When the band made by the above ritual is worn, it occasionally (every 4 hours or so) briefly flashes a translucent outline of its wielder’s body at peak condition (this is their “elemental”, the shell or outline of their soul), and the wielder is able to focus as if they themselves were at peak condition.
The band captures a person’s elemental, the shell of a person’s soul that is left behind in its movement, according to some of the occultist Helena Blavatsky’s teachings. By briefly redisplaying this shell over the user’s form, the user can synchronize their body with their soul at a healthier time. A necromantic ritual for “soul finding” has recently allowed David to find a more complete version of a person’s elemental, allowing this technique to synchronize a previous healthier mind as well.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
The contractor now has very big and noticeable veins around their eyes. This veins extend to the rest of the body providing a better flow of blood. Some of those aren actually veins, but nerves, that conect the brain of the user with the rest of the body allowing for more control. In general, this gift gives the user an evolved circulatory and nervous system that can neglect pain or psychological stress to maintain a better performance.
As I abandon humanity I become something different. I become more than human. My body shows those changes but my mind is also being reshaped as I improve myself. I don’t need stress anymore, therefore, it has been removed.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfigured face: big veins.
the undead do not flag or fail, the undead do not collapse under the stress of their wounds the undead continue marching forward like the unceasing march of time.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Death is but a heartbeat away. It would love to claim you.
You can't escape that easily, Jacob.
Christ himself was nailed to the cross. He was left hanging there for days. He was speared. He died.
And yet, he fulfilled his duty.
Nothing short of death will relieve you of yours.
You will finish what you started.
And you will only die when we let you, Jacob.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fettered: Roll self-control whenever someone suggests failing or losing the Contract to not blame yourself and start taking obvious courses of actions to complete the job on your own, even at risk of your safety.
I feel… nothing. I’ll just replace whatever…
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
He takes all the damage head on and turns the tables in the matter of seconds. He's not afraid of any little bullets, he's more afraid of the infant growing up to become a villain he might have to one day take down. So he decides to show that even normal people can fight back!
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
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.