The result of arcane magic secrets into an artificial frame to create an intelligent weapon, Rei is a hybrid between magic and machine. As such, their frame is half organic and steel, granting them heightened physical and logical ability. Additionally, their voice is partially synthetic, their words spoken as if through a filter.
Their implanted weapons deploy out of their hands, with their left having its fingers replaced by steel cylinders capable of rapid, automatic gunfire, and their right able to blast precise magical missiles from their wrist.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: heterochromatic, cybernetic left eye. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Computer when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 2 and your Intellect is increased by 2.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage left high-caliber finger-guns [laser-dot submachine gun] and right magic missile blasters [laser-dot light pistol] attack without additional equipment.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Emotionless: Your lack of ability to convey emotion, combined with your inhuman appearance, makes social interaction more difficult. All social rolls are made at +1 Difficulty and Cyborg: Technological augments mark your body, making you easily recognizable and alienated from others.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any social rolls you make.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Cold: You struggle with engaging in social interaction. In order to start a conversation with someone you have known for less than an hour, you must succeed a Self-Control roll. If you become the center of attention in a large group, you must succeed a Self-Control roll to avoid fleeing or shutting down.
The Severity of any Injury caused by electricity is increased by 2.
Nocturne of the Hollow Mind gently coaxes the listener into a deep, dreamless sleep—leaving their body pliant and mind hollow. In this vacant state, the caster’s will slips in like mist, guiding the sleeper's movements as if they were a marionette on invisible strings. The spell is as elegant as it is unsettling, a perfect tool for those who prefer quiet control over brute force.
Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 30 feet. You must actively and obviously use My Guitar to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Performance at Difficulty 6. Affected targets may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, your target becomes drowsy for the next 30 seconds, during which time they suffer an additional -2 dice Penalty to all Actions. At the end of their drowsiness, they fall asleep as long as you maintain Concentration.
Sleeping targets will not prematurely wake up on their own, but may still be woken up by sudden loud noises, being jarred or splashed with water, taking Damage, or similar rousing events. They will also awaken before dying of hunger, thirst, or suffocation. Drowsy targets always fall asleep, regardless of what happens while they are drowsy.
The target can be compelled to take physical actions and use their senses by other Effects, and they will still remain asleep throughout. If this occurs, they will be obviously sleepwalking to anyone who observes them.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
While staring at a target within 20 feet, the user learns certain details about the target's criminal history. The target will also verbally say the crimes revealed to the user.
Spend 2 Actions. Select a Sapient target within 20 feet. You cannot investigate the same target more than once per hour. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6. The target resists by rolling Mind at Difficulty 7.
You learn a single specific piece of information, chosen from the following list, about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is intense stare. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
Any information you gather is a verbal confession and made publicly available.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.
Freeman spins and slices at his victim, severing limbs in seconds and leaving fully-healed stumps behind. He may also modify the target's body to fail at the most inopportune moment.
Exert your Mind (unless your target is injured) and Spend an Action. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. You may select a target at any range if you use up a body part of the target. Roll Dexterity + Medicine at Difficulty 6. The target may roll Body, -2 dice at Difficulty 7, as a Free Action to resist.
If you succeed, the target receives a new Battle Scar of your choosing, limited by the contested Outcome:
When you activate this Effect, instead of occurring immediately, you may choose to delay its effects until the target takes a particular Action. For example: "when they fire a gun" or "when they swim in deep water."
All alterations you make must remove body parts.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: compulsion to drink spilled blood.
Blessed by the Yaksha; you call apon it's power & transform into a magnificient divine general the likes of which rarely grace this plane.
Good luck to whoever's fighting you.
Exert your Mind and spend a Quick Action.
You transform into Yaksha; Giant version of myself. for two hours.You are unable to revert to your original form at will and must wait for the duration to fully elapse before returning to normal. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), but you can use your Powers. The equipment you are wearing does not transform with you.
Injuries and Wound Level are carried over between forms. However, transforming can never kill you; you merely remain Incapacitated until your Injuries are sufficiently healed.
If you are restricted, restrained, dazed, sleepy, or stunned, you may activate this Effect to break free or end the negative effect. You cannot free yourself by transforming more than once a minute.
While transformed, you are obviously unusual, unnatural, or alien, and the average person will take a special interest in you.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
You mouth a prayer to… to God, to the Universe, to whatever higher being that’s the reason that you’re still alive in a silent plea for mercy on whatever soul you come across. Divine intervention, God’s grace… whatever it is, it only asks that the person pays it forward.
To mark this covenant, a small ache can be felt in the heart of your target, a reminder of the grace that was extended to them.
Endless suffering is pointless. Everyone deserves a second chance. Everyone can be forgiven. So go and sin no more.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You cannot target yourself. Your target takes a Severity 1 Injury.
You may cure any Non-Alien diseases, toxins, or poisons afflicting your target so long as you have fully diagnosed or understood it. You may cure diseases or poisons even if they are not treatable through modern medicine. During treatment, the malady you are treating does not progress or cause additional Damage or other effects. Your patient is required to Do some good for the world. Every day, complete at least one of these tasks: perform a loving act for someone you haven’t met before, volunteer 2 hours of your time to supporting those in need or in service to your community, save someone’s life or save them from grave harm. for the next month. If they violate this rule, your treatment is immediately reversed.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is an inaudible, wordless muttering of a prayer. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
You may treat Alien maladies and curses. If there is some method to cure them, you learn what it is. If the malady does not provide its own means of curing it, it is cured.
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 magician dons an unusual piece of clothing and immediately shifts their appearance to be completely different! However, they must reveal their true identity before they can cast any more spells.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 Actions. You must actively and obviously use a piece of clothing you wouldn't normally wear to activate this Effect.
You become disguised in a manner of your choosing. The disguise lasts for two hours, or you may end it early at will.
The new appearance may have a different sex, age, and race to your own, and you may alter height by up to a foot and your weight by 50%. Your disguise cannot directly mimic an existing person. You may change the appearance of your outfit. A disguise cannot affect your Attributes or other stats.
You may roll Charisma + Crafts to attempt to make your disguise Beautiful. If your Outcome is 6 or higher, non-Effect Charisma rolls where your good looks could help are rolled at -2 Difficulty. If you fail or botch, you are ugly instead, and non-Effect Charisma rolls are made at +2 Difficulty.
This Effect ends if you take an Injury or are stunned or incapacitated.
While disguised, you cannot use any Activated or Targeted Powers.
The detective pulls out their magnifying glass and investigates the area, learning details about any nearby structures and picking up details on what sorts of beings have passed through and when.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet You must actively and obviously use a magnifying glass to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
You cannot investigate the same area more than once per day.
The time-twister presses a button on one of their wristwatches, and, in a flash of orange light, disappears. They have skipped 12 seconds forward in time. To them, the travel is instantaneous, but everyone else must wait until they reappear.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use a clock or watch to activate this Effect.
You phase out of reality for 4 Rounds. During this time, you cannot perceive or affect the outside world or take any Actions. You cannot move. Nothing can interact with you in any way.
When you phase out, you may bring up to 1 additional target in arm's reach with you.
The spy can twist the urban environment to their whims, erecting fences, walls, and barriers as needed. They whistle and gesture to where the wall should be, and the surrounding materials fly into place.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Location within 50 feet. You must be in an area abundant with man-made structures and materials.
Select one of the following alterations to create out of standard building materials originating at the target:
The alteration begins to form when you activate this Effect and finishes forming on your initiative in the next Round. Until it finishes forming, it is not guaranteed to function.
This alteration lasts one minute but may be prematurely destroyed or altered. Your alterations may be broken through with appropriate tools. Anyone attempting to break through must roll Brawn + a relevant Ability. A cumulative Outcome of 6 across all attempts breaks a hole large enough to move through. See the extended system text for GM guidance on various tools.