Plagues. They can scour worlds, minds, hearts.. even souls. Yet, the essence of what makes you, you. At the deepest most core level is immutable, your true self remaining even beneath the ravages of cancer, leprosy, and many other horrid maladies. Your soul's vision of the self remains complete, remains intact, and by overlaying his soul on top of the targets, or his perfect memory of his soul over his he can force the body to expel things that do not fit that image and in turn. Restore the pure state of that being, even if the process of doing as such is quite traumatizing.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect.
You may cure any single disease or poison afflicting your target even if you have not diagnosed or fully understood it. You may cure diseases or poisons even if they are not treatable through modern medicine. During treatment, the malady you are treating does not progress or cause additional damage or other effects.
Eric begins to cough releasing a custom-made toxin into the air that he has created within his body, this then begins to eat away at the targets body and mind returning all to rot as it works its way through the body, the toxin can be stopped by partaking of the plague lord's blessing and consuming venom
The creation of the original toxin is what caught the attention of the lord of Plague, and eric opened his mind and body to the Lord and was born anew,
Assimilate:
Gift 1 Inhuman Physiology : https://thecontractrpg.com/gift/18392/
Gift 2 Blast : https://thecontractrpg.com/gift/18393/
Quick guide:
Inhuman:
Enhancements:
distributed systems(no one part is needed for life),
toxic body(Take damage on being injected with/consuming body fluids)
Drawbacks:
Disfigured*2 for: disfigured (social rolls @ +1 difficulty) and limp (move speed reduced by half),
Maddening*2 for: Compulsion to spread the blessing, and harm the unblessed,
Misshapen(can't be mistaken for a normal human and can't always human equipment.)
Description: the body is covered in open weeping cysts, the veins of the infected turn black and bulge out of the body, the infected's mind warps to turn the affliction they are under into a kind of blessing that they desire to spread as far and wide as possible, when they are eliminated (killed), they explode sending bodily fluid and bone shrapnel out in a wide area around them
Blast: Radius 10ft, damage : outcome+2, and uses the infected's body instead of a normal roll, if it pierces armor add toxic body damage
Enhancements:
Detonation(damage spreads beyond initial radius),
Radiate (blast is centered on the caster),
Shredder (those hit have armor reduced by 2),
Triggered (on death)
Drawbacks:
Disturbing (the body bulging and bursting),
Fuel (one's own body),
Stand Firm (those hit by blast may roll body @7 as a free action and reduce taken damage by the Outcome)
Description: The body of the dead infected begins to bulge and inflate as pressure builds up within the body, after a few seconds the entire body bursts as the pressure reaches a point at which the weakened body can no longer contain it, causing toxic blood and bone shrapnel to go flying in every direction, centered on the body of the dead, after the explosion no parts of the infected's body is left behind.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Animate target within 200 feet. Roll Intellect + Crafts at Difficulty 6. Your target may resist by rolling Body at Difficulty 8.
If you succeed, the target is afflicted with a Condition that causes any number of the following symptoms:
The affliction is not treatable by modern medicine. It may be diagnosed by rolling Intellect + Science at Difficulty 9, and can be cured by Consuming an anti venom. Gifts or supernatural Effects and Powers which would cure or prevent this affliction do not cure or prevent it, but instead offer a clear diagnosis and provide information regarding the method of treatment without requiring a diagnosis roll.
Any Scars, Traumas, or Injuries caused by your symptoms cannot be healed until the underlying Condition is cured.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is coughing. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
If the Contested Outcome of your activation roll is 4 or higher, the activation cost of this Effect is refunded.
Kyrie has developed a monstrous degree of strength and durability thanks to her mutations, allowing her to lift extraordinary weight and tank damage like it's nothing. When pushing her strength to the limit, her hair seemingly congeals and thickens as her blood pumps through her body.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your VISCOUS, BLOOD RED HAIR.
Your Brawn rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Brawn (cannot be used on combat rolls or Effect activations).
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: BLOODIED KNUCKLES: Your hands tremble constantly: bruised, bloody, seeking action. You leave blood on whatever your bare hands touch, and fine-object manipulation is rolled at -1 dice, PATCHWORK FLESH: Strips of your skin have been replaced by unnerving, freakish grafts. All social rolls are made at +1 Difficulty. The Beautiful Asset is suppressed as long as you have this Battle Scar, and DEATH CORE: Your heart has mutated horrifically to pump the blood within you, leaving it susceptible to damage. Called shots to your heart (Outcome 6) deal +2 damage.
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.
You also gain the following effects:
River takes a drag of something smokable and-- demonstrating incredible breathwork skills-- blows the smoke toward a group of targets. The smoke is imbued with his instinct, and brings forth the strong emotions that allow our inner demons to run rampant.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a number of Living targets equal to your Charisma within 45 feet as well as a specific emotion. You must use up something smokable in order to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6. Affected targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6 -3 dice.
If you succeed, for the next hour, affected targets will do things they otherwise wouldn’t have done, inspired by the chosen emotion. They will outwardly display their emotions in an obvious and visible way.
Actions they take may be extreme and out of character for them. They will be unlikely to change their mind about any actions taken or decisions made until after the Effect ends.
If any affected target takes or deals Damage, this Effect ends.
Giant spider legs sprout from Nancy's body, lifting her out of her wheelchair, her human legs hang motionless under her as she rises to tower above her oponents.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You transform into a spider-legged girl for 3 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are a spider-legged girl, and you can use your equipment. Your Battle Scars, Injuries, and physical Liabilities are carried over between forms. Reverting from your Alternate Form cannot cause your existing Injuries to kill you. Instead, you remain Incapacitated.
While transformed, your Brawn is increased by 2 and your Dexterity is increased by 2.
Your alternate form is its own deadly weapon. Unarmed attacks made in your alternate form deal +3 Weapon Damage (instead of the typical -2).
You do not suffer any Penalty while in your Alternate Form.
While transformed, instead of your normal clothes and equipment, you are equipped with: Giant Spider Legs (3 Armor, Normal Free Movement)
After this Effect ends, you cannot move quicker than a walk (15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
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.
While transformed, you automatically fail any Mind roll to resist an impulse and suffer -3 dice on all other Mind rolls.
You cannot speak any coherent verbal language while transformed and must resort to other means of communication.
You are incapable of fine object manipulation while transformed and can only hold or grasp things in a crude, clumsy way.
If you become Incapacitated or suffer an Injury Severity 4 or greater, you revert from your Alternate form.
This is a doctor who exists on the front lines. They're most at home working under stressful conditions when the stakes couldn't be higher.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
The Witch summons a crow, whispers a message to it, and sends it off to deliver her words. Half an hour later, the crow arrives at the recipient and repeats her message aloud in its croaking, animal voice.
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.
You may send a single message to your target. It can be as complex or as large as you like. It takes at least 30 minutes before it is received.
The message may be intercepted while in transit, and may be overheard, read, or otherwise understood by anyone near either you or the recipient. You must share a common language for your target to understand the message.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
The Witch is a master herbalist and can cure any number of illnesses and diseases with her special potions. She goes into the wilderness to find the proper set of herbs. Once she has what she's looking for, she mixes them together and boils the concoction. Steam rises from the mixture, twisting into recognizable shapes such as animals and spirits. The whole process takes about fifteen minutes, after which the patient must drink the entire mixture. They are immediately cured.
The proper preparation varies from person to person, so a single batch cannot be used to treat multiple people.
Exert your Mind and spend 15 minutes. Select a Living target within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless you can forage for herbs. You must actively and obviously use water, a container, and heat to activate this Effect.
You may cure any Non-Alien diseases, toxins, or poisons afflicting your target even if you have not diagnosed or fully understood it. You may cure diseases or poisons even if they are not treatable through modern medicine. During treatment, the malady you are treating does not progress or cause additional Damage or other effects.
Whenever you cure a disease, poison, or toxin, if it had inflicted any Damage, your target is healed for half that Damage.
The Werewolf’s body, long caught in the crossfire between human and beast, has developed a powerful coping mechanism. It draws upon the conflict, healing severe injuries in a matter of days.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive from a source other than silver or fire. 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.
You may Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of one of your Injuries by 2. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Injuries you receive from silver or fire. are increased in Severity by 1.
The Vampire has grown wicked fangs in place of their canines, allowing them to thoroughly drain a person of blood should they get ahold of one.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are biting and you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +2 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
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:
The musician pours their heart and soul into their music, giving others some much needed perspective and solace and all around good vibes. This can be a temporary easing of the mind, but with prolonged music therapy it can even permanently cure psychic damage.
Exert your Mind to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You cannot target yourself. This Effect cannot be used unless you continuously play music for your target during the activation. Over the course of one Downtime, 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 + Performance 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.
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.
You may choose to use this Effect to temporarily relieve any number of the patient's Traumas (including mental Conditions). In this case, Treatment takes an Action and the effect lasts two hours. If the Patient is currently experiencing an episode, Difficulty is increased by 2.