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About Tanya Barnett

Name: Tanya Barnett
Occupation: Paranormal Investigator

Tier: 1
Effort: 1
Experience: 0

Descriptor: Guarded
Class: Adept
Foci: Commands Mental Powers

Pools:
Might: 8
Speed: 10
Intellect: 18

Edge:
Might: 0
Speed: 0
Intellect: 1

Powers

Onslaught (1 Intellect point): You attack a foe within short range using energies that assail either his physical form or his mind. In either case, you must be able to see your target. If the attack is physical, you emit a force blast: a ray of force that inflicts 4 points of damage. If the attack is mental, you focus your mental energy into a mindslice that disrupts the creature’s thought processes, inflicting 2 points of Intellect damage (ignores Armor). Some creatures without minds (such as robots or zombies) might be immune to a mindslice. Action.

Magic Training: You are trained in the basics of magic and can attempt to understand and identify its properties (including the operation of magic artifacts and cyphers). Enabler.

Scan (2 Intellect points): You scan an area equal in size to a 10-foot (3 m) cube, including all objects or creatures within that area. The area must be within short range. Scanning a creature or object always reveals its level (a measure of how powerful, dangerous, or difficult it is). You also learn whatever facts the GM feels are pertinent about the matter and energy in that area. For example, you might learn that the wooden box contains a device of metal and synth. You might learn that the glass cylinder is full of poisonous gas, and that its metal stand has an electrical field running through it that connects to a metal mesh in the floor. You might learn that the creature standing before you is a mammal with a small brain. However, this ability doesn’t tell you what the information means. Thus, in the first example, you don’t know what
the metal and synth device does. In the second, you don’t know if stepping on the floor causes the cylinder to release the gas. In the third, you might suspect that the creature is not very intelligent, but scans, like looks, can be deceiving. Many materials and energy fields prevent or resist scanning. Action.

Erase Memories (3 Intellect points): You reach into the mind of a creature within immediate range and make an Intellect roll. On a success, you erase up to the last five minutes of its memory. Action.

Foci Abilities

Tier 1: Telepathic (1+ Intellect point). You can speak telepathically with others who are within short range. Communication is two-way, but the other party must be willing and able to communicate. You don’t have to see the target, but you must know that it’s within range. You can have more than one active contact at once, but you must establish contact with each target individually. Each contact lasts up to ten minutes. If you apply a level of Effort to increase the duration rather than affect the difficulty, the contact lasts for twenty-four hours. Action to establish contact.

Skills
Intellect Defense [T]
Detect Deception [T]
Magical Training [T]
Persuasion [I]
Deception [I]

Cyphers

Reflex enhancer (Level 6)
Temporal viewer (Level 7)
Density (Level 3)

Oddity: Small leather case of cosmetics that do not seem to run out.

Equipment:
Clothing
Pocket Knife
Flashlight
Canteen
Trail Ration
Backpack
Bag of light tools
Concealed Camera
Smartphone

History:

Tanya Barnett is a woman of strong Romani heritage. Her family originality came from Romania and her Grandmother Emanaia is a powerful Raunie of her tribe, with powerful Psychic abilities. Her mother on the other hand Mirela was a rebellious child who after hearing tales of America decided to abandon her life as a Gypsy and head to the promise land. She learned English on her own through books and then decided to leave before being forced into a marriage with a man she didn't love. She was able to earn enough money to go to America where she quickly ingratiated herself with an American man by the name of Steve Barnett, an office worker for a telecom company. Their swift marriage meant she could earn citizenship in a few years and couldn't be deported by the authorities.

From this union, Mirela would have two children, a son named Jason and then a daughter named Tanya. Her mother would contribute by working in a grocery store clerk while her father earned enough salary from his office job to keep the family afloat. Jason excelled in sports while Tanya was a very intelligent girl who earned great grades in school and had a powerful sense of intuition. However what she didn't know at first is that the Psychic powers of her Romani bloodline were strong in females and while her mother did not develop such gifts as it at times skipped a generation, Tayna on the other had did start developing her gifts which first was minor intuition but then in her teens became stronger.

Suffice to say she kept herself guarded and developed her abilities on her own, perhaps wishing to use them to one day to help her get a good job and become successful. Unfortunately having telepathic powers opened her up to a lot of strange things in the world, things that most people were not meant to know. Thus when she graduated high school she went into Psychology at college, quickly earning her diploma. She now works a paranormal investigator.

Appearance

Tanyna Barnett is 5"10 with black hair with a brownish tinge, brown eyes and olive skin inherited from mother. Although she does have some features from her American father, she looks more like her mother and her Romani side is more prevalent in her features. While she respects her heritage by wearing a traditional amulet and signet ring of her people, she usually dresses in practical clothing.