He who is too cool

Avatar: The Hipster

“I knew about them BEFORE they went underground. Now YOU know about them.”

Attributes: The hipster is the one who is too cool. This definition has changed
throughout the years, as with trends, but the air of superiority is always present.
The hipster represents that which you don’t know about and what you can’t do
and they know it. They lord it over you passively and actively. To achieve this status
the hipster is always searching for ‘authenticity,’ for the next cool thing, they
are the ones who will first know what color will be the new black on any given day.
A key component to the hipster is the appearance of no effort. They need to make
what they do look easy, their cool needs to be seemingly unimportant and effortless.
While this doesn’t mean you have to be effortlessly cool to channel the Hipster,
you need to make it look that way. Hipsters must also always remain
current and ‘cool.’ Should they slip from the immediate trends, they loose connection
with their avatar. The hipster is reliant on a very mutable part of the collective
unconscious.

Symbols: ever changing, but now the hipster is associated with ray bran frames,
irony, the vinyl, the skinny jeans. They by nature redefine their own symbols to
be always current.

Taboos:The taboos of the Hipster are two-fold, being hip is hard.
Being a try-hard. An Avatar of the Hipster can never be seen exerting effort.
If you want to stay connected with the avatar, you must take a negative shift on your
major checks that are not necessary to immediate survival. while this reduces your
active effectiveness, if you succeed, you do so effortlessly, and if you fail, what
ever. It’s not like it was even worth while. The hipster cannot become mainstream. If too
many people recognize the hipster, or if the hipster’s actions and style become imitated, they loose connection
with the avatar. You must always remain underground. The site Pitchfork.com was suspected
to have been founded by the New Inquisition to eradicate the Avatar Completely by attacking
these artists at their taboo.

Suspected avatars: The hipster is a relatively recent avatar, suspected of being created
in the 1920’s at its earliest. due to the nature of the third taboo, it’s very difficult
to pinpoint hipsters in history, but it is suspected felt that Kurt Cobaine was the godwalker
of The Hipster, but his prowess lead to his ultimate downfall as he became more and more
popular. the magical backlash of plummeting from his position is said to have caused his suicide.
Kurt Cobaine’s shotgun is a coveted relic among The Hipsters. MC Frontalot is suspected to be
a current Avatar, as well as many underground musicians.

Channels:

1-50%
people recognize you as someone to know, to be friends with, and to have the approval from.
while you don’t have a celebrity status, bouncers will let you into clubs (with a
successful avatar: the hipster roll), you can get almost anyone to talk to you,
and people regard you with a general respect or awe, if they’re in the know. This
is useful for getting back stage or into an art opening, but will typically
not get you into a government building, bank, or office building. This effect
does not apply to those with a higher Avatar: The Hipster skill than you do, but they
can lord it over you.

50-70%
You gain the ability to predict trends. This allows the avatar to predict not only
what clothes or cars will be popular and when, With a successful roll they can predict
trends and actions within groups. While this won’t tell you exactly the future of
the police force, It will tell you that they will be hitting drug dealers harder
next month, or that The New Inquisition is getting ready to make a big move in
Chicago. This requires the avatar to be around members of the desired group
for at least an hour, and converse with at least one member of the group.
The more time you spend with them, the more accurate the
prediction. This can be easy for, say, the general public, but more difficult
for exclusive groups, and will often require using the first channel to start
a conversation.

71-91%
Irony is a powerful tool of the Hipster. It is the bending of what is real and what
is only an imitation and a satire. A hipster can retract any statement or opinion,
claim to have done it ironically, and they will be believed by the listener. Not only
this, but the hipster can affect the actions and words of others. With
a successful Avatar: The Hipster skill check, They can make it
seem like someone who is giving a fervent speech condemning alcohol is actually
doing the entire thing sarcastically, and loves the drink. This effectively can
make it appear that someone has the reverse opinion or message than the one they
are trying to portray and can confuse commands, persuasions, and lies.

91-99%
Your approval becomes critical to those around you. when you devalue someone, they take a
self check equal to the tens digit of your Avatar: The Hipster skill, and seriously
reforming that aspect of themselves if they fail. If you devalue an object, it immediately
becomes undesirable to the point of those who are touching it will drop it and attempt
to distance themselves from it. This is particularly useful with weapons in a fight. The
Hipster can also affect opinions the other way, creating new trends. They can convince
someone with a successful Avatar: The Hipster roll of the importance or relevance of something
This skill can also work with minor places, bands, artists, and other opinions upon
the GM’s decision.