Patchwork Dreams

Skill

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Description	You've touched a strange set of dreams somehow pieced together from other, older sources. The joints are still uncomfortably visible, but something about the patched-together whole speaks to you.
When Used	(See below)

Sources

Using the Tattered Horror Paperback. Permanent.

Notes

The skill can be toggled to (de)activate it from your character sheet. Using the skill gives:

(If non-etheric)
It's hard to tell sometimes, between fake science and the real thing. Thankfully, the maddest of mad science is still well in the past… well, except for the dreams of people raised on the stories, you suppose.

(If etheric)
You feel like you're walking through someone else's dreams, but it's still kind of surprising how much it feels that that terrible book about mad science and unauthorized experiments.

And then:

(If skill is toggled off:)
You haven't been thinking about this much lately.
Start thinking

(If skill is toggled on:)
You've been thinking about this a lot lately.
Stop it

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Choosing to start thinking results in:

You dwell on the twisted routes of mad science a bit, all the ideas that people thought should work but never panned out. You can't seem to get them out of your head.

Stop it results in:

You resolve to stop thinking about mad science so much. There's plenty of crazy actual science to dwell on.

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Item Summary

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Encounters

Dark Mad Science Lab

1. Poke around - gain capacitor plug or suture needle
2. Install a capacitor array - lose capacitor array; replace this encounter with Massive Glass Tube
3. Install a capacitor plug - lose capacitor array; replace this encounter with Massive Glass Tube
4. Examine the equipment - gain 4 XP Perception and possibly hints at some numbers
5. Back away slowly - 4 XP in Will

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Massive Glass Tube

1. Turn the dial - see below
2. Leave it be - Walk away

Cyberware

You can grow a complete set of cyberware in the Massive Glass Tube. At any time, you can enter "0" to empty the tube. If you have nothing in the tube, or only partially grown parts, emptying the tube will give an experimental beaker and reset it.

You will need to find this encounter multiple times to grow anything interesting in it. The first number you enter, if correct, will create bone matter or tissue matter. A second number you enter will choose a specific cyberware result. Choosing an incorrect number does nothing. An example is shown below:

First number	Result	Second number	Result
9	bone matter	2	stitched arms
9	bone matter	5	stitched legs
9	bone matter	13	tubegrown bones
6	tissue matter	3	tubegrown brain
6	tissue matter	11	tubegrown eyes
6	tissue matter	17	tubegrown organ

However these numbers are randomized per player. A hint to your correct numbers can be found by examining the equipment in the Dark Mad Science Lab. These will give you numbers which are the product of the first and second numbers. Eg. you may find a 117 which is 9*13. The first number varies but the second number is always prime and chosen from {2,3,5,7,11,17,19} (one of those will not be used). Once you created an item in the tank, enter 0 to obtain it.

You can create multiple items in the tank at the same time without emptying it, which is much more efficient. For example, if you had the numbers above, you can enter 9 (to set it to bone mode) then 2, 5, 13 which will create stitched arms, stitched legs and tubegrown bones.

Item	Type	Effects
stitched arms	Cyberarms	+2 Melee Power -2 Fire Defense
stitched legs	Cyberlegs	+2 Evasion Power -2 Fire Defense
tubegrown bones	Bodyware	+3 Melee Defense -3 Stealth Defense
tubegrown brain	Neuralware	+3 Etheric Defense -3 Fire Power
tubegrown eyes	Cybereyes	+2 Etheric Power -2 Fire Power
tubegrown organ	Organware	+3 Stealth Defense -3 Perception -3 Reflexes -3 Strength -3 Will

If you create all 6 items in the tank and empty it, you fight a Stitched Creation instead. If you win, you unlock the Whipstitched avatar.

Techniques

Using an experimental beaker with (some of the?) tubegrown cyberware grants special techniques.

Chain	Technique	Source	Type	Attribute	Base Dam	Base Def	Special
	Stitched Grip	stitched arms	Melee	Strength	3		+2 following a barehanded technique, +3 (additional) with stitched arms
	Tubegrown Touch	tubegrown organ	Etheric	Reflexes	8		+3 as Closer, +2 (additional) with tubegrown organ
	Patchwork Defense	stitched legs	Evade	Reflexes		4 (F)	Def halved vs. Fire; +4 def vs MRE with stitched legs
	Tubegrown Thoughts	tubegrown brain	None	Will		4 (E)	+6 def with tubegrown brain?
	Tubegrown Gaze	tubegrown eyes	Etheric	Will	10		gaze technique; +4 with tubegrown eyes; ineffective vs Fire
	Skeletal Growth	tubegrown bones	Etheric	Will	10		+5 with tubegrown bones