Death is but a heartbeat away. It would love to claim you.
You can't escape that easily, Jacob.
Christ himself was nailed to the cross. He was left hanging there for days. He was speared. He died.
And yet, he fulfilled his duty.
Nothing short of death will relieve you of yours.
You will finish what you started.
And you will only die when we let you, Jacob.
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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fettered: Roll self-control whenever someone suggests failing or losing the Contract to not blame yourself and start taking obvious courses of actions to complete the job on your own, even at risk of your safety.
Calling apon the spirit of the Yaksha, ancient Buddhist Battle-Demons, you are able to temporarily shrug off ANYTHING--and reach levels of strength incomprehensible to mere mortals.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see Incredibly scary & obivously supernatural / Demonic Yaksha-spirits emanating from you; screaming out for battle..
Wearer feels their mind to wrap around their pain and blocks it. The eyes of an observer can see an assortment of glyphs surging across the body to where a blow was easing the pain into nothing.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Illusion of pain: You can convince yourself everything was a glancing blow. Every time you take damage, roll a Self-control roll. If you fail you act like there is no harm done to you. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.
No matter what Haerin does, if he is holding a sword, his body never ceases, like a puppet, to continue the play, the body will rise unnaturally and painfully, and no matter what, in that moment, that faint glimmer of rage in his eyes keeps him going.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
Any dice penalty from Exposure or being stunned, diseased, sleepy, dizzy, sick, distracted, or similar is reduced to zero. Does not affect penalties from Effects you activated.
So long as Ego is focused on the laws of physics, nothing can distract him.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are maintaining Concentration. You must actively and obviously be using a pair of marbles to gain the benefits of this Effect.
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.
The constant channeling of ice spirits has permanently changed Angus' body. His body feels constantly sub-zero and he has become numb to physical trauma. Angus' veins have become partially frozen as a result, although no ill effects come from this. His brain is chilled slowing his perception of time slightly and granting him clarity at all times. As his affinity with ice increases, the more the spirits take... so far? just his ring finger on his left hand, But its getting worse.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Missing fingers.
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.