Meta Awareness

Transmission & Vectors

Exposure To Higher Dimensions

Most portals will only transfer an object from one place to another within the same dimension, even if across time. However, transference to a higher plane is infinitesimally rarer It is also considerably more dangerous, as not only would one have to pass through, one must also survive what is on the other side, before finding their way back.

Mitial

Physical / Metaphysical Law | Dec 11, 2022

Affected Groups

Transmigrants

Humans are the newest locals to be exposed to the potential of awareness.

Locals

Other migrants to Manidweepa are at various stages of cultural acceptance of meta awareness as just another element of strangeness in

Natives

Dimension hopping creatures are either completely immune to meta awareness or have so thoroughly incorporated the phenomenon into themselves as to be indiscernible to any quirk.

Prevention

Forbidden Portals

Generic article | Feb 13, 2024

Avoidance

The most obvious way to avoid getting this superpower is simply not go to the places that are portal prone. However, many daring, megalomaniacal or peripatetic individuals what purpose fleeing go to such places with the express intent of being so affected. Although, it is incredibly random. Even passing through hundreds of portals or being awashed many times over by reality waves, does not guarantee meta awareness.

Cultural Reception

Bidirectional Entertainment

Organization | Aug 1, 2023

Literatus

Any litterati who had discovered the possibilities of meta awareness would be the subject of great jealousy form their peers. But attempts to inquire further have always been stymied by the cultures whose members that have experience it. They seem to regard it with a measure of fear and are not inclined to to create more zetetics.

Game Mechanics

Group 1

1d17 Meta Point	Action	Description
1	Found Gun	Range weapon found +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
2	Impromptu Melee	Improvise a melee weapon out of a mundane item +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
3	Unexpected Boon	Intercede positively after another character's roll, but before the GM, that helps them by narrative description +1 score for a target character
4	Crippling Shot	Choose a target NPC and 1d6 Roll for number of Inactive Turns OR Choose a target PC and 1d3 Roll for number of Inactive Turns
5	Collateral Damage	Damage an object as a side effect of an action
6	Deus Ex Machina	GM must relax one of his harsher description
7	Combined Assault	You and 1 PC or NPC, attack the same target immediately (without compromising their turn) at +1score OR The target attacks you immediately at -1 score
8	Critical Failure	GM describes immediate failure for a target
9	Critical Success	GM describes immediate success for a target
10	Drop	A target fumbles and drops a piece of equipment, after a roll but before the GM describes the outcome
11	Hand of God	This option can be saved once for future use Cancel a suggested meta point before it can be implemented
12	Specialization	Describe a tool useful to an action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
13	Feint	Describe a dF5+dF5+3dF5 bluff during a combat phase Describe a situation that dF5+dF5+3dF5 confuses an enemy
14	Flesh Wound	A successful attack roll causes the target to lose a limb
15	Reinforcements	Describe a group of NPCs who are either useful or detrimental to an action GM controls the NPCs after the round ends
16	Aesthetic	Describe a decorative feature (light fixtures, chairs, statues) useful to an action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
17	Victory	For one turn, rolls are treated as 20. Irrespective of the actual number

Group 2

1d34min18 Meta Point	Action	Description
18	First	Interrupt a target’s action, after which they resolve their action
19	Thinking	Assign 3 actions of your choice numbered 1 , 2 , 3 The first one rolled is yours. Pass the second to a player of your choice. The last is permanently excluded from the rest of the game. {1d3,1d3}
20	Improvise	First declare an action, Then, roll a random action: 1d51! Then, narrate its effects to whatever happened, for better or ill
21	Improvised Defense	Find a piece of armour or clothing helpful to the current situation +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
22	Jam	The target weapon jams
23	Explosion	Describe a random explosion with a 3m blast radius
24	Hide	A hiding spot simply appears Dodge any attacks until the start of the next round but unable do anything else till then
25	Lucky Dodge	Negate any previously inflicted damage in exchange for a carried item chosen by the GM
26	Reunion	Describe a NPC useful or detrimental to an action +2/-2 dice this round and +1/-1 dice thereafter GM controls the NPC after the end of the round
27	Mistake	Describe a NPC useful or detrimental to an action +2/-2 dice this round and +1/-1 dice thereafter GM controls the NPC after the end of the round
28	Confound	Credit for any particular action initially done by a character becomes having been performed by someone else. GM chooses
29	Secret Passage	Describe a convenient feature (crane, vent, steam pipe, etc) useful to an action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
30	Hinder	Delete 1 success roll from a target total Describe something unexpected that hindered them
31	Opposite	GM is forced to describe the opposite effect to what a target would have wanted
32	Desperate Act	Launch an attack with a non-standard Stat/Skill combination +2 successes when above 75% 1d% . If not, -1 success.
33	Risk	Describe how an action became dangerous +2 dice to any action For every [6] rolled, take 1 severity wound.
34	Risky	Describe how an action became dangerous +2 dice to any action For every [6] rolled, take 1 severity wound.

Group 3

1d51min35 Meta Point	Action	Description
35	Repurpose	Take any item mentioned by the GM and boost it with improved stats +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
36	Missed	Annul the immediate damage taken The attacker loses a meta point
37	Accident	Describe something, after a roll, that hindered the target and before the GM can describe it -1 success from the roll
38	Impulse	Go first at the start of a round -1 dice from any roll you make this round Your actions take precedence before others this round
39	Spontaneity	Go first at the start of a round -1 dice from any roll you make this round Your actions take precedence before others this round
40	Ambush	Enemy you spotted becomes unaware of you +2 attack Optional swap between Strength and Wisdom, Stealth and Melee or both
41	Kill	Automatically kill whatever you damaged
42	Knife	Describe a hand-to-hand weapon useful to an action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
43	Robot	Describe an AI useful or detrimental to an action +2/-2 dice this round and +1/-1 dice thereafter
44	Assessment	Successful when ( 1d6 +wisdom+bonus) greater than 10 +1 dice next turn if successful, for yourself and anyone you choose -1 dice next turn if failed, for everyone
45	Patience	Declare your intention first and then go last with +2 dice Actions are concluded simultaneously if 'Temporize' is in effect in the same round
46	Temporize	Declare your intention first and then go last with +2 dice Actions are concluded simultaneously if 'Patience' is in effect in the same round
47	Ride	Describe a vehicle useful to the action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
48	Elevate	Describe an elevated feature (lift, gantry, stairs, etc) useful to an action +2 dice this round and +1 dice thereafter
49	Liquid	Describe a liquid useful or detrimental to an action +2/-2 dice this round and +1/-1 dice thereafter
50	Target	An attack hits a different target from the one intended New target is decided between the GM and the player
51	Freebie	Create a new, unmentioned ability between the GM and the player

A meta point is a special reward system that follows the Players (not the characters) that is transferable between the characters they player controls from one game to another, provided they did not spend all of it in one game. In its simplest form, they can act as a automatic success for whatever the players' respective character was just doing. Narratively, the storyline is intended to play with ergodic literature by including meta-like intervention from the players. The meta-awareness is the in-universe reason for this mechanic. It is intended for players to temporarily overtake from the GM and alter the environment in one miniscule manner to the character's benefit.

Manidweepa

Geographic Location | Nov 7, 2022

Type

Divine

Origin

Divine

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Extremely Rare

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Meta Awareness

Transmission & Vectors

Exposure To Higher Dimensions

Mitial

Affected Groups

Transmigrants

Locals

Natives

Prevention

Forbidden Portals

Avoidance

Cultural Reception

Bidirectional Entertainment

Literatus

Game Mechanics

Manidweepa

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