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Hooves 772 of the Ledger Walker

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The Lore

Forged in the brass foundries of the Great Abacus, these specialized hoof-plates were originally commissioned by the Order of the Immutable Audit. On Saṃsāra, karma isn’t just a spiritual concept—it’s a currency. The Ledger-Walker plates allow an avatar to physically feel the weight of their debts and assets through the vibrations in the ground. They are favored by traveling tax collectors and merchant-monks who need to ensure that no “leakage” occurs during their pilgrimage.

Detailed Tier 1 Stats

  • Slot: Feet (Hooves)
  • Rarity: Common
  • Color: Dull Bronze with etched silver ink-channels.
  • Tags: Utility, Bureaucracy, Grounding, Commerce, Legal, Standardized, Metallic, Vibrational, Precision, Lawful, Detection, Worn, Saṃsāra-Tech, Equine

Skills Gained (When Openly Worn)

  • Double-Entry Intuition: You gain a +2 bonus to any check involving the detection of financial fraud or the appraisal of mundane trade goods.
  • Auditor’s Gait: You ignore difficult terrain caused by loose coins, gems, or paper documents.

Passive Magics

  • The Weight of Interest: The heavier your coin purse, the more traction you gain. For every 100 gold pieces (or equivalent currency) carried, you gain a small bonus to resist being pushed or knocked prone.
  • Harmonious Balance: While standing still, you can instantly determine the exact weight of any object you are holding, down to the milligram.

Active Magics

  • Fiscal Footprint: Once per long rest, you can stomp a hoof on the ground to reveal the “Value-Trail” of a specific item missing from a room. The trail glows faintly in gold for 10 minutes, leading toward the entity currently “holding the debt” (possessing the item).
  • Tax Deductible: Reaction. When you take chip damage (3 damage or less), you can choose to “write it off.” The damage is negated, and the plates emit a satisfying clink of a coin hitting a jar. This can be used 3 times per day.

Additional Information

The Hooves 772 are surprisingly quiet on stone floors, producing a rhythmic, metallic tapping that sounds remarkably like a quill scratching on parchment. They require polishing with high-quality ink once a month to maintain their magical conductivity. If the wearer falls into “Spiritual Debt” (Negative Karma), the shoes become significantly heavier, reducing movement speed by 5 feet until the balance is restored.

In the bureaucratic landscape of Saṃsāra, obtaining a regulated item like the Hooves 772 is less about finding a “hero’s shop” and more about navigating a commercial ecosystem.

Methods of Acquisition

Beyond simple purchase, an avatar might obtain these hoof-plates through several thematic avenues:

  • The Debt Inheritance: Finding a pair in the belongings of a “Liquidated” entity whose spiritual assets were seized by the state.
  • Civil Service Grant: Provided as standard-issue equipment upon joining a merchant guild or a municipal tax-collection agency.
  • The Collateral Swap: Accepting them from a desperate merchant in lieu of a cash payment for a completed contract.

Where to Buy & Sell: The “Fiscal Quarter”

You won’t find these at a local blacksmith. Instead, you must visit specialized establishments:

1. The Bureau of Weights and Measures

These are sterile, government-run storefronts. The interior smells of ozone and old paper. Items here are kept in glass cases with long serial numbers.

  • The Vibe: Quiet, clinical, and strictly “by the book.”
  • The Protocol: You must present a valid identification scroll and fill out a Form 12-B (Equipment Requisition) before the clerk will even discuss a price.

2. Auditor’s Consignments & Liquidation Hubs

These are essentially “pawn shops for professionals.” They sell second-hand gear from retired or disgraced accountants.

  • The Vibe: Cluttered shelves filled with abacuses, ink-stained gloves, and enchanted footwear.
  • The Protocol: Haggling is expected, but it must be done through “Efficiency Comparisons”—proving that the item is worth less than the asking price based on its wear-and-tear logs.

The Cost of Entry

On Saṃsāra, currency is often tied to the concept of “Calculated Time” or “Merit Units (MU).”

  • Market Price: 450 Merit Units. * Note: For a Tier 1 avatar, this represents a significant investment—roughly the cost of a fine riding beast or a month’s rent in a mid-tier district.
  • The “Audit Discount”: If you can prove you have a “Clean Ledger” (no outstanding spiritual debts), the price may be reduced by 15%.
  • Resale Value: Because these are “Common” and mass-produced, they retain their value well. A used pair typically fetches 225 MU, provided the silver ink-channels aren’t clogged.

The Bottom Line: Combat Accounting & Tactical Auditing

While the Hooves 772 of the Ledger-Walker are primarily tools of administration, a clever avatar on Saṃsāra knows that “Defense” is just protecting your assets and “Offense” is simply aggressive debt collection.

Defensive Roleplay: Protecting the Overhead

In defensive scenarios, the wearer treats their physical space as a Sanctified Spreadsheet.

  • In Urban Environments: Use the Tax Deductible active magic to literally “shrug off” the cost of a street thug’s knife flick. Roleplay this as a bored correction of a decimal point; as the blade strikes, the metallic clink sounds like a coin being saved. You aren’t “dodging”—you are simply refusing to acknowledge the transaction.
  • In Wilderness/Natural Terrain: The Weight of Interest passive allows you to act as an anchor for your party. During a landslide or a heavy storm, you can plant your hooves and become an unmovable financial pillar. You might shout, “This movement is unauthorized!” as the earth tries to shift beneath you, using your connection to the ground to keep your allies from being swept away.
  • Against Magic: When targeted by spells, roleplay the hooves vibrating in a specific frequency that suggests the spell’s “mana-cost” is inefficient. You defend by positioning your hooves to “ground” the energy, treating magical attacks like bad investments that you are simply declining to fund.

Offensive Roleplay: Aggressive Liquidation

Offense with the Ledger-Walkers is about precision, rhythm, and the inevitable “closing of the books.”

  • In Crowded Markets or Dungeons: Use the Fiscal Footprint not just to find items, but to “track the debtor.” When you strike an opponent, describe the sound of your hooves as a heavy gavel hitting a judge’s bench. Each kick isn’t just a physical blow; it’s a Foreclosure.
  • Strategic “Stamping”: During a fight, you might use your Auditor’s Gait to maneuver through chaotic debris (broken crates, scattered gold, or fallen foes) that slows everyone else down. You move with a terrifying, rhythmic click-clack that never breaks pace, representing the relentless march of a deadline.
  • The “Final Notice” Strike: When delivering a finishing blow, roleplay the hooves heating up as the silver ink-channels glow. You aren’t just hitting them; you are “balancing the scales.” A well-placed hoof-strike to a shield can be described as “finding the structural deficit,” using your Harmonious Balance to sense the weakest point in the enemy’s armor through the vibrations in the floor.

Perception of Activation:

When an avatar triggers the active magics of the Hooves 772, the experience is a total sensory recalibration toward the cold, hard logic of the market. It is less a magical “spark” and more a “closing of the books” on the natural world.

Physical & Extra-Sensory Perceptions

Auditory (The Tally)

  • Description: A sound like thousands of wooden abacus beads sliding into place echoes in the inner ear, accompanied by the faint scratching of a phantom quill.
  • Positives: Provides a rhythmic “metronome” that helps time physical movements perfectly.
  • Negatives: Can drown out quiet environmental cues, like a predator’s breathing or a distant whisper.

Tactile (The Firm Base)

  • Description: The hooves feel as though they have doubled in weight and density, yet they move with zero friction against the ground.
  • Positives: Absolute confidence in footing; it feels as though you are physically bolted to the world’s foundation.
  • Negatives: A temporary loss of the ability to feel soft textures—such as grass or sand—leaving the wearer feeling physically detached from nature.

Visual (The Golden Ledger)

  • Description: The silver ink-channels on the hooves glow a sharp neon-blue, and a faint gold “Value-Trail” manifests in the air like a shimmering receipt.
  • Positives: Provides a direct, undeniable visual path to the objective, eliminating guesswork in tracking.
  • Negatives: The golden luminescence is highly visible to others in dark environments, effectively ruining any attempt at stealth.

Olfactory (The Scent of Trade)

  • Description: A sudden, sharp scent of cold copper coins and dried parchment fills the nostrils.
  • Positives: Acts as a “mental wake-up call,” snapping the avatar out of magical daze, illusions, or confusion.
  • Negatives: The smell is pungent and can be nauseating when used in areas already smelling of decay, swamp gas, or rot.

ESP (Debt-Sense)

  • Description: A localized “tug” in the solar plexus that points toward the entity with the highest outstanding karma or financial debt.
  • Positives: Allows the wearer to identify the most “corrupt” or “indebted” individual in a crowd or on a battlefield instantly.
  • Negatives: Causes a lingering feeling of clinical anxiety or “unfinished business” that persists until the trail is followed or the audit is closed.

ESP (Temporal Audit)

  • Description: The sensation that time is moving in discrete, calculated intervals—seconds feel like individual cells in a spreadsheet rather than a continuous flow.
  • Positives: Extreme mental clarity; the avatar can process complex data or rapid environmental changes with high-speed precision.
  • Negatives: When the effect ends, there is a “disoriented lag” or “sensory hangover” as the mind readjusts to the natural, messy flow of time.

Requisition Order: Blueprint for Hooves 772

Recreating the Ledger-Walker plates is an exercise in precision and bureaucratic patience. On Saṃsāra, a forge is only as good as the math behind it.

Materials Needed

  • 4 lbs of High-Grade Brass: Must be purified to remove “impurities of intent.”
  • 2 fl. oz. of Alchemical Quicksilver: Used to fill the etched channels for magical conductivity.
  • 1 Pint of “Tax-Collector’s Ink”: A specialized pigment made from crushed gallnuts and iron filings, blessed by a magistrate.
  • A Spent Promissory Note: A legal document of debt that has been paid in full, used to “soul-prime” the metal.
  • Ground Keratin Shavings: Preferably from a creature that died with a balanced ledger, to ensure a perfect fit to the wearer’s hooves.

Tools Required

  • The Auditor’s Gavel & Anvil: A specialized smithing set where the anvil surface is etched with mathematical grids.
  • Fine-Point Silver Stylus: For engraving the microscopic “Interest-Rate” runes.
  • Precision Calibration Scale: Must be accurate to the weight of a single grain of salt.
  • Legal Seal of the Great Abacus: To “stamp” the item into its final common-tier reality.

Skill Requirements

  • Metallurgy (Level 1): Basic knowledge of smelting and alloy temperatures.
  • Bureaucracy or Accounting (Level 2): To ensure the magical runes follow the strict laws of Saṃsāra’s commerce.
  • Steady Hand: Any deviation in the silver channels results in a “Fiscal Leak,” rendering the item mundane.

Crafting Steps

  1. Smelting the Principal: Melt the brass in a crucible while reciting the “Laws of Fair Exchange.” The heat must be maintained at a constant temperature to represent a stable market.
  2. Pouring the Investment: Cast the molten brass into the hoof-plate molds. As the metal cools, press the Spent Promissory Note into the center of each plate until it ash-bonds with the surface.
  3. Etching the Ledger: Using the silver stylus, hand-carve the internal channels. These must form a continuous loop, representing the “Circular Flow of Wealth.”
  4. The Quicksilver Infusion: Carefully pour the alchemical quicksilver into the etched channels. If the math of your etchings is correct, the silver will begin to glow with a faint blue light.
  5. Setting the Pigment: Mix the Tax-Collector’s Ink with the keratin shavings and paint the outer rim of the plates. This creates the “Bureaucratic Barrier” that protects the wearer’s feet.
  6. Final Audit: Place the finished hooves on the Precision Calibration Scale. Strike them once with the Auditor’s Gavel. If the chime sounds like a heavy coin hitting a stone floor, the item is successfully bound and ready for service.

Many-Legged Counter and Unquiet Dust

In the cycles of the Great Abacus, before the stars were counted and placed in their appropriate columns, there lived a Great Hoof-Being named Vat-Zul. It is told that Vat-Zul walked upon the world of Saṃsāra when the dirt was still a liquid debt and the mountains were merely tallies of unspent breath.

Vat-Zul was a creature of high-order math-magic. He possessed the Hooves 772, though in those elder days, the numbers were not digits but the names of gods. It is translated that the hooves were “The Sandals of the Final Subtraction.” Vat-Zul walked from the East, where the sun is born as a credit, to the West, where the moon is a spent copper.

One day, the Great Hoof-Being encountered a King of Greed who had hidden his gold inside a mountain made of lies. The King said to Vat-Zul, “You cannot find my wealth, for I have not recorded it in any book. It does not exist in the ledger of the world!”

Vat-Zul did not speak with a tongue, for his mouth was full of ink-stamps. Instead, he performed the Aggressive Liquidation Stomp. The ancient texts describe this as “The Foot-Clapping that Shatters the Secret Vault.” With a single step, the silver channels upon his hooves—which were then made of the frozen tears of honest merchants—began to glow like the eyes of a hungry tax-spirit.

The vibration of his step entered the stone. It did not break the stone with force, but with “The Logic of the Audit.” Because the King had not paid the spiritual interest on the mountain’s weight, the mountain was found to be in Foreclosure. The stone simply ceased to belong to the King. It dissolved into a fine dust of receipts and small change, revealing the hidden gold to the sky.

The King wept, saying, “You have stolen my shadow!” but Vat-Zul only pointed his hoof at the King’s heart. Through the ESP of Debt-Sense, Vat-Zul saw that the King had even borrowed the air in his lungs from the future. Vat-Zul stamped a second time. The King’s fine silk robes turned into the rough burlap of a beggar, and his crown became a circlet of unpaid invoices.

Vat-Zul continued his walk, his hooves making the sound of clink-clack-count, clink-clack-count. He walked until he reached the Great Void-Ocean. There, he met the Spirit of Loss. The Spirit tried to swallow Vat-Zul’s shadow, but because Vat-Zul wore the Hooves 772, his shadow was “Properly Collateralized.” The Spirit of Loss could not take what was already recorded. The hooves locked into the liquid water as if it were iron, for the water owed a debt to the moon to stay level, and Vat-Zul was the auditor of that debt.

For a thousand-thousand years, the story says Vat-Zul stood upon the ocean, measuring the waves to ensure no drop of water was wasted. Eventually, he became a statue of bronze, and his hooves were replicated by the smiths of Saṃsāra so that even lesser beings might walk with the “Heaviness of Truth” beneath their feet. The poorly translated scrolls conclude that when the final day of Saṃsāra arrives, the Hooves 772 will all stomp at once, and the universe will be closed like a finished book, with no remainder left over.

The Moral of the Story: Even the wind must eventually pay the price for its movement; he who walks with a balanced ledger never fears the crumbling of the path, but he who hides his debt shall find the earth itself is a bailiff.

Suggested conversions to other systems:

Call of Cthulhu (7th Edition)

Name: The Relic of the Immutable Auditor

  • Item Type: Artifact
  • Cost: 450 Credit Rating (Equivalent Spending Level)
  • Skill Bonuses: +15% to Accounting, +10% to Appraise, and +10% to Track (only when following a financial trail).
  • Game Mechanics: * The Weight of Debt: When the wearer makes a Dodge or STR roll to avoid being moved, they may spend 1 Magic Point to gain one Bonus Die on the roll, representing the grounding weight of their “investments.”
    • Sanity Cost: Activating the “Fiscal Footprint” (Value-Trail) requires a 1/1d4 Sanity check. The wearer’s mind is momentarily overwhelmed by the cold, mathematical insignificance of human life compared to the eternal ledger.
    • Tax Write-Off: Once per session, the investigator can ignore 1d3 points of physical damage by succeeding in an Accounting check. This represents “writing off” the injury as a minor administrative error in the universe’s physics.

Blades in the Dark

Name: Spark-Craft Hoof-Plates (Special Edition 772)

  • Item Type: Fine Mystic Clothing (1 Load)
  • Tier: +1 Quality (Common)
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Potency: You have Potency when using the Study action to detect forgery, fraud, or hidden wealth.
    • Auditor’s Gait: You ignore Reduced Effect or Penalty Dice caused by treacherous footing (slippery coins, debris-filled alleys).
    • Special Ability (The Final Notice): You may spend 1 Stress to activate the “Fiscal Footprint.” For the duration of the scene, you gain +1 Effect when Surveying or Hunting a target that owes the crew a debt or has stolen from you.
    • Devil’s Bargain: If you accept a Devil’s Bargain involving these hooves, a common consequence is +1 Heat, as the rhythmic, metallic clink of your steps is recorded by the Bluecoats as “unauthorized bureaucratic activity.”

Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition)

Name: Hooves of the Iron Accountant

  • Item Type: Wondrous Item, Common
  • Weight: 4 lbs.
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Steady Balance: You have advantage on saving throws and ability checks made to resist being knocked prone or moved against your will.
    • Proficiency: While wearing these hooves, you gain proficiency with Diplomacy (Persuasion) rolls specifically involving trade and commercial contracts. If you are already proficient, you add double your proficiency bonus (Expertise).
    • Fiscal Footprint (1/Day): As an action, you can stomp the ground. For 10 minutes, you see a faint trail leading to any object of value (over 10 gp) that has been moved from your immediate vicinity in the last 24 hours.
    • Tax Deductible: When you take 3 or less damage from a single source, you can use your reaction to reduce that damage to 0. You can use this feature three times, regaining all uses at dawn.

Knave (2nd Edition)

Name: Ledger-Iron Hooves

  • Item Type: Footwear (Worn)
  • Slots: 1 Slot
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Ability Bonus: +1 to INT checks involving appraisal, counting large groups, or detecting lies related to money.
    • The Weight of Interest: You cannot be pushed or tripped by creatures smaller than you.
    • Harmonious Balance: You always know the exact weight and market value (in copper) of any item you touch with your hands while standing firmly in these hooves.
    • Fiscal Footprint: Once per day, you may track a “Debtor.” This functions as the Track spell, but only works if the target has stolen from you or owes you a favor.
    • Durability: 3 Quality. If you use the “Tax Deductible” reaction (negating a small hit), the item loses 1 Quality. It can be repaired by a smith for 50 coins per point.

Pathfinder (2nd Edition)

Name: Ledger-Walker’s Hoof-Plates

  • Item: 1 | Price: 15 gp
  • Usage: Worn (Footwear); Bulk: L
  • Description: These bronze plates are etched with silver-lined conduits that hum with the frequency of a well-balanced book.
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Calculated Balance: You gain a +1 item bonus to Reflex saves or Acrobatics checks to Balance against being knocked prone, provided you are standing on a solid surface.
    • Auditor’s Insight: You gain a +1 item bonus to Society checks to determine the true market value of an item or to uncover financial fraud.
    • Active – Fiscal Footprint (Frequency: Once per Day): You cast a localized version of Locate. This only functions to track a specific object that was “stolen” (removed from your possession without a fair exchange of currency). The trail lasts for 10 minutes.
    • Active – Tax Write-Off (Trigger: You take 3 or less damage): You use your reaction to “audit” the strike. The damage is reduced to 0. You cannot use this again for 1 hour.

Savage Worlds (Adventure Edition)

Name: Hooves of the Great Audit

  • Type: Adventuring Gear
  • Weight: 4 lbs | Cost: $500
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Solid Assets: The wearer gains a +2 bonus to any Athletics (Strength-based) totals made to resist being Pushed or knocked prone.
    • Accountant’s Eye: You gain a +2 bonus to Research and Notice rolls when the goal involves finding financial discrepancies, hidden ledgers, or valuing loot.
    • Tax Deductible (Power): This item allows the wearer to spend a Benny to automatically soak a single hit that would cause no more than a Shaken status (no Wounds). The “soak” is successful without a Vigor roll.
    • Fiscal Footprint: As a Limited Action, the wearer can sense the direction of the nearest concentration of wealth (over $1,000 in value) within 12″.

Numenera & Cypher System

Name: Harmonic Debt-Tracker

  • Level: 1d6 (Common)
  • Form: Bronze hoof-covers with glowing blue circuitry.
  • Effect (Passive): You are Trained in tasks related to appraising numenera, bargaining, and detecting lies regarding commerce.
  • Effect (Active): By spending 1 point from your Intellect Pool, you can activate the internal sensors for 10 minutes. During this time, you can “see” the vibration of any creature within short range that is carrying more than 10 shins (currency). This identifies them as a “Target of Interest.”
  • Effect (Defensive): Once per long rest, you can ignore the damage from a single attack if the damage dealt is equal to or less than the Cypher Level.
  • Depletion: 1 in 1d20 (Check only if the Defensive effect is triggered).

Fate (Core/Condensed Edition)

Name: The Balanced Ledger Plates

  • Type: Extra (Item)
  • Permissive Aspect: Equipped with the Hooves 772 of the Ledger-Walker
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Stunt – Auditor’s Gait: Because I wear the Ledger-Walker plates, I gain a +2 to Investigate when I am physically at the scene of a financial crime or searching for hidden treasure.
    • Stunt – The Weight of Interest: Once per session, I can use my Lore skill instead of Physique to defend against being moved or shoved, as I use the “mathematical weight” of the world to anchor myself.
    • Active – Fiscal Footprint: You may spend a Fate Point to declare that you have found a “trail of debt.” This creates the situational aspect Glowing Trail of the Debtor with two free invokes, leading you directly to someone who has taken something from you without payment.

Shadowrun (6th Edition)

Name: Ares-Audit “Hard-Asset” Cyber-Hooves

  • Item Type: Cyberware (Foot Replacement or Custom Boot)
  • Essence: 0.2 | Capacity: [2] | Availability: 3I | Cost: 4,500¥
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Audit Overlay (AR): When connected to a PAN, the wearer gains a +1 dice pool bonus to Con (Tax Evasion) and Influence tests when negotiating a contract.
    • Stability Hydraulics: The wearer gains a +1 bonus to their Defense Rating against any attack meant to knock them prone or shove them.
    • Active – Asset Tracker: By spending a Minor Action, the wearer can ping the local Matrix for transaction records associated with a specific item. This provides a +2 bonus to Tracking (Electronic or Physical) as long as the target is within a sprawl with active wireless sensors.
    • Wireless Bonus: The “Tax Deductible” feature becomes active. Once per combat, you may ignore a minor glitch or reduce incoming damage from a single attack by 1 (Physical or Stun).

Starfinder (2nd Edition / Playtest)

Name: AbadarCorp Secure-Step Hoofplates

  • Level: 1 | Price: 450 Credits
  • Bulk: L | Slots: Feet
  • Description: Developed by the church of Abadar, these plates turn every step into a data point for the cosmic ledger.
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Immutable Position: You gain a +2 item bonus to your Fortitude DC against Athletics checks to Shove or Trip you.
    • Market Logic: You are considered Trained in Culture for the purposes of appraising items or understanding trade customs. If you are already trained, you gain a +1 item bonus to these checks.
    • Fiscal Footprint (Active): Once per day as a standard action, you can scan for “unauthorized asset movement.” This functions as Detect Tech, but specifically highlights items that have a registered owner other than the person currently holding them.
    • Tax Write-Off (Reaction): When you take 4 or less damage, you can expend 1 Charge (from a standard battery) to negate the damage entirely.

Traveller (Mongoose 2nd Edition)

Name: Imperial Ministry of Trade “Standardized Hoof-Guards”

  • TL: 10 | Cost: Cr 2,500 | Weight: 2 kg
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Grounding: The guards are magnetized and weighted. When operating in Low-G or Zero-G environments, the wearer gains a DM+1 to all Athletics (Dexterity) checks to maintain their footing.
    • Integrated Scanner: The plates contain a microscopic sensor array. The wearer receives a DM+2 to Broker and Admin checks when verifying the authenticity of cargo or detecting “Creative Accounting” in ship manifests.
    • Fiscal Footprint: By tapping into the local planetary trade grid (if available), the wearer can make an Investigate (INT) check to track a stolen shipment. A Success provides the exact location of the cargo’s last legal scanning point.
    • Protection: They provide Armor +1 (Legs/Feet only).

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (4th Edition)

Name: The Iron-Clad Statutes of Verena

  • Price: 2 Gold Crowns | Encumbrance: 1 | Availability: Scarce
  • Description: These heavy bronze plates are inscribed with the “Seventh Law of Equity.” They are traditionally worn by the High Auditors of the Cult of Verena.
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Unyielding Law: You gain a +10 bonus to Cool Tests to resist Intimidate or any effect that would force you to retreat from your current position.
    • The Auditor’s Eye: You gain +10 to Evaluate and Lore (Law) Tests.
    • Active – Fiscal Footprint: Once per day, you may perform a Channelling (Hysh) or Perception Test. On a success, you perceive a faint trail of light leading to any item stolen from a temple, guild, or your own person.
    • Tax Deductible: You may spend a Fortune Point to automatically reduce the Damage of an incoming hit by your Intelligence Bonus instead of your Toughness or Armor, as you “litigate” the physics of the blow.