| Abilities |
| Action |
Name |
Type |
Game Text |
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Abilities Beyond Mortal Ken |
I |
Once per scene you can change Vitality to be the next lower die, then gain any Intellectual or Psychic power, or any Mental or Social quality. The new power or quality uses the die size Vitality is now. At the end of a scene you can remove one of these new powers or qualities to Recover using Vitality, and then change Vitality to be the next higher die. These changes last until the end of the issue. |
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Chosen for Greatness |
A |
Boost with Mythos. That bonus is persistent and exclusive. You may then Attack using your Max die. |
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Machiavellian Monologue |
A |
Hinder all opponents that can see or hear you using Magnate!, and Boost yourself using your Max die. |
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Mystical Drain |
R |
When an Attack or Hinder would effect you, reduce the damage or penalty value using your Vitality. Recover an equal amount. |
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Prepared for Anything |
R |
At the start of your turn, if you have no bonuses in play roll your Discipline die as a Boost for yourself. |
Upgrade:
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Occultists and Corporate Flunkies |
A |
Roll Presence + Magnate! + your Zone die. Add a new Pawns minion group to the scene with a number of minions equal to the roll of the Min die. Those minions' die step is the same as your Mid die. |
Master:
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Behind the Curtain Mastery |
I |
Automatically succeed on Overcome attempts to manipulate outcomes if you are not directly involved. |
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| Biography |
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Given the best education his father's well-padded bankroll could afford and primed to inherit his family's wide business interests as his sole heir, Alex spent most of his youth in prestigious boarding schools, where his urge for domination blossomed as he used his frightening intellect and unswerving force of will to manipulate and control the other boys and even many of the teachers at the instituitions. What Alex didn't know at the time is that he is an eldritchly significant individual, a child of dark destiny with a role to play in portentious events yet to come. |
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After reaching adulthood, he took over the business and expanded it dramatically over multiple decades. He also felt a pull towards the occult, and started down the left hand path, eventually becoming at least as influential in the world of the occult as he was in business. Then the superhero known as Legend appeared on the scene, helping to solve several mystically oriented crimes and evincing numerous mystical abilities. Alex could literally feel Legend's power from over a hundred miles away. It was inevitable that the two would run afoul of each other, as they are destined to oppose one another. Abraxas operates from the shadows, behind the schemes of various cults and occultists, behind the corporate machinations of his many business interests and shell companies. |
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NOTES: Abraxas is a Lex Luthor sort of villain, but with an occultist bent. His public persona is a carefully managed Public Relations fabrication. He's one of the richest people in the world, a famous CEO with enormous clout. |
| Capabilities and Motivations |
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Alex has no obvious powers except to those with mystical awareness. But with those with eyes to see it, he appears to be a mystical black hole absorbing arcane energies. He is shrewdly intelligent, has an indomitable will, can detect magic innately, and is extremely resistant to mystical forces. His life force is sustained by the magic he absorbs, and he has vast stores of vitality. |
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However, his main ability is that the universe seems to bend to his will. Things just seem to work out for Alex Abraxas and go his way more often than they should, as more than a few would-be enemies have discovered. He also wields broad corporate power and influence as the primary holder, CEO, and President of the vast conglomerate, Abraxas Inc. He has teams of lawyers on tap, many 'friends' in high and low places, and always has some favors to call upon as well. |
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