Heroic Knack - Gal Friday / Pal Friday, contributed
by Pete Sears
"I've got your messages, your mail is on your desk. I forged your name on
a check to cover the gas bill you forgot to pay, I located Hassan Kasim's secret
base, and i picked up your dry cleaning, Did i do good?"
While this Knack isn't exactly proper for most Characters, it is a staple of
the Inspired sidekick. You know you boss (or master) so well that often times
you are able to anticipate his needs and fulfill them before he asks.
System: The player may add his or her Intuitive facet score to any rapport
related rolls that involve a particular person to whom they have pledged allegiance.
This means that many times they know what the character needs many times before
the character does and usually has it on hand before it's asked for.(within
reason of course.) A sidekick with this knack will know that a scratch on the
nose and a certain tone of voice means "Get ready to toss me the holdout pistol
in the small of your back."
Users of this knack who have an intuitive facet higher than 3 occasionally catch
prescient flashes whenever their special person is in danger (Storytellers discretion)
they will also know inescapably if their friend/boss/master dies. Granted, your
secretary Della might not be a lot of help half a continent away while your
plane is flaming out over the belgian congo. But she'll know if you live. and
she might be able to organize a search party.
If there is a downside to this power. it is that your sidekick becomes impossible
to intimidate or lie to. They know you far to well for that.
