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SFX Motion
Enhancing how I move via 'telekinesis' has a lot of potential, so far it's just securing myself to things. Whether I'm walking up a wall, hanging from something with one arm, or simply climbing, this lets me hang on. Much less effort than trying to make myself float, but for now it's still a bit slow.
The only actual SFX (Special eFfeXts? might be an acronym, definitely not an initialism) is the movement itself, which some may believe is just movie trickery.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Advanced Movement Gifts
Sargasso Sea Hunter
Seeing the underworld in person requires the means and will to traverse it
Marina's rapidly evolving biology empowers her to move through water with the same ease and speed as on land, defying typical swimming limitations. Her agility extends to navigating densely packed environments—like tangled seaweed or cluttered urban sprawls—without slowing her pace. This ability transforms her into a fluid and relentless pursuer, perfectly adapted to both aquatic worlds and challenging terrains, embodying the grace and precision of a natural-born sea predator.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Amphibious: You are able to move about in liquids using standard Movement rules rather than any special swimming rules.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
Fairy Walk
"Cant catch me"
Leperchauns are renownwed theives and half of that is because of their ability to walk wherever they please.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
Hunting Beast’s Pace
The cockatrice is a natural predator, and moves to match
Ulysses, being a human cockatrice hybrid, moves with the speed and grace of a predator. He can climb walls with his claws, and even cling to ceilings if he digs them in deep enough.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
Dart Frog
Victor examines the terrain before closing his eyes briefly as he prepares himself before moving.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
Comforting Hug
"There there."
Tubby hugs another to ease their mind, and mend their woes. Tubby absorbs the mental stress of the individual.
-CONDITION-
Golden Rule: After-care Instructions from Tubby for mending "INSERT TRAUMAS". (You are required to treat everyone with compassion, mercy, and charity for the next month. If you violate this rule, the treatment is immediately reversed.)
Exert your Mind to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You cannot target yourself. Over the course of one day, your patient must communicate with you and reveal at least one of their Traumas to you, including the details of those Traumas and the circumstances of how they were acquired. After the full treatment time has elapsed, roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6.
Your target may Resist. If your treatment is successful, you may remove one of the patient's revealed Traumas without incurring any Experience cost.
Your patient is required to treat everyone with compassion, mercy, and charity for the next month. If they violate this rule, your treatment is immediately reversed.
Once per day per target, you may choose to use this Effect to stabilize the Mind of a target within arm's reach. Treatment takes 30 seconds but will not remove any Traumas. If you are successful, restore 2 Mind damage.
- The patient is aware of the after-care requirement.
- The treatment time may be broken up into multiple sessions if necessary.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
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Advanced Movement Gifts
Squirrel Step
"Dammit, where'd she go!?"
Nature is the beastmaster's domain. While in the wilds, they can climb trees and cliffs with ease and dash through dense underbrush that anyone else would need a machete to navigate.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
- You are able to climb trees and cliffs at your full movement speed.
You only gain the benefits of this effect if you are in an area without a human building within 300 feet.
Born Swimmer
You've always felt more at home in the water
The aquamancer is an adept swimmer and moves with agility in or out of the water.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Amphibious: You are able to move about in liquids using standard Movement rules rather than any special swimming rules.
Shade's Grip
Ever seen someone free solo a skyscraper?
By focusing, the Thief may shroud their hands in shadowy tendrils that seek nearby objects like static-charged hairs. They cast themselves across any surface the Thief touches, acting as anchors that allow the Thief to scale even the sheerest walls.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations. Lasts 2 hours.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at your normal movespeed.