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Stand up again Jason! “I must do what mother said.”
“It doesn’t matter what he is hit with, Jason seems to just keep standing up again and again.”
Not having grit kicked my ass last time, I ain’t repeating that mistake.
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Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
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The Sons of Salem
We swear to secure our people against the wickedness and evil of the invisible world.
We swear to aid the afflicted.
We swear to stay ever vigilant and seek out the abominable witchcrafts committed in this country.
We humbly pray to be blessed by God to hold all those who consort with the Devil accountable. Amen
—Opening and closing prayer for Sons of Salem meetings.
The Sons of Salem is a loosely-organized conservative populist movement in the United States that preaches violent opposition to anything they perceive as witchcraft, demonic, or monstrous.
Blowhard podcaster Ted Gundy and former general of the mercenary group “Hognose,” Roland Rush, founded the movement in 2010 after a series of violent werewolf attacks and unexplained, supernatural murders in Tennessee. Memberships grew quickly, stoked by Ted’s fiery doomsday rhetoric on his podcast "Truth Seekers" and the aspiration of the masculine power embodied by Roland.
Although they speak of duty, honor, and maintaining the “natural order” of things, the Sons of Salem are driven by fear. They collect guns and appear at protests en-masse as a way of easing the all-consuming terror of their powerlessness. At the same time, they have conditioned themselves to respond to fear with “strength” (read: violence).
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Grit Gifts
Redundant Systems
You have contingencies for your contingencies. The MOLL(ⲩ) unit can retain full operating capabilities even after sustaining significant damage to or complete loss of most major components.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Desensitization
It doesn't have to hurt if you don't want it to.
The most painful times in Hezalea's life has left her indifferent to the pain. If she tries hard enough, she can tune it out as if it's background noise.
On pain:
One might say suffering is part of being human. Does that mean those who have yet to suffer are yet to be fully human? If that were true, if pain and sadness were a prerequisite for recognition, Hezalea would rather shirk it all.
On willfulness:
Muting any of the senses takes more than being told, "Just deal with it." But now... Hezalea can indeed say that to herself and expect herself to stop being so flustered by the incessant agony that hovers around her. It's all just a placebo. She's incredibly annoyed that this very power has validated all the insensitive words thrown her way.
On heroism:
Was numbness always part of being a hero? She doubts it. Often the most questionable heroes are ones who have become desensitized from the horrors that plague their lives. She wishes she could feel visceral disgust at all the atrocities in the world again, she wishes she could say that was the drive for her ambitions, but really, why does she continue moving forward?
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Miner's Fortitude
Can't...stop...
Osmand's scar covered body continues working, years in the mines is nothing compared to this.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
Sticktoitiveness
Sometimes the silver lining is just that you can still walk
Jessica’s mental resilience is one of her greatest strengths. With a combination of discipline, perseverance, and optimism, she pushes through challenges that would make others give up. No matter how tough things get, her unwavering determination keeps her moving forward.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
Whatever It Takes
Adrenaline burns through metal veins
Kaiza's eyes narrow, and her neck cracks with the sound of creaking metal as she rolls her head from side to side. She closes her eyes for just a second, and the metal plates underlaid with her skin begin to glow white hot. Steam seems to seep from her skin, and then a bronzish, oily-sheened liquid that must be blood drips from the seams where alloy meets flesh. She opens her eyes, and they glow with determination and electricity.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see the metal within her skin seeming to burn white hot, and oily blood dripping from the seams where alloy meets flesh.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
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Grit Gifts
Stop Whining
The mobster's been through tougher scrapes than this. A few cuts and bruises won't stop them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.