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All of those Chickens!!!
Lily stretches out her arm, after which out of seemingly nowhere, a hawk will appear.
Exert your Mind and spend one minute.
Summon a Hawk at your location, plus enough additional minions to bring you up to the maximum of 1 minion. They will last until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
- Attacking: Minions can make melee range attacks with 5 dice to attack and +1 Damage.
- Body: Minions have 4 Body.
- Movement: Minions can move 20 feet per Round as Free Movement, and double that when performing an all-out Sprint.
- Intelligence: Minions have dog-level intelligence, and cannot communicate back to you. They cannot actively use Equipment.
- Actions: Minions cannot dodge or Defend. Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Summoning “Guardian Angel”
“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.”
A portal opens in front of the user which vanishes as quickly as it appears after spewing a Guardian Angel.
The creature looks like a old depiction of humanoid angels, dressed elegantly but seemingly without mind or morals.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon a single Sapient Angel at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. This Artifact may have at most one active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 4 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make Unarmed Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +0 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 5 Body. Your minions roll 3 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 2 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 25 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint. Your minions can fly at their normal movement speed.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 4 dice. If ordered to protect someone with its life, your Minion may sacrifice itself to absorb an Attack on their behalf, provided it is within 15 feet of them. Any other roll is made with 4 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Unusual: Minions are obviously Alien to any observer.
- Minions die if targeted with Energy Transfer (before the Effect resolves) or if an Artifact or Consumable they use would Injure them or cause them to roll Trauma.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
Fred
Fred the frog, the first of the trench coat.
Red eyed tree frog
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon the one and only Sapient Frog at your location. They last until they move more than 150 feet from you or are destroyed They are controlled by you. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 4 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make Staff/melee Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +0 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 3 Body. Your minions roll 7 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 1 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 20 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 4 dice. Any other roll is made with 4 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Powers: Your companion can Exert their Mind using your Mind and spend your Source.
- Unusual: Minions are not obviously Alien.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
- Your companion heals fully during each Downtime, but is not healed fully when you re-summon them.
- Your companion is affected normally by Artifacts and Energy Transfer.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
Teacher's Pet
Maddox waves a shiny trinket in the air, and it sparkles miraculously. She calls for Judas, and he answers the call, fluttering to her aid in exchange for the trinket.
Exert your Mind and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: Raise a trinket to the sky and call for a bird. You must use up an especially shiny object such as a rhinestone, sequin, or piece of jewelry in order to activate this Effect. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon the one and only Sapient Judas the crow at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by you. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 4 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make unarmed Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +0 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 3 Body. Your minions roll 7 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 1 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 20 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint. Your minions can fly at their normal movement speed.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 4 dice. Your minion is able to Thievery with a 8 dice pool. Any other roll is made with 4 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Powers: Your companion can Exert their Mind using your Mind and spend your Source.
- Unusual: Minions are not obviously Alien.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
- Your companion heals fully during each Downtime, but is not healed fully when you re-summon them.
- Your companion is affected normally by Artifacts and Energy Transfer.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
From The Earth, It Rises.
Locally Grown
Bill places his corn on the cob in the ground, and from that cob the beast emerges. The corn shakes rapidly, as though it is going to hatch, before it starts to grow wildly. The cob expands to immense size, cracking down the middle to reveal a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. The husk stretches and reshapes itself, forming a shambling mound of legs and wings. Roots rise from the ground and tangle amongst the husk, contributing to the beast's body and limbs. The head is definitively formed by the cob, while the body is a constantly shifting and difficult to discern pile of roots and husk. Entirely, the beast is around the size of a horse, it's colours no different from the corn it was grown from. The beast is capable of launching its cob head at targets 50 feet away from it, the head quickly regrows afterwards (though, any damages done to the head remain even after the head regrows). When the beast is destroyed, it rots into the ground, its body reduced to an inedible black mold.
Bill discovered this gift the morning after his stay at The Vermillion Manor. While harvesting his freshly grown corn, he attempted to hold more than what he could carry, and accidentally dropped a singular ear of corn. He thought nothing of it, until the corn began to jitter on the dirt unnaturally. He backed away in fear, and watched as the once innocuous corn sprouted into a true monster. A monster that listened to his commands. A monster that belonged to him.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must use up A full corn on the cob, with husk intact in order to activate this Effect.
Summon the one and only Sapient The Corn Beast at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by you. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 5 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make Bite Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks have 50 feet of range and deal +2 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 7 Body. They are roughly the size of a horse. Your minions roll 7 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 1 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 35 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint. Your minions can fly at their normal movement speed.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They lack manual dexterity and cannot use equipment, Artifacts, or Consumables designed for humans.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 4 dice. Any other roll is made with 4 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 7 Brawn. Riders' weight counts half for encumbrance.
- Powers: Your companion can Exert their Mind using your Mind and spend your Source.
- Unusual: Minions are obviously Alien to any observer.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
- Your companion heals fully during each Downtime, but is not healed fully when you re-summon them.
- Your companion is affected normally by Artifacts and Energy Transfer.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
Reach Through
The only person you can really trust
Barry reaches into a mirrored surface, and as his reflections hand meets his own, they each pass through, clasping each other by the hand, and Barry pulls them through.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use A Mirrored Surface to activate this Effect.
Summon up to 3 Sapient A clone of whoever was reflected in the mirror at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 3 minions active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat.
- Combat: Minions roll 7 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make Melee Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +4 Damage.
- Body: Minions have 7 Body.
- Armor: Minions have 2 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 25 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 4 dice. Any other roll is made with 4 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Unusual: Minions are not obviously Alien.
- Minions die if targeted with Energy Transfer or if an Artifact or Consumable they use would Injure them or cause them to roll Trauma.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
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Summon Roadie
Any successful musician knows the value of a good roadie. The musician calls for a roadie, and one will promptly arrive. The roadie doesn't talk much, and they aren't too bright, but they can sure haul gear.
After a couple hours of work, the roadie will retire to smoke and get some sleep.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon a single Sapient roadie at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 3 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make roadie Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +0 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 5 Body. Your minions roll 3 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 1 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 15 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice. Your minion is able to lifting and hauling with a 7 dice pool. Any other roll is made with 3 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Unusual: Minions are not obviously Alien.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
- Minions die if targeted with Energy Transfer (before the Effect resolves) or if an Artifact or Consumable they use would Injure them or cause them to roll Trauma.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.
Create Lesser Vampire
The Vampire is able to turn one of their victims into a lesser vampire, a pale shadow of a full creature of the night but useful nonetheless. Having drained and killed their target, the Vampire performs a brief ritualistic bloodletting, wherein they spill their own blood into the target's mouth, forcing them to drink, and bonding them together as child and sire.
Shortly afterwards, the fledgling vampire will rise from death, hungry for blood and eager to serve.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend one minute. Select a Dead target within arm's reach that has died within the last hour. This Effect cannot be used unless you drained the target's blood while they were still alive.
Your target rises as an Animate being. The raised creature is totally mindless, with no memory of its past life or hint of its old personality. They cannot communicate. They will follow any command you speak.
The creature lasts until it dies again. It is revived at full health. Any Injuries it had in life are not accounted for when determining its penalties or progression towards re-death, though they may affect its ability to perform certain actions at GM's discretion. The raised creature must consume flesh every day or it will die again.
Raised creatures have their Abilities set to the same that they were in life. Their Charisma and Intellect are set to 1, but their Dexterity, Brawn and Perception are the same as they had in life. A raised creature cannot use any Effects.
Your revived targets deal 2 Weapon Damage with their unarmed attacks.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
- The creature will die at the end of any 24 hour period gone without consuming their specified diet, and it is important that this growing desperation is reflected in how they are roleplayed.
- The sacrificial Injury received from activating this Effect cannot be prevented by any means or healed before 1 day has passed. It is shared with all Effects that use sacrifice. This Injury does not requires Stabilization or cause Battle Scars when it becomes Severe.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Goon Squad
"Yous need us to whack somebody? Uhhhhh, sure boss, whatever you say."
The mobster knows a guy they can call for a hired goon, who arrives about a minute later. The goons are dumb as bricks, but tough nonetheless, perfect for sending a message when you need to keep your hands clean.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use cell phone to activate this Effect.
Summon a single Sapient goon at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
- Initiative: Minions act directly after you in Combat starting the Round after they are summoned.
- Combat: Minions roll 4 dice to dodge, Grapple, or make melee Attacks. Their unarmed Attacks are melee range and deal +2 Damage.
- Body/Mind: Minions have 5 Body. Your minions roll 3 Mind resistance dice.
- Armor: Minions have 1 Armor.
- Movement: Minions can move 15 feet per Round as Free Movement and double that when performing an all-out Sprint.
- Intelligence: Minions have human-level intelligence and can speak your language. They can use equipment, Artifacts, and Consumables. However, they cannot Exert their Mind.
- Actions: Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice. Any other roll is made with 3 dice. They can lift and haul as though they have 2 Brawn.
- Unusual: Minions are not obviously Alien.
- Minions die if targeted with Energy Transfer (before the Effect resolves) or if an Artifact or Consumable they use would Injure them or cause them to roll Trauma.
- Your minions may count as additional targeting types based on their flavor. For example: Living, Computer, Creature, etc.