When Father Benjamin speaks, his voice deepens with an unwavering conviction, as though empowered by divine guidance. His words carry a magnetic force, drawing listeners in with an almost holy authority. A scar, shaped like a cross on his shoulder, subtly glows when he activates this gift, a visible mark of his connection to a higher power. As he speaks, his posture straightens, and his eyes glimmer with quiet intensity, making it clear that his words are not his own but the truth he’s been entrusted to deliver. The air around him shifts, and people are compelled to listen, their doubts eased by the divine strength that fuels him.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your a scar oddly looking like a cross on his right shoulder.
Your Charisma rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: "Mhm sorry son give me a second".
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fear of God.
If you are witnessed actively using this Effect, whoever sees it can make a Perception + Alertness roll at Difficulty 6. A complete success reveals the source of your power.
You also gain the following effects:
Caspian can talk to any kind of sea creature
You gain the following benefits as long as the animal is an aquatic creature.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
After a while, Clyde has developed a supererogatory for food, or water, as well as, in dire cases, need for air. He does not degrade when he doesn't eat for days at a time, nor does he drink for days. He, for a time, holds his breath for hours on end, though eventually, he gets tired and goes to sleep.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You no longer require any food, water, sleep, or air in order to survive. You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement automatically succeeds.
You may spend one minute entering a state of hibernation, during which you are inanimate and unaffected by any requirements for life. You may still perceive the outside world and may spend 3 Rounds "waking up" to end it.
Amarjeet moves through a world in slow motion, hyper-vigilant to all potential threats.
Be warned, such hyper vigilance may have unintended psychological consequences.
Toxic Codependency: You have every faith in your capabilities and everyone should know best to have you along. Roll trauma when someone denies your offer to accompany them into a potentially dangerous situation.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Perception rating is increased by 2. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Perception (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Toxic Codependency.
You also gain the following effects:
You are a troll, a mythical creature with unnatural biology and a weakness to fire.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Green skin, sharp claws, long limbs. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being 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)
No single organ in your body is critical for life. Called Shots do no additional Damage to you. You may perceive the world through separated body parts, take Actions with them, and reattach them by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.
Any Animate being that consumes or is injected with your bodily fluids receives a Severity-1 Injury. Every Round, they must roll Body Difficulty 9. If they fail, the Injury worsens by 1 Severity. If they succeed, the Injury stops worsening.
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 Fire Damage is increased by 2.
If the phone would be shattered, fragments of bone within the frame pull it enough back together with a whisper (as sand falls out between the cracks) as Spectrum S's patented NecroTech does its work.
If the phone is ever lost, Spectrum S's warranty plan ships its protected item back to the client in ways that seem ubiquitous...it will soon show up unobtrusively in a suit pocket or desk drawer
Spectrum S provides warranty plans for its most esteemed customers. Using the souls bound to their tech itself to guide the items back to their bonded guide...or client.
David has more than proved himself to be worthy of a bit of VIP status among their highly select customer base.
This Artifact cannot be broken. If this Artifact is lost and in no one else’s possession, it finds its way back to its true owner during the next Downtime.
By default, the creator of this Artifact is its true owner. The true owner may formally bequeath this Artifact onto another person within arm’s reach, after which they are its true owner. If this Artifact has no living true owner, anyone may spend one day attuning to it to become its true owner.
If the true owner of this Artifact ever dies, it immediately disappears. At least one week later, it will appear to A personal friend of the previous owner (randomly determined among them—such is the nature of a warranty plan) and reveal its power to them. They become its new true owner.
Standard issue in the Future Soldier's home time, the Personal Shield Generator (PSG) projects a protective energy barrier around the body. It absorbs damage far better than traditional armor, but its battery is quickly drained. When depleted, the PSG must spend a few seconds recharging.
When struck, the normally-invisible field of the PSG flashes, revealing a bright yellow honey-comb pattern encasing the body.
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, and it always provides a minimum of 2 Armor regardless of any Armor shredding or penetration. It cannot be circumvented with Called Shots. When shredded, it returns to full potency in one hour.
Any time your Armor prevents Damage, your Armor rating is temporarily decreased by 2. Whenever it goes five Rounds without preventing any Damage, it is restored back to its full value.
While submerged, the aquamancer can fully sustain themselves from the waters around them, entirely forgoing food, drink, and even air. They may also enter a state of hibernation, remaining underwater and incapacitated for up to two months.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are submerged in water.
You no longer require any food, water, or air in order to survive. You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement automatically succeeds.
You may spend one minute entering a state of hibernation, during which you are inanimate and unaffected by any requirements for life. You may still perceive the outside world and may spend 3 Rounds "waking up" to end it.
The mobster's been through tougher scrapes than this. A few cuts and bruises won't stop them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
Finally, the girls are fusing the way they’ve wanted to since they began Contracting, three and a half years ago. It took Grace’s left eye for them to try this, but the girls are now able to spend a week focusing their energy towards a Battle Scarred area and permanently replacing it with The Spirit’s ghostly flesh. The replaced chunks, eyes, arms, whatever may come, appear just as The Spirit’s: bluish and semi-transparent, but now function just as the respective physical flesh would.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active do not deteriorate over time. However, any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will remain unless it is Properly Stabilized as normal.
All Injuries you receive are considered Properly Stabilized. You may also choose to heal any Battle Scar on yourself that may not have been caused by an Injury. Doing so takes one day, and the Battle Scar affects you fully until that time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: any scars that heal this way leave the flesh in that area bluish and semi-transparent, causing you to be viewed as a freak by most people who see you.
Be amazed as the magician wields a deck of simple playing cards with all the poise and precision of a ninja's shurikens. Fear not, for they will not hit you, unless they want to.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing playing cards.
You also gain the following effects: