**Description:** The "Body of the Ancient Cryptic" passively alters the user’s body, giving them a primal, beast-like appearance combined with ancient, mystical energies. These physical changes not only enhance their combat abilities but also make them appear more formidable and inhuman to those around them.
**Visible Changes:**
- **Beastly Claws:** The user's hands and fingers elongate slightly, ending in sharp, retractable claws. These claws appear to be made of a dark, obsidian-like material and can tear through most materials with ease.
- **Feral Eyes:** Their eyes take on a bestial quality, with slit-like pupils and a glowing, predatory hue—often amber, red, or another unnatural color. These eyes grant heightened vision, especially in darkness.
- **Rugged, Enhanced Physique:** The user’s muscles are denser, their bones more robust, and their posture slightly hunched, resembling a primal predator. This gives them enhanced strength and agility beyond normal human limits.
- **Roughened Skin:** Their skin takes on a tougher, almost hide-like texture, with patches of scales or hardened ridges in certain areas, providing natural armor.
- **Elongated Teeth:** The user’s teeth sharpen into fangs, giving them a fearsome grin and enabling them to bite with great force when necessary.
- **Beastial Presence:** A low growl or snarl might be heard from the user when they are angered or in danger. Their overall demeanor is predatory, making others instinctively sense danger in their presence.
These beastly transformations, combined with ancient, arcane markings and energies, make the user a terrifying force, blending primal strength with cryptic wisdom.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: perfect bodys. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1, your Perception is increased by 1, and your Charisma is increased by 1.
Your appendages can reach an additional 30 feet.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage claws and fangs 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 speak any coherent verbal language and must resort to other means of communication.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any Self-Control rolls you make.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Sliver is increased by 2.
HEE- 01 is a bleeding edge humanoid military grade robot produced and managed by Boston Dynamics. Alongside a strong and complex set of systems and redundancies, HEE-01 has developed evolving semi-sentience that allows him to defy bits of programming.
-In both arms, his hands can recede, and swords can sprout from his separated palm.
-His systems all have backups and proprietary modules, making it really difficult to assassinate him.
His engineers have high hopes that he will perform to standard so that they can upgrade him further.
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You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Boston Dynamics Robot Body. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted..
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.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.
You may make a Sword attack without additional equipment.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Water Based Attacks is increased by 2.
You are a prime example of your species, the Zetotho, with a few minor alterations due to some cloning that took place on your home planet. You have pale blue / grey skin with patches that sparkle a bit, a large head that has big eyes and no nose with two rows of pointy teeth in your lipless mouth. Additionally, being quite short, but you are perfectly average height on your home planet.
On his planet, those of high status, the wealthy, or high ranking solders, can be cloned when they die, and each clone can be altered in a certain way, making that form stronger than the last. Maguron is on his 25th clone, with some adjustments. But regardless of the cloning, their species biology has its own advantages against the normal human specimen. Maguron's line of work granted him the opportunity to clone and become better, this job also granted him a good few unfortunate ends.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: a grey alien. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being 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 can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
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 resemble a large blue turtle with a brown shell. Your shell’s rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling you to swim at high speeds.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: a blue turtle. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature 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)
While in Wetlands or Aquatic Environments, heat, cold, pressure, radiation, and other native hazards do not affect you. Dangerous local flora and fauna will not bother you unless you give them a reason.
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 ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any Self-Control rolls you make.
On the outside, V1VUS, doesn't look that advanced, more like a movie prop. However, their junky metal plating coats a system of highly advanced internal subsystems that of which the world has never seen. They have equipped a set of basic tools that a mechanical engineer may use such as wrenches, screwdrivers, soldering iron, etc.
Bill Roger, a shy yet brilliant man, came up with the idea for V1VUS from his love of old sci-fi films, explaining the robot's odd appearance.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: a crudely constructed robot. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted..
No single organ in your body is critical for life. Called Shots do no additional Damage to you. You may perceive the world through separated body parts, take Actions with them, and reattach them by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time. You do not age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
Your appendages have 30 feet of reach.
Your body provides you with the functionality of mechanic tools. If used to attack, these "tools" use the same stats as a small knife.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any social rolls you make.
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 electricity is increased by 2.
REX's design is an unique blend of alien, apocalyptic, and ancient-looking technology, which, along with the beastly head and tail, give off the vibe of an odd, constructed creature more than just a plain old robot.
Altough they often complain about shoddy and maintenance costs, the chassis has seemingly whistood the wastes REX calls home for an unknown amount of time-- though that is no doubt partly due to its owner's expertise in engineering.
You get a cookie if you tell me which song that tagline references.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Xenometric Android. You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living Computer when targeted..
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 no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any social rolls you make.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Electricity is increased by 2.
The mutant has left humanity behind. They're are muted to the core, with glowing blue blood and a hunched posture that makes them more suited for running on all fours than using equipment and vehicles.
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.
The Android's skin is extremely pale, their eyes are yellow, and their body stays at room temperature. They do not bleed, and traditional medicine is ineffective at treating them. Furthermore, they may be hacked by any supernatural effect that could hack a computer.
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 Vampire was cursed to forever be a vile creature of the night! Their skin has faded to a deathly pale, only regaining something close to human complexion in the immediate aftermath of feeding on human blood. They are weakened when exposed to direct sunlight or when they have been unable to feed in the past day, but otherwise has gained inhuman strength, speed, and irresistibility from their devil's bargain.
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.