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Path 3: The Trickster

The Trickster path is a more stealthy path that is aimed to trick, confuse and terrify the crew with their range of abilities. This path could be difficult to identify early, but listening for out of place sounds and watching out for crew behaving oddly can make the Trickster easier to spot and counter.

Icon	Name	Cooldown	WP Cost	Description
	Trickster Haunt	30 seconds	0 Points	Upon selecting Trickster, the standard Haunt Ability is enhanced. Along with the WP gain, Trickster gains Possession Points which allows the use of the Possession ability. Trickster can also take the form of any player using the "Choose Haunt Appearance" ability.
	Choose Haunt Appearance	0 seconds	0 Points	Allows the Trickster to target and take on the appearance of any human target. The target can be alive, dead, missing any number of limbs/head, or any mutantrace.
	Mass Whisper	10 seconds	5 points	Allows the Trickster to send a message to every player in their vicinity.
	Creeping Dead	60 seconds	80 points	Curses the target with the "Creeping Dread" status. Has no effect on targets that remain in lit up areas, but the effects becomes more detrimental the longer the target stays in the dark. Causes shakes, hallucinations and minor damage, and eventually develops into a heart attack if the target remains in the dark for too long.
	Hallucinate	45 seconds	30 points	Causes the target to experience Hallucinations. These Hallucinations can range from hearing explosions, hearing fake announcements, and seeing blood pour from the walls.
	Fake Sound	4 seconds	5 points	Allows the Trickster to play a sound from a given list at a specific location.
	Rune Trap	30 seconds	50 points	While manifested, allows the Trickster to deploy a one use floor based trap that activates when a person runs over it, and can be avoided when walked or crawled over. The trap is invisible in the dark, but visible in the light, and can be broken with melee. The selectable effects that occur when a trap is triggered are: Madness: Doses the player with 8u of Rajaijah. Burning: Minor explosion centred on the player. Teleporting: Teleports the player to a random spot within a 10 tile diameter. Illusions: Inflicts the player with hallucinations, similar to those inflicted via the Hallucination ability. EMP: Triggers an EMP around the player, ruining electronics. Blinding: Stuns the player for 4 seconds. Sleepyness: Doses the player 15u of Haloperidol and inflicts the Drowsy status for 30 seconds.
	Possession	180 seconds	400 points	Allows the Trickster to gradually takeover and Possess a Target for 60 seconds. The Trickster must have accumulated 50 Possession Points before being able to possess. Possession Points are accumulated via using Haunt. A Trickster cannot directly harm the player they possess, however that does not prevent indirect means of self-harm, such as Space or the Grinder.
	Make Poltergeist	300 seconds	600 points	When used, prompts all Ghosts with the option to become a Poltergeist.

Countering a Trickster:

Trickster is at its strongest when there is plenty of darkness to go around as a lot of their abilities rely on darkness to be fully effective. Keeping the station well lit by replacing broken lightbulbs/tubes, having Quartermasters order a huge amount of candles, and making sure that the Engineers are doing a good enough job keeping the station supplied with power will prevent a Trickster from effectively using a portion of its kit.

A Trickster also needs to be manifesting with Haunt frequently to get the most use out of its Possession ability. An attentive crew looking around for people acting strangely, such as those walking around not interacting with anything, should be able to spot who is real, and who is the Trickster. If you're unsure, a quick toolbox to the face will kick the Trickster out of its mimicked form and reveal it for a full 30 seconds.