Nocturne of the Hollow Mind gently coaxes the listener into a deep, dreamless sleep—leaving their body pliant and mind hollow. In this vacant state, the caster’s will slips in like mist, guiding the sleeper's movements as if they were a marionette on invisible strings. The spell is as elegant as it is unsettling, a perfect tool for those who prefer quiet control over brute force.
Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 30 feet. You must actively and obviously use My Guitar to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Performance at Difficulty 6. Affected targets may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, your target becomes drowsy for the next 30 seconds, during which time they suffer an additional -2 dice Penalty to all Actions. At the end of their drowsiness, they fall asleep as long as you maintain Concentration.
Sleeping targets will not prematurely wake up on their own, but may still be woken up by sudden loud noises, being jarred or splashed with water, taking Damage, or similar rousing events. They will also awaken before dying of hunger, thirst, or suffocation. Drowsy targets always fall asleep, regardless of what happens while they are drowsy.
The target can be compelled to take physical actions and use their senses by other Effects, and they will still remain asleep throughout. If this occurs, they will be obviously sleepwalking to anyone who observes them.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
By reciting/ whispering an intricate prayer only known to Archangels, a book containing the sins of every creature on the planet appears in his hands, and magically flips to the page. Cham's eyes turn white, as he instantly relives the targets worst recent sins, and whether it was of free will. Unfortunately, the process is traumatic, usually leaving him rattled, at best as the book vanishes.
Exert your Mind and spend three Actions performing the following ritual: Its an intricate prayer in an angelic language not meant for human ears... Select a Sapient target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless Alternate Form. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
jhonny lift his map an clears the area around him knowing many aspects about it
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use map to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
You cannot investigate the same area more than once per day.
After Henry stands up from tying his shoe, you've got the faintest feeling that you saw a pair of little brown furry ears on his head for a second. And maybe also a longish, brown and cream striped.. tail? No, it couldn't be. That was probably just a trick of the light.
Hey, was that door open before?
Spend one minute. Select a door, lock, or locked target within arm's reach that is no more complex than a personal safe door or a keycard reader. Cannot be used on Alien technology.
You may lock, unlock, and/or open your target.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is an afterimage of ferret ears and a tail. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
A glow on Ion's body intensifies, glowing brightly, and causing a smell of ozone in the are. This is quickly followed by an explosion centered on her.
Ion looks focused while this is happening, like she is focusing on something complicated that other's can't see.
Ion manipulates the energy in her body. Causing particles to fuse, and release energy in the form of heat and pressure.
This takes focus. It is also something she can do at any time, and which she worries about accidentally setting off. This causes her to be adverse to touch.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. The area within 10 feet of you immediately and obviously becomes imminently dangerous. Roll Intellect + Science at Difficulty 6. Targets inside the radius may attempt an appropriate Reaction at GM’s discretion. Finding a physical barrier to use as cover will cut total Damage taken in half (applies after Reaction roll but before Armor).
If the Outcome is positive, your blast hits everything within 10 feet of you with Damage equal to your Outcome + 4. If you botched the activation roll, you will also take full Damage from the blast, otherwise it will not hurt you.
Silas's study of Cryptic creatures fused with his body's growing ability to store a cryptid's true essence allow for him to study a creature's biology deeply to serve as a gateway to use the cryptid for his own desires.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Sapient target or a Creature within 20 feet. You must actively and obviously use Notebook and Writing Tool to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
Through their faith, the priest is able to stretch bread or fish to extreme lengths, feeding a seemingly endless number of people from meager supplies.
Spend an Action. Select a Animate target within arm's reach. You must actively and obviously use bread or a fish to activate this Effect.
For the next 24 hours, your target does not require any food, water, or sleep. Any attempts to age your target fail. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement is made at -1 Difficulty.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
The Psychic can speak directly into someone's mind, engaging in an entirely telepathic conversation. While they do, they take on a blank, vacant stare in the direction of their target, and appear to be muttering gibberish to themselves under their breath.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a target any distance away from you. You must have a specific target in mind, but you require only an intuitive understanding of them, such as their name, face, or Location. This Effect cannot be used unless you can see your target.
You open up a line of communication to your target, and may converse with them as long as one of you maintains Concentration
The conversation will only be perceived by the intended recipient. You must share a common language for your target to understand the message.
The mystic can meld their aura with another, allowing them to superimpose their being, physical and mental, into a target. Observers witness the mystic fading and entering their target's body as wisps of smoke, leaving no trace of their own body behind.
While inside, they can control their target's actions. Affected targets have no memory of the experience.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action. Select a Living or Sapient target within arm's reach. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you possess your target for the Contested Outcome in minutes. The target has no control over their body or actions, and they are functionally unconscious through the entire possession, retaining no memory other than any Traumas they might obtain.
You do not leave your original body behind when you possess a target. When a possession ends, your original body will reappear at the host body’s same location. You may spend an Action to end the possession early.
Stats: During the possession, you use the host body’s Body rating, but your own Mind rating. Any rolls you make use the host body’s Brawn, Dexterity, and Perception but your own Charisma, Intellect, and Abilities. You gain the effects of any physical Assets and Liabilities they have. You cannot read the target’s mind or memories.
Gifts: You have access to and can use any of your own Powers which are intrinsic to your biology or physical body. You cannot access any Powers or other supernatural effects which the target has, unless they are intrinsic to the target’s biology or physical body.
Death: If the host body is killed or destroyed while you are still possessing it, you will die along with it.
Eviction: If you attempt to force your host to take actions which would violate one of their Limits or their instinct for self-preservation, they may resist by rolling Mind. If their Outcome is higher than or equal to the contested Outcome, the possession ends and you are evicted from their body.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
The aristocrat knows a ritual that allows them to rent the best version of any item. They set $10,000 worth of cash on fire and place the item to be upgraded in the fire as well. While in the flame, the item morphs into a high-end version of itself. After a while, it reverts.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a non-Alien Device within arm's reach. You must use up $10,000 cash (or equivalent) in order to activate this Effect. Cannot be used to improve Armor.
Lasts the next two hours. Your target receives 3 extra dice to all actions taken for its intended use. Attacking with an upgraded weapon grants +3 Weapon Damage instead of additional dice.
The Doctor examines their patient and gives a standard medical checkup, asking them questions, nodding to themselves, and muttering arcane medical jargon. The examination reveals an extraordinary amount of detail about any medical issues suffered by the patient.
Spend one minute. Select a Sapient target or a Creature within arm's reach. You must actively converse with the individual in question for one minute in order to gather any information. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Medicine at Difficulty 6. The target may Resist.
You learn all the following information about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.