A hit like that would leave any other to bleed out and die, helpless if not for medical aid. But you’re not betting anymore on whether your comrades can save you. Lady Luck’s favour extends… somewhat. That hit? Not as bad as it could have been.
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.
All Injuries you receive are considered Properly Stabilized. You may also choose to heal any Battle Scar on yourself that may not have been caused by an Injury. Doing so takes one day, and the Battle Scar affects you fully until that time.
Once an Injury has been reduced in Severity by two levels, it no longer benefits from this effect and instead heals as normal.
Years in the lab have honed your analytical skills! When you have a sample of blood, you can spill it into your notebook and watch as it glows and coalesces to form information about the target.
If they are in relatively close proximity, you can always send us out to scout out your target! We'll come back and report what we found :)
We'll write it down into your notebook for you, too! Oh, don't worry. We won't need a pen, hahaha...
It might be a bit odd for others to see the shimmering letters that fade in and out and ripple on the page, but what can you do :/
Oh, and it's kinda hard to get a good look without manifesting a bit. They'll see a faint silhouette of me as I fly out there, hehe :P
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Sapient target or a Creature within 300 feet. You may select a target at any range if you use up a Blood Sample (either fresh or dry) of the target. You must actively and obviously use a notebook to activate this Effect. At the end of your investigation, roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6.
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 obviously Alien and eye-catching across its range to those witnessing it, and you are obviously the source.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fear of Snakes.
You cannot investigate the same target more than once per day.
Preston withdraws a mirror, wiggles his fingers, and speaks a rhyme beginning with "mirror mirror." The surface of the mirror shimmers and shifts, showing what lies beyond. However, too much usage of the mirror can lead to narcissism and paranoia.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a target Location within 500 feet. You must actively and obviously use a mirror to activate this Effect. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. If you fail or Botch, you receive one Mind Damage and a new Trauma.
You may perceive things as if you were standing at that Location for the next 30 minutes. You must maintain Concentration to keep up the effect. You cannot perceive anything at your physical location while the effect is active.
Others near you may choose to observe what you are perceiving by the images appearing in the mirror.
Otto is a refined gentleman, an octopus of his word who loves to communicate and build bonds with the land-dwellers he surrounds himself with. However, if any were to insult his homeland, he must teach them with ruthless efficiency that the sea never forgot their escape.
You gain the following benefits as long as you succeed on a Difficulty 8 Intellect + Culture roll.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures, humans, and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Lost Tentacle: In the binding of such a beast and his severed limb, so too did come the ability to whisper into the mind of man.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Wrath of the Sea: If a land-dweller disrespects a creature of the sea, you must roll Self-Control or attempt to take vengeance.
Kyubey waves the hand wearing a gold ring over his body, before they fall forward, their form compressing into a smaller, lighters, and all around cuter package, that of a made up species called an “incubator”, they spend most of the time in this form, finding it rather comfortable.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use Gold ring to activate this Effect.
You transform into An Incubator (charisma skills) until you transform into something else or choose to return to your original form. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), and you cannot use your Active, Direct, or Trap Powers. However, you can use your Passive Powers. Any equipment you are wearing transforms 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.
While transformed, you may speak and use any Influence or Communication Powers you posses.
While transformed, you are obviously unusual, unnatural, or alien, and the average person will take a special interest in you.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Cat like behavior: if you stay still for too long, roll self control to maintain focus on what you’re trying to do, may get directed back at your objective or exert to refocus yourself..
Bryan's physiology has adapted once more, slowly becoming more artificial than organic. When Bryan is hurt, his body begins to automatically mend itself back together as if it were made from a self-healing fabric, stabilizing the damage and accelerating its initial healing. This process continues even when he would be otherwise dead, visibly keeping him alive until he is fully healed.
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.
As long as at least half your body remains intact, you cannot die and remain at Incapacitated, regardless of how many Injuries you take. It is clear to observers that you are still alive.
Once an Injury has been reduced in Severity by two levels, it no longer benefits from this effect and instead heals as normal.
The mystic can meld their aura with another, allowing them to superimpose their being, physical and mental, into a target. Observers witness the mystic fading and entering their target's body as wisps of smoke, leaving no trace of their own body behind.
While inside, they can control their target's actions. Affected targets have no memory of the experience.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action. Select a Living or Sapient target within arm's reach. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you possess your target for the Contested Outcome in minutes. The target has no control over their body or actions, and they are functionally unconscious through the entire possession, retaining no memory other than any Traumas they might obtain.
You do not leave your original body behind when you possess a target. When a possession ends, your original body will reappear at the host body’s same location. You may spend an Action to end the possession early.
Stats: During the possession, you use the host body’s Body rating, but your own Mind rating. Any rolls you make use the host body’s Brawn, Dexterity, and Perception but your own Charisma, Intellect, and Abilities. You gain the effects of any physical Assets and Liabilities they have. You cannot read the target’s mind or memories.
Gifts: You have access to and can use any of your own Powers which are intrinsic to your biology or physical body. You cannot access any Powers or other supernatural effects which the target has, unless they are intrinsic to the target’s biology or physical body.
Death: If the host body is killed or destroyed while you are still possessing it, you will die along with it.
Eviction: If you attempt to force your host to take actions which would violate one of their Limits or their instinct for self-preservation, they may resist by rolling Mind. If their Outcome is higher than or equal to the contested Outcome, the possession ends and you are evicted from their body.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
The Vampire may channel their inner beast and take the form of an animal. It is said they may transform into either a wolf or a bat. If used too often, the Vampire risks losing themselves to their beast forever.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. If you fail or Botch, you receive one Mind Damage and a new Trauma.
You transform into a vampire bat or a wolf until you transform into something else or choose to return to your original form. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), and you do not have access to any of your Powers. Any equipment you are wearing transforms 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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: A disfigured face with bat-like ears.
It's true the mad scientist is one of the greatest minds of our generation, that they can solve any puzzle or riddle. However, no one wants to spend time with them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Intellect (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
Nature is the beastmaster's domain. While in the wilds, they can climb trees and cliffs with ease and dash through dense underbrush that anyone else would need a machete to navigate.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
You only gain the benefits of this effect if you are in an area without a human building within 300 feet.
The werewolf's gnashing teeth sheer through steel and bone alike. Those caught in their maw rarely make it out alive.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are in werewolf form, and you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +0 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
You may Defend against melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks from any range and Clash with those in range of your Attacks. Attacking materials like steel or spikes will not Damage you unless it has an Effect that does so.
You also gain the following effects: