After deflecting fake bullets on screen for long enough Asher has learned how to do it with the real thing. After many hours of practice he has learned how to dual-wield weapons.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with melee weapons.
Your attacks with melee weapons deal +1 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
By god, the monkey suit is the bullet proof.
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. Called Shots may circumvent your Armor, depending on its coverage.
You may spend an Action or Reaction and Exert your Mind to double your Armor rating for one Round.
Possession of this Artifact causes the following Trauma to manifest over the course of a day: must roll self control to not try and maim/kill humans who looks me in the eye. If you lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next month.
Stevie's teeth and nails become sharp like a wild beast's, and he learns to fight like one-- scurrying about the battlefield on all fours as he delivers debilitating lacerations upon his enemies.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +4 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Painful Losses: If one of your allies is in danger, you must succeed at a Self Control roll or immediately go to their aid, even at personal risk.
You may Defend against melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks from any range and Clash with those in range of your Attacks. Attacking materials like steel or spikes will not Damage you unless it has an Effect that does so.
You also gain the following effects:
A ghastly silhouette perches atop the treeline, it see's a human alone and unarmed in the middle of a shadowed clearing. The figure readies itself, then pounced. Just as quickly as it leaped the human turned into a blur then a sudden collision met its jawline shattering it, tumbling mid-air hitting hard on the dirt ground the creature fumbles trying to stand. Suddenly, realising the tingling of a warm sensation flowing down it's neck the creature grasp it's throat, moving it's hand to meet it's eyes the creature saw a dark fluid clinging to its hand. Afterwards, darkness.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Dexterity rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Dexterity (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
JPM has the right to Bear Arms: meaning that his grip is iron and inescapable: much like student loans, and... his body has become as hard as the steel which serves in America's fine railroad tracks... meaning that should he ever grab you: he'll squeeze all the life out of ya' like a true capitalist.
Shaolin Monks have this thing where they harden their knuckles-and-bones into a sort of stone-like plating... JPM's done about the same thing.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for grappling and choking. The target's Armor is fully effective against this Damage.
You also gain the following effects:
Kayleigh focuses on her charm, and her presence vanishes, both from others ability to hear her footsteps and from the world's ability to detect her weight. Gravity itself seems to forget about her as she sprints.
Kayleigh is learning how to lie to the world about her physical presence, and in doing so she's beginning to learn how to carve her own fate. Both for herself, and for a little friend.
Her wooden charm is, in her eyes, simply a memory of a meditative moment which she uses to channel her ability. However, the myriad spirits which follow the Kitsune's journey intently would disagree as they offer her their strength.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a carved wooden charm of a frog to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
The Android's skin is extremely pale, their eyes are yellow, and their body stays at room temperature. They do not bleed, and traditional medicine is ineffective at treating them. Furthermore, they may be hacked by any supernatural effect that could hack a computer.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: you are an android, with pale skin and yellow eyes. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer 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.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time. You do not age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any social rolls you make.
The Severity of any Injury caused by electricity is increased by 2.
You never know whether or not the musician's death is merely part of the performance.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
If you would take an Injury that would kill you, you donโt die. Instead, you survive in an Incapacitated state. This state lasts for the next hour, at which point you fully return to life. Unstabilized Injuries do not degrade while you are Incapacitated
If, while you are unconscious, your wound level rises above your rating in Body + Charisma, or if you take an Injury with Severity greater than your rating in Charisma, you die. After you return, the Injury that would have killed you, as well as any Injuries sustained while Incapacitated, are healed. Battle scars obtained during this time remain.
The detective has trained their eyes to notice the smallest of details.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
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.
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: