Looking extremely Skeletal and malnourished.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a flesh eating bacteria that decays the flesh and causes rigor mortis. The flesh falls off, darkening, and dying. David infected with Necrotizing fasciitis is also cursed with living through the pain and seeing his body decay internally.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Anorexia with certain body part decaying. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1 and your Perception is increased by 1.
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. If any body part is separated, it lives and can take Actions for one hour. Attacks do not get bonuses from targeting specific body parts. You cannot suffer an Injury with Severity greater than 6.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Severe anorexia.
Whenever you enter Combat, roll Mind, Difficulty 7. If you fail, you cannot choose which targets to attack.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Holy is increased by 2.
Being able to talk to all kinds of creative minds and being able to read books of all languages, was a childhood dream of Roberta.
Having being imbued has finally made that dream come true.
The McGurk effect shows, that the movements of the lips we perceive when talking someone, impacts the words we hear. The same sound can be perceived differently depending on the shape of the lips, that we see.
This is why, Roberta struggles to talk to people when not wearing her glasses.
This is the pathway to unlimited creative inspiration.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Glasses to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Compulsive Liar.
Arthur Annuler traded his tongue for power, and that power took the form of a tentacle replacing his lost tongue. The Tonguetacle is capable of extending up to 30 feet and can carry objects.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You gain an additional limb that functions as a standard human arm and hand.
Each additional limb you posses can take one Quick Action per Round without incurring a -2 dice penalty to your main Action. Any Battle Scars that affect or remove your additional limb will heal in a single week.
Your extra appendage can stretch to reach an additional 30 feet.
Your Extra Appendage is incapable of fine object manipulation.
Goddamnit, that raccoon had managed to find its way into the shed with all of the feed again... It wasn't the end of the world, not like the little guy was gonna eat his way through a couple dozen cow's worth of feed anytime soon, but the raccoon would probably end up trapped in here if she didn't help him out, and if Rosie tried she was probably only gonna end up scaring him and getting bit.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures and humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
Henry pulls the trigger on his weapon long before he's pointing it quite at the target. It still only fires when it'll hit.
The trigger on Stellar Navy weapons is typically more of a safety - standard operation calls for the weapons to be left in ATF mode. The operator looks at their target and holds the trigger while bringing the weapon to bare - it automatically fires when the onboard AI determines that the target is valid and discharge will hit the target.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with energy weapons.
+2 dice to all energy weapons rolls.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Everyone Coming Home: If a teammate is in danger, you must roll self-control or immediately attempt to assist them.
You also gain the following effects:
Your skin has hardened and increased it's durability immensely following the ingestion of confiscated artifacts from vampiric cults. Your skin shapes and moulds upon injury reflecting what it got hit by at the cost of sacrificing durability.
During a sting operation against a notorious esoteric cult operating in Romania. Soren was led to a chamber with all sorts of ancient artifacts. In the aftermath of that fiasco, he pocketed a talisman. Dark energy permeated his skin, allowing him to withstand the unthinkable. Soren was doing whatever it took to get stronger, and that included stealing from the very people he had sworn to destroy.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You have 4, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except Silver. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
When you take Damage from a source which is within 5 feet, deal back as much Damage as your Armor prevented.
Years of scouting in dangerous areas has left the survivalist hyper-vigilant. They are impossible to catch in a trap.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Perception rating is increased by 1. 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).
You also gain the following effects:
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 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:
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:
Finally, the girls are fusing the way theyโve wanted to since they began Contracting, three and a half years ago. It took Graceโs 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 Spiritโs ghostly flesh. The replaced chunks, eyes, arms, whatever may come, appear just as The Spiritโs: 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.