Mask of the Forgotten
Live under a name nobody has heard; your reputation waits where you left it.
Out on the Rim a name is a ledger, and some ledgers are worth walking away from. The character keeps a second self - papers, posture, a voice worn smooth as a hand-me-down coat - and while the mask holds, every debt and every legend stays filed under the name that isn't offered.
Recognition treats the character's standing with every faction as if it were nothing at all: no bounties called on sight, no doors opened by an earned welcome, no enemy shaken by a story they have not been told. The character gains +4 to Disguise against any attempt to tie the mask to the face beneath it.
The mask is a bargain, not a shield. Speak the real name, lean on the real reputation, or lose an identification contest, and the mask is broken for the scene - the ledger reopens, and the Rim remembers exactly where it left off.
Rules Reference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat Action | |
| Category | general |
| Runtime / Classification | passive-conditional |
| Runtime / Duration | |
| Runtime / Effect Kind | other |
| Runtime / Magnitude | 4 |
| Runtime / Trigger | while the masked identity holds |
| Runtime / Uses |
Notes
Special: The counterpart of Notorious Name: anonymity forfeits notoriety's advantages as well as its dangers. Actual faction reputation continues to accrue from the party's deeds.
Benefit
condition: while masked, recognition evaluates faction reputation as 0; actual reputation unchanged
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
condition | while masked, recognition evaluates faction reputation as 0; actual reputation unchanged |
modifier | 0 |
target | masked-identity |
condition: against attempts to connect the masked identity to the real one
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
condition | against attempts to connect the masked identity to the real one |
modifier | 4 |
target | skill-disguise |
condition: while masked, reputation-gated effects (positive and negative) cannot trigger; broken for the scene by invoking the real name or failing an identification contest
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
modifier | 0 |
target | reputation-effects-suppressed |
condition: while masked, reputation-gated effects (positive and negative) cannot trigger; broken for the scene by invoking the real name or failing an identification contest
Prerequisites
type: skill
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
value | Disguise 6 ranks |