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Heartbeat Calling
Bruno detects the heartbeats of everyone nearby.
Nerves and blood vessels are basically paired throughout the body, so electro is a decent stand in for blood.
You gain the following benefits as long as detecting creatures with blood.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Electroreception: You may detect electromagnetic fields, electric currents, and even neurological activity in a 50 foot radius from yourself at all times. When detecting neurological activity, you learn nothing but the creature's rough size.
- Hearing: You may hear sounds of sub- and hyper-sonic frequencies, allowing you to hear tiny things (mice, insects, etc) better, and pick up on the vibrations of massive things (earthquakes, atmospheric disruptions, etc) long before others.
- When you are within 50 feet of range, your electroreception sense is sufficient for aiming.
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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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Heightened Senses Gifts
Corrupted Retinas
“I see as they see…”
When in the dark, Isaacs eyes see right through the black voids, seeing things for what they really are without the need for petty light. His eyes are slightly darker coloured now, the sclera now a mid-grey instead of white.
After his last contract, he took a long drive and ended up at the corpse of Macula the Fearful. Staring into his empty eyes for so long, his own eyes changed once again.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Sight: You can see perfectly in dark and even pitch-black environments. You suffer no dice penalty due to darkness.
- Thermal: You are able to "see" heat signatures within your line of sight.
- Your thermal vision allows you to judge temperatures of surfaces fairly accurately as long as they are within livable temperatures.
Thermal Vision
The user is able to see heat signatures.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Thermal: You are able to "see" heat signatures within your line of sight.
- Your thermal vision allows you to judge temperatures of surfaces fairly accurately as long as they are within livable temperatures.
Thalassic Sense
Navigate the unseen with evolving intuition
Marina taps into her evolving sea creature abilities, gaining a heightened sense of location. A simple click of the tongue sends subtle soundwaves, mapping her surroundings by interpreting the echoes that return. This allows her to perceive the physical shapes and textures of the environment, even in complete darkness or murky waters.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Hearing: You are capable of perceiving physical shapes via sound. You must produce a tongue click to “ping” with your echolocation each Round you wish to use it.
Any senses which have been heightened cannot be overloaded. Battle Scars you receive cannot affect these senses.
- Examples of overloading a sense include: an explosion causing temporary deafness, a bright light causing blindness, a sedative causing numbness, etc.
Vigil
While the Ema is worn on his person, depicting the God Kuebiko, the user is able to derive blessings from the God. Gaining the blessings of the God, allows the user hightened awareness of their surrounding, able to perceive 'auras' and further enhance their sense of smell.
While the blessing is mostly innate, while it is actively being applied, the Ema shines, taking on a texture akin to gold, reflective as such. While it is not in use, the Ema simply resembles a plaque of wood, that is brownish-yellow.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Ema (Wooden Plaque) with a depiction of a scarecrow to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Smell: Your nose is highly sensitive and can differentiate between scents the way a dog can, as well as recognize things you have smelled before.
- Electroreception: You may detect electromagnetic fields, electric currents, and even neurological activity in a 25 foot radius from yourself at all times. When detecting neurological activity, you learn nothing but the creature's rough size.
- When you are within 25 feet of range, your electroreception sense is sufficient for aiming.
Bat Senses
'Did you guys hear that?"
You gain ears and nose similar to a vampire bat. With these you have enhanced senses, particular good hearing.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Hearing: You are capable of perceiving physical shapes via sound. You must produce a ultrasound shriek to “ping” with your echolocation each Round you wish to use it.
- Hearing: You may hear sounds of sub- and hyper-sonic frequencies, allowing you to hear tiny things (mice, insects, etc) better, and pick up on the vibrations of massive things (earthquakes, atmospheric disruptions, etc) long before others.
Any senses which have been heightened cannot be overloaded. Battle Scars you receive cannot affect these senses.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfigured and Blind as a Bat.
- Examples of overloading a sense include: an explosion causing temporary deafness, a bright light causing blindness, a sedative causing numbness, etc.
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Heightened Senses Gifts
Attention to detail
The detective has trained their eyes to notice the smallest of details.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Sight: You can see things that are normally invisible to the naked eye, such as fingerprints and bacteria.
- Your microscopic vision requires a close look at a very small, specific area to use. It does not grant increased distance vision, it simply provides a higher resolution, allowing you to see finer and finer detail.
Predator/Prey
The beastmaster closes their eyes and channels nature's bloody struggle for survival. When their eyes reopen, they catch the light and glow red like a dog's. While in this heightened state, they may sense heat signatures and triangulate the tiniest sound.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way. Lasts for three hours.
- Thermal: You are able to "see" heat signatures within your line of sight.
- Hearing: You automatically know the origin location of any sound you hear, and you can tell which Action caused the sound.
- Your thermal vision allows you to judge temperatures of surfaces fairly accurately as long as they are within livable temperatures.
Wolf's Nose
"You're sweating. I can smell it."
Even in human form, the werewolf retains their incredible sense of smell. This helps them track their prey and learn where people and things have been.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
- Smell: Your nose is highly sensitive and can differentiate between scents the way a dog can, as well as recognize things you have smelled before.