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You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at your normal movespeed.
- Surface Skimmer: You are able to move across the top of any bodies of water, ice, or other surfaces where others might sink with no penalty to your movement speed.
- This Effect not provide any inherent protection from dangerous surfaces such as acid, lava, etc, so be careful!
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The Sons of Salem
We swear to secure our people against the wickedness and evil of the invisible world.
We swear to aid the afflicted.
We swear to stay ever vigilant and seek out the abominable witchcrafts committed in this country.
We humbly pray to be blessed by God to hold all those who consort with the Devil accountable. Amen
—Opening and closing prayer for Sons of Salem meetings.
The Sons of Salem is a loosely-organized conservative populist movement in the United States that preaches violent opposition to anything they perceive as witchcraft, demonic, or monstrous.
Blowhard podcaster Ted Gundy and former general of the mercenary group “Hognose,” Roland Rush, founded the movement in 2010 after a series of violent werewolf attacks and unexplained, supernatural murders in Tennessee. Memberships grew quickly, stoked by Ted’s fiery doomsday rhetoric on his podcast "Truth Seekers" and the aspiration of the masculine power embodied by Roland.
Although they speak of duty, honor, and maintaining the “natural order” of things, the Sons of Salem are driven by fear. They collect guns and appear at protests en-masse as a way of easing the all-consuming terror of their powerlessness. At the same time, they have conditioned themselves to respond to fear with “strength” (read: violence).
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heavy naval cannon
"ARGH matey!"
A heavy black powder cannon, taken from an 1800s warship, laborious effort has clearly been taken to keep it in working order, as well as decorate it, as it is covered in engravings and decorative coral pieces.
Along the length is the phrase "The bell has been raised from It's watery grave, do you hear its sepulchral tone?"
This Artifact can be used as a rifle. It is roughly at least twice as large as a rifle and cannot be concealed on your person or disassembled for storage.
Attack by rolling Dexterity + Firearms, Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +5 Weapon Damage.
You also gain the following effects:
- Infinite Ammo: This weapon never runs out of its standard ammunition.
- Keyhole: Any bullet that kills your target tumbles through their body and may strike a target in a 90 degree angle behind them. Any damage beyond that needed for the kill is applied to the secondary target.
- Shredder: If you successfully hit your target, the value of any Armor they are wearing is reduced by 2. For material armor, this penalty lasts until it is repaired. For intrinsic armor, it lasts until the end of Combat and any relevant wound is healed.
- Excess keyhole damage does not reapply the weapon's damage bonus and is affected by Armor as normal. The secondary target may React to the tumbled bullet if they have a Gift which lets them do so.
- This Artifact cannot be disguised or morphed with other Effects like Shape-Changing object.
- Reminder: additional Weapon Damage granted by this Effect does not stack with any other bonus to Weapon Damage. Instead the largest bonus is used.
- Rifles are +1 Difficulty to use in melee range. Sniper Rifles are +3 Difficulty to use without a tripod or in melee range. Setting up a tripod takes an Action.
Ghost Climb
You have the natural ability to seemingly float up walls with ease, as well as traverse through the crowded streets, alleyways, and rooftops of cities.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
Eight Legs Adaptations
Tiny silk strands poke out from the suit looking like an almost imperceptible haze a few millimeters around the wearer's body. These help the suit to enhance movement, doing such things as gripping surfaces, increasing surface tension, and creating an air 'bubble' just thick enough to slide easily through fluids.
Inspired by orb weavers, octopi, and water spiders, this gift allows the suit's wearer to move as easily as these creatures.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Amphibious: You are able to move about in liquids using standard Movement rules rather than any special swimming rules.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
- Surface Skimmer: You are able to move across the top of any bodies of water, ice, or other surfaces where others might sink with no penalty to your movement speed.
- This Effect not provide any inherent protection from dangerous surfaces such as acid, lava, etc, so be careful!
Climb Walls
No equipment, no problem.
Xantari’s experience climbing dungeon walls and delving into caves has let her master sticking to surfaces without any equipment, akin to a cast of the Spider Climb spell.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at half your normal movespeed.
"Gift of Bathin" (Shade's Grip)
The gift allows one to take a step closer to moving between realms.
Mr. Kind shrouds his hands in shadowy tendrils, causing his flesh to dissolve and flow. These tendrils seek nearby objects like static-charged fibers, casting themselves across any surface. They find purchase in the shadows, acting as anchors that allow him to scale even the sheerest walls.
While moving in the mundane world the shadows act as a glamor narrowing the world with subtle influence, passing through any space, crowds of people or congested areas, anyplace the shadow may slip through Kind makes his way. The shroud is imperceptible in those spaces, moving with the dark flowing easily and deftly, shadows are the natural environment of all those under Bathin and his court holds power in any dark space.
Bathin, also known as Bathym, Mathim, or Marthim, is a Duke of Hell, holding the title of Great Duke according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. He commands thirty legions of demons and possesses extensive knowledge of the virtues of precious stones and herbs. Bathin has the ability to transport individuals suddenly from one country to another and aids in astral projection, taking individuals wherever they desire to go. He is often depicted as a strong man with the tail of a serpent, riding atop a pale horse.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Seal of Duke Bathin 18th spirit to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at your normal movespeed.
You only gain the benefits of this effect if you are in Shadows and darkness.
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Born Swimmer
You've always felt more at home in the water
The aquamancer is an adept swimmer and moves with agility in or out of the water.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Amphibious: You are able to move about in liquids using standard Movement rules rather than any special swimming rules.
Shade's Grip
Ever seen someone free solo a skyscraper?
By focusing, the Thief may shroud their hands in shadowy tendrils that seek nearby objects like static-charged hairs. They cast themselves across any surface the Thief touches, acting as anchors that allow the Thief to scale even the sheerest walls.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations. Lasts 2 hours.
- Spider Climber: You are able to climb on and cling to any surface without regard for the ordinary rules of gravity. You climb at your normal movespeed.
Squirrel Step
"Dammit, where'd she go!?"
Nature is the beastmaster's domain. While in the wilds, they can climb trees and cliffs with ease and dash through dense underbrush that anyone else would need a machete to navigate.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
- Pathfinder: You are adept at making your way through crowds, underbrush, and other dense, congested environments. While doing so, you move at full speed.
- You are able to climb trees and cliffs at your full movement speed.
You only gain the benefits of this effect if you are in an area without a human building within 300 feet.