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As written, Tilts are more time consuming than rituals. They give you the power to modify your die rolls, like getting an extra Obsession/Stimuli trigger to call on during the game.

Most rituals have a procedure, followed by a Soul Check, which, upon success, yields a specifc effect if you pay the appropriate charges. Check for Stress at each stage as appropriate.

Tilts are group rituals that let you carry a hanging effect, ready to cash in during a tight spot. Unlike the reality-defying effects of some rituals, Tilts just modify probability, so they always manifest as +/- 5% shifts (minor tilt) or flip-flops (significant tilt).

You can Tilt your cabal (Bond) or your territory (Ward) and use the benefit when near/within each other.

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The chance of casting a Tilt is determined by how much mumbo-jumbo you can perform for the ritual (there’s a table for specifics, but in the end, it’s the GM’s discretion) , and isn’t limited by your Soul Score- though it caps out at 70%.

Nightbreed/UA conversion – post script

‘Breed can buy their stats over 100, but not more than 200 (as if PCs will have the points to do this).

Young Breed should be Street Level.
Old Breed (Berserkers included) should be Global Level.
Baphomet (and only Baphomet) should be Cosmic, but his Speed is probably Zero (he’s a statue, duh).

No Breed Adepts. Or rather, no PC Breed Adepts.
Rituals & Tilts are OK.
Breed Avatars allowed, but remember, getting over-calloused will nip your Avatarhood in the bud.

Maybe Baphomet is the True King of Midian, and Peloquin is The Warrior against Naturals, and Boone is Midian’s new MVP. But by and large, Avatars shouldn’t be much more common in the ‘Breed world as they are in the natural world.

PS- Naturals shouldn’t have to make Self checks for lynching ‘Breed or gunnin’ them down. There are benefits to bigotry, I guess. However, ‘Breed should certainly make Self checks for acting like Monsters. Ah, the tragic life of the outcast…

Nightbreed / Unknown Armies conversion, pt. 2

So it sounds like you have a campaign idea, and what you’re interested in is how to model Breed abilities and vulnerabilities. Again, keep it simple, and copy existing game material to model effects-

Decide on what basic ‘species’ package all Breed get: they probably get to treat firearms and martial arts damage as hand-to-hand damage. Whether or not you let ‘Breed heal HTH damage faster is up to your tastes as a GM, and the power scale of your campaign.

Also decide on the basic, across-the-board ‘Breed vulnerabilities:
All Breed treat Daylight as Fire, for example.
Most ‘Breed would be clammy to the touch, and clinically dead, and so forth (remember those Unnatural and Self checks!).

When deciding on individual abilities and party tricks, again, use material from the UA books to model specific effects. Many adept spells and avatar channels are thematically appropriate with only cosmetic changes.

The simple route is to force your players to model all their inhuman tricks on four simple skills. If you’re generous, give them 5-15% in each skill to represent the stuff all Breed learn about their new state- but if you’re being generous, then why are you playing UA?

Breed Body (Body) – unnatural body modifications that duplicate weapons, armor, or first or second avatar channels, or touch-ranged adept blasts.
Breed Speed (Speed) – unnatural forms of movement or stealth that duplicate first or second level avatar channels.
Breed Mind (Mind) – unnatural senses or cognitive abilities that duplicate minor or major formula spells
Breed Soul (Soul) – psychic effects that duplicate minor or major formula spells

Limit the use of ‘Breed skills by enforcing penalties for failures, or add a simple charging scheme, as for Adepts.

1 minor charge each sunset, starting charges: 3
1 significant charge each full moon, starting charges: 0
Maximum charges of held equals Soul divided by 10, rounded up. A ‘Breed with a Soul of 42 can hold 5 minor and 5 sig charges, for example.

The crunchier route (and why do you want crunchy if you’re playing UA?) lets your characters buy Channels from appropriate Avatars, or Formula Spells from Adept schools. Use the avatar channels and formula spells with physical or thematic effects.

The ‘Breed must roll an appropriate Stat (Speed, Soul, etc.) to activate it, and you can always may ’em pay the cost in Stress Checks or Wounds or what have you- in addition to using the charging scheme above.

(cont. below)

From UA2ndEd:

Treat riot roll (result of 51+) as HTH damage every 15 minutes for the first hour of exposure, until the riot spreads out (Along with the property damage). If you’re perceived as being the cause of the riot, the riot roll does firearms damage to you every 10 minutes for the first hour of exposure (basically, you die unless you get out of sight/under cover). 25% of participants in a riot become casualties. Dodge checks work normally if that’s all you do for the riot. Riots last longer based on the size of the mob- GM fiat, though there are crunchy rules based on the result of the riot roll.

Every hour of rioting inflicts 1 rank-4 helplessness & violence check, plus any extra violence, helplessness, unnatural, or self checks that may apply from your own behavior, or the behavior of others towards you.

Property Damage: multiply riot roll by $100k. For every million in property damage, torch one building.

Have fun!