Glitch
Humanoid (Glitch), Medium
Racial Traits
Ability Score Increases
Racial Features
Anathema to Systems (Passive)
The mere presence of a Glitch warps and confuses electronic systems, sensor arrays, and living constructs. While you are conscious, unattended mundane electronic devices and simple surveillance systems (cameras, motion sensors, recording devices) within 10 feet of you behave erratically: lights flicker, recorded timestamps skew, and simple automatic locks and sensors suffer a -2 penalty to checks to detect or identify you. In practical terms for DMs: creatures relying on electronic sensors to find or track you have disadvantage on checks that would reveal your exact position, and automated devices fail simple operations 25% of the time when interacting with you. You have advantage on saving throws against effects created by constructs, artificial intelligences, and cybernetic control that would charm, dominate, or compel you.
Usage: Always
Hard Reset
You can force a reboot of a construct or electronic system. As an action, choose one construct, cyborg, or machine-like creature or an unattended electronic device within 30 feet. That target must make an Intelligence saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or be incapacitated and unable to take actions or reactions as it reboots for 1 round. A target that succeeds is immune to this Glitch's Hard Reset for 24 hours. You can use Hard Reset once, and you regain the ability to use it on a long rest.
Usage: Once per long rest
Viral Echo (Reaction)
When you are targeted by a technological attack, a cybernetic ability, or a device-triggered effect, you can use your reaction to release a spasm of anomalous code. The attacker (or device) must make a saving throw using the same DC as Hard Reset or suffer 1d6 psychic damage and have disadvantage on its next attack roll or device check made within 1 minute. You can use this reaction once per short rest.
Usage: Once per short rest
Trackless Presence (Passive)
Electronic surveillance and ubiquitous tracking struggle to lock onto a Glitch. You cannot be located by mundane electronic tracking (GPS, remote camera feeds, RFID tags) unless a creature with direct physical sight or direct manual interaction with you provides the location. Magical scrying that explicitly uses a node of technology (a manifested networked sensor or similar device) is made with disadvantage against locating you. This does not block magical divination that has no reliance on electronics.
Usage: Always
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