With this stern glare the victim begins rethinking everything, they begin to feel small and weak and afraid very afraid.
This Effect activates whenever being threatened or someone swinging throwing or shooting an object at me(Not both just in case either of them don't work for the triggered condition that's my backup). It does not require an Action or Exertion. Select a Living target within 300 feet. “Your target should be intuitively based on the triggering event. This Effect cannot be used unless You see the trigger and They see you. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you Everyone within 50 ft gain some kind of anger or hatred towards me. Roll Charisma + Occult at Difficulty 6. Affected targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6 -3 dice.
If you succeed, for the next minute, your target will do things they otherwise wouldn’t have done, inspired by Fear. They will not necessarily display their emotions in an obvious way.
Actions they take will be in keeping with their character and the way they tend to deal with strong emotions. They will be unlikely to change their mind about any actions taken or decisions made until after the Effect ends.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is An icy unblinking glare. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
If any affected target takes or deals Damage, this Effect ends.
Ghouls are notoriously resistant to hydrostatic shock, a fact that has doomed more than a few intrepid investigators over the years. Bullets tend to puncture them with relatively little harm inflicted.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You have 7 Armor, which only reduces damage taken from Bullets. Any armor piercing effects from Bullets are ignored. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Roy strikes his cane against a surface and a set of orbiting rings appear around his target. Any attack that passes the rings seems to flicker, change direction, or sometimes even vanish entirely until appearing on the other side.
Formed from knowledge gifted to him, Roy is able to loosen the dimensional fabric around his target. Upon colliding with the rings an attack is shifted in the 4th dimension, causing their damage to be weakened or sometimes miss entirely. Objects that leave the ring's circumference return to their original state regardless of how much they shifted.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. You cannot target yourself. You must actively and obviously use cane or staff to activate this Effect. Roll Intellect + Science at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome + 4 Damage. Half any Damage absorbed by the barrier is reflected back to the attacker. They may attempt to Dodge or Defend using a Desperate Defense, and their Armor applies in full. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
With a deep inhale and exhale he can feel the air around him and 'see' it, each breath blowing out of his nose and mouth like steam in the cold. The ebbs and flows of wind currents show him details of the area he is in.
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The Kamatachi shares its senses with him, allowing Ricter to see as he sees (when it feels like it), which is the ability to tell things around them by how the wind flows, curves, and bends around physical structures or people. All it takes is to be calm and relax his breathing, inhaling the air around him he will then exhale which acts like a pulse that envelopes those around him like a gentle breeze and maps it out.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
From the first day Macaco was subject to all sorts of bizarre experimental surgeries. The end result is a Chimp many times smarter then other members of his species. However, Macaco will never pass as normal; the entire top and back of his skull has been replace with a hard metal shell, wires and sharp bits poking out.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Computer Brain. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Perception is increased by 1 and your Intellect is increased by 1.
I gain plus 2 in all main stats, have perfect soul control, and gifts remain, however, any abilities added by the tomb that are not gifts, disappear completely. The effect is maintained only when I am completely conscious. I need to eat sentient souls consistently for it to be maintained. It can be maintained permanently under said conditions
The tomb turned me into a stronger being, but at what cost…
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You transform into Demon, red, forked tail, wings, etc/ greatest fear (after soul control is unlocked) for 3 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are Demon, red, forked tail, wings, etc/ greatest fear (after soul control is unlocked), 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 Attributes are the same. Your Stress is reduced by 2.
Your body is adapted to Flight. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to Flight.
Who wouldn't want one of the mad scientist's famous implants? All it takes is a little time and a few terrifying experiments, and you too could be a better you!
Warning: not fully tested on humans. Risk of dry mouth, upset stomach, or lost limbs. Do not consult your doctor before signing the liability release.
Exert your Mind and spend eight hours. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you cause a major Battle Scar instead of an augmentation. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Battle Scar and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
The augmentations you provide are not outwardly visible nor obvious.
The musician pours their heart and soul into their music, giving others some much needed perspective and solace and all around good vibes. This can be a temporary easing of the mind, but with prolonged music therapy it can even permanently cure psychic damage.
Exert your Mind to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You cannot target yourself. This Effect cannot be used unless you continuously play music for your target during the activation. Over the course of one Downtime, your patient must communicate with you and reveal at least one of their Traumas to you, including the details of those Traumas and the circumstances of how they were acquired. After the full treatment time has elapsed, roll Charisma + Performance at Difficulty 6.
Your target may Resist. If your treatment is successful, you may remove one of the patient's revealed Traumas without incurring any Experience cost.
Once per day per target, you may choose to use this Effect to stabilize the Mind of a target within arm's reach. Treatment takes 30 seconds but will not remove any Traumas. If you are successful, restore 2 Mind damage.
You may choose to use this Effect to temporarily relieve any number of the patient's Traumas (including mental Conditions). In this case, Treatment takes an Action and the effect lasts two hours. If the Patient is currently experiencing an episode, Difficulty is increased by 2.
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:
While transformed, the Werewolf can leap great distances, climbing structures and closing the gap to their prey.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Location which is at most 75 feet away horizontally or 15 feet away vertically. This Effect cannot be used unless you are in werewolf form.
You jump to the chosen location. If the landing is precarious, the GM may call for a roll to land safely. You will never take fall damage from successfully landing a jump made with this Effect.
You may opt to trade your free movement for a Super Leap if you are jumping less than 50 feet or if you are closing a gap to an opponent and spend your Action on an attack.
Doc puts his hands on you and begins to mutter to himself in french. The effect is instant and horrible. You begin to remember all of the sins of your past, all the ways that you've wronged those who loved you. All of the terrible, evil things you've done on these contracts in order to survive. Doc seems to be in the grips of similar memories, tears running down his chin and dripping onto his hands that are pressed tightly against you. At the point where your mind feels like it's about to break, it's over. Just as quickly as it began. You feel your wounds begin to close.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Choose a specific Injury on your target that has not yet been treated with this Effect and roll Charisma + Medicine at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain.