The bandages on the user's body slither and stretch to cover an injury-- even slipping through any orifices (typically the opening of the wound) to treat internal damage. Once covered, the wound regenerates underneath the bandages until eventually, they retract to their original worn positions.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Any Injury you receive from a source other than acid heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 10 minutes. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active automatically count as a successful Proper Stabilization and do not deteriorate further. Any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will heal with the Injury.
As long as at least half your body remains intact, you cannot die and remain at Incapacitated, regardless of how many Injuries you take. It is clear to observers that you are still alive.
You may Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of one of your Injuries by 1. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Possession of this Artifact causes the following Battle Scar to manifest over the course of a day: Putrescine: You constantly reek of dried sweat & blood. Locating you by scent is @ -2 Difficulty & any circumstance (often social) where smell matters is at +2 difficulty. If you lose possession of this Artifact, the Battle Scar heals over the course of the next month.
Possession of this Artifact causes the following Trauma to manifest over the course of a day: BATHE IN THEIR BLOOD: You don't do restraint, you don't know restraint. You must make a self-control roll to flee from, show restraint to, or otherwise, "let live", your enemies. If you lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next month.
Injuries you receive from acid are increased in Severity by 1.
Green-skinned and otherwise human in shape, Project Endless has smooth ant-like antennae rising from her forehead and faintly glowing when under a lot of stress Skralla runes carved across her skin like old scars.
The Skrallaka were a brilliant, humanoid species driven by curiosity and ambition. In their final age, a group of their greatest scientists sought to create a perfect being one who embodied all their knowledge, adaptability, and potential. Project Endless was their answer not a weapon, but a living culmination of everything the Skrallaka had been and hoped to become.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Project Endless. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1, your Perception is increased by 1, and your Charisma is increased by 1.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfiguring (Skrallaka Runes carved into her skin).
A faint, silvery ripple flows around Jio, calming those nearby and drawing their attention effortlessly.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Charisma rating is increased by 0. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
The Vermin King has developed fine hairs on his body similar to those used by insects to cling to walls, allowing him to do the same. His instincts have been modified by his gifts, allowing him to engage in several forms of movement unnatural to the average human.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
Lucy has spent a healthy ten thousand hours training with the weapons of their military. They are deadly when wielding any firearm made in their home country. Drawing their standard issue at the start of a confrontation is pure reflex, and they may plan their shots to deal collateral damage to those behind their target.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with firearms made in your home country.
+2 dice to all firearms made in your home country rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
During Yoru's soul arrival and fusing with Radek's one, the body fused with gems in laboratory taking over some of the properties of it. It also made the body crystalline, semi opaque, gemlike... yet functional.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: You have crystalline body. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Perception is increased by 1.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time. You do not age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You cannot speak any coherent verbal language and must resort to other means of communication.
The beastmaster can speak to and understand any animal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to terrestrial animal as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
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.
The Soldier has spent a healthy ten thousand hours training with the weapons of their military. They are deadly when wielding any firearm made in their home country. Drawing their standard issue at the start of a confrontation is pure reflex, and they may plan their shots to deal collateral damage to those behind their target.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with firearms made in your home country.
+2 dice to all firearms made in your home country rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
The survivalist has depended on the Bug-out Bag for so long, they've formed a powerful bond with the pack. This bond renders the pack unbreakable, and grants the survivalist an understanding of what direction it's in at all times.
This Artifact cannot be broken. If this Artifact is lost and in no one else’s possession, it finds its way back to its true owner during the next Downtime.
By default, the creator of this Artifact is its true owner. The true owner may formally bequeath this Artifact onto another person within arm’s reach, after which they are its true owner. If the true owner dies or is destroyed, their ownership ends. If this Artifact has no true owner, anyone may spend one day attuning to it to become its true owner.
This Artifact's true owner is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
This is a doctor who exists on the front lines. They're most at home working under stressful conditions when the stakes couldn't be higher.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects: