His movements are wild yet remarkably precise, striking with a primal instinct that turns the battlefield into a chaotic mess of shredded flesh, splintered bone, and bloodied earth. The sight of Norman lost in battle is nightmarish—a whirlwind of claws, teeth, and fury, tearing through his foes with unstoppable aggression, leaving nothing but carnage in his wake.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are transformed into the Eldritch Beast and you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +2 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weak Stomach.
You may Defend against melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks from any range and Clash with those in range of your Attacks. Attacking materials like steel or spikes will not Damage you unless it has an Effect that does so.
You also gain the following effects:
This base form has green skin and 'hair,' though the hair seems to seamlessly meld into the shape of the head. It doesn't have visible ears or a nose, but does have large black eyes.
Able to make "Finger Guns" that fire bullets made out of compressed flesh
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Alien. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted..
You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Ranged attack without additional equipment.
You cannot be mistaken for a normal human. You cannot always use standard human clothes, equipment, vehicles, and facilities, and when you can, you suffer an increased Difficulty.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Corrosive is increased by 2.
The user is able to put into paper any illusion they may wish to cast, and make it appear on the nearby terrain by doing so. The summoned spirit takes possession of the user´s arm to write down the aspect of the illusion desired.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to trap a region of any shape that contains your current location and fits entirely within arm's reach. This trap lasts one hour or until triggered or disarmed. This Effect cannot be used unless the user is able to write it down. You must actively and obviously use writing tools to activate this Effect. Choose an illusion to generate, which can be no larger than an SUV.
The trap looks like whatever the user imagines from the spirit´s writing. Only those who have seen this trap before can identify it as a trap. Anyone who is aware of the trap may intuitively avoid, trigger, or destroy it.
Any Location that enters the chosen region will trigger the trap.
The chosen illusion is generated at the trap, and it will remain in place for the next 3 Rounds or you choose to end it. It can be perceived by people through their taste, touch, hearing, smell, and sight. The illusion cannot be used as an attack. You cannot make an exact replica of an existing Animate being or Object.
Anyone who struggles against the illusion hard enough to break a window or who would be damaged by the illusion (or who would be able to perceive it significantly through a sense it cannot fool) realizes it is an illusion and can choose to perceive it or not at will.
The illusion will remain fixed to its initial Location. It may have moving parts and engage in simple, predetermined movements but cannot perform anything complex or interactive unless you maintain Concentration and “puppeteer” it.
"Deathstalker has been through too much, there's no pain that stun him."
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
The stash is a closed treasure chest tattooed on Vel’s chest/ abdomen. They can flip the latch on it by rubbing a finger over it, then stash by placing the item to their tattoo, or reaching into their tattoo to pull items out
Vel can also activate it mentally, causing the chest to move around their body, and quickly become equipped.
This power is an application of vel’a ability to enchant items with effects related to their symbolism applied to ink and a drawing on their own body.
The tattoo must be of a storage device
The ritual involves
- getting the tattoo
- getting a large object that matches the tattoo in appearance
- do a ritual which involves the destruction of the large box
- have around many references to secret stashes, and objects that are bigger inside than out.
Although this is themed as an enchantment, Vel cannot do it to others or multiple times (without a separate gift), it’s just flavor for how they managed to get this power.
Spend a Quick Action.
You may withdraw an item from your stash, or add an item that is within arm’s reach to your stash. You may only stash targets which are in your possession, grappled, or otherwise controlled by you.
You may store Objects in your stash, each no larger than something which could fit inside a briefcase (15 liters), and you may store up to 3 things at a time.
You may choose to equip any equipment you withdraw at no additional cost.
The user streaks their fingers across the journal from top to bottom as their shadow extends outwards to grab their target's and tears it apart. Any damage their shadow takes is reflected on their person. The shadow tears apart armor it encounters leaving the target unprotected.
Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 45 feet. You must actively and obviously use A leather journal to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Occult Difficulty 6. The target may contest by rolling Mind, Difficulty 6.
If the contested Outcome is positive, the target takes that much Damage plus 4. fully effective
The target suffers a -3 dice penalty for the next hour or until the Injury is healed. This dice penalty does not stack multiple times on the same target.
If you successfully hit a target with this Effect, the value of any Armor they are wearing is reduced by 2. This penalty lasts until the armor is repaired.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
The time-traveler spins the second hand on one of their watches and speeds up until they are a blur.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use a watch to activate this Effect.
Whenever you use your Movement, after all other calculations, the distance you may travel is doubled.
Outside of Combat, any non-Gift, non-movement Actions you attempt take drastically less time to complete, as long as your personal speed is a factor in the Action. Total time reduction is determined by the GM and capped at 90% (executing the Action takes no less than 1/10th the normal time).
The Thief casts a container's worth of fine powder into the air. The particulates are drawn to any sort of object that is designed to detect people, including tripwires, security cameras, detection lasers, heat sensors, etc. The powder will not trigger these devices or interfere with their operation, but it does reveal their presence to the Thief.
The cloud drifts and swirls, subtly following the Thief for a minute.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must use up a container of fine powder in order to activate this Effect.
You automatically detect all object that are designed to detect people, including tripwires, security cameras, detection lasers, heat sensors, etc within 50 feet of you for the next hour. You have a clear sense of both the distance and direction towards any detected items. When you detect objects, instead of learning nothing about them, you may observe each object with all of your senses.
The Android's skin is extremely pale, their eyes are yellow, and their body stays at room temperature. They do not bleed, and traditional medicine is ineffective at treating them. Furthermore, they may be hacked by any supernatural effect that could hack a computer.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: you are an android, with pale skin and yellow eyes. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted..
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.
The Severity of any Injury caused by electricity is increased by 2.
When the Vampire's lust for blood is satiated, their injuries heal at a remarkably fast rate and new injuries are quickly stabilized. While healing, the Vampire's skin retains its deathly pale appearance, as any blood he consumes is being used to repair his wounds.
You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you have drank a half gallon (lethal) amount of blood in the past 24 hours.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. 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.
This witch is a cruel and vengeful creature who works her vile arts against those she deems worthy of punishment. All she must do is point. A flash of green lightning strikes her victim and disappears. Immediately, or upon the completion of some condition, if the witch chooses, the victim's body warps and shifts into a gross mockery of its former self. Whether she's giving someone the head of a donkey or stealing their voice, the witch's enemies always get what is coming to them.
The sheer wickedness of this spell corrupts the witch, giving her a disgusting, witchy appearance.
Exert your Mind and Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 20 feet. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may roll Body, -2 dice at Difficulty 7, as a Free Action to resist.
If you succeed, the target receives a new Battle Scar of your choosing, limited by the contested Outcome:
When you activate this Effect, instead of occurring immediately, you may choose to delay its effects until the target takes a particular Action. For example: "when they fire a gun" or "when they swim in deep water."
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Witchy Appearance. You have a long, warty nose and chin, wrinkled skin, and a hunch back. Social rolls are at +2 Difficulty, and your free movement is reduced by 10 feet.
Your alteration "heals" over the course of the next month, after which it is fully cured.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Compulsion for payback. You must roll Self-Control to avoid using this Gift on anyone who wrongs you in a major way.