You've always wanted to be in control. If you knew everything, surely you could even stop time itself, right?
Now all you know is the fleeting warmth that you try to grasp at in wake and in sleep.
Remember it, and remember it well. If you do that, you'll find out the truth soon enough.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
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).
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Hindsight: Whenever you realize you could have done something to prevent a friend from getting hurt, roll Self-Control to avoid blaming yourself and running away to separate yourself from them. You may exert your mind to overcome this.
You also gain the following effects:
Allowing himself to directly mindlink with the server in his home allows him to think on a level beyond normal people, parallel thought processing independent of anything and everything related to his physical body. Though it does require him to squint with the cybernetic eye in question resulting in a visible telescoping of the iris but hey. Nothing's free.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your cybernetic eye.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. 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:
Occasionally, Nathan's reflection will not act in accordance to Nathan and instead to their own whims.
Brilliant Deduction:
Spending some time evaluating various components of his surroundings as well as consulting the results of various methods of divination such as casting coins or yarrows, Nathan can obtain morsels of intelligence.
A piece of Nathan's hun has become much unstrung from the rest of himself, akin to dying, tethered only with a haunt to persecute him for past misdeeds and to compel him to pursue his ambition regardless of the toll.
(I Ching Coin Casting:
After casting the three coins "imbued" with his question multiple times and constructing a hexagram bottom upwards based off of the results, noting which hexagram it is, Nathan takes the changing line into consideration, the existence of which denoting whether or not all the factors in the question have come into play yet, and creating another hexagram if so, following the process.
After finishing, the result can be consulted from the I Ching, which details explanations for hexagrams depending on all the factors above. The difficult part is interpreting and figuring out what's underneath the explanations, which is riddled with symbolism and metaphors, and formatting that into something intelligible, which is primarily done in the head, perhaps with some aid from pre-existing information.)
You gain the following benefits at all times.
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).
You also gain the following effects:
Azik appears to be reading his book or have it at his side at all times. When reading it (self-aware) it appears he is reading about himself, as he looks over the entire book. When utilizing it for combat, he appears to be chanting out of the book.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Akashic Record.
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:
A chemical Vihn synthesized from liquid made to keep a brain alive derived from alien technology. This Green somewhat slimy drink enhances the brain by almost 3x its limits!
You gain the following benefits as long as Must Drink a vial of Synthesized Brain Juice Chemical every hour.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. 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).
You also gain the following effects:
"Hmm," Faye ponders, hand up to her chin, "in hindsight I should've rolled another die."
You gain the following benefits at all times.
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).
You also gain the following effects:
It's true the mad scientist is one of the greatest minds of our generation, that they can solve any puzzle or riddle. However, no one wants to spend time with them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. 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).
You also gain the following effects: