Hello!
I’m Cassey Toi, and perhaps not one of the usual creative people you’ll find here at Nevermet Press, so I’m really pleased that I managed to have an idea that has the potential to work across all the NMP settings being developed. I’m talking about Ghosting, a new ability tied perhaps, to a particular race, but without too many details could be applied to any race as the game master or game designer deems appropriate.
Ghosting is an ability that allows the user to travel anywhere using another’s thoughts. As I mentioned previously I envision it would be tied to a specific race in a given setting; as opposed to being available to all races. The race with the ability is roughly split into thirds, those who have the ability to travel using others thoughts, those who can only act as thought providers (e.g. ”conductors”) being traveled through, and those with no ghosting ability at all.
The way the ghosting ability works is simple. Those who have the power can jump, or ghost travel, to wherever a conductor is whenever the want. The ghosting person needs to simply think of the place or the person. A natural extension of this ability would be that people can be paired up, one with the ability – the Ghost - and the Conductor. Character’s paired in this way would make great spy, covert operations, or assassin teams in any setting.
To allow for a bit more game balance, ghosting would need to be somewhat unstable. Perhaps it manifests during adolescence, and those with the ability need to study how to master it for years to get it to work without error. There could be drugs or physical devices that can be used to help with the training, extend its capabilities, make it easier to connect with a Conductors, or perhaps even to repress the ability or hide it from detection. Clearly the stronger the bond between a Ghost and a Conductor, the more powerful the ability manifests. Perhaps it could reach a point where both can travel using the ability on the Thought Lines of others.
Another option we discussed has thoughts being the very fuel needed to do ghost travel. I must admit to being influenced by the Study series by Maria V Synder, hence why I think that those with the ability are connected to an almost ozone like cover where from power can be drawn.
Please share your thoughts so we can get the discussion rolling.
Written by Cassey Toi
Edited by Jonathan Jacobs
