Example Miracles

Pricing

Character traits:
   0 — involves a theme trait
   3 — involves a trait, but not a themed one
   7 — doesn't involve any trait

Workability level:
   0 — could be done manually by yourself
   N — could be done manually by N people
   3 — could be done with unpowered tools
   5 — could be done with powered tools or high tech
   7 — theoretically impossible to quantum-relativistic science

Remove:
   0 — target is yourself
   1 — target is in sense-shot
   3 — target is in media contact
   5 — target is somewhere in the world
  10 — target is in another world or time

Familiarity:
   0 — familiar with (e.g. a dog; you've met them many times)
   3 — encountered (e.g. a giraffe; you've seen them in person a few times)
   5 — acquainted with (e.g. a platypus; you've seen pictures & know a few things)
   7 — aware of (e.g. a griffin or tyrannosaur; you barely know more than what it is)
  10 — novel (you're making this up)

Permanence (of an on-going miraculous situation):
   0 — while in use
   N — N days
  10 — permanently (also costs 1 reality point)

(The examples assume the character is performing a miracle unrelated to their traits, so "char" (character traits cost) is always 7. If the miracle related to a normal character trait, "char" would go down to 3. If the miracle related to a magical theme of the character's, "char" would go down to 0.)

Examples

• Telepathy
  • read mind of someone in view: 13
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • read mind of familiar person not in view: 17
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 5 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • read mind of person you've just heard of: 22
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 5 + faml 5 + perm 0
• Clairvoyance
  • remotely view present: 27
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 5 + faml 10 + perm 0
  • remotely view past/future: 34
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 10 + faml 10 + perm 0
  • guess right blindly: 29
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 5 + faml 10 + perm 0
• Telekinesis
  • levitate 10 kg object in view: 11
    = char 7 + work 0 + remv 1 + faml 3 + perm 0
  • levitate 1 ton viewed mediated (e.g. through mirror or live TV): 16
    = char 7 + work 3 + remv 3 + faml 3 + perm 0
  • levitate 1 ton unseen: 18
    = char 7 + work 3 + remv 5 + faml 3 + perm 0
• Teleportation
  • teleport self to place in view: 15
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • teleport self to familiar place: 17
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 3 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • teleport self to unknown place: 26
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 5 + faml 7 + perm 0
  • teleport cargo to self from place in view: 15
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • teleport cargo to self from familiar place: 19
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 5 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • teleport cargo to self from unknown place: 29
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 5 + faml 10 + perm 0
  • create permanent teleport gate between familiar places: 29
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 5 + faml 0 + perm 10
  • create permanent time gate between familiar places: 34
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 10 + faml 0 + perm 10
  • create permanent world gate between familiar places: 34
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 10 + faml 0 + perm 10
  • flit to place in view: 13
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • flit to familiar place:15
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 3 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • flit to unknown place: 24
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 5 + faml 7 + perm 0
• Transformation
  • transform self to different age, sex, or race but the same species (e.g. man to woman, black to white): 12
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 0 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • transform self to different species but the same class (e.g. human to wolf): 13
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 0 + faml 1 + perm 0
  • transform self to different class but the same phylum (e.g. human to frog): 15
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 0 + faml 3 + perm 0
  • transform self to different phylum but the same kingdom (e.g. human to insect): 17
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 0 + faml 5 + perm 0
  • transform self to different kingdom but the same biosphere (e.g. human to tree): 19
    = char 7 + work 5 + remv 0 + faml 7 + perm 0
  • transform self out of the biosphere (e.g. human to rock or machine or alien): 24
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 0 + faml 10 + perm 0
• Illusion
  • glamour/seeming on self: 14
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 0 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • glamour/seeming on self, permanent: 24
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 0 + faml 0 + perm 10
  • glamour/seeming on companions: 15
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • glamour/seeming on others, permanent: 25
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 10
• Creation
  • permanently animate familiar object: 24
    = char 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 10
  • create 10 kg of gold: 15
    = chat 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0
  • annihilate 10 kg of stone: 15
    = chat 7 + work 7 + remv 1 + faml 0 + perm 0

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