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It's simple, just enter your preferred targets on the miniature typewriter there and the attached homunculus will shoot them for you with the “ugly-maker”. Try to avoid making any mis-types in the heat of the moment and you'll be fine.

An Invoker's preferred method of attack is somewhat more complex than most other weapons, but affords ultimate flexibility in target selection. The better you want your attack to be, the greater the chance it has to fail- but you can negate failure chance by paying a fee up front. This means you will constantly be deciding on your preferred priority between effectiveness and cost (which is fun for some players but not for others).

This is a weapon and subject to universal weapon rules.

Invoker		Define and destroy targets.
caret-right	Calculate	Reduce future failure for free.
caret-right	Convergence	Reduce all failure efficiently.
caret-right	Corruption	Add elemental conditions.
caret-right	Dilation	Push it further.
caret-right	Vector	Increase damage.
Enterprises		Demolition Ground Invoker School Squad

Invoker


Offense		plus-circleAttack: As an action, you may make a Whelm attack against up to 10 targets of your choice that are within 20 meters of your position. plus-circlePerfect Targeting: This weapon does not indiscriminately strike an area, and thus never hits any target except for the ones you want it to. plus-circleConditions: When the trigger die is 10+, this weapon inflicts its wielder's choice of the Afraid, Choking, or Nauseous conditions to its target(s). minus-circleSpecial Failure: Distance: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 3 if one or more of the intended targets is 3-5 meters away. This failure chance increases to 6 if an intended target is 6-10 meters away and 9 if an intended target is 11-20 meters away. Only the furthest-away target contributes to this failure chance, and it is only applied once. minus-circleSpecial Failure: Targets: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 3 if you wish to target 2 creatures at once with it. This failure chance increases to 6 if you wish to target 3-5 creatures at once and 9 if you wish to target 6-10 creatures at once.
caret-right	Alternative	plus-circleReduced Complexity: You can choose to reduce all special failure chances incurred by this weapon (from hitting multiple targets and/or those further away) by 6 or 12. minus-circleIncreased Cost: When you choose to reduce failure chance by 6, you must spend 1 Supplies. When you reduce special failure chance by 12, you must spend 2 Supplies. minus-circleSpecial Only: You cannot reduce other failure chances (such as from concealment, cover, or mismatched sizes between attacker and target) in this way. minus-circleFront-Loaded Only: You can only choose to reduce your failure chance before you actually roll the trigger die- once you've rolled it, it's too late to modify your attack in this way.

Condition		Explanation
desert-skull	Afraid	minus-circle The first action every round must be spent getting physically further away from the source of fear. If no avenues of escape are available, take actions as normal. plus-circle Second (and beyond?) actions each round are unaffected.
noose	Choking	minus-circle Lose 1 Energy at the end of each round. If no Energy remains, lose Flesh instead. Successfully throwing off the condition prevents damage for that round. minus-circle Making a recovery action no longer restores 1 Energy (but still allows a check to remove a condition as normal).
turd	Nauseous	minus-circle All weapon attacks cost 1 Energy in addition to any normal costs they may have. minus-circle Cannot double attack during a round. plus-circle Weapon attacks made for free (without spending any actions) are unaffected.

Sidebar: Invoker Options
Type	Effect	Failure Chance	Requirement
Range	3-5 meters	3	Invoker
	6-10 meters	6
	11-20 meters	9
	21-50 meters	12	Dilation
	51-100 meters	15	Dilation
	101-200 meters	18	Dilation

Calculate


Offense		plus-circleProper Preparation for Perfect Performance: As an action, you can perform calculations, focusing chants, or similar preparation. Every time you Calculate, all special failure chances on your single next Invoker attack are reduced by 6. This benefit is cumulative from multiple Calculate actions. minus-circleFleeting: The benefits of Calculate only apply to the single next Invoker attack and are all lost afterwards, even if you didn't actually need all of the calculations you performed. All unused Calculate actions are lost at the end of each exploration turn. minus-circleSituation-Sensitive: You have to actually be in combat (at least 1 point of Escalation active with foes actively working against your interests in some way) to Calculate. Calculating outside of combat has no effect. minus-circleSpecial Only: You cannot reduce other failure chances (such as from concealment, cover, or mismatched sizes between attacker and target) in this way.

Offense		plus-circleAlways Calculating: The first time you make an Invoker attack during each exploration turn, special failure chance is reduced by 12 for free as if you had previously made two Calculate actions already.

Convergence


Offense		plus-circleOvercome Anything: As far as you're concerned, all failure chances are basically the same and can be equally accounted for. You can spend Supplies to reduce failure chances from non-special sources such as concealment, cover, and mismatched sizes between attacker and target just like you can to reduce special failure chances. plus-circleCalculator's Boon: If you also know the Calculate ability from this class, its failure reduction benefits also apply to non-special sources of failure with this weapon.

Utility		plus-circleEnhanced Efficiency: You can choose to reduce failure chances by 9 or 18 by spending 1 or 2 Supplies respectively instead of only reducing failure chance by 6 or 12. plus-circleDilation Bonus: If you also know the Dilation ability from this class, you can also reduce failure chance by 27 for 3 Supplies or by 36 for 4 Supplies.

Corruption


Offense		plus-circleAdded Conditions: You can choose to inflict one random elemental condition to all targets struck by this weapon. minus-circleSpecial Failure: Added Condition: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 6 when adding a random elemental condition. plus-circleDilation Bonus: If you also know the Dilation ability from this class, you can choose to inflict two different random elemental conditions at once by increasing special failure rate to 12.

Condition			Explanation
1	player-dodge	Buffeted	minus-circle Every time the subject takes damage from an attack, they are knocked directly away from the attacker a number of meters equal to the damage taken. Solid barriers or creatures in the way block movement made past them.
2	burning-embers	Burning	minus-circle When rolling to remove condition at the end of the round, lose 1 Flesh if result is 1-4 and lose nothing if result is 5-8. Rolling to remove as an action during the round does not cause damage regardless of trigger die result. minus-circle All spaces within 1 meter are fully lit, all within 2 meters are dim light (or fully lit if they were already dim light). plus-circle This condition is automatically removed by getting wet or entering an airless environment. plus-circle This condition is automatically spread at the beginning of each turn to any adjacent creature that is grabbing or being grabbed by a creature that already has it.
3	battery-black	Charged	minus-circle After each action taken, roll a trigger die. If 1-4, lose 1 Energy. plus-circle Free actions are unaffected. plus-circle Recovery actions are unaffected.
4	snowflake	Chilled	minus-circle Roll a trigger die at the beginning of each turn. If result is 1-6, take only one action that round instead of two.
5	reverse	Confused	minus-circle Roll a trigger die at the beginning of each turn. If result is 1-3, the opposing team decides what actions you take that round.
6	arcane-mask	Cursed	minus-circle Cannot recover from any other condition before recovering from this one.
7	broken-skull	Dissolving	minus-circle At the end of each round, lose one point from a combat rating of your choice (Melee, Remote, or Whelm). If all combat ratings are 0, lose Flesh instead. Successfully throwing off the condition prevents combat rating decay/damage for that round. minus-circle Combat ratings return to normal at end of current exploration turn.
8	mass-driver	Irradiated	minus-circle Cannot restore lost Energy or Flesh by any means. minus-circle When rolling to remove condition at the end of the round, lose 1 Energy if result is 1-4 and lose nothing if result is 5+. If no Energy remains, lose Flesh instead. Rolling to remove as an action during the round does not cause lost Energy regardless of trigger die result. minus-circle When rolling to remove condition at the end of the round, gain a random mutation if result is 1 and do not mutate if result is 2+. Rolling to remove as an action during the round does not cause mutation regardless of trigger die result.
9	aware	Migrained	minus-circle Roll twice, take lower number for first trigger die check each round. Resets at beginning of turn. plus-circle Second+ trigger die checks each round are unaffected.
10	apple	Overloaded	minus-circle If Energy is equal to Flesh at the end of the round, lose 1 Flesh. If Energy is less than Flesh, no effect. Successfully throwing off the condition prevents its effects for that round.
11	guarded-tower	Petrifying	minus-circle If all Energy is lost for any reason, immediately and permanently turn to stone. minus-circle Stone creatures cannot take any actions at all, even free actions. plus-circle The three combat statistics (Melee, Remote, Whelm) of a petrified subject are all treated as being equal to the subject's level for purposes of defense. plus-circle Stone creatures are treated as being one size larger than their actual size for purposes of how hard it is to move or carry them. plus-circle All conditions on petrified subjects are suspended and cannot be recovered from. Conditions that deal damage over time or otherwise carry potential negative consequences when the recovery roll is too low such as Choking or Bleeding are totally harmless for petrified subjects.
12	brandy-bottle	Poisoned	minus-circle When rolling to remove condition at the end of the round, lose 1 Energy if result is 1-4 and lose nothing if result is 5-8. If no Energy remains, lose Flesh instead. Rolling to remove as an action during the round does not cause damage regardless of trigger die result. minus-circle Energy/Flesh lost via the Poisoned condition cannot be regained by any means until the end of the current exploration turn.

Dilation


Offense		plus-circleLonger Range: You can target creatures further away than 20 meters, up to a maximum distance of 200 meters. minus-circleSpecial Failure: Extended Distance: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 12 if one or more of the intended targets is 21-50 meters away. This failure chance increases to 15 if an intended target is 51-100 meters away and 18 if an intended target is 101-200 meters away. Only the furthest-away target contributes to this failure chance, and it is only applied once.

Offense		plus-circleGreater Numbers: You can target more than 10 creatures at a time, up to a maximum of 100. minus-circleSpecial Failure: Extended Targets: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 12 if you wish to target 11-20 creatures at once with it. This failure chance increases to 15 if you wish to target 21-50 creatures at once and 18 if you wish to target 51-100 creatures at once.

Utility		plus-circleMore Juice: You can choose to reduce special failure chance by 18 or 24. minus-circleIncreased Cost: Reducing special failure chance by 18 costs 3 Supplies, and reducing it by 24 costs 4 Supplies.

Vector


Offense		plus-circleGreat Force: You can choose for your attacks with this weapon to deal +2 or +5 damage to all targets struck. minus-circleSpecial Failure: Damage: Attacks with this weapon suffer a special failure chance of 6 if you deal +2 damage with it. This failure chance increases to 12 if you deal +5 damage. plus-circleDilation Bonus: If you also know the Dilation ability from this class, you can choose to deal +10 damage to all targets struck, but doing so incurs a special failure chance of 24.

Enterprises

Demolition Ground	Space has been set aside for properly testing large munitions. Adventurers can spend a training fee of 1 Dosh in the establishment to temporarily increase their Whelm combat skill by +1 until the end of the current session. A Demolition Ground cannot be used more than once in a given session by any single adventurer.
Invoker School	The settlement hosts an institution that teaches the secrets of this class for a small fee. Keystones of this class can be purchased here for 1 Dosh each.
Squad	The settlement is home to a squad of 10 soldiers focusing on this class's weapon type. A single settlement can have multiple versions of this enterprise. All 10 soldiers are level 5 and have the same abilities/statistics, determined by you. At least two of the soldier's five abilities need to be weapon abilities, and all of the soldier's abilities need to be ones personally known by the retiring adventurer who establishes the squad. Squads fight for the interests of their local settlement. If a squad is wiped out, it can be restored to fighting order by spending 5 Dosh.

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