Selected Gifts

• Absolute Direction The character is able to orient his body in space (with a small margin of error) while he or she is outdoors, indoors, below ground, or underwater. Exceptional circumstances might require a difficulty roll for the character to maintain her or his bearings. A useful gift for cartographers.
• Acute Sense The player should decide at character creation which of his character’s senses is heightened. This gift allows bonuses to Perception rolls involving the acute sense.
• Alertness The character is unusually alert; he is rarely surprised, and might receive bonuses for perceiving details during a situation.
• Animal Empathy The character enjoys a strong psychological bond with animals, both wild and tame.
• Attractive The character is attractive according to the standards of her or his culture. The player and GM should determine
  if this beauty extends to foreign perception as well.  This gift might afford the character bonuses to NPC reaction rolls.
• Charisma Irrespective of her or his physical appearance, a character possessing this gift can influence others. The GM should work with the players to determine how this gift will be played among the PC’s; the GM should take this gift into account when determining NPC reactions to the gifted
  character.
• Combat Reflexes The character is particularly adept at the art of combat.
• Contacts The gifted character has acquired a contact that provides her or him with useful information. The player might not want to specify the nature of the contact initially, to allow the GM to work her or him into the campaign.
• Damage Resistance The character is particularly resistant to damage and wounding. The PC’s Damage Capacity improves by one level—note that this gift does not affect the PC’s Vigor.
• Knack The PC is particularly adept at some activity. The knack should not be as useful as a skill—uttering witty epigrams or identifying wine vintages might be examples.
• Luck The player and GM should work out the details of this gift. Perhaps the player will be able to fudge a die roll once per game session; or, the GM might slip the character some crucial information at just the right time.
• Privileged Upbringing The character belongs to a privileged economic or social class, and therefore possesses a variety of bonuses and perks afforded to such individuals.
• Stalwart Bravery The PC remains unaffected by the variety of weirdness often encountered by characters during an adventure.  The PC never contemplates avoiding a difficult situation.

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