Remus lay unresponsive on the floor; enshrouded in a cloud of psychoactive gas, his trusty oversized cross laying besides him as always. In spite of his condition, some semblance of a sentence managed to slur its way out of his unconscious lips.
"...Goddamnit, gotta get back to the fuggin' job-"
Still fully unconscious, one hand reached over in a slow and practised movement that had by now reached some sort of muscle memory: hefting up the large cross and slapping himself harshly across the side of the face with the enormous thing.
Bringing him back to the land of the living.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
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.
"No but, really, why did I get in this madness?" rivers of thoughts flourishing inside your mind
"Monsters? Ghosts?" nobody told you about what you would have challenged
"I just want my money!" you're not even that strong! People around you can shoot with a precise aim, there's an almost invisible entity, a werewolf girl, and wayyy to many things going around
"I need to survive, I need to get home" just need to get back to your office, and do your daily boring tasks
"I'm not made for this"
You gain the following benefits as long as you have =<4 body and =<4 mind.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: panic gets into you, you must roll self control to avoid running away or hiding from the source of the damage whenever you get hit.
JPM, like most big business(men), is able to self-regulate his mental state, his physical state, and most manners about himself... except for his temper.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is divided in half.
Alexei's spent his career wrestling, and he'd gotten good. His fighting only continued when he went into prison, and again when he started his career as a contractor. Now he's finally learned not to let the pain get to him.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action to activate.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Lasts for one hour. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
"Deathstalker has been through too much, there's no pain that stun him."
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
A shiny silver crystal necklace that glows with a light blue aura that enhances the wearer and strengthens them.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
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.
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.