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The Touch

conjurerUser: TuffdyinactiveCanonical
Personal hatsu
Mechanics diagram
Activation
  • Lie still with eyes closed and project a controllable double within range.
Conditions
  • Tuffdy's real body is inert and defenseless while the double is active.
  • The double operates within roughly 20 meters of his body.
Effects
  • Deniable murder-at-a-distance: the killer appears asleep in his own cell/bed (Momoze, ch 368).
Assessment
Description

Tuffdy's assassination ability (lit. 'Astral Projection'). Lying down with his eyes closed, he conjures a double that moves freely within a ~20-meter radius; devoting his full concentration to it, he controls it with great precision. He used it to strangle Momoze while his own body lay in bed — an airtight alibi.

Observed output
Effects
  • Deniable murder-at-a-distance: the killer appears asleep in his own cell/bed (Momoze, ch 368).
Counter-analysis
Weaknesses & counters
Weaknesses
  • Tuffdy was physically unremarkable — unable to break Hanzo's hold or tear the cloth used to kill him.
Field record
Recorded uses
  1. CH.368Momoze strangled in her bedroom while Tuffdy lay in his own bed.
  2. CH.372Named and explained when Hanzo baits Tuffdy into confessing.
Sourcing
Evidence
  • CH.372CanonicalTuffdy names The Touch and its mechanics under Hanzo's ruse; Hanzo then kills him.
File data
Parameters
Activation
Lie still with eyes closed and project a controllable double within range.
First seen
CH.368
Mechanics known
CH.372
Bindings
Conditions
  • Tuffdy's real body is inert and defenseless while the double is active.
  • The double operates within roughly 20 meters of his body.
Exposure register
Who knows it exists