Trump Artistry (40 points) Creating Trumps This involves creating a card representing a person, place, or object. When the user concentrates on the card there in a psychic bond between the two. Creating a trump takes two days of concentrated work. Working from memory will double or triple the amount of time it will take to create the card. Cards made from description, without the artist having observed the subject, have a large possibility of linking to a shadow, not the actual person. Trump Sketches With simple drawing materials you can sketch a place from memory. This takes thirty to forty minutes. The resulting sketch as the same powers as a full trump but is not as strongly tuned to the subject. The image is not permanent, and if the subject changes the sketch will lose its power. Once a trump sketch is created it takes more concentration to use it than a regular trump card. If the subject of the trump sketch changes form or moves through shadow then the trump sketch will stop working. Trump Identification A trump artist can often tell the identity of the caller, without opening the contact. Upon receiving a trump contact check through your trump deck. The card that is active is the caller. This works only if the character happens to have the callers card. Trump Defense Trump Artist can use the power of trump for defense. Evoking a defense requires using a trump card and concentrating on the cool sensation. So long as the concentration is maintained the trump will protect the character from intrusions by the Pattern, Logrus, Psyche, and most magic. Maintaining a trump defense is dependant on the characters Endurance. Against major powers it is as difficult as mind to mind battle. Sensing Trump As a trump artist you can recognize the trump quality in any object. Likewise you will be able to identify a Trump object, recognizing the difference between a regular painting, and one with trump power. Creating Trump powered Artifacts Trump artist, when constructing items, particularly Trump artifacts, can "build in" Trump powers. (see Artifact and Creature Creation) Advanced Trump Artistry (60 points) Trump Memory In creating a card, either a new one or redrawing an old one, you memorize the image so it is permanently imprinted in your own mind. That means you can attempt to contact an image without an actual card. Trump Spying There is another level of concentration where you can simply observe the operation of Trump. This allows you to overhear conversations as the trump is being used. However, you must actually touch the specific trump. If you have the trump for only one of the participants in a trump contact, you will hear only what that one person says, and will be unable to "hear" the other end of the conversation. Trump Gate The ability to create an open doorway from any one place to any other. It requires the construction of a trump sketch for the destination point. It requires a tremendous amount of personal energy to be opened, and even more to maintain. Trump Jamming Its possible, with intense concentration to jam any number of trumps. It requires the actual card of the subject to jam. This can work one of two ways. The first can be done on several targets, just concentrate on all the cards and none will be able to receive calls. Secondly, concentrate on one card and the individual will not be able to send or receive calls. Should the victim push the contact, the Trump Artist will be involved in a psyche battle.