QUOTE
“The trick is knowing when to tilt the table.”
Background & Overview
Tilt is a luck-based hero who can manipulate the threads of fortune, bending the outcomes of events to her will. Her powers can shift probabilities in subtle and dramatic ways, but they are far from guaranteed, often leaving her reliant on quick thinking when fate doesn’t fully cooperate. Tilt thrives on randomness and the thrill of the unknown, seeing the world as a giant game where every move could tilt the odds.
Description
Tilt has a thin, waifish outline and is marked by small tattoos scattered across her body. The tattoos vary in design, subject, and color, but all represent symbols of good or bad fortune across different societies and mythologies, giving her an eclectic and seemingly random appearance. She has short, asymmetric hair and a general counter-culture style, embodying her chaotic and unpredictable nature.
- She has eclectic fashion, and tattoos reflecting symbols of luck and fortune from across the world.
- Her powers over luck and misfortune allow her to avoid attacks, make opponents Vulnerable, and Shake and Stun them.
- She doesn’t fully understand how or why her powers work, which makes her very superstitious.
Origin Story
Born as Dalia Chance to a Lithuanian immigrant mother and a down-on-his-luck American businessman, Dalia developed a passion for pinball, a love she inherited from her mother, who had worked on the artwork for pinball machines before passing away from cancer. Pinball became a way for Dalia to connect with happier moments from her past, and she spent much of her time at the local arcade.
After her mother’s passing, Dalia’s life took a dark turn. She endured bullying at school, and at home, her father spiraled into alcoholism and depression. One day, while hiding from her bullies, Dalia stumbled upon an old pinball machine left behind a dumpster near the arcade. The machine was called Fortune and featured a 13-ball multiball wizard mode. Though it wasn’t plugged in, it mysteriously worked.
Dalia managed to reach the high score, and in that moment, the machine pulsed, sending a shockwave through her body and knocking her unconscious. When she woke up, the machine had vanished, but she soon discovered she had gained the ability to manipulate events—much like nudging a pinball machine to alter the game’s outcome. From that day on, she became Tilt, a hero who uses her powers to influence luck and fortune.
Stats
Ancestry - Human
- Adaptable: Free Novice Edge at character creation
Rank
Seasoned — 4 Advances
Attributes
| AGL | SMA | SPI | STR | VIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d6 | d6 | d8 | d4 | d6 |
| ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 |
Skills
| Skill | Attr | Value | Mods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academics | SMA | – | – |
| 💥 Athletics | AGL | d8 | – |
| Battle | SMA | – | – |
| Boating | AGL | – | – |
| 💥 Common Knowledge | SMA | d6 | – |
| Driving | AGL | – | – |
| Electronics | SMA | – | – |
| Faith | SPI | – | – |
| Fighting | AGL | d6 | – |
| Focus | SPI | d8 | +2 |
| Gambling | SMA | d6 | – |
| Hacking | SMA | – | – |
| Healing | SMA | – | – |
| Intimidation | SPI | – | – |
| Language | SMA | – | – |
| 💥 Notice | SMA | d6 | – |
| Occult | SMA | – | – |
| Performance | SPI | – | – |
| 💥 Persuasion | SPI | d4 | – |
| Piloting | AGL | – | – |
| Psionics | SMA | – | – |
| Repair | SMA | – | – |
| Research | SMA | – | – |
| Riding | AGL | – | – |
| Science | SMA | – | – |
| Shooting | AGL | – | – |
| Spellcasting | SMA | – | – |
| 💥 Stealth | AGL | d6 | – |
| Survival | SMA | – | – |
| Taunt | SMA | d8 | – |
| Thievery | AGL | – | – |
| Weird Science | SMA | – | – |
Derived Stats
| Pace | Parry | Tough. | Size | SPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| d6 run | ±0 | (0) | – | 15 |
Hindrances
- Timid (Major): Suffers –2 to Fear and resisting Intimidation.
- Hesitant (Minor): Draw two Action Cards and take the lowest (except Jokers, which may be kept).
- Quirk (Minor): Tilt is very superstitious and practices several rituals to improve her luck. She won’t walk under a ladder, freaks out over breaking a mirror, and carries a variety of luck charms that she uses to improve her luck, such as a small rabbits foot, and a lucky penny. This stems from not fully understanding how her powers work.
Edges
- Super Powers (45): Tilt has the super powered ability to manipulate luck.
- Elan: +2 when spending a Benny to reroll a Trait roll.
- Luck > Great Luck: +2 Bennies at the start of each session.
- Combat Reflexes: +2 Spirit to recover from being Shaken or Stunned
- Common Bond: Jinx may freely give her Bennies to others.
- Killer Instinct Jinx gets a free reroll in any opposed Test he initiates.
- Humiliate: Free reroll when making Taunt rolls.
- Reliable Free reroll when making Support rolls.
- Scavenger: May find a needed item once per encounter.
Super Powers
- Awareness (5): 1/Level Ignore 1 point of attack penalties per Super Power Point spent.
- Dodge (7): Ranged attacks at the hero suffer –5. Redirect failed attacks with Focus roll at –2 ranged, –4 vs energy weapons.
- Jinx (6): Foes who fail a roll affecting the hero are Vulnerable. On Critical Failure, also Shaken or Stunned, Tilt’s choice.
- Negation (8): Target makes a Spirit –2 roll or one of their powers for each success and raise of Tilt’s Focus roll are negated. Full Spectrum. Strong.
- Parry (5) Tilt’s natural luck helps her intuit attacks, her Parry increases by +5.
- Skill Bonus (4): Add +2 every Focus roll.
- Skill Edge (6): Common Bond, Killer Instinct, Scavenger
- Uncanny Reflexes (3): Makes Evasion rolls against all area attacks, even if not normally allowed. Ignore –2 penalty on attacks that usually allow Evasion.
- Vehicle (1): Tilt has the uncanny ability to always catch public transit when needed. Obviously, she must be outside or in a subway, but there always seems to be a bus arriving at a stop nearby, or a train running just late enough to arrive when she needs it.
Gear
- None
Wealth
- 500 ⅈnf
Advancements
| Rank | Advancement (Proposed) |
|---|---|
| N | Taunt d8 |
| N | Reliable |
| N | Humiliate |
| S | Gain remaining 15 SPP Combat Reflexes |
| S | Vigor d8 |
| S | Strong Willed |
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