Rauð was fated to be a god in human form. A god of Iron, with impenetrable skin and destined to slay a million men. But when he was born frail and his blood did not clot, leaking rivers of red from the smallest cut, they realised the seers had been wrong.
They had not birthed a God of Iron, a metal man to break any blade that dared touch his flesh. They had made a God Of Blood, who would stain rivers so red with it their bank sands would be iron.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours, starting once it becomes stabilized. You may also Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of a single stabilized Injury by 1. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Battle Scars caused by your Injuries will remain. Any Injuries you receive automatically count as a successful Makeshift Stabilization and do not deteriorate further.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Burn of Iron: Your flesh cracks and constantly bleeds like your blood is boiling. Your Penalty is always at a minimum of -2.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Frenzy: You must roll Self-Control to stop attacking a target you have dealt an Injury to.
Your collapse as your muscle and organs begin to bloat and bubble, your body breaking and reforming. Your old skin explodes as a monsterous abomination rises where you once stood.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend a Quick Action. Whenever you fail or botch a Trauma or Self-Control roll, you must activate this Effect.
You transform into a mutant brute for 3 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are a mutant brute, 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. You do not suffer any Stress while transformed.
Your body is adapted to Climbing. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to Climbing.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see your flesh bloats and bubble, as your body bends and breaks.
Your alternate form renders you unable to speak any human language and incapable of fine object manipulation. You can only hold or grasp objects in a crude, clumsy way.
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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Uncontrollable Anger.
As Joshua sits down the target, he holds the beads over their head as a drop of blood slowly dribbles down the beads, taking about a minute until it hits their head. When it does, he can tell them they are not allowed to do the thing that he says, lest they want their wounds to re-open.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. You cannot target yourself. You must actively and obviously use Rosary Beads to activate this Effect. Select a Battle Scar on your target to treat.
The treated Battle Scar heals as you finish activating this Effect. You may specify a specific condition that the patient must adhere to. If they break this condition, the treatment is immediately reversed. Record this regimen as a Condition.
Kay, being born in this manner, has developed many demonic aspects around her physiology such as her white hair, her yellow eyes, sharp teeth, her ability to produce fire out of her palms as well.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Pure white hair, Jet black horns, yellow eyes and sharp teeth. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1 and your Intellect is increased by 1.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time. You do not age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Firebolt (assault rifle (dex+occult)) attack without additional equipment.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Psychopathy When faced with an opportunity or vulnerability where you could exploit, manipulate, or harm someone else for personal gain, or to save yourself major inconvenience, you must succeed in a Self-Control roll to avoid acting on these tendencies--when you act on them, you must callously and aggressively pursue the course of action / opportunism. and Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) You inherently lack capacity for empathy and regard for others. Whenever you attempt to act with kindness, compassion, or empathy, or take any action that involves caring for others, you must make a Self-Control roll: If you fail the roll, you will disregard or dismiss the needs, feelings, or well-being of others in your actions. Your approach will be purely self-serving and indifferent to the impact on those around you..
The Severity of any Injury caused by holy materials is increased by 2.
The wind gives my knives power. Each knife I throw moves forwards with unnatural speed, slicing the air so decisively it almost leaves a tray behind it
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Throwing kunais.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing Throwing kunais.
You also gain the following effects:
Your feathers shimmer with magical energy, your eyes sparkle with wisdom and knowledge beyond a natural creature. You are now a magical animal.
Exert your Mind and spend one minute.
You transform into a magical bald eagle until you transform into something else or choose to return to your original form. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), and you cannot use your Active, Direct, or Trap Powers. However, you can use your Passive Powers. The equipment you are wearing does not transform with you.
Injuries and Wound Level are carried over between forms. However, transforming can never kill you; you merely remain Incapacitated until your Injuries are sufficiently healed.
While transformed, you may speak and use any Influence or Communication Powers you posses.
While transformed, you are obviously unusual, unnatural, or alien, and the average person will take a special interest in you.
True to their namesake, the hacker can penetrate the security of any computer system, granting access to its informational stores, or, in a pinch, allowing them to issue commands. The hacked system will display a flickering image of a ghost until it is dismissed.
While hacking, The Technician's fingers move with supernatural speed, blurring like a ghost.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Computer within arm's reach. Does not work on Alien technology. Roll Intellect + Technology, with the Difficulty set by the GM depending on the security of the system you are hacking. Sapient targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you may issue a single command to the targeted system. This command must have a specific outcome or be a request for specific login credentials. The command you issue must be within the machine's current capabilities. For example, you cannot order a standard security camera to grow legs and walk around.
If your command does not require bypassing the security of the target (for example, typing on a computer that is unlocked), you do not need to Exert your Mind to activate this Effect, and activation only takes a single Action.
Your Hack cannot be reversed through mundane means for a number of hours equal to your Outcome.
Every hack you make leaves behind a flickering image of a ghost in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.
There's a certain strength that comes from displaying the flag of one's country. As long as the Soldier holding their country's flag or wearing something emblazoned with it, they are less likely to be injured in battle.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using clothes or a uniform that displays the flag of your country to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Most severe injuries occur far from a facility that could treat them, and in the fetid muck of the battlefield even minor wounds may be a death sentence. Luckily the soldier is well-trained in the use of their standard-issue medical kit. They may stabilize even the most severe injuries with a little gauze and some no-anesthetic stitching. Furthermore, the treated wounds of their comrades never get infected.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a standard issue military medical kit to gain the benefits of this Effect.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
Unimportant characters just can't seem to hit our hero with their attacks. Injuries that are sustained from underlings are conveniently non-severe.
You gain the following benefits as long as the attacker isn't important enough to have a name.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
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.