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Seal and Release "What mirrors are used for, trapping spirits. Doesn't mean I'm great at it."
Cracks begin to form on both Nathan and their target, forming framed fragments of their hun and po that display the conditions that plagues the body of the two, with twisting spiritual caricatures of them writhing within. These fragments are then forcefully ripped out and sealed/released onto the other.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within 80 feet. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Battle Scar without the accompanying Injury which caused it
- A single Trauma
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see forms shatter and reveal horrifying caricatures of what's being transferred within.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Energy Transfer Gifts
Essence Hunt
Jack reaches into an extradimensional space and takes what he needs from the target. A chill run's up the target's spine as they feel something touch them in the other dimension and grab ahold of them, clawing away whatever Jack is taking. Mental anguish increases. Limbs, and wounds get sucked into this space, then Jack puts it on his person.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Dex + Theivery at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- Up to two points of Mind damage
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see Jack 231 reaches into an extradimensional space and takes what he needs from the target, and applies it to himself. The target feels Jack reaching inside them and messing around.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Nosferatu's Refraction
To drink through the mirror.
Your wounds shimmer - for a moment, it seems as though they stitch themselves closed, but in reality, they are becoming unwounded - cuts do not close, they simply never were, and lost limbs are not regrown, they were simply never lost.
Elsewhere, in a tight cage in a dark cell, the Pig screams and pays the price of equilibrium.
Nosferatu's Refraction allows its user to form a bond with another via a bite - this bond is not a metaphysical bond, but a metanarrative one. The bond entangles the two beings through a shared entropic link - through it, the Master may rewrite events such that harm they suffered was instead suffered by the Bonded.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Choose The Pig as a target, regardless of how far away they are. Your target may Resist to cancel the transfer.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- You may change your blood bond target once per month. The process takes one minute and requires the target's consent.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Ever-changing
"I promise to care about you and never compromise on that."
Nova raises their hand over their head as a wisp of crimson flame emits from their target and flows into it. While under the effects of this gift, Nova seems to gain a firey aura.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Choose Sora Tatsuya as a target, regardless of how far away they are. This Effect cannot be used unless you cannot give powers, you can only take them and return them. Your target may Resist to cancel the transfer.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Power. Lasts two hours. You cannot transfer this Power.
- You may change your blood bond target once per month. The process takes one minute and requires the target's consent.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Eldritch consumption
The amulet glows and your arm transforms into a leach like tendril made of flesh that latches into a target and either drains or bestows physical or mental energy
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll intellect + occult at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Trauma
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see your arm turning into a fleshy tendril with a leach like mouth and latching onto the target.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
Exert your Mind and spend 10 Rounds. Select a Object within arm's reach that is no larger than an SUV. Cannot be used on Alien technology. More than half the target object must be present in order to begin repairs. Roll Intellect + Crafts at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, your target is repaired back to a functional state. If you fail, you spend the full time working before realizing you cannot repair the target.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
- Exhaustion penalties and duration stack. If you activate this Effect or another Effect with Exhaustion, your penalty will worsen, and the duration is increased by one hour.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
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Restore Balance
The universe always maintains a balance between vigor and decay; it does not care for any single individual.
The mystic channels and communes directly with another person's spirit, allowing the two of them to freely exchange both physical and mental wounds between each other.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. Your target may Resist to cancel the transfer.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Trauma
- Up to two points of Mind damage
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
- Exhaustion penalties and duration stack. If you activate this Effect or another Effect with Exhaustion, your penalty will worsen, and the duration is increased by one hour.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.