Your skin has hardened and increased it's durability immensely following the ingestion of confiscated artifacts from vampiric cults. Your skin shapes and moulds upon injury reflecting what it got hit by at the cost of sacrificing durability.
During a covert operation against a notorious esoteric cult within Romania, Soren stumbled upon a hidden chamber filled with ancient relics. After the chaos, he confiscated a talisman. Its dark energy seeped into his skin, granting him astonishing durability. Now, he bears the mark of that fateful encounter. Soren is doing whatever means necessary to become stronger; even if it means stealing from the people he swore to destroy.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You have 6, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except Silver. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Any time your Armor prevents Damage, your Armor rating is temporarily decreased by 2. Whenever it goes five Rounds without preventing any Damage, it is restored back to its full value.
"At some point, I stopped seeing people. Now, I just see bones - and a little voice in my head tells me exactly where those bones should rest."
Boneman's exploits have attracted the hand of old, forgotten Gods. A skeletal finger pointed in guidance pulls her along - puppets her in a cryptic dance - as she watches you. Determines where you, too, will come to rest.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Skeletal bones tattooed above my fingers.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 0. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Intellect (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
If you are witnessed actively using this Effect, whoever sees it can make a Perception + Alertness roll at Difficulty 6. A complete success reveals the source of your power.
You also gain the following effects:
“Jingles can talk to the dead” that’s what jingles wants people to believe as she makes her living off of telling people what they want to hear from dead relatives and fortunately she’s very good.
As long as she has her glowing nose on it’s very difficult to disbelieve Jingles she has this strange breath of honesty about her.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Bright Blue Nose.
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).
If you are witnessed actively using this Effect, whoever sees it can make a Perception + Alertness roll at Difficulty 6. A complete success reveals the source of your power.
You also gain the following effects:
No less than the bite of the Sea Witch's breath shall bring you low.
The long dark brings friends in its shade - famine, icy winds that burn your throat, stalking threat in the night.
You greet these friends warmly.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You no longer require any food, water, sleep, or air in order to survive.
Your divine energy causes the natural elements to respond to your will. They mimic the movements of your body. All things come from Nature, all things return to Nature.
Your blood flows with the power of water. All water comes from the Ocean and will return to the Ocean. Your flesh is filled with the power of the Land. The Land is strong and enduring, able to withstand the test of time. Your breath draws in the power of the Sky. The Sky is filled with energy and carries many things in its powerful wind.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You can interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 4 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 1 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
As the user creates and forms metal, their body parts morph and look as if other non-matching parts are pasted on. Ex. A grinning set of teeth larger than normal are stuck on tilted and off-center on the face, eyes are mismatched and uneven on different skin tones, etc.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Location within arm's reach.
Select one of the following alterations to create out of metal originating at the target:
The alteration begins to form when you activate this Effect and finishes forming on your initiative in the next Round. Until it finishes forming, it is not guaranteed to function.
This alteration lasts three hours but may be prematurely destroyed or altered. Your alterations may be broken through with appropriate tools. Anyone attempting to break through must roll Brawn + a relevant Ability. A cumulative Outcome of 3 across all attempts breaks a hole large enough to move through. See the extended system text for GM guidance on various tools.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see Body parts morph as if other parts are pasted on (ex. boss Flowey or DDLC).
All it takes is a flick of your hair and a bat of your eyelashes, and you’ve got their attention.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. All Sapient, Living targets within 50 feet who can perceive you through sight are affected. Roll Charisma + Performance at Difficulty 6. All affected targets may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, the targets will keep their full attention focused on you for contested Outcome in Rounds. They will automatically fail any rolls related to noticing anything other than you. If they cannot perceive you through sight for three Rounds, the Effect is broken. The Effect ends early if the target is Injured or violence occurs nearby.
This does not affect the target’s opinion of you or their mood, and they may take any Actions while affected (including attacking), as long as that action centers on you. Fascinated targets cannot Concentrate.
The magician waves a handkerchief over an item, and it disappears! They may produce the object later by fluttering a scarf.
Spend a Quick Action. You must actively and obviously use a scarf, sheet, or handkerchief to activate this Effect.
You may withdraw an item from your stash, or add an item that is within arm’s reach to your stash. You may only stash targets which are in your possession, grappled, or otherwise controlled by you.
You may store Objects in your stash, each no larger than something which could fit inside a briefcase (15 liters), and you may store up to 3 things at a time.
You may choose to equip any equipment you withdraw at no additional cost.
The musician assumes a powerful stance and strums a mighty power chord on their guitar. A blast of sound waves radiate outwards, destroying all who dare face the power chord directly.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use your instrument to activate this Effect. The area within 25 feet of you immediately and obviously becomes imminently dangerous. Roll Charisma + Performance at Difficulty 6. Targets inside the radius may attempt an appropriate Reaction at GM’s discretion. Finding a physical barrier to use as cover will cut total Damage taken in half (applies after Reaction roll but before Armor).
If the Outcome is positive, your blast hits everything within 25 feet of you with Damage equal to your Outcome + 4. Armor is fully effective against this Damage. If you botched the activation roll, you will also take full Damage from the blast, otherwise it will not hurt you.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
The beastmaster can speak to and understand any animal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to terrestrial animal as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
The Witch gazes at a calm and trusting animal and blinks, revealing eyes that have changed to match the creature's. Her body goes limp and collapses, and the witch proceeds to walk away, now temporarily borrowing the animal's body.
A borrowing Witch is a visitor in the animal's mind and cannot overstay her welcome or force the animal into danger.
Spend an Action or Reaction. Select a Creature target within 20 feet. The target may Resist.
You possess your target and have control over their actions for the next hour. Your original body will be left behind, unconscious, in its same location. You may perceive through your original body's senses, at a -2 penalty to all Actions while doing so. If your original body is touched, you get a Perception check to notice. You may spend an Action to end the possession early.
Stats: Any Actions you take will use the possessed creature’s Brawn, Dexterity, and Perception, but use your own Charisma, Intellect, and Abilities.
Gifts: You do not have access to any Gifts while you are possessing your target.
Death: If the host suffers an Injury, or is destroyed or incapacitated, you are evicted back into your own body. If the possession ends and your original body was killed or destroyed, you will die.
Eviction: You cannot force your host to take Actions which would violate their instinct for self-preservation (which includes engaging in Combat for any purpose other than self-defense or natural hunting); any attempt to do so will sever the connection and send you back into your own body. If you are forced out of the target's body prematurely, you must make a Trauma roll.
This Gift's Cost is capped at 2 and cannot be increased further.