RED HERRING

Cost: 1 Tension
Duration: One investigation
Subject: Investigating characters
Range: Self
Action: Reflexive
Cooldown: One story
Prerequisites: Villain or higher Archetype
The Antagonist may activate Red Herring in response to an Investigation into her. Every interval of the investigation after Red Herring is invoked suffers a cumulative +1 Complication —eventually rendering the roll all but impossible, as leads dry up and evidence leads nowhere. When players realize they’ve followed the wrong chain of evidence, the investigating character may make an Intellect roll using a suitable Skill to learn where the investigation went off the rails. In doing so, she learns something valuable about her opposition, and Red Herring’s effects are removed.