Hive Body "We are stronger together!"

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You possess an augmented or inhuman body.
Used by Sage Hartwell, Created by Author.
(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 Entomancer's body swells with the strength of the hive!


You gain the following benefits as long as you have consumed insects within the last 24 hours (100g of common insects, less if rarer or bigger).

You are permanently and visibly transformed: A pale humanoid with slightly insectoid appearance in the form of mandible hair tails, hard skin. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1 and 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.

You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.

You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Mantis Claw (Brawn + Brawl) attack without additional equipment.

Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Uncanny Insect - Your behaviors and appearance betray your unnatural origin. (You receive +1 Difficulty on all Social Rolls where your appearance would matter).

You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any Self-Control rolls you make.

The Severity of any Injury caused by pesticides 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.
  • Even though you're targetable as a Creature, you still are also targetable as a Sapient being.
  • 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 Inhuman Physiology Gifts

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: As a Skeleton. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted..

You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

You cannot wear standard human clothes, and using many sorts of vehicles and facilities is difficult.

Bev is not satisfied with the “Good Doctor’s” enhancements. Her vitals are still ‘vital’, the lack of internal protection combined with skin made from some manner of conductive metal leads to a glaring vulnerability to electricity. The processing elements added to her brain are useful, but they are also potentially exploitable — especially with the doctor’s binding laws lying dormant within.

With time and effort, the insulative nature of the skin has been purged as the plating was replaced through contractive magics.

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: The skin has seams along its joints, and feels obviously metallic to the touch. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted. Your Intellect is increased by 1.

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Fires bullets from wrist attack without additional equipment.

You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any social rolls you make.

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

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: Clownform. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1, your Dexterity is increased by 1, and your Charisma is increased by 1.

Your appendages can reach an additional 30 feet.

You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.

Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Creepy: All social rolls are made at +1 Difficulty. The Beautiful Asset is suppressed as long as you have this Battle Scar and Swelling: Your limbs are grotesquely swollen and ungainly. You make all Dexterity rolls at +1 Difficulty.

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.

The Severity of any Injury caused by joke, toy, or fake weapons is increased by 2.

  • You may stretch or retract your limbs once per Round on your Initiative.
  • 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.

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: a swirling pile of vaguely humanoid rocks being blown through the air by wind. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Creature when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 2.

You are immune to damage from cold. If cold is a substantial component of other damage you would take (e.g. falling from a great distance into a vat of liquid nitrogen), that damage is reduced by 2 (in addition to Armor)

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

You are immune to damage from heat and flames. If heat is a substantial component of other damage you would take (e.g. slashed with a flaming sword), that damage is reduced by 2 (in addition to Armor)

You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Elemental Blast (Rifle) attack without additional equipment.

Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Elemental - You are obviously strange and sometimes, inherently dangerous. (You have +1 Difficulty to all Social rolls made towards Sapient beings).

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.

You cannot speak any coherent verbal language and must resort to other means of communication.

You are incapable of fine object manipulation and can only hold or grasp things in a crude, clumsy way.

You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any Self-Control rolls you make.

  • Your heat resistance does not extend to your equipment. Fire does not degrade this effect over time.
  • Even though you're targetable as a Creature, you still are also targetable as a Sapient being.
  • Attribute bonuses from multiple sources do not stack. Instead the highest bonus is used.

"This is all so much bigger than you could imagine, the kaleidoscopic infinity of the storm that flows through this world. words aren't enough."

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: Left Eye Is now Silver Coloured (Heterochromia). You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Intellect is increased by 1.

No single organ in your body is critical for life. If any body part is separated, it lives and can take Actions for one hour. Attacks do not get bonuses from targeting specific body parts. You cannot suffer an Injury with Severity greater than 6.

  • If you become split into multiple pieces, the Player controls the "main" piece, while the GM controls the others. Only the main piece can activate Effects.

Stock Inhuman Physiology Gifts

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: you have blue, bioluminescent blood and a hunched posture adapted to running on all fours. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1.

Your body is adapted to sprinting. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to sprinting.

Any creature that consumes or is injected with your bodily fluids receives a Severity-1 Injury. Every minute, they must roll Body Difficulty 9. If they fail, the Injury worsens by 1 Severity. If they succeed, the Injury stops worsening.

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.

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

You gain the following benefits as long as you are not in direct sunlight and you have fed on fresh human blood in the past 24 hours.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: a seductive and powerful humanoid, with pale skin and wicked fangs. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1, your Dexterity is increased by 1, and your Charisma is increased by 1.

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

The Severity of any Injury caused by fire and heat is increased by 2.

  • 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.

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are permanently and visibly transformed: you are an android, with pale skin and yellow eyes. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted..

You are immune to damage from cold. If cold is a substantial component of other damage you would take (e.g. falling from a great distance into a vat of liquid nitrogen), that damage is reduced by 2 (in addition to Armor)

You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.

Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.

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

  • 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.