Billy Chance was called the Hangman in his youth. Not for extensive use of lassos or nooses, but because he was strong enough to crush a man's windpipe one-handed.
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 Bonus Damage Weapon Damage (instead of -1). The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Strangler's Urge: You must roll Self-Control to let go of someone you're choking.
You also gain the following effects:
Jacqueline strums an ungodly, ferocious earworm of a melody. You'll never forget this.
Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 45 feet. Roll Charisma + Performance Difficulty 6. The target may contest by rolling Body, Difficulty 6.
If the Contested Outcome is positive, the target takes that much Damage plus 4.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
Nice computer you have there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 Actions. Select a Device within 20 feet. Can be used on Alien technology. You must actively and obviously use Silly little rubber band to activate this Effect. 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.
You may issue a "self-destruct" command that leaves the hacked system's hardware inoperable, even if that machine had no such functionality previously. Only works on Computers.
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.
When targeting non-computer devices, you may operate switches, buttons, dials, levers, and latches.
Your hack cannot be discovered by system administrators or firewall software for a number of hours equal to your Outcome on the initial roll.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see If the device is self destructed, the hardware will begin emitting a multi-coloured boiling goop..
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Must roll Self Control to avoid using this ability on any system which allow another being to be contained, such as cage locks or shipping containers..
The internal clockwork of the body has been worked into its perfected form, requiring only a simple wind up key be used at the base of the neck to keep the clockwork creature going.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using A wind-up key to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You no longer require any food, water, sleep, or air in order to survive.
Coming from a testing facility for animals that employ highly experimental and unsafe experiments, being used upon has embued the wonderous progressive thing known as evolution pushed to 11 it has allowed new heights for what was a regular average trash panda, currently inside of him the Genomes and DNA are developing farther on the outside all one could notice out of the ordinary is most likely the extra sharpened teeth which could easily puncture most things, the flexibility being insane and generally just the normal good at sneaking and searching through trash. Lastly a more finely tuned and developed eyesight than the average raccoon
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Literal Raccoon. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Perception is increased by 1.
Your body is adapted to Stealth and Searching for items. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to Stealth and Searching for items.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
You may make a Bitey Teeth attack without additional equipment.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Racoon - You have the liabilities of the Short drawback minus the halved speed, additionally many creatures and animala see you as possible prey and you are quite literally a racoon..
You cannot wear standard human clothes, and using many sorts of vehicles and facilities is difficult.
You cannot speak any coherent verbal language and must resort to other means of communication.
Jax Starts playing on an imaginary instrument. The longer he plays, the more real the instrument becomes. Then it fully manifests.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend 15 minutes.
Choose a specific type of instruments which could fit inside a regular backpack (up to 27 liters). It must be Non-Alien and generic. You cannot create explosives. You cannot create firearms.
Roll Charisma + Performance to fabricate up to 5 copies of your chosen Object. The Difficulty is assigned by the GM and depends on the specificity of your chosen Object. The created item lasts 2 hours.
The Ninja's incredible dedication to their discipline grants them supernatural dexterity and agility.
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).
The influencer is 100% tuned-in to any sort of chatter about themselves. Any time someone nearby so much as whispers about them, they know who they were and what they said.
This Effect activates whenever someone talks about you. It does not require an Action or Exertion. Select a target Location within 75 feet.
You may perceive things through hearing as if you were standing at that Location for the next 30 minutes. You must maintain Concentration to keep up the effect. You cannot perceive anything at your physical location while the effect is active.
The Necromancer stands over a corpse and makes a series of grandiose lifting gestures. The corpse rises from the ground as though suspended by invisible strings, barks a pained groan, and lands on its feet, now a full-fledged member of the living dead.
Take a Severity-1 Injury and spend an Action. You must use up a corpse in order to activate this Effect.
Summon a single zombie at your location. They will last until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
The doctor heals severe injuries in minutes using only standard medical supplies. Lacerations seal under the needle and thread, and reset bones can be used shortly after.
However, for the treatment to last, the patient must adhere to any aftercare regimen the doctor requires. Those who violate the doctor's orders suffer their injuries anew.
Exert your Mind and spend 15 minutes. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You must actively and obviously use basic medical supplies to activate this Effect. Choose a specific Injury on your target that has not yet been treated with this Effect and roll Intellect + Medicine at Difficulty 8.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain. 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.
The detective can learn a lot by watching someone for a minute. Each subtle detail, every unexplained stain, reveals something about where the target has been. Ocassionally, they'll drop a business card, or explain how to contact them. The detective is listening.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Sapient target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target does not know you're watching them. You cannot investigate the same target more than once per hour. At the end of your investigation, roll Charisma + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn a single specific piece of information, chosen from the following list, about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is that you keep peeking at the target. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.