Basic and Advanced Trump

Trump Sketch (10 Points)

This allows the character to produce a simple trump sketch from memory in about 30-40 minutes. The resulting sketch has the same powers as a full trump, but not as strongly attuned to the subject. If the subject changes in some way then the trump will lose it's power. A trump sketch takes more concerntration to use than a normal trump.

Sense Trump (5 Points)

This allows the Trump artist to sense the Trump quality in any object. Thus if a painting has a Trump built into it the Trump artist will recognise it.

Trump Defence (5 Points)

This is the ability to focus on the power of Trump as a defence against intrusions by Pattern, Logrus, Psyche and most magic. Using your own Trump as a focus works best and the ability is dependant on the characters endurance against the invader.

Create Trump Cards (15 Points)

This is the ability to create a full trump of a person, place or object. It takes about 2 full days work to create a proper trump. Working from memory will double the time it takes to create the trump.

Trump ID (5 Points)

This ability allows the Trump artist to use their Trump deck to identify the caller before answering the call. Obviously the Trump artist needs to have a trump of the person making the call for this to work.

Advanced Trump (0 Points)

The Trump artist must have all the basic Trump abilities before they can gain the advaned Trump ability.

Trump Trap (4 Points)

A Trump trap is the ability to capture others in Trumps or project them to other places against their will. This can either occur automatically the Trump is activated or allow the Trump direct contact to the artist who has some chance of control. It also allows the Trump artist to create a "disguised" Trump where the destination is not the image on the card.

Trump Memory (4 Points)

This allows the Trump artist to memorize the image of a Trump they have drawn so that it is permanently imprinted on the mind. This means that the Trump artist can use the card without the card actually being there.

Trump Gate (4 Points)

This ability allows the Trump artist to create an open portal from one place to another. It requires the making of a Trump sketch and an amount of personal energy in order for it to be opened and maintained.

Trump Jamming (4 Points)

It is possible, with a great deal of concerntration, to jam one or a number of Trumps. It requires the Trump of the person you wish to Jam. It is possible to Jam a whole Trump deck, and everyone so affected will be blocked from sending or receiving Trump calls. Trump Jamming requires the Trump artist to actively concerntrate on it. If someone tries to push the contact then the Trump Artist will be involved in a Psyche contest.

Trump in Other Media (4 Points per Media)

This is the ability to make Trumps in other media other than painting. Thus a Trump artist could make a sculpture Trump or perhaps even musical Trumps that respond to sounds.

Trump Copying (4 Points)

The Trump artist can easily copy a Trump card from another artist without actual reproduction. If the card has a Trump Trap (or is disguised) then this will not be copied as well.

Call Detection (4 Points)

This is also called "Call Spying" and is an ability allows the Trump artist to detect if two people are involved in a Trump call by the resonance of their cards. The Trump artist can listen in to the Trump call. The Trump artist must have both cards else they will only hear one side of the conversation.

Blood Trumps (4 Points)

Blood Trumps are Trumps made using the Blood of a physically active sentient creature in the paints. They work best using the Blood of Amberites of members of the Courts. Once the technique is properly used the Trumps created will have increased range and will get over barriers more easily. In theory these Trumps can be used to transport the Trump artist to different multiverses. A final property of Blood Trumps is that incoming calls will register as from both the caller and the Blood of the person used in the card.

Multiple Contacts (4 Points)

This ability allows the user to make up to three Trump contacts at a time and also (if the Trump Artist desires) to link them together in a "party line" call.

Trump Echo (4 Points)

One of the Most unusual extensions of Trump is to not use it for direct contact at all. Instead, building off of the resonance ability of Trumps, one can try and locate Trump Subjects in Shadow. At a bare minimum, the Trump artist needs a Trump of himself and his target. More ideally, he can use others as calibration baselines. These people should be at a known distance from the Trump Artist.

The Trump artist can then rapidly ping the various cards to get a feel for the distance of the subject. This will not work if the subject is blocked from Trump in some way either due to distance or a barrier.