The object animates by verbally crafting lines from a story about what the object is destined to do when animated. As if the narrator in a book utilizes exposition to predicate the actions of a given object.
This power is caused by an influx of meta particles that impart a desire to exist on an inanimate object. Only those that speak with absolute confidence and in the correct tonal cadence in the moment of choosing can impart such a desire. This is known as "Causal Diction". Causal, meaning "involving causation or a cause : marked by cause and effect" and Diction, meaning "a choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness". Sometimes, to those who have merely witnessed this phenomenon, it is referred to as "The Voice of All Things". Since it appears as though the user audibly commands life into that which does not possess it. Allowing objects to move and act freely, and thus, granting them a "voice" of their own.
Exert your Mind and an Action. Select a Inanimate target within 20 feet which could fit inside a rolling luggage bag (50 liters).
Your target will become Animated indefinitely. You may choose to end the effect at will, as a Free Action. You can only maintain one animated object at a time.
Animated Objects have the following restrictions and capabilities:
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is Audible Muttering. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
The arm of this one has been completely replaced with wood, twisted and knotted, weaving together like muscles, covered in patches moss and white mushrooms.
The arm's circulatory system has been replaced with roots that extend into the blood vessels in the left shoulder and take the needed nutrients from the bloodstream. A side effect of this is the darkening of the blood in the rest of the body as tannins are added into it resulting in a dark reddish brown color. The nervous system has been replaced with a mycelium which fuses with the nervous system in the shoulder and allows the arm to be controlled as normal. The flesh and skin are no more having completely turned to wood and the bone has been replaced with oaken heartwood and covered in patches of green moss and white mushrooms.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Wooden Left Arm. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted..
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Unarmed attack without additional equipment.
Sapphire Sundown units that frequently tend to objects made of metal, such as dealing with various cutlery, making use of vacuums or brooms with metal handles, or repairing things using metal tools, often get much use out of having mild magnets implanted within their palms in order to help reduce the risk of dropping these items and disturbing guests.
Some problematic units have been able to harness and focus the polarity of these magnets to achieve unintended effects.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with throwing knives.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing throwing knives.
You also gain the following effects:
Gustav calls forth his dark passengers to Seize the thoughts of his target, as the connection is made Gustave soul is ripped asunder and shot forth into their mind. He opens a journal and begins to write, the pen secretly drawing blood as it writes in dark red ink. Gustav experiences the visions of the stolen memories as he starts to write in Hebrew in his journal, his eyes slightly glazed over in concentration.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select an Animate target within 200 feet You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. If you fail or Botch, you receive one Mind Damage and a new Trauma. You must maintain Concentration while the effect is active. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you are able to view your target's memories. If you fail, the target knows you're attempting to read their memories.
You may ask a number of specific questions about their memory equal to your Contested Outcome. For example, “what is their computer password,” “What were they doing at 4:00PM yesterday,” etc. You cannot get answers to broad, analytical questions like “are they a good person?” or “what are their plans for the future?”
Each question you ask and memory you replay takes a single Round to read.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is Writing in a journal, eyes unfocused. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
You may read memories that the target has forgotten.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Cocaine is my god!: It's white hot ecstasy suffuses every atom of your being. Roll self control to not administer cocaine to yourself or others in stressful situations..
Your nano bots can now make deadly poison and disease that seem to come from your blood almost
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Living target within 20 feet. You must use up A blood vial in order to activate this Effect. Roll Brawn + Brawl at Difficulty 6. Your target may resist by rolling Body at Difficulty 7.
If you succeed, the target is afflicted with a Condition that causes any number of the following symptoms:
The affliction is not treatable by modern medicine. It may be diagnosed by rolling Perception + Medicine at Difficulty 6, and can be cured by Pure Church Holy Water and christian blood.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see You seem to use your own blood as the source.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: the craving for blood is unmatched by anything you’ve ever felt when ever you see blood make a d10 to resist wanting to drink it anything below a five in you fail.
In addition to unarmed combat, the combat doctrine employed by SILVERHOUND operatives also entails the precise use of firearms, often blending the two together to make the most of any engagement range. Lorelai makes full use of this training, delivering pinpoint shots at vital points to disable her targets as effectively as possible.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with Shotguns.
+2 dice to all Shotguns rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
The Ninja is so attuned to the sounds of their surroundings, they may focus their mind to "see" using the subtle acoustic vibrations.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
Unimportant characters just can't seem to hit our hero with their attacks. Injuries that are sustained from underlings are conveniently non-severe.
You gain the following benefits as long as the attacker isn't important enough to have a name.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Through the use of clever rhetoric, the spy is able to inspire a surge of emotion in a target with whom they are speaking.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Living target within 45 feet as well as a specific emotion. This Effect cannot be used unless you are engaged in conversation with the target. Roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6. Affected targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6 -3 dice.
If you succeed, for the next minute, your target will do things they otherwise wouldn’t have done, inspired by the chosen emotion. They will not necessarily display their emotions in an obvious way.
Actions they take will be in keeping with their character and the way they tend to deal with strong emotions. They will be unlikely to change their mind about any actions taken or decisions made until after the Effect ends.
The Psychic can, with great focus and mental strain, channel their will to move objects with their mind.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
As long as you maintain Concentration, you can take Actions and interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
The Blademaster is so attuned to blades that they may manipulate any bladed object at a range simply by willing it. Observers see translucent spider-silk connecting the Blademaster's fingers to the blade, allowing them to puppet it.
You gain the following benefits as long as the target object has a cutting edge.
As long as you maintain Concentration, you can take Actions and interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors: