The Nightmare "̴̛̺̫̤͂̿̓͐̾̿̄̐̕Í̷̡̯͓̤̝͓͇͈̣͆͒̈̽̆͝ ̶̯͚̤͙̳͔̦̯̹̦̝͓̳͆̆̃̃̒̑̃̊̈́̍̄̿͑̔̊̄͝a̸͔̒̈́̎̈͛̇̅͛̐͗̀̉̕͝m̴̨̧̧̻͔̹͈̫̜̋̿̕͝ ̴̡̢̢͈̤̪̜̯̲͓̻̫͕̑̾̃̉̈́̃̄̊̋͗́͋̓̎̈̊̚͜͜p̴̨̢̲̭̝̮̥͕̟̜̜̥̣̟͎̳̭̔͗̄̈̂̚̚r̶̡̛̭̟̤̼̹̘̥͕̹̰̭͆̈̑̐̍͘͝ͅͅò̵̡̭͙͎̝̘̙̬̺̰̩̥̖̘̭̈́̎͋̆̎̍͋̚̚̚̚̕͠ͅͅơ̵͍̯̗̝͓̠̗̬̦̯͓͍̬̜͖̣͉̓̉̈́͐̔̑̉̕͝f̷̡̡̢̙̟̮͚͓̖͗́́̎͒̅̐̈́̎̚͜ ̷̝̰͔͈̉̄̀̉͊͆̄͋̂̿̾̅͛͝o̸̰̘̣̭͕̥̘͔͉̦̙̩̼̾͜f̵̛̛̯̹̤̭͙̰͎͙̞̖̺́̈̇̀̆̍̀̾́̑͆͘͝͝ ̵̫̫̝̹̠̗̹̲̰̐̇͐̐̌́͒͜͝H̶̢͙̝̩̙͚̯̹͚̜͓̺̤̤̹̞͓͐̈́͘u̸̢̲̟̪̲̦̫͙̤̪̼̱͉̞̼̲͊̀̈́̎͌̑̋̃̿͐̋̅̆͒ͅm̸̟̝̣̟̟͔̩̭̰̰͒̌͐͒̉́̋̚͠ͅă̸͕̻̤͈̗̤̻̼̲̘̱̱̟̼͗̅̆̊̕͜͠n̷̨̛͚̟̲̗̖̯̐͂̅͋͌͠i̶̡̦̩̗̞̻̘̫̮̥̩̰͎̓͛̿͆̋̓̓̓̾͒͋͗̓̕͝t̵̡̰̦̖̼̟̫͎̥̣̭͖̭̕͜ͅy̴̞̑̊͂̔͛'̴̡͔̣̝̖͈̳̫̅͌̈̓̅͂͐̊̏͒́́̋̔̀̚ş̸̠͕͇̼̻̪̞̘̅́̄̊̆͆̀̀̈́͘̚͠ ̴̘̬̬̯̙̘̯̘̀̾̒͠ŝ̸̡̨̥̝̠̳̺̪̩͒̂̋̂̂i̸̢̳͇̲̳͉͓͎̥̳̙̎͜n̸̜̲̮͙̟̔.̴̢̡̢͇͎̠̟̳̩̤̥͙̙͙̳͌̑̃̀̀̏͜.̶̧̢̡̛͍̜͎͖͓̥̈́.̷̢̧͇̝͙̘̗͔̦̹̻̰̘̓"̵͓͎̣̠̼̦̭̆̿͗̀͗̈́̈̈͋͆̍͛̉͆̕̚͝

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(Your specific augmentation must be physically visible in some way, but it does not need to make you appear outwardly monstrous or socially unacceptable. )

The Nightmare's form is made of the collective negative emotions of countless individuals. Strangely enough, the conglomeration of negative emotions and concepts has similar properties to smoke...


You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: a black shadowy smokey humanoid with a crooked smile and cruel eyes. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Intellect is increased by 1.

No single organ in your body is critical for life. If any of your body parts are separated from your body, you may take Actions with the severed part for three hours. You may reattach severed body parts by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Death Touch attack without additional equipment.

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.

You cannot be mistaken for a normal human. You cannot always use standard human clothes, equipment, vehicles, and facilities, and when you can, you suffer an increased Difficulty.

The Severity of any Injury caused by light is increased by 2.

  • Detached parts move at 5 feet per Round. You may activate awareness Effects through detached sensory organs. This does not grant extra Actions.
  • The increase in Injury Severity stacks with any similar effects, such as the Silver Bullets drawback on Regeneration.
  • Attribute bonuses from multiple sources do not stack. Instead the highest bonus is used.

Community Power Gifts

You gain the following benefits at all times.

Your Charisma rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).

  • Attribute bonuses from multiple sources do not stack. Instead the highest bonus is used.

Exert your Mind and spend an Action.

You transform into a demonic pig monster for 3 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are a demonic pig monster, and you can use your equipment. Your Battle Scars, Injuries, and physical Liabilities are carried over between forms. Reverting from your Alternate Form cannot cause your existing Injuries to kill you. Instead, you remain Incapacitated.

While transformed, your Brawn is increased by 1 and your Charisma is increased by 1. Your Stress is reduced by 2.

Your alternate form is its own deadly weapon. Unarmed attacks made in your alternate form deal +3 Weapon Damage (instead of the typical -1).

Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see Zhu transform into a monstrous pig.

You may only use this Effect once per day.

  • Reminder: Weapon Damage from multiple sources does not stack. Instead, the highest value is used.
  • When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
  • Attribute bonuses from multiple sources do not stack. Instead the highest bonus is used.

Exert your Mind and spend a minute to activate. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. You must use up scrap metal in order to activate this Effect. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Select a Battle Scar on your target to treat.

The treated Battle Scar will heal immediately. You may specify a specific condition that the patient must adhere to. If they break this condition, the treatment is immediately reversed. Record this regimen as a Condition.

Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see the activator is disassembling the target and repairing their broken and bloody parts, to which they then reassemble the target..

Healing a Battle Scar in this way leaves behind the repaired parts appear made of metal on the target which cannot be healed.

  • When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
  • 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.

You gain the following benefits at all times.

Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active do not deteriorate over time. However, any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will remain unless it is Properly Stabilized as normal.

Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a computers within arm's reach. Can be used on Alien technology. This Effect cannot be used unless it is used to Splice yourself with another computer. Cannot be used to improve Armor.

Lasts the next day. Your target receives 2 extra dice to all actions taken for its intended use. Attacking with an upgraded weapon grants +2 Weapon Damage instead of additional dice.

You may choose a second valid Device target while activating this Effect and splice both targets into a single new Device. The newly created item has the same size as the larger of the two initial targets, and can be used to perform the same actions as either of the original items. It receives 2 to those actions for the next day.

After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.

  • Upgrading Alien Devices does not add bonus dice to any rolls related to the Device’s passive or activated Effects.
  • When Splicing, you must be in possession of both devices. The resulting object behaves exactly as if both devices occupy the same space and do not gain any new functionality at all.
  • Exhaustion penalties and duration stack. If you activate this Effect or another Effect with Exhaustion, your penalty will worsen, and the duration is increased by one hour.
  • Reminder: additional Weapon Damage granted by this Effect does not stack with any other bonus to Weapon Damage. Instead the largest bonus is used. The same is true for extra dice.
  • Extra dice from this Effect do not apply to Gift activation rolls.
  • 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.

Stock Power Gifts

You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.

+2 dice to all rolls utilizing playing cards.

You also gain the following effects:

  • Point Control: Called Shots that you attempt only require a Contested Outcome of 2 for small targets and 4 for tiny targets.
  • Ricochet: You can make a thrown attack against a target behind cover so long as there is at least one exposed pathway to them.

Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must use up a container of fine powder in order to activate this Effect.

You automatically detect all object that are designed to detect people, including tripwires, security cameras, detection lasers, heat sensors, etc within 50 feet of you for the next hour. You have a clear sense of both the distance and direction towards any detected items. When you detect objects, instead of learning nothing about them, you may observe each object with all of your senses.

  • This includes any objects that come into range during activation.

You gain the following benefits as long as Must be driving a rugged vehicle such as an SUV truck or armored car. and you are piloting any vehicle.

You receive +2 dice to any rolls to pilot a vehicle.

You also gain the following effects:

  • Drive-By: You may drive or pilot your vehicle as a Free Action, without taking any penalty on other Actions.
  • Steady As She Goes: The motion of your vehicle never causes your passengers dice penalties, and you do not suffer dice penalties from the unsteadiness of any vehicle you are riding in.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are in werewolf form.

You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except silver. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.

Any Injury received from Damage that was reduced by this Armor is considered makeshift stabilized and will not degrade further. Any Battle Scar received from such an Injury is reduced by 1 level to a minimum of a Minor Battle Scar.

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 can tell the age of any structure or natural formation in the area. This includes trees and plants growing in the area.
  • You learn how heavily trafficked the area is, what sorts of Animate beings have moved through the area and when.
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome.

  • 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.