The character stares hard for a moment at a vehicle, weapon or device, causing the object to cease working until the user unjams or restarts it.
Cost: 2 Glamour
Dice Pool: Presence + Wyrd ({Presence}+{Supernatural Trait})
Action: Instant
Catch: The changeling has an opportunity to touch and examine the object for at least a minute.
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The fickle Contract temporarily improves the device. For a number of turns equal to the changeling’s Wyrd, all attempts to use the device gain a +1 die bonus.
Failure: The Contract fails, and the device is unharmed.
Success: When the changeling stares directly at a vehicle, weapon or other device within 20 yards, she causes it to briefly cease working. A car might stall, a gun jam or a computer crash. The user must spend a full turn making a normal repair roll (typically Intelligence + Crafts) with the object to restart, unjam or otherwise get it working again. The number of successes on the changeling’s roll acts as a penalty to the user’s roll. On a failure, he has not succeeded in unjamming the device but may attempt again on the next turn at the same penalty. No specialized skills, tools or spare parts are needed to restart the device. This Contract works equally well on items that have no moving parts, such as knives, which experience minor, easily repairable damage, for example, having their blade to slip from their handle that renders the item useless until repaired.
Exceptional Success: The changeling’s glance causes the vehicle, weapon or other device to need minor repairs or adjustments before it can be used again. These repairs require 10 successes on an extended action, with one roll being attempted once every minute. Repair rolls suffer the changeling’s successes as a penalty.
Suggested Modifiers
| Modifier | Situation |
| –2 | The changeling cannot see the device or weapon clearly. |
| +2 | The changeling touches the device while performing this Contract. |