flying creature within long range. If the attack hits, the target falls to the ground, and cannot fly again for a number of rounds equal to the cypher level. Subtle
Limit 2

Equipment
Appropriate clothing and a light weapon of your choice, plus two expensive items, two moderately priced items, and up to four inexpensive items. Granted from Starting Equipment.
Armor 0 Money 0

Tier 2 Advancement

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► Abilites available at next tier (3)

Choose one Focus ability from below

Guild Training from Works The Back Alleys

Your type abilities that have durations last twice as long. Your type abilities that have short ranges reach to long range instead. Your type abilities that inflict damage deal 1 additional point of damage. Enabler.

Pull A Fast One from Works The Back Alleys

When you're running a con, picking a pocket, fooling or tricking a dupe, sneaking something by a guard, and so on, you gain an asset on the task. Enabler.

Choose three additional abilities from below

Accelerate from Smith

Your words imbue the spirit of a character within immediate range who is able to understand you, accelerating them so they gain an asset on initiative tasks and Speed defense rolls for ten minutes. In addition to the normal options for using Effort, you can choose to use Effort to affect more targets; each level of Effort affects one additional target. You must speak to additional targets to accelerate them, one target per round. Action per target to initiate.

Blend In from Smith

When you blend in, creatures still see you, but they attach no importance to your presence for about a minute. While blending in, you are specialized in stealth and Speed defense tasks. This effect ends if you do something to reveal your presence or position-attacking, using an ability, moving a large object, and so on. If this occurs, you can regain the remaining period of effect by taking an action to focus on seeming innocuous and as if you belong. Action to initiate or reinitiate.

Discerning Mind from Smith

You have +3 Armor against damaging attacks and damaging effects that target your mind and Intellect. Defense rolls you make against attacks that attempt to confuse, persuade, frighten, or otherwise influence you are eased. Enabler.

Expert Cypher Use from Smith

You can bear three cyphers at a time. Enabler.

Expert Follower from Smith

You gain a level 3 follower. They are not restricted on their modifications. You can take this ability multiple times, each time gaining another level 3 follower. Alternatively, you could choose to advance a level 2 follower you already have to level 3 and then gain a new level 2 follower. Enabler.

Grand Deception from Smith

You convince an intelligent creature that can understand you and isn't hostile of something that is wildly and obviously untrue. Action.

Lead By Inquiry from Smith

You keep your allies on their toes with occasional questions, jokes, and even mock drills for those who care to join in. After spending 24 hours with you, your allies are treated as if trained in tasks related to perception. This benefit is ongoing while you remain in your allies' company. It ends if you leave, but it resumes if you return to the allies' company within 24 hours. If you leave the allies' company for more than 24 hours, you must spend another 24 hours together to reactivate the benefit. Enabler.

Mind Reading from Smith

You can read the surface thoughts of a creature within short range, even if the target doesn't want you to. You must be able to see your target. Once you have established contact, you can read the target's thoughts for up to one minute. If you also have the Mind Reading special ability from another source, you can use this ability at long range, and you don't need to be able to see the target (but you do have to know that the target is within range). Action to initiate.

Oratory from Smith

When speaking with a group of intelligent creatures that can understand you and aren't hostile, you convince them to take one reasonable action in the next round. A reasonable action should not put the creatures or their allies in obvious danger or be wildly out of character. Action.

Perfect Stranger from Smith

You alter your posture and way of speaking and make a small but real alteration to an outfit (such as putting on or taking off a hat, reversing a cloak, and so on). For the next hour (or as long as you keep up the alteration), even creatures that know you well don't recognize you. All tasks related to hiding your true identity during this period gain one free level of Effort. Action to initiate.

Quick Wits from Smith

When performing a task that would normally require spending points from your Intellect Pool, you can spend points from your Speed Pool instead. Enabler.

Telling from Smith

This ability provides an asset to any tasks for attempting to deceive, persuade, or intimidate. Each use lasts up to a minute; a new use (to switch tasks) replaces the previous use. Action to initiate.

Flex Skill from Skills And Knowledge Flavor

At the beginning of each day, choose one task (other than attacks or defense) on which you will concentrate. For the rest of that day, you're trained in that task. You can't use this ability with a skill in which you're already trained to become specialized. Enabler.

Improvise from Skills And Knowledge Flavor

When you perform a task in which you are not trained, you can improvise to gain an asset on the task. The asset might be a tool you cobble together, a sudden insight into overcoming a problem, or a rush of dumb luck. Enabler. (Improvise can be used on a task a character has an inability in, but instead of gaining an asset, the character just loses the inability penalty.)

▽ Background

A Smith is also known as a Speaker

Smith
You're good with words and good with people. You talk your way past challenges and out of jams, and you get people to do what you want. Speakers are smart and charismatic. They like people and, more important, they understand them. This helps speakers get others to do what needs to be done.

Honorable
You are trustworthy, fair, and forthright. You try to do what is right, to help others, and to treat them well. Lying and cheating are no way to get ahead-these things are for the weak, the lazy, or the despicable. You probably spend a lot of time thinking about your personal honor, how best to maintain it, and how to defend it if challenged. In combat, you are straightforward and offer quarter to any foe.

You were likely instilled with this sense of honor by a parent or a mentor. Sometimes the distinction between what is and isn't honorable varies with different schools of thought, but in broad strokes, honorable people can agree on most aspects of what honor means.

Works The Back Alleys
You make your way unseen, stealing from the wealthy to achieve your ends.

Choose how you became involved in the adventure:
- The PCs' goals appear to be honorable and commendable.
- You see that what the other PCs are about to do is dangerous, and you'd like to help protect them.
- One of the other PCs invited you, hearing of your trustworthiness.
- You asked politely if you could join the other PCs in their mission.

▽ Connections

You are in a close romantic relationship with someone in local politics.

Pick one other PC. You fear that character is jealous of your abilities and worry that it might lead to problems.

▽ Notes

Possible player intrusions based on your character type:
Friendly NPC
An NPC you don't know, someone you don't know that well, or someone you know but who hasn't been particularly friendly in the past chooses to help you, though doesn't necessarily explain why. Maybe they'll ask you for a favor in return afterward, depending on how much trouble they go to.

Perfect Suggestion
A follower or other already-friendly NPC suggests a course of action with regard to an urgent question, problem, or obstacle you're facing.

Unexpected Gift
An NPC hands you a physical gift you were not expecting, one that helps put the situation at ease if things seem strained, or provides you with a new insight for understanding the context of the situation if there's something you're failing to understand or grasp.

Stalwart
+2 to your Might Pool.
Granted from Honorable

Possible GM intrusion from your focus:
Thieves are thrown in jail. Powerful enemies are made.

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Dazing Attack

(Special Attack)

You hit your foe in just the right spot, dazing them so that tasks they attempt on their next turn are hindered. This attack inflicts normal damage. Action. page 125 of Cypher System Rulebook