Growing up in the rigors of the Southern wilderness, undertaking strenuous outdoor activities in his youth, and social hardships has hardened Akira’s will and body to keep on going in spite of great pain. Cold, invisible streams of air emanating form the ranger’s body as a mechanism for his strength.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
When taking the responsibility of a Close Protection Contract, Amarjeet will take any risk, suffer any injury, or endure any pain to see her client safe - up to & including throwing her own life away if needed.
This natural propensity is enhanced by her brain implants, flooding her body with endorphins, dampening nerve response, & even applying direct brain stimulation to "shock" her awake if needed.
This change in brain biochemistry may have unforeseen psychological side effects. Please consult with your Doctor before utilizing prototype cybernetics.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. This Effect cannot be used unless she is operating under a Close Protection Contract.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
Any dice penalty from Exposure or being stunned, diseased, sleepy, dizzy, sick, distracted, or similar is reduced to zero. Does not affect penalties from Effects you activated.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: No Mercy: Must make a Trauma roll to avoid killing anyone who assaults her clients, even if retreating or helpless.
Amaranth is perhaps the progenitor of the vaunted berserker state, in moments of intense stress he is able to work himself into such a frenzy that pain and fear become motivators rather than detractors and in a screaming ball of frothing fury he can throw himself towards his opponents as a ball of teeth, fury, and displeasure.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
The ring visibly throbs with power in darkness, washing away pain & fatigue from the bearer.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are completely in shadow and you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
Any dice penalty from being stunned, diseased, cold, hot, dizzy, sick, distracted, or similar circumstances is reduced to zero. Does not affect penalties from Effects you activated.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
Any dice penalty from Exposure or being stunned, diseased, sleepy, dizzy, sick, distracted, or similar is reduced to zero. Does not affect penalties from Effects you activated.
Much like the name suggests, a rush of adrenaline courses through Kaji's body - allowing him to ignore his injuries and other penalities for the duration of combat, and fight at his fullest potential.
You could also maybe call it him just 'going into the zone', more or less.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are in a fight.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
The mobster's been through tougher scrapes than this. A few cuts and bruises won't stop them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.