Place your hand over the holy book. Arch your fingers.
Speak from the back of your throat. Straighten your spine.
Feel the pain below each digit, and raise them - golden spires follow upwards.
When you speak gospel, smoke escapes your lips - these golden strings thrum along with your voice - they thrum with the sins of the Kings of Babylon.
'These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.'
t. The Kings of Babylon
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a 1611 KJV Bible to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Nicotine Addiction.
With the constant contracts to where he risks literal life and limb is giving him a good flashback to when he crawled through hell and fought in the war, having survived turmoil and pain as he was handee many bad cards in his time to tortured, stabbing, shot, and various near death situations he believes pain is more of a friend than and enemy and embraces it to fuel his goals. Using items of his past to constantly remind of the pain and what of it.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using World War 2 Memorabilia to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
A blessing bestowed upon the descendent of King Arthur. Whatever weapon may he so touch, will be bestowed with special mystical properties, so as to improve its effectiveness. This is noted by the weapon first being covered in water, before the same is evaporated by appearance of Gaelic runes on the given weapon.
Based on the legend of King Arthur's legendary receiving of Excalibur from the Lady of The Lake.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with melee weapons.
Your attacks with melee weapons deal +3 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.
Keys somehow always knows where he placed the Bathat and where and how it's been moved.
This Artifact cannot be broken.
This Artifact's creator is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
Be amazed as the magician wields a deck of simple playing cards with all the poise and precision of a ninja's shurikens. Fear not, for they will not hit you, unless they want to.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing playing cards.
You also gain the following effects:
With the Connection Hal has to his bike now, it has transcended into a spiritual level now to where the thing can never be broken and will always tell Hal where to find her, nothing can break their bond.
This Artifact cannot be broken.
This Artifact's creator is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
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:
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.
The Blademaster is so attuned to blades that they may manipulate any bladed object at a range simply by willing it. Observers see translucent spider-silk connecting the Blademaster's fingers to the blade, allowing them to puppet it.
You gain the following benefits as long as the target object has a cutting edge.
As long as you maintain Concentration, you can take Actions and interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
The detective has trained their eyes to notice the smallest of details.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
Finally, the girls are fusing the way theyโve wanted to since they began Contracting, three and a half years ago. It took Graceโs left eye for them to try this, but the girls are now able to spend a week focusing their energy towards a Battle Scarred area and permanently replacing it with The Spiritโs ghostly flesh. The replaced chunks, eyes, arms, whatever may come, appear just as The Spiritโs: bluish and semi-transparent, but now function just as the respective physical flesh would.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive 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.
All Injuries you receive are considered Properly Stabilized. You may also choose to heal any Battle Scar on yourself that may not have been caused by an Injury. Doing so takes one day, and the Battle Scar affects you fully until that time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: any scars that heal this way leave the flesh in that area bluish and semi-transparent, causing you to be viewed as a freak by most people who see you.