Pack Beast
You're built to carry and haul.
You can carry 25 pounds per point of Brawn without being encumbered instead of the usual 15.
Trained Reflexes
Your life has been filled with tight situations and violent encounters, so when the fighting starts, you act quickly.
You get +3 dice to all Initiative rolls.
Bounce Back
You heal incredibly quickly.
Whenever one of your severe Injuries is Properly Stabilized, reduce its Severity by 1. Your stabilized Injuries heal 4 Severity levels per month instead of the standard 2.
Ageless
You are not immortal, but the passage of time takes a lesser toll upon you.
For every four years that passes, you age a single year.
Sleepless
You do not require sleep.
You do not require sleep, and any resistance rolls against supernatural attempts to put you to sleep are rolled at +2 dice.
Imbued
After accepting your first Invitation to a Contract, you are Imbued, altering you in several ways.
After completing a Contract, your learning and conditioning improves rapidly. However, you require the Contracts to advance. You have an indomitable Will to Survive. You may Exert your Mind to improve the Outcome of your Actions. You are highly receptive to therapy and may "cure" one of your Traumas with counseling on a Downtime.
Unshakable
You're hardly human anymore, and actions that once troubled you hardly seem to matter at all anymore.
You are at -2 Difficulty to all Trauma rolls. You receive this automatically upon reaching Veteran status (25 victories), and cannot take it prior to that.
Seen Things
Your exposure to unspeakable horrors has hardened you.
You are at -1 Difficulty to all Trauma rolls. Requires Seasoned status (10 victories).
Additional Language
You are fluent in an additional language
You can speak, read, and write in the chosen language. You may be given a roll to decipher some amount of meaning from a related language at the GMs discretion.
Lizard Brain
You are so unintelligent, you're accustomed to acting on instinct alone.
As long as your Intellect rating is 1, being reduced to 0 Mind does not incapacitate you. Instead, you are able to continue to take Actions, though you are limited to dog-like level of intelligence, and Penalty still applies in full.
Pathetic
You are so pathetic, no one takes you seriously as a threat.
As long as your Brawn rating is 1, opponents must roll Mind and achieve an Outcome of 4 or higher to attack you instead of other targets in Combat.
Less Than Human
There is some particular class of person that you consider wholly deplorable and undeserving of compassion.
If you have the Limits Murder, Atrocities, and/or Life-Saver, they do not apply to your chosen class of person.
Cat-Eyes
Your eyes catch the light in the dark like a cat or dog's, granting low-light vision.
You suffer no penalty to rolls in low-light situations. You cannot see in pitch blackness.
Beautiful
You're quite the specimen!
Rolls where your good looks could help– be it via sexual attraction, first impression, or trustworthiness– are at -2 Difficulty. Social interactions should be role-played accordingly. Effect activations are unaffected.
Contortionist
You are unusually flexible, and may squeeze through small spaces with ease.
Reduce the Difficulty of any roll to escape a grapple or Dexterity roll involving flexibility by 2.
Lanky
You are particularly tall and have long limbs.
Your "touch" range is ten feet instead of the standard five.
Nimble Fingers
Your fingers are particularly long and slender.
You receive a +2 dice bonus to any action that requires fine manual dexterity.
Convenient Klutz
Your manner of tripping over yourself is so unpredictable, it makes you difficult to target.
When you are attacked, you may spend a Reaction to instead fall on your face and take a Severity-1 Injury, avoiding the attack. Only works if your Dexterity rating is 1.
Swimmer's Build
You are built for the water.
+2 dice to any rolls relating to swimming. Actions performed in water have their penalty reduced by 1.
Avoidance
You are so off-putting, that most people just avoid you.
As long as your Charisma rating is 1, you may Exert your Mind to cause someone to ignore or avoid you in a social situation. Any Stealth rolls you make as a part of that attempt get +2 to their Outcome.
Oblivious
You frequently fail to notice the soul shattering horrors that drive others mad.
As long as your Perception rating is 1, all Trauma rolls and defensive Mind rolls are made at -2 Difficulty. Does not affect any Trauma rolls made as an additional cost to Gift activation.
Tough
You can function under intense pain.
Stress from Injuries is reduced by 2.
Focused
You’re cool under pressure.
Stress from Mind Damage is reduced by 2.
Light Sleeper
You are able to function with less sleep than most people.
You need only four hours of sleep per night, and any supernatural attempts to put you to sleep are rolled at +1 Difficulty.
Born Runner
You are built specifically for running.
+5 feet of free Movement, +2 dice to all-out sprint rolls.
Clear Conscience
You have a special knack for shrugging off traumatic experiences.
All Trauma rolls you make are -1 Difficulty, and Stress does not apply.
Attuned Autoimmune
Your background has exposed you to a wide variety of toxins and diseases, and you have adapted to resist.
+2 dice to resistance rolls against any diseases or toxins.
Daredevil
You have a penchant for taking wild, unnecessary risks, and somehow manage to survive them.
You get +3 dice when attempting an action that is especially risky, and may ignore a single 1 on that roll.
Jack of All Trades
You are naturally capable of most things, even without any training.
When making a roll which utilizes a Primary Ability that you don’t possess, you do not suffer the standard +1 Difficulty penalty, and you receive +1 dice to the roll.
Jaded
You are difficult to disturb, perhaps because of a traumatic past, or perhaps you're just emotionally detached.
You only have two Limits, instead of the normal three.
Iron Will
When you are determined and your mind is set, nothing can sway you from your goals.
You receive +2 dice to all Mind rolls.
Immutable Body
Your body is naturally resistant to being reshaped or permanently damaged.
You may Exert your Mind to negate any effect that would transform your body against your will (including the Warp Form Effect). All Battle Scars you would receive are one level less severe.
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