Mastermind by Steven Kelliher

Author:Steven Kelliher [Kelliher, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Portal Books
Published: 2019-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Stats:

Mind: 25

Brawn: 10

Agility: 15

Armor: 10 (+10)

Charisma: 40

“I’m still not ready for any hand-to-hand against anything more than some of my weakest crew,” I surmised. “But I did feel a bit more spry after the row in the junkyard. That agility score isn’t bad.”

“Nor is the mind increase,” B5 agreed.

“Not all that useful to my superpower.”

“We don’t know that for sure,” B5 countered. “True, the Influence power is propelled by charisma, but I believe the mind stat may serve as something of a negation against a target’s own mind scores.”

“Interesting,” I said. “So, the power functions off of charisma, but having a higher mind stat could result in easier checks against future targets?”

“It’s just a theory,” the droid said, as if it wasn’t important. “Either way, there are certain pieces of tech, especially of the exotic variety – visors and weaponized AI systems – that require heightened and stable minds to deploy. If you want to wield more advanced weaponry in battle, simply being charismatic isn’t going to do the trick.”

“Fair point.” I clapped my hands together and heard a startled yelp from behind me. I didn’t have to turn to know that it was Spooks. I sighed. “Now, then, on to the good stuff.”

B5 dipped an unnecessary bow. “With the increase to your charisma score, up ten points since your origin, you’ve added five slots to your max Sphere of Influence.”

I pulled up my Sphere to refresh myself on the names of my latest recruits. Nothing special. Just a few more of the dockside thugs Sebastian and Sascha had been working with. I knew Madam Post had to be getting tired of my co-opting her troops, but then, she had certainly appreciated the armor upgrades I’d had delivered, not to mention the bronze.

Sphere of Influence – 17/20

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