A 2-Victory Ported Professional Contractor played by SeedofEntropy in TXK private games
They are 24 years old, live in Nomad, and often appears as A lovely thin goth woman with pale skin and black hair. She is usually wearing a long black leather trench coat, black metal plated biker boots, black cargo pants, and a black tank top.
"Widow" Stryker lives in TXK private games, a setting where the Supernatural are still disbelieved, and life goes on like normal. Their journal has 1 entry.
4 Alertness
2 Animals
5 Athletics
0 Brawl
0 Crafts
0 Culture
2 Drive
0 Firearms
2 Influence
2 Investigation
0 Medicine
6 Melee
6 Occult
0 Performance
0 Science
3 Stealth
3 Survival
0 Technology
0 Thievery
Every Reaper has their means of taking the souls they are assigned to. Widow, having an affinity for daggers in life, upholds that tradition in death.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Knives.
+2 dice to all rolls with Knives. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using Knives.
You also gain the following effects:
She had made it her life's work to be queen of the dead. She knew dying was needed to make that happen eventually, but it happened sooner than she thought. Now she was back, but her studies on death had prepared her, and she put things into play to keep her from going prematurely again. Being used to fighting the pull to return to Skinlands when piercing the Vail, she has learned to fight the Vail in order to return to the Skinlands.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
If you would take an Injury that would kill you, you don’t die. Instead, you survive in an Incapacitated state, though you appear dead to any means of detecting life. Your body leaves behind a token. You remain incapacitated until the following ritual is performed with the token: void blade. must kill a black furred animal with the blade..
If, while you are unconscious, your wound level rises above your rating in Body + Dex, or if you take an Injury with Severity greater than your rating in Dex, you die. After you return, the Injury that would have killed you, as well as any Injuries sustained while Incapacitated, are healed. Battle scars obtained during this time remain.
Being queen of the dead, Widow can step from the land of the living, into the land of the dead.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction.
You phase out of reality for up to 1 hour. During this time, you cannot affect the outside world (other than non-combat Actions using your hands, at +2 Difficulty) or take any Actions. You may move as normal while phased out. You may pass through walls and "climb" up and down through solid material at normal climbing speeds. Nothing can interact with you in any way.
When you activate this Effect, you may limit its duration to a period of your choosing. If you are able, you may also end it as a Free Action on your initiative.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see void self.
You leave ghosted image of her void self at your location.
Finding that the afterlife is far more complex than anyone suspected, Widow chose who she would Reap for, and the Void was her calling. Gifted with terrible beauty and grace, Widow is as ageless as death itself.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Voidling Reaper. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Charisma is increased by 1.
Your body is adapted to dimensional lore.. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to dimensional lore..
You are immune to damage from cold. If cold is a substantial component of other damage you would take (e.g. falling from a great distance into a vat of liquid nitrogen), that damage is reduced by 2 (in addition to Armor)
You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.
You are immune to damage from heat and flames. If heat is a substantial component of other damage you would take (e.g. slashed with a flaming sword), that damage is reduced by 2 (in addition to Armor)
The Severity of any Injury caused by holy is increased by 2.
Dieing, to someone who is already obsessed with death, becomes a learning experience. To Widow, she learned the limitations of the human form when the spirit has so much more potential for maneuverability. The aimed to perfect this concept when she returned from death.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Dexterity rating is increased by 3. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Dexterity (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
Summoning the messengers of the dead, Widow may write a message to anyone she has some understanding of, and call a spiritual raven to deliver it. The Raven will wait for a response, but if none is offered, it will fly off to return to the realm it is from.
Spend an Action. Select a target any distance away from you. You must have a specific target in mind, but you require only an intuitive understanding of them, such as their name, face, or Location. You must actively and obviously use pen to activate this Effect.
You open up a line of communication to your target, and may converse with them as long as one of you maintains Concentration
The conversation may be intercepted while in transit, and may be overheard, read, or otherwise understood by anyone near either you or the recipient. You must share a common language for your target to understand the message.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
Truly one with the dead, Widow begins to not need the things of the living that give them life.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You no longer require any food, water, sleep, or air in order to survive.
I have no idea yet.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact and you are engaged in combat with knives.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing knives.
You also gain the following effects:
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Spend 2 Actions to activate. Select a Computer within arm's reach. Can be used on Alien technology. Roll Intellect + Technology, with the Difficulty set by the GM depending on the security of the system you are hacking. Sapient targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6. The hacking roll and their defensive roll are both Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you may issue a single command to the targeted system. This command must have a specific outcome or be a request for specific login credentials. The command you issue must be within the machine's current capabilities. For example, you cannot order a standard security camera to grow legs and walk around.
Every hack you make leaves behind a sheriff's star icon. in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
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Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a target any distance away from you. You must have a specific target in mind, but you require only an intuitive understanding of them, such as their name, face, or Location. This Effect cannot be used unless this can only appear on an electronic device like a computer or cell phone that is nearest to the target..
You open up a line of conversation to your target, and may continue speaking with them without any additional Exertion cost for as long as you maintain Concentration
The conversation will only be perceived by the intended recipient. You must share a common language for your target to understand the message.
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Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action to activate.
You automatically detect all network connection within 50 feet of you for the next ten minutes. You have a clear sense of both the distance and direction towards any detected items. You do not learn any details about the detected items.
Even while this Effect is not active, if any network connection come within 50 feet of you, you may roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 7 to detect them.
Even if there are no network connection within 50 feet of you, you become aware of the direction the closest one is in, as well as a rough sense of its distance from you.
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You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You may understand and communicate to humans and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
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Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action to activate. Select a target Location within 75 feet.
You may perceive things through sight as if you were standing at that Location. The effect lasts indefinitely but you must maintain Concentration to keep it up. You cannot perceive anything at your physical location while the effect is active.
Others near you may choose to observe what you are perceiving by phone screen.
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You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level each hour. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active automatically count as a successful Proper Stabilization and do not deteriorate further. Any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will heal with the Injury.
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You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You have 6 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack.
Your Armor cannot be destroyed or shredded, and it always provides a minimum of 2 Armor regardless of any Armor penetration. Your Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Any time your Armor prevents damage, your total Armor rating is temporarily decreased by 1. Whenever you go two Rounds without preventing any damage, it is restored back to its full value.
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This Artifact cannot be broken.
Anyone but this Artifact's creator must Exert their Mind to wear this artifact or activate any of its Effects.
This Artifact's creator is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
This Artifact's creator must have it with them to have restful sleep. They cannot regain Mind or Source while separated from this Artifact.
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Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate.
You automatically detect all Supernatural items within 50 feet of you for the next hour. You have a clear sense of both the distance and direction towards any detected items. You do not learn any details about the detected items.
Even while this Effect is not active, if any Supernatural items come within 50 feet of you, you may roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 7 to detect them.
Even if there are no Supernatural items within 50 feet of you, you become aware of the direction the closest one is in, as well as a rough sense of its distance from you.
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Exert your Mind and spend at least two Actions performing the following ritual: must do a reading, with a map of the area to activate. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
You automatically detect all supernatural peoples within 300 feet of you for the next hour. This includes any who come within range during the duration. You have a sense of how many valid targets are nearby and their direction, and you have a clear sense of both the distance and direction towards any detected beings. This information is accurate enough to use for aiming at them, at +1 Difficulty.
Even if there are no supernatural peoples within 300 feet of you, you become aware of the direction the closest one is in, as well as a rough sense of its distance from you.
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This Artifact can be used as a handgun. It is roughly the same size as a handgun and just as difficult to conceal.
Attack by rolling Dexterity + Firearms, Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +6 Weapon Damage. The target's Armor is reduced to 1/2, rounded up against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
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You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact and engaged in combat with firearms.
+2 dice to all firearms rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
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This Artifact cannot be broken.
This Artifact's creator is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
A long and slimy looking grey tentacle that protrudes from Widow's mouth. It has no suckers, but is tipped with a vicious looking blade.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action to activate.
You gain an additional limb that functions as a standard human arm and hand. Lasts two hours.
Each additional limb you posses can take one Quick Action per Round without incurring a -2 dice penalty to your main Action. Any Battle Scars that affect or remove your additional limb will heal in a single week.
Your extra appendage can be used to attack in exactly the same manner as a dagger.
Your appendage is selectively incorporeal, allowing you to reach through walls or ignore grapples on it.
Your extra appendage can stretch to reach an additional 30 feet.
You may turn this Effect on and off at will during its duration.
Your extra appendage is not connected to your nervous or circulatory systems, and you will not take damage if it is hit by an attack or destroyed.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see spewing out a tentacle.
Your Extra Appendage is incapable of fine object manipulation.
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This Artifact can be used as a knife. It is roughly the same size as a knife and just as difficult to conceal.
Attack by rolling (Dexterity or Brawn) + (Melee or Brawl), Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +8 Weapon Damage. The target's Armor is reduced to 1/4, rounded up against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
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Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend at least one Action. Select a number of targets equal to your Charisma within 20 feet. Communicate a command to your targets. Roll Charisma + Occult at Difficulty 6. The targets may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 7.
If the contested Outcome is positive, your targets will be compelled to follow your command to their best understanding of the letter and spirit of the command until they have completed it or for your Outcome in minutes. You cannot issue another suggestion to the target until 10 minutes after they have completed the first command or 10 minutes after a failure.
They will be unaware that they are under any sort of compulsion until the effect wears off, but they will appear obviously mind-controlled the entire time to anyone observing them. If you fail, they realize that you were attempting to influence them supernaturally with your command.
Your command can be an order to take an immediate Action and a conditional request. You cannot order a target to "do nothing," and they are free to take other Actions as they fulfill your request. Commands can put the target into a potentially self-endangering scenario, including Combat, though you cannot force a target to directly attack themselves. Commands may force a target to violate one of their Limits, and they will need to make a Trauma roll once the suggestion wears off.
You must have some means of communicating this command to your targets, but no one other than you and them will understand or perceive it.
This Effect ends if you are stunned, fall asleep, go unconscious, are incapacitated, die, or if your total Penalty ever exceeds 5.
You must maintain Concentration while your command is being carried out. If you break Concentration, any active suggestions you have issued will end.
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Expend a point of Battery and spend one minute. Select a Living or Sapient target within arm's reach. Roll Dexterity + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you possess your target for a number of days equal to the Contested Outcome. The target has no control over their body or actions, though they retain consciousness and will remember anything that occurs during the possession.
You do not leave your original body behind when you possess a target. When a possession ends, your original body will reappear at the host body’s same location. You may spend an Action to end the possession early.
Stats: During the possession, you use the host body’s Body rating, but your own Mind rating. Any rolls you make use the host body’s Brawn, Dexterity, and Perception but your own Charisma and Intellect. You may use either your own or the host’s Ability ratings, whichever is higher. You gain the effects of any physical Assets and Liabilities they have. You cannot read the target’s mind or memories.
Gifts: You have access to and can use any of your own Powers which are not intrinsic to your biology or physical body. You cannot access any Powers or other supernatural effects which the target has, unless they are intrinsic to the target’s biology or physical body.
Death: If the host body is killed or destroyed while you are still possessing it, you will die along with it.
Eviction: If you attempt to force your host to take actions which would violate one of their Limits or their instinct for self-preservation, they may resist by rolling Mind. If their Outcome is higher than or equal to the contested Outcome, the possession ends and you are evicted from their body. If they fail, you remain in control.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see crawling in prrson..
Grace brings Sally out from her designated satchel and sets her in front of the dead body (or token for it). Grace’s eyes flashing red, then Sally’s, then the targets- like a chain- means the connection is successful.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action to activate. Select a Dead target of which you have a Fetter that was important to them.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.
You turn on and turn up the volume of your wireless headphones and they surge with thick black shadows before dying down when the cast ends. For the next ten minutes your shadow will whisper translations from any sapient target around you as well as taking control of the motor control of your mouth when you speak, allowing you to speak flawlessly in whatever language your target speaks.
When concerning other facets of communication, your shadow will interpret anything you see to you in real time.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you will incorrectly interpret and only translate racial slurs and taboo words. Involuntary words of toxicity will escape your mouth and those spoken to will be compelled to physically retaliate. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect.
You may understand and communicate to humans and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language for the next ten minutes.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
After this Effect ends, you cannot move quicker than a walk for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
Trophies are special objects and equipment.
Examples of Trophies include healing potions, scrolls, sci-fi technology, or any supernatural item that was not created with The Contract's Gift system.
Because Trophies may have GM-created systems, they also record the Playgroup they were acquired in.