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Game:<\/strong> Spycraft<\/em> (Alderac Entertainment Group, 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Experience:<\/strong> Spycraft’s <\/em>first edition was one of the first d20\/OGL games to really break the D&D mold. Tracker7 and I went to the Rusty Scabbard in Lexington for no particular reason. He picked up a copy and we went over to Backyard Burgers on Waller Ave to grab lunch. By the time we’d finished, I’d decided to buy a copy, too. I went on to run my Defense Research Agency campaign (source material previously posted under the Spycraft tag<\/a>), then joined the design team for almost all of the first edition’s run, as well as Stargate SG-1<\/em>‘s licensed releases. Tracker7 subsequently ran a cops game under the second edition rules, and I was heavily into the Living Spycraft organized play space whenever I could get out to Archon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isak Eriksen (code name Svallin), Watcher on the Baltic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Isak never intended to be a spy. His first love was linguistics, and he envisioned himself settling into a comfortable professorship somewhere, maybe with a side gig in translations. But his weakness was intellectual challenges. The alternate-reality game that captured his interest during his last year of grad school led him down deeper and deeper rabbit holes. When the Etterretningstjenesten<\/a><\/em> recruiter knocked on his door, he was far too entranced to back away. And then they turned him loose on puzzles that really <\/em>mattered: human trafficking, arms smuggling, nuclear nonproliferation…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are spies, and then there are spies. Isak is the sort better suited to desk duty than two-fisted action. He’s an analyst and cryptolinguist specializing in Baltic security. But the Norwegian government’s relationship with the Agency means occasionally he has to take the field, trading in his triple monitors and high-isolation headphones for a forged passport and an evidence collection kit. Ideally, he’s the guy who waits in the van while his teammates storm the terrorist safehouse, then comes in to tag and bag everything afterward. He’s not much good in a fight, but his medical training (also good for maintaining an innocuous cover) means he can at last patch up the wounded when the shooting stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Class\/Level:<\/strong> Snoop 3
Department<\/strong> (Spycraft<\/em>‘s replacement for race): The Basement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action Dice:<\/strong> 3d4
Vitality<\/strong>: 24 (d8 vitality die)
Wounds<\/strong>: 11
Base Attack Bonus<\/strong>: +1
Fortitude Save<\/strong>: +1
Reflex Save<\/strong>: +3
Will Save<\/strong>: +5
Initiative Bonus<\/strong>: +3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ability Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strength 9 (-1)
Dexterity 12 (+1)
Constitution 11 (+0)
Intelligence 12 (+1)
Wisdom 14 (+2)
Charisma 12 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computers (Int) 3 ranks = +4
Cryptography (Int) 6 ranks = +7
Cultures (Wis) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +10 with a 19-20 threat range
Electronics (Int) 3 ranks = +4
First Aid (Wis) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +10 with a 19-20 threat range
Languages (Wis) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +10 with a 19-20 threat range (native Norwegian; English, Finnish, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Swedish)
Listen (Wis) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +10 with a 19-20 threat range
Search (Int) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +9 with a 19-20 threat range
Sense Motive (Wis) 6 ranks = +8
Spot (Wis) 6 ranks, +2 feat = +10 with a 19-20 threat range
Surveillance (Wis) 6 ranks = +8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armor Proficiency (Light)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun, Melee)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alertness<\/strong>: +2 to Listen, Search, Spot with a 19-20 threat range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safe House: <\/strong>gain a safe house in every major city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Traveler: <\/strong>+2 to Cultures, First Aid, Languages with a 19-20 threat range<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Abilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astute (core ability): <\/strong>Whenever you spend an action die to add to an INT-based skill check, roll and adds two dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flawless Search: <\/strong>When rolling a Search or Spot check to find clues or other important information, you can never completely fail. Even when the Game Control activates an error (usually a natural 1), the GC must spend at least two action dice to make it a critical failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuition (1\/session): <\/strong>As a free action, provoke the GC to give you a hint about how to use a clue or piece of information the team has discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury-Rig: <\/strong>Gain a +2 competence bonus with Computers or Electronics checks made to attempt temporary repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mission Budget (per mission):<\/strong> 2d4 + 6 + mission bonus budget point; 3 + mission bonus gadget points<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field Expenses (per mission): <\/strong>(2d4 + 6) x $100 per mission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal Budget:<\/strong> 51 budget points, used to acquire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bundle A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n