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Sympathetic



Sympathetic effects can affect targets even if they aren't within range, even across star systems and planes. A sympathetic connection is all that's needed to affect the target, and simply being aware of their presence or existence is enough.

However, there are bonuses and penalties to the user's rolls and DCs against the subject based on how strong the connection is. Multiple circumstances of the same type don't stack, you merely take whichever is best if it is applicable.

Example:
If you had both a likeness of the subject and a piece of their body and used them both as a focus, you'd only get the +3 from using the body part as it would not stack with the +1 for a likeness because they're both focuses. However, if you're watching the subject through a scrying orb or security camera, the +2 for proximity would stack for a total of +5.


Familiarity
Rolls/DCsCircumstance
-4None*
-2Secondhand (you have heard of the subject)
+0Firsthand (you have met the subject)
+2Familiar (you know the subject well)
+4Intimate (you're intimately familiar with the subject such as a childhood friend, ex-lover, immediate family member, or clone)
*You must have some sort of connection (see below) to a creature of which you have no knowledge.

Focus
Rolls/DCsCircumstance
+1*Using a picture or other likeness of the subject as a focus
+2*Using a garment or other possession of the subject as a focus
+3*Using a lock of hair or other body part of the subject as focus
*This bonus doubles if used as a material component instead

Proximity
Rolls/DCsCircumstance
-4Subject is on another plane or planet
-2Subject is out of view
+2Subject is currently perceiving or communicating with the user or being perceived by the user
+4User is touching the subject