Spie

Deceiver and breaker of things.

Humanoid warthog picking the lock on a wall safe.

Safe working environment.

Spies are masters of deception, infiltration and targeted violence. Spies can employ any combination of these abilities to satisfy their goals. The spie is a tough, mean, and ruthless vocation; however, a spie is not a psychopath by nature. There is no moral code for spies, and they can be on the side of good, evil or both. It is hard to distinguish the bad from the not-so-bad in the realm of violent espionage.

Spies are an excellent source of dangerous assignments (from governments, corporations, societies or private citizens). Spies are not dependent on a commission and may carry out a little extortion or kidnapping for their own profit (or fun). Spies are often members of secret guilds or naughty lodges dedicated to the clandestine arts. How deeply involved the expedition gets with a spie’s source depends on the milieu of the campaign.

For campaigns using vocation attribute requirements: Total of the following attributes—AWE, CHA, CON, DEX, INT, MND and STR—must meet or beat 92.

Martial Arts

Spies have their own style of fancy hand-to-hand combat. The martial art includes kicks, punches, bites, chops, head-butts, and body slams. The martial arts ability is for unarmoured hand-to-hand combat only. Martial arts attacks do not use weapons and are effective only against targets in an adjacent hex.

**Spie Martial Arts Table**
Spie skill for unarmed unarmoured hand to hand combat.
EXPS Level	Attack Order	Attack Damage	Defence Bonus
1	Normal	1d6	40
2	1 During 1 Normal	1d6	80
3	1 Before 1 During	1d6	120
4	1 Before 1 During 1 Normal	1d6	160
5	1 Before 1 During 2 Normal	1d6	200
6	1 Before 1 During 2 Normal	1d8	240
7	1 Before 2 During 1 Normal	1d10	280
8	1 Before 2 During 2 Normal	1d10	320
9	2 Before 2 During 1 Normal	1d12	360
10	2 Before 2 During 2 Normal	1d12	400
EXPS Level	Attack Order	Attack Damage	Defence Bonus
Before and during attacks happen regardless of initiative Attack Damage has NO force bonus. Defence Bonus is for an unarmoured spie.

Attack Bonus: When using martial arts the player uses the Strike - Skilled portion of the attack table. It is presumed the persona is proficient in their martial arts attacks. Martial arts attacks do not use Force bonus on damage.
Attack Order: The attack order is the secret sauce of spie martial arts. The attack order allows experienced spies to make an attack roll before and during their opponents’ attacks. The attack order supersedes initiative.

Martial Arts Attack Order

Before - attack roll before opponent attack regardless of initiative
During - attack roll during opponent attack regardless of initiative
Normal - normal initiative and attack roll timing.

If two spies have tied martial arts attacks (for example, both have Before), use initiative between the spies.

Attack Damage: An attack roll win delivers the listed damage. The player does not use the Force bonus when using martial arts.
Defence Bonus: A spie’s Defence Rating (DEF) increases through dodges, parries, blocks, and rolls. This martial arts DEF is for an unarmoured dress such as a tuxedo or bathing suit. This Defence Rating bonus does not improve the AR of worn armour.

Human escaping out of, or into, a room via a chandelier.

Out of the frying pan…

Knowledge

Spie knowledge is broken down into interests, expertise and martial arts. Interests are broad areas of interest. For example, an interest in infiltration would help the player making an infiltration related task rolls. The interest of incapacitation will assist whenever the spie is trying to incapacitate a target. Expertise represents a deeper and narrower area of knowledge.

Interests

Interests are broad areas of knowledge in which the spie has aptitude. The interests are infiltration, deception and destruction. Any task that the persona pursues that involves sneaking would benefit from the infiltration interest. The destruction interest supports any task that involves weapons or an unwilling increase in entropy.

At startup, the player makes 1 roll on the interests table per three points of INT. After startup, the persona gets to roll, or choose, one new interest per EXPS level.

**Spie Interests Table**
Areas of spie interest.
Die Roll	Interest
01-41	Infiltration
42-80	Deception
81-89	Destruction
90-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll	Interest
Startup: 1 per 3 INT. +1 per additional level
Players may choose their interest.

Expertise

Spie expertise are narrow areas of knowledge that assist the persona when making a task roll. Expertise is narrower than an interest and is less likely to apply to a task. However, when an expertise does apply is helps the task roll more than an interest does. Personas get one expertise per interest at startup. After startup, personas may choose, or roll, for another expertise each EXPS level.

Infiltration

Expertise in getting into places where one should not be. This expertise does not involve face-to-face deception, but the deception of architecture and security systems. The player makes one roll for each infiltration interest.

**Spie Infiltration Expertise Table**
Spie Infiltration Expertise
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
01-04	Casing
05-09	Climbing
10-14	Create Distraction
15-19	Cryptography
20-24	Deceive surveillance
25-29	Disable surveillance
30-34	Escape
35-39	Find power plant
40-44	Find service entrance
45-49	Find surveillance
50-54	Find traps
55-59	Find vent shaft
60-64	Memorize Map
65-69	Pick mech lock
70-74	Pick tech lock
75-79	Repelling
80-84	Stealth
85-95	Trap Defusing
96-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Startup: 1 per interest. +1 per additional level.
Player may choose her expertise.

Deception

This area of expertise is for face-to-face trickery, shenanigans, and manipulations.

**Deception Expertise Table**
Spie deception expertise.
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
1-4	Blackmail
5-9	Bribery
10-14	Bully
15-19	Concealment
20-24	Cryptography
25-29	Disguise
30-34	Distract
35-39	Feign death
40-44	Feign emotion
45-49	Forgery
50-54	Forgery Electronic
55-59	Hide on Body
60-64	Impersonation
65-69	Interrogation
70-74	Lying
75-79	Pick Pocket
80-84	Search Avoidance
85-89	Sleight of Hand
90-95	Stealth Movement
96-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
Startup: 1 per interest. +1 per additional level.
Player may choose her expertise.

Destruction

Expertise in combat and mayhem. The spie can gain expertise with weapons or field techniques.

**Spie Destruction Expertise Table**
Spie expertise in breaking stuff.
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
1-4	Assassination
5-8	Bomb Creation
9-12	Bomb Hiding
13-16	Bomb Placement
17-20	Hand to Hand, Projectile
21-24	Hand to Hand, Striking
25-28	Hand to Hand, Thrusting
29-32	Improvise Weapon
33-36	Incapacitation
37-40	Martial Arts
41-44	Stun
45-48	Stun Ambush
49-52	Stun Combat
53-56	Trap Set
57-60	Vehicle Disable
61-64	Pistols, Energized
65-68	Pistols, Energized Semi-Auto
69-72	Pistols, Revolver
73-76	Pistols, Semi-Auto
77-84	Rifles, Energized; Semi-Auto
85-92	Rifles, Energized
93-94	Rifles, Pump; Bolt Action
95	Rifles, Semi-Auto
96-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll	Expertise
Startup: 1 per interest. +1 per additional level.
Player may choose her expertise.

Gifts

Spie gifts are tasks the player does not need to make a task roll for.

**Spie Gifts Table**
Gifts are tasks that require no task roll.
EXPS Level	Gifts	Recommendation
1	One. Choose a Trivial task (<25DD).	Escape
3	Two. Add a Normal task (<43DD).	Bribery
6	Three. Add a Hard task (<85DD).	Pilfer
9	Four. Add a Tough task (<127DD).	Case, Hi-tech
12	Five. Add an Impossible task (<200DD).	Disguise, Family
EXPS Level	Gifts	Recommendation
A spie gift was previously called a trick.
A player may create a bespoke gift.

Tasks

Spie tasks are about deception, treachery and sneaky violence.

Spies have essential equipment. A spie must have some element of deception in their persona equipment. Deceptive equipment includes a pair of dark sunglasses, a fake ID or a trench coat. The referee may make a target roll more difficult if the spie has no tools of deception.

For the intricate details of how to resolve tasks in EXP jump here.

Legacy Nomenclature

Picking Locks is Bypass Security
Picking Pockets is Pilfer
Trap Removal is Bypass Security
Sleight of Hand is Pilfer

Compendium

A non-exhaustive list of spie tasks arranged by increasing difficulty.

**Spie Task Compendium**
A non-exhaustive list of spie tasks arranged by increasing difficulty.
Task	Difficulty	Description
Trivial
No Guilt	12	Expunge guilty feelings.
Escape!	12	Out of frying pan into fire.
Easy
Case, Low Tech	24	Find security weakness. Less than tech level 10.
Disguise, Planned	24 + AWE	Carefully planned hiding of appearance from strangers.
Bypass, Low Tech	24	Get past security measures. Less than tech level 10.
Sneak, Crowded	24	Move self around without being noticed in a crowd.
Encrypt	24	Make data hard to read for others.
Decrypt, Low Tech	24	Read encrypted data in lo-tech (<10).
Forgery, Low Tech	24	Create fake document in tech level <9.
Normal
Bribery	42	Jump order with value. Mutual benefit.
Blackmail	42	Extract value with information. Coercive.
Decrypt, Normal	42	Read encrypted data in normal tech environment (10).
Case, Mundane	42	Find security weakness. Tech level 10-14.
Disguise, Fast	42 + AWE	Temporary improvised hiding of appearance from strangers.
Lying	42 + MND	Falsification without tells.
Bypass, Mundane	42	Get past security measures. Tech level 10-14.
Stun, Surprise	42 + CON	Total surprise. Successful attack roll.
Climb	42	Find a way to climb something not obviously climbable.
Sneak, Standard	42	Move self around without being noticed.
Trap	42	Set trap to activate an alarm or attack.
Forgery, Normal	42	Create a fake document up to tech level 10.
Pilfer	43 + AWE	Sleight of hand conceal hand-sized thing.
Interrogation	42 + MND	Get info from a persona using pressure.
Hard
Case, Secure	84	Find security weakness in secure facility.
Disguise, Known	84 + AWE	Hiding appearance from folks that know the persona.
Bypass, Secure	84	Get past security measures. Tech level 15-19.
Sneak, Security	84	Move self around without being noticed in a secure location.
Incapacitate	84 + AWE + LEVEL	Requires a successful ambush and attack roll.
Stun, Combat	84 + CON + LEVEL	Successful attack roll.
Decrypt, Secure	84	Read encrypted data in a secure situation. Tech Level (11-19).
Forgery, High Tech	84	Create a fake document in tech level 11-19.
Tough
Case, Higher Tech	126	Find security weakness. Tech level 15-19.
Disguise, Close	126 + AWE	Hiding appearance from friends.
Bypass, Higher Tech	126	Find security weakness. Tech level 15-19.
Assassinate	126 + AWE + LEVEL	Requires total surprise. Successful attack roll. Ranged attack.
Sneak, Combat	126	Move self around without being noticed during combat.
Decrypt, High Tech	126	Read encrypted data. Tech level 20 and up.
Forgery, Secure	126	Create a fake document. Tech level 20 and up.
Impossible
Case, High Tech	168	Find security weakness. Tech level 20 and up.
Bypass, High Tech	168	Get past security measures. Tech level 20 and up.
Disguise, Family	168 + AWE	Hiding appearance from family, or expedition members.
Decrypt, Secret	168 + INT	Read professionally encrypted data.
Bizarre
Disguise, Self	210	Hiding appearance from self.
Task	Difficulty	Description

List

An alpha order of the tasks outlined above.

**Spie Task List**
A non-exhaustive alpha ordered list.
Task	Difficulty	Description
Assassinate	126 + AWE + LEVEL	Requires total surprise. Successful attack roll. Ranged attack.
Blackmail	42	Extract value with information. Coercive.
Bribery	42	Jump order with value. Mutual benefit.
Bypass, High Tech	168	Find security weakness. Tech level 20 and up.
Bypass, Higher Tech	126	Find security weakness. Tech level 15-19.
Bypass, Low Tech	24	Get past security measures. Less than tech level 10.
Bypass, Mundane	42	Get past security measures. Tech level 10-14.
Bypass, Secure	84	Get past security measures. Tech level 15-19.
Case, High Tech	168	Find security weakness. Tech level 20 and up.
Case, Higher Tech	126	Find security weakness. Tech level 15-19.
Case, Low Tech	24	Find security weakness. Less than tech level 10.
Case, Mundane	42	Find security weakness. Tech level 10-14.
Case, Secure	84	Find security weakness in secure facility.
Climb	42	Find a way to climb something not obviously climbable.
Decrypt, High Tech	126	Read encrypted data tech level 20 and up.
Decrypt, Low Tech	24	Read encrypted data in low tech (<10).
Decrypt, Normal	42	Read encrypted data in normal tech enviro (10).
Decrypt, Secret	168 + INT	Read encrypted data tech professionally encrypted.
Decrypt, Secure	84	Read encrypted data in secure or higher tech (11-19).
Disguise, Close	126 + AWE	Hiding appearance from friends.
Disguise, Family	168 + AWE	Hiding appearance from family, expedition members.
Disguise, Fast	42 + AWE	Temporary improvised hiding of appearance from strangers.
Disguise, Known	84 + AWE	Hiding appearance from folks that know the persona.
Disguise, Planned	24 + AWE	Careful planned hiding of appearance from strangers.
Disguise, Self	210	Hiding appearance from self.
Encrypt	24	Make data hard to read for others.
Escape!	12	Out of frying pan into fire.
Forgery, High Tech	84	Create fake document in tech level 11-19.
Forgery, Low Tech	24	Create fake document in tech level <9.
Forgery, Normal	42	Create fake document in tech level 10.
Forgery, Secure	126	Create fake document in tech level >20.
Incapacitate	84 + AWE + LEVEL	Requires total surprise. Successful attack roll. Ranged attack.
Interrogation	42 + MND	Get info from anthro using pressure.
Lying	42 + MND	Falsification without tells.
No Guilt	12	Expunge guilty feelings.
Pilfer	43 + AWE	Sleight of hand conceal hand sized thing.
Sneak, Combat	126	Move self around without being noticed in during combat.
Sneak, In Crowd	24	Move self around without being noticed in a crowd.
Sneak, Security	84	Move self around without being noticed in secure situation.
Sneak, Standard	42	Move self around without being noticed.
Stun, Combat	84 + CON + LEVEL	Successful attack roll.
Stun, surprise	42 + CON	Total surprise. Successful attack roll.
Trap	42	Set trap to activate alarm or attack.
Task	Difficulty	Description

Experience

The benefits of increasing experience levels are more tricks, improved task results, and improved combat expertise. Spies earn experience points for completing tasks and role-playing within their vocation. Only 75% of combat experience can go towards a spie’s experience point total.

**Spie Experience Table**
More deception and treachery leads to better deception and treachery.
Experience Points	Experience Level
0-2750	1
2751-5500	2
5501-12000	3
12001-24000	4
24001-45000	5
45001-95000	6
95001-175000	7
175001-350000	8
350001-700000	9
700001-1000000	10
300000	Experience points per level beyond 10th
Experience Points	Experience Level