The user chooses to use the bead, then squeezes the pearl.
- If the pearl is not consumed, it cracks.
- If the pearl is consumed, the pearl shatters and turns to dust (that can be picked up, though it's just mundane pewter).
Use up this bead made of pewter (unless you succeed on 1d10, Difficulty 7) and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
The blows and wounds he has taken have visibly bruised his body, but there is no visible blood - and he does not appear to be injured or tired.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Maggie's pact with Zemlya, Grandfather Rock, grants her a power as old and unforgiving as the mountains themselves. This eldritch spirit, old as the night sky and a witness to the cosmic endlessness, embodies the resilience of nature against the tides of time. When activated, Maggie must offer a sacrifice of her own blood - a small, self-inflicted wound that serves as a conduit for Zemlya's ancient power, jolting her awake to resist against the tides of exhaustion and incapacitation.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
Through years of rigorous blacksmith work Henry has learned how to suck it up and keep moving. Injuries no longer slowing him down, as steel replaces flesh in order to keep moving, it grows with the wounds, but has potential for total take over if Henry should meet that fateful encounter.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
A badge displaying the symbol and Acronym for the Bikers against child abuse. It is a sign against the wickedness of people who think that what they do to these poor children is allowed.
You hold the badge to your heart and remember what you are fighting for. The badge begins to slightly glow before filling you with determination.
Seeing a child be abused is unforgivable.
It is our duty to make sure these kids stay safe, no matter what it takes.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Unforgivable - An insult to or an attack towards a child simply cannot be tolerated.. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.
She pulls out her leather pouch of acupuncture needles and sticks one in you, suddenly you feel like you'll make it through.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action to activate. You must use up Acupuncture Needles in order to activate this Effect.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Lasts for one hour. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration.
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.