The world around him briefly flickers, revealing a hidden layer of code beneath reality. His eyes glow a piercing electric blue, syncing his movements with the digital flow. He raises his weapon, its barrel lined with shifting holographic data, and the air crackles with anticipation. With a swift, precise motion, George fires, and each bullet seems to tear through both space and code, disrupting systems and causing sparks to fly as the shot connects. The bullet’s impact doesn’t just create chaos—it sends shock waves through technology, unraveling the digital world around him with pinpoint accuracy. Every shot is a calculated strike, as if George is both gunslinger and hacker, rewriting reality with every pull of the trigger.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with M17 Handgun.
+2 dice to all M17 Handgun rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
Edgar bites into flesh or bone, typically devouring the heart, tongue, eyes, & brain in the first sitting. Memories flood the ghoul, causing his eyes to flicker - occasionally, these cast-off memories can be coalesced enough to re-create a fragment of the person's personality - this is an unpleasant fate, as the victim essentially becomes a powerless voice in the mind of the ravenous Ghoul for the duration. Only Edgar can hear this personality fragment, though he can converse with it if desired, effectively talking to himself.
Once consumed, the Ghoul can summon up these voices from the past any time thereafter, the memories lying otherwise dormant.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Dead target within 50 feet. For dead targets, you must possess their flesh, having eaten a portion of them in the past.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.
Communicating with a being cannot directly damage your Mind or cause Injury. All rolls to resist Effects that rely on communicating with you are made at -1 Difficulty.
While this Effect is active, you are at -2 dice to all Actions and cannot Concentrate.
You may only use this Effect once per target per day.
Sometimes, being a chill dude is what gets you through bad situations. I should be that guy.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Charisma rating is increased by 0. 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 Trauma at all times: I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter: At the start of any armed conflict, roll self-control in order not to immediately take offensive action, and instead start taking a diplomatic approach.
You also gain the following effects:
The Top G enters the Ai Kido stance and starts to power up.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with knuckle dusters. You must actively and obviously be using knuckle dusters to gain the benefits of this Effect.
+2 dice to all rolls with knuckle dusters. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using knuckle dusters.
You also gain the following effects:
Jax’s skin becomes Pale, squishy, and semi-translucent. When activated the power allows him to constrict his body through small areas like a squid and stretch his appendages up to 30 feet.
Discovered the morning after a victory party at which he took a whole cocktail of drugs leading to his discovery, the morning after he had noticed his skin looked strange and upon inspection it seemed to be made of rubber or something, instead his muscles had been transformed into a biological hyper-condensed material, upon being cut while the ability is active the drugs that metabolised into his blood react poorly when exposed to the new muscular tissue and cause painful acid burns, this ability is often kept active because leaving it causes debilitating pain for an hour, this however causes dependance issues, and clouds the mind of clear judgement, for some odd reason being in this state often leads him to supernatural situations
You gain the following benefits as long as Must be under the influence of two or more types of narcotic substances.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: OCTO-JAX. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1.
Your appendages can reach an additional 30 feet.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
Any creature that consumes or is injected with your bodily fluids receives a Severity-1 Injury. Every minute, they must roll Body Difficulty 9. If they fail, the Injury worsens by 1 Severity. If they succeed, the Injury stops worsening.
Whenever you enter Combat, roll Self-Control. If you fail, you cannot choose which targets to attack and cannot stop fighting until there are no targets remaining.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Blades is increased by 2.
Luci's sight was her first gift she received even from before the Contracts. A wandering entity- an Eidolon of the Well- saw something that they wanted from Luci when she was young. But due to some sort of disaster, the process failed and Luci stayed in control while the Eidolon became a prisoner within her.
Over the course of her contracting career, Luci has been able to tap into more of her abilities, but this was the first. Blessed eyes manifested alongside a tattoo that carried over from the Eidolon. With it, the world can seemingly bend to her will. It can slow down when she wants and it can illuminate the world in its barest forms if she so wills.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Faded Crosshair Tattoo.
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).
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.
The ninja does not approve of guns; they prefer using the bow for its stealth and versatility.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with wooden longbows.
You receive +2 dice to all rolls using wooden longbows. Reloading is a Free Action, and drawing your weapon does not require a Quick Action as long as it is on your person.
You also gain the following effects:
As long as the Ninja is dressed in an appropriate uniform, their movement is almost silent.
You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you are visibly dressed head to toe in black with hardly any skin showing.
You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.
While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically from other, additional senses fails automatically.
If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.
You may turn this Effect on and off at will during its duration.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: compulsion to test the awareness of allies by sneaking up on them with a weapon.
Most severe injuries occur far from a facility that could treat them, and in the fetid muck of the battlefield even minor wounds may be a death sentence. Luckily the soldier is well-trained in the use of their standard-issue medical kit. They may stabilize even the most severe injuries with a little gauze and some no-anesthetic stitching. Furthermore, the treated wounds of their comrades never get infected.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a standard issue military medical kit to gain the benefits of this Effect.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
By focusing and whispering a prayer under their breath, the priest may invoke their god to protect those who have good works left to do.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is a living human. Roll a single d10, Difficulty 4. If you fail or botch, the Effect fails and you cannot activate it again for an hour. Roll Charisma + Occult at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +2 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is you whispering a prayer under your breath. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
It's true the mad scientist is one of the greatest minds of our generation, that they can solve any puzzle or riddle. However, no one wants to spend time with them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Intellect (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects: