Intellect Deep Context Explain via route causes. Recognize historical patterns and understand the present. Cool for: Historians, Philosophers, and People who never stopped asking their parents WHY as a child. Find out what made something into something. And then why that something became something. All the way back to the beginning. If there even is a beginning. Deep Context helps you pull from the vastness of the past and how it coalesces into the present moment. At high levels, Deep Context will suggest reasons for events that lie in the misty dark ages of human civilization and beyond. Deep Context sometimes takes it too far, and suggests that it is not possible to understand anything fully without infinite reference material. At low levels, however, you will be left adrift with only the present facts to deduce from. Replay Remember the past. Consider alternate realities. Cool for: Sci-Fi Authors, Spiraling Depressives, and Trivia fanatics. Playback the tape of the universe. You just know there’s something that happened that can help you. Or at least something terrible that must remain wedged in your mind until you consider how it will be resolved. Replay helps you notice those elements of the rearward mirror of time that are closer than they seem. A different present could have occurred had the past been changed, but sadly this is impossible. At high levels, Replay will recall important events from your past that are suddenly relevant. But Replay will sometimes get stuck on an event that it considers worthy of frequent reappraisal, to everyone’s detriment. At low levels, however, you will struggle to find the right words in the present, or look foolish at party games. Boolean Operator Search for the truth while eliminating the superfluous. Navigate databases and archives with ease. Cool for: Librarians, minimalist interior decorators, data processors. Separate that which matters from that which is meaningless. There is almost always a new angle to take on the problem, and you’ll peel away the last rock covering what you are looking for. Boolean Operator helps you know what elements of your world should be combined with an AND, or negated by a NOT. Some things play well together, others must be kept separated. At high levels, Boolean Operator will sift through the muck of information available to bring about the desired answer. It can also find interesting ways to bring multiple ideas together to form a more useful new whole. At low levels, however, you will be swamped by the simultaneous avalanches of data and hoarded consumerist trinkets. Categorization Chunk reality into segments. Find the joints of the quantum realm. Cool for: Natural Scientists, Lawyers, those uncomfortable with ambiguity Unless you believe the universe is all one, you believe it can be cut into pieces. But where to draw those lines? Categorization helps you find edges of scale and kind somewhere between infinity and the smallest particle. At high levels, Categorization can allow for easy conceptual models of the world around us, though at times it will forget that much of reality is on a spectrum. At low levels, however, you will find no clear methods of finding what is real TO YOU. Dramatis Personae Construct a mask for any occasion. All the world’s a stage. Cool for: Actors, Salesmen, and Neurodivergent folks. Normality is a game of perception, and you know what face others expect. Dramatis Personae helps you find the barriers that protect against a cold and unforgiving world, and finds a character that best fits the present needs. At high levels, Dramatis Personae will help you see what it takes to make another person like you, or at least what it will take to get through this encounter with a minimum amount of pain. At low levels, however, you will leave yourself exposed, maskless in a world where such indecent exposure is effectively a crime. Scrivenery Write fantastic narratives. Quibble over quills and quips. Cool for: Authors, Gossip Mongers, and World Builders. Create worlds from nothing. Find strings of narrative in text of all kinds. Scrivenery helps you turn thoughts into words, and words into stories. Making a story gives life to mere ideas. At high levels, Scrivenery will help you know what to say and write that will most affect others. Though, it can also be prone to create narrative where none presently exists. At low levels, however, you will find no exciting climaxes; no satisfying resolutions. Psyche Sonder Feel so small. Feel so large. Cool for: Empaths, Highly Sensitive Cinnamon Rolls, and Working Class Heroes. You are not alone. You are not the main character. And nobody else is either. They all Cogito, Ergo Sum too. Sonder helps you connect to the rest of humanity and recognize your lack of importance. At high levels, Sonder will offer you insight into the commonalities of the human experience, even if those commonalities are often full of sorrow. At low levels, however, you will likely slip into narcissism or hateful dismissal of your fellow humans. Oblivion Find numbness. Enter the void and do not attempt to return. Cool for: Drug Users, Manual Laborers, and Professional Gamers. Seeking nothingness can be an escape, or it can be a destination all its own. Oblivion helps you eliminate your sense of self, your sensation of the world around you, and any harmful feelings that might have clung onto your soul. At high levels, Oblivion will give you respite when stimulation becomes overwhelming, though it can sometimes revel in the absence of reality for longer than is strictly advised. At low levels, however, you will feel trapped by the experiences surrounding you, or fall into a hole so deep you never come out. Semiotics Contemplate tropes. Notice symbols and signs. Cool for: Book Reviewers, Codebreakers, and Marketing Executives The world is filled with speech, and thus the world is filled with lies. Semiotics helps you find the lies you like the best, and how to use those to affect the mental state of the recipients. At high levels, Semiotics will help you interpret complex themes present in media, as well as understanding how images and advertisements shape our minds. At low levels, however, you will only see the surface level of the signs, forever doomed to obey and consume. Role Play Tear off the dead skin and become somebody else. Find control. Cool for: Tabletop Gamers, BDSM enthusiasts, Megalomaniacs. Putting on a mask is nothing compared to becoming the mask. When we transcend the bounds of identity, we can grow and seek domination of the self. Role Play allows you to change your very person, to ignore facts and find a space where you are what you want to be. At high levels, Role Play will let you enter domspace with your players, and even convince yourself you’ve changed on the fundamental level for a short time. At low levels, however, you will flounder with a dissolved sense of self, where roles replace you rather than you replacing them. Drive Let passion take the wheel. Put one foot in front of the other. Cool for: Long Distance Hikers, Lovers, and Hyper-focused Hobbyists. Sitting still just isn’t an option. The inertia of your mind won’t allow life to stay stagnant for long. Drive helps you find the energy to keep moving, even when the obstacles seem insurmountable. Sometimes it does this by reminding you of the final reward. Sometimes it does this by reminding you of the gathering storm. At high levels, Drive will keep you motivated when all else fails. But sometimes this takes the form of flooring the gas pedal, and moving forward while crashing out. A flaming wreck is still making progress after all. At low levels, however, you will wallow in the mud, unable to seize the day. Eccentricity Be strange. Revel with those on the fringes. Cool for: Freaks, Geeks, and the Suspiciously Meek. When normality is impossible, embrace oddity. Eccentricity helps you connect to the unusual, the leftovers, the punks, the weirdos, and the queer. Where go those who society rejects, so too go those who will find a new family. At high levels, Eccentricity can help inspire confidence and open your mind to alternative lifestyles. At low levels, however, you will feel compelled to stay in your lane, bounded on either side by shame. Physique Jitters Allow your muscles to seek movement. Be aware of discomfort even before the mind. Cool for: Anxious Paranoids, Bisexuals-Who-Can’t-Sit-Properly, and Diabetics. The shakes of a body that refuses to stay at rest. The twitches of a body familiar with problems the conscious mind has not recognized. Jitters helps you recognize when getting out of there is the right move, or when you need that shake up to really stir the drink that is your day. At high levels, Jitters can remind you to stand up, stretch out, and change it up. But it can also fail to explain the source of the panic without teaming up with other skills. At low levels, however, you will miss the signs and remain stationary and twisted. Ouroboros Consume. Find joy in destroying one’s self. Cool for: Competitive Eaters, Body Dismorphics, and Excoriators. Nothing can stand in the way of your all consuming desires, even physical pain. Ouroboros helps you seek out the mix of pain and contentment that comes from harming the body, be that through overindulgence of food or removing rough and irritating skin. At high levels, Ouroboros will help you find the balance to continue the cycle of consumption eternally. At low levels, however, you can easily consume yourself entirely, losing the chance to experience any further relief from the destructive practices. Regulation Enjoy Homeostasis. Return to your center. Cool for: Gurus, Self-Care Enthusiasts, and Nutritionists. Peace and comfort is the goal of most lifeforms, only punctuated by periods of consumption and sex so that we may return to that state of equilibrium. Regulation helps remind you that rest and relaxation are worthwhile endeavors, and that all productivity serves to end at a form of stasis. At high levels, Regulation will help you keep your body and mind healthy and avoid extremes. At times though, Regulation will suggest reflection and pleasure above getting things done. At low levels, however, it will hop from one attempt to another, never finding the right moment to pause. Ramble Wander aimlessly. Take routes less traveled. Cool for: Museum Goers, Rhetoricians, and the Cartographically Incompetent. Your methods of locomotion are rarely conducted with purpose, and those times that they are inevitably result in tangents. Ramble helps you stumble across places and ideas that one does not seek out, rather shedding light on those which providence has decided to place before you. At high levels, Ramble will help you discover more of the world, and lead you down paths of existence that you didn’t even know you wanted to find. At low levels, however, it will struggle to stop the wandering to take in the sights along the way. Eutierria Breath in the natural world. Become one with soil. Cool for: Gardeners, Earth Mother Lovers, and Navel Gazers. The distinction between one’s body and the universe is arbitrary. From dust we arise, to the dirt we return. We are made of the very atoms we inhale, drink, eat, and expel. Eutierria helps you recognize the fluidity of the self, and the connection to that which surrounds us. At high levels, Eutierria will help you appreciate the cycle of life and death, growth and conception. Though at times, it will deemphasize the value of humanity. At low levels, however, it will be a challenge to escape the sense of lonely solipsism. Soigné Groom to perfection. Enjoy silken locks and fabrics. Cool for: Vain Hairstylists, Fashionistas, and those who know someone is watching them. Pride in one’s appearance can compensate for many deficiencies. The clothes one wears are as much one’s body as any flesh. Soigné helps you maintain a level of poise and style that will be the envy of all, or at least keep one’s own reflection satisfying. At high levels, Soigné will help you keep your guise pleasant to the eyes and smooth to the touch. At low levels, however, it will obsess over the appearance of beauty to the detriment of actualized enjoyment of your form. Motorics Reduction Break the world down to parts. Diminish all before you. Cool for: Rage Room Patrons, Demolition Experts, and Anatomists. Everything can be torn asunder, reduced to its elements and left in ruins. But that which is broken can reveal new insights or uses. Reduction helps you smash the objects around you until they are something else entirely. Destruction too is a form of creation. At high levels, Reduction can help you release the tension inherent to seeing something whole that should not be so. It can also find the hidden depths of the material world. At low levels, however, it will compel you to tear up the world for its own sake, even feeling scorn for that which is more complete than yourself. Ad Hoc Make do with what’s on hand. Construct results despite the hurdles at hand. Cool for: Cosplayers, Duct Tape Worshippers, and Those Who Need Pressure. Plans are for those with time and patience. Sometimes diving into work results in the best of ends. Ad Hoc helps you make do with the resources available, damn the consequences of jumping into action. At high levels, Ad Hoc can help you find the perfect tool to solve an unexpected problem. Though at times it encourages you to avoid a more reasonable tool when a nearby one is at hand. At low levels, however, it will recommend a lesser answer to a conundrum that more effort could resolve. Étagère Arrange possessions for maximum utility. Collect objects of sensory delight. Cool for: Numismatists, Hobbyists, and Stationary Snobs. Indulge your inner magpie by gathering things and turning them into objects you own. Arranging one’s property in a satisfying manner promotes Étagère helps you gather the items you wish to have in your life, and to display them in a rewarding way. At high levels, Étagère can help you keep your hoard of valuables growing smoothly and in a controlled manner, especially so they may be displayed for all to see your wealth. Though it may occasionally suggest gaining additional material solely to complete a set. At low levels, however, it will demand that all things become yours, even that which will remain hidden in drawers or at the back of cabinets for eons. Ignition Burn that which must be engulfed in flames. Bring light and warmth to a dark world. Cool for: Boy Scouts, Pyromaniacs, and those in need of hope. Things would not combust if they were not meant to ignite. Some men just want to watch the world burn, even if just to ensure that it is not a frozen shell of pain and quiet. Ignition helps you set fire to the things you must annihilate, as well as bring happiness where it is absent. At high levels, Ignition can help you maintain the heat needed to create glorious foodstuffs, remove incriminating evidence, and even spark new action where before one laid in a bed of ashes. At low levels, however, it will suggest burning without goals, to use flames for despair rather than granting wishes. Haptic Feedback Vibrate along with the tools in your grasp. Manipulate technology for your advantage. Cool for: Video Gamers, Mechanical Keyboard Partisans, and Massage Chair Meditators. The tingle of keys and buttons on fingertips gives a rush of manipulative wonder. Seeing action result from your handling sends rivers of sensation back to the center. Haptic Feedback helps you know how to best utilize that which you hold in the palm of your hand. At high levels, Haptic Feedback can help you master quick time events with ease, type at speeds a secretary would be envious of, and even find peace in the flow of work. At low levels, however, it will keep you addicted to the sensory back and forth without any success or results. Contact Agréable Sensually touch the hidden depths. Participate in the debauchery of a gentle caress. Cool for: Cuddle Therapists, Polyamorous Idealizers, and ASMR fetishists. The smoothness of well lotioned skin. The ecstasy of consensual communion with another soul. Contact Agréable helps you enjoy that most personal of embraces, the most intense forms of friction. At high levels, Contact Agréable helps you find peace and comfort in the arms of another, or satisfaction with them in yours. At low levels, however, it will recommend fleeting contact without affection, or the idle pursuit of self love in the sense of blinding oneself.