You wield the blade with a grace and precision that borders on the supernatural. Your movements are fluid, almost mesmerizing as if you're dancing with the weapon rather than wielding it. Each strike is executed with pinpoint accuracy and your footwork is impeccable, keeping your opponents at the perfect distance.
Ever since your teenage years, you have been bewitchingly talented with a blade on top of having been rigorously trained by the finest warriors at the Lasair Nicneven. Many in the order have theorised that his unreal talent levels stem from being blessed by Nicneven herself.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Swords.
+2 dice to all rolls with Swords. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using Swords.
You also gain the following effects:
- Sept. 30, 2024, 5:32 p.m. - Improvement Cost: 2. Added Enhancement: Two Swords are Better than One
due to the experiments performed on subject O-8 he has developed the ability to speak and a humanoid form, at the cost of losing much of his underwater adaptations including his gills. His final form consists of a head that largely resembles his natural state with his arms shrinking and forming a series of vestigial growths around his beak as well as a reduction in his mantles size, approximating the size of a human head. from the base of his mantle a boneless humanoid body has grown (seemingly not reducing his overall movement), vestigial webbing across his fingers as well as maintaining his outer membrane has also been observed.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Humanoid Cephalopod. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted..
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
Keith Nightly was born to play, and his every lyric and every note carries with it an unstoppable wave of raw emotion possessed by only the most passionate of artists.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Charisma rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: ________. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1, your Dexterity is increased by 1, your Perception is increased by 1, your Charisma is increased by 1, and your Intellect is increased by 1.
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 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.
Using the same tools on the living and the dead seems to be a good way to die from infection. But Penny knows better. Before this her medical skills were limited to putting on Band-Aids and kissing scraped knees. Now she can weave stitches like the nornir weave fate and transplant organs with her eyes closed, her deathly touch cleaning all infection from wounds and tools alike.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
Clutching their wounds, the mage stumbles onwards and nearly falls into a seat. Taking a moment to compose themself, they channel energy from the 'ᛒ' embroidered onto their pouch, a virile green glow emanating from it and seeping into the injury. Partially recovered, the mage stands up once more to continue their quest.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active do not deteriorate over time. However, any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will remain unless it is Properly Stabilized as normal.
You may Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of one of your Injuries by 2. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
All Injuries you receive are considered Properly Stabilized. You may also choose to heal any Battle Scar on yourself that may not have been caused by an Injury. Doing so takes one day, and the Battle Scar affects you fully until that time.
Most severe injuries occur far from a facility that could treat them, and in the fetid muck of the battlefield even minor wounds may be a death sentence. Luckily the soldier is well-trained in the use of their standard-issue medical kit. They may stabilize even the most severe injuries with a little gauze and some no-anesthetic stitching. Furthermore, the treated wounds of their comrades never get infected.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a standard issue military medical kit to gain the benefits of this Effect.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
The mutant has grown a long, fuzzy tail resembling one found on a monkey or lemur. Odd as it may be, it certainly comes in handy, and it's got one hell of a grip. If removed, the tail regrows within a week.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You gain an additional limb that functions as a standard human arm and hand.
Each additional limb you posses can take one Quick Action per Round without incurring a -2 dice penalty to your main Action. Each additional appendage you have gives you +1 dice to make and resist Grapples (up to a maximum bonus of +4 dice).
Any Battle Scars that affect or remove your additional limb will heal in a single week.
You may dedicate your extra Quick Action to contest any attempt to escape your Grapples. If you do so, you roll your full dice pool to contest and retain your Action to do anything that does not target the subject of your Grapple.
Your Extra Appendage is incapable of fine object manipulation.
The influencer is welcome at any event or social gathering, but they're easy to recognize, even when they'd rather not be.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Charisma rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
Unimportant characters just can't seem to hit our hero with their attacks. Injuries that are sustained from underlings are conveniently non-severe.
You gain the following benefits as long as the attacker isn't important enough to have a name.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
The Soldier has spent a healthy ten thousand hours training with the weapons of their military. They are deadly when wielding any firearm made in their home country. Drawing their standard issue at the start of a confrontation is pure reflex, and they may plan their shots to deal collateral damage to those behind their target.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with firearms made in your home country.
+2 dice to all firearms made in your home country rolls.
You also gain the following effects: