Spies do the majority of the work, finding out where the soldiers need to deploy and what would make the enemy wish to surrender. We really put the counter in counterintelligence.Not every victory is achieved at the end of a blaster barrel or by the signing of a treaty. Gamemasters are also given additional tools and guidance for building stories for Spy characters with an emphasis on Intelligence and Counterintelligence operations. New vehicles, equipment, and droids designed to be assets and adversaries to characters engaging in clandestine operations are included with new rules for utilizing the skills most often associated with Spies and their tradecraft. At 96 full-color pages, Cyphers and Masks includes new specializations and species perfect for starting a new campaign or integrating into existing ones. Often uncelebrated, their vital work is necessary if there is to be any hope of toppling the Empire.Ĭyphers and Masks is a sourcebook for the Star Wars™: Age of Rebellion Roleplaying Game that greatly expands the options and opportunities for the Spy career. By engaging in the most unconventional of warfare, spies save lives-and take them-in secret. Not every victory is achieved at the end of a blaster barrel or by the signing of a treaty. Or take some esoteric skills that are handy to place your Spy as a civilian in an unassuming, but critical location. Dabble in Astrogation or Mechanics or the like to more readily make yourself valuable to your targets. Pick up a skill that’s ordinarily not one for Spies.
Or if you’re more interested in blending in there’s Cunning Persona or Well Rounded, the latter of which can come in handy in fitting in to your chosen cover identity. Take a look at their first tier of talents:įirst up, we have Codebreaker which can help make sure you’ve got what you need to know what’s going on. The mechanics of the class support this playstyle as well. Sleeper Agents specialize in getting into vulnerable areas, talking to key personnel, accessing critical files, passcodes, and even equipment, all with the goal of having the right tools at the ready when it’s time to carry out their mission. Then they shed the other identity as easily as a hipster sheds a band shirt that’s no longer incoherent to the mainstream. They don’t just adopt a new name–they very nearly become someone else until their goal is accomplished. Sleeper Agents are masters of deception on a long-term scale. But where the Interrogator is all about getting the enemy to reveal what you want, the Sleeper Agent is all about going deep under cover, even assuming another life altogether. And today we’ve got a preview of one of the new specializations introduced in the book–the Sleeper Agent joins the Interrogator in this book. Take a look at what’s inside.Īge of Rebellion’s upcoming Spy Sourcebook may be called Cyphers and Masks, but it is all about Cloaks and Daggers. Cyphers and Masks is the upcoming Spy Sourcebook for Age of Rebellion.
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