The spirit of Yoritomo Yoshitsune, the legendary samurai, has partially possessed Leon. After possessing Yoritomo's body in a trial to earn the recognition of the spirit of Japanese Valor, he made the spirit's recognition. Leon has been imparted with significant skill with the long arms he was known for using.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Japanese Long Arms.
+2 dice to all rolls with Japanese Long Arms. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using Japanese Long Arms.
You also gain the following effects:
Gam has learned how to utilize her roller blades, not just as movement augmentors, but as lethal weapons that rival typical weapon-users of Japan. With her speed and kicks, she can use Dexterity in place of Brawn to slam her rollerblades into the sides of enemies. Not to mention that, with the training obtained by her recent induction to the Yakuza, has learned how to predict arrows, rocks, and even bullets, able to parry them with nothing but her rollerblades.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat. You must actively and obviously be using rollerblades to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your unarmed attacks deal +2 Bonus Damage (instead of -2). The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
Physical injuries, be it a scratch, laceration, or a bruise, shine weakly with eerie pale glow for a few seconds, before fading away.
Some wounds never quite heal. Even when they are gone, they leave scars behind. Chronic pains, stiff limbs. All those things which remind us of what happened to us, of what we managed to push through.
Ryan was surprised when the wound, which would surely take a while to heal naturally, healed over the course of following two weeks. Unnaturally fast. Quick test with a knife confirmed it - the shallow cut on a finger was shining weakly, with eerie pale glow, before fading away, as if it was just his imagination.
The cut was gone by the end of the day.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every day, starting once it becomes stabilized. You may also Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of a single stabilized Injury by 1. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Battle Scars caused by your Injuries will remain.
Billy Blitzen has trained himself relentlessly, night and day, to the point that his body has reached the peak fitness for a sprinter. After repeatedly exceeding his limits and achieving superhuman speed, a brilliant burst of light appeared during a training run, after which a pair of tattoos in the shape of wings could be seen burned into his calves.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Tattoo's of wings along calves.
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).
If you are witnessed actively using this Effect, whoever sees it can make a Perception + Alertness roll at Difficulty 6. A complete success reveals the source of your power.
You also gain the following effects:
Jax’s skin becomes Pale, squishy, and semi-translucent. When activated the power allows him to constrict his body through small areas like a squid and stretch his appendages up to 30 feet.
Discovered the morning after a victory party at which he took a whole cocktail of drugs leading to his discovery, the morning after he had noticed his skin looked strange and upon inspection it seemed to be made of rubber or something, instead his muscles had been transformed into a biological hyper-condensed material, upon being cut while the ability is active the drugs that metabolised into his blood react poorly when exposed to the new muscular tissue and cause painful acid burns, this ability is often kept active because leaving it causes debilitating pain for an hour, this however causes dependance issues, and clouds the mind of clear judgement, for some odd reason being in this state often leads him to supernatural situations
You gain the following benefits as long as Must be under the influence of two or more types of narcotic substances.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: OCTO-JAX. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1.
Your appendages can reach an additional 30 feet.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
Any creature that consumes or is injected with your bodily fluids receives a Severity-1 Injury. Every minute, they must roll Body Difficulty 9. If they fail, the Injury worsens by 1 Severity. If they succeed, the Injury stops worsening.
Whenever you enter Combat, roll Self-Control. If you fail, you cannot choose which targets to attack and cannot stop fighting until there are no targets remaining.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Blades is increased by 2.
It would be improper, nay, even absurd for the Emperor of the United States of America to fall victim to the machinations of those who would attempt to influence him - fortunately, when acting in his Imperial Role, Issac is quite inured against such perfidious trickery!
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Imperial Regalia to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
As long as the Ninja is dressed in an appropriate uniform, their movement is almost silent.
You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you are visibly dressed head to toe in black with hardly any skin showing.
You are obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.
While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you from other, additional senses fails automatically. If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: compulsion to test the awareness of allies by sneaking up on them with a weapon.
As long as the ninja is carrying a weapon, their self-defense is almost subconscious. Subtle twitches and lighting-fast feints and parries using sword and scabbard can buy the ninja precious seconds to enact an escape plan or make the kill.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a sword 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.
Whenever your Armor reduces incoming Damage, you are immediately made aware of the source of the Damage. You may pinpoint their location for 30 seconds.
Any time your Armor prevents damage, your total Armor rating is temporarily decreased by 1. Whenever you go two Rounds without preventing any damage, it is restored back to its full value.
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 Predatory Raiment has a cloak feature that allows its owner to hide themselves and their equipment with active camouflage. When viewed, they look like a slightly shifted and shimmering version of the surrounding environment.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are not at all wet and you are wearing this Artifact.
You are obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.
While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you from other, additional senses fails automatically. If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. This Effect does not end early when you activate an obvious Effect, attack, or receive an Injury.
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.