The Veil "Y̷̯͊̿̄̈́͂̎͝͝ŏ̵̧̡̨̙̖̥͂͌̈͜û̷̬̠̥̟̫͖̯͋̑́̽ ̴̡̨̡̛͓̪̳̲̼͙̋̊́͒͊̆́̉̓͂͜͝͝͝d̷̨̛͖̤͕̞̠̟̤͙̟͐̿̎̀͆̀̎͒̆̑̏͐̋͘o̴̢̢͇̦̤̘̪͓͂n̴͕̣͉̱̺̮̜̓̍̀̍͊͛̉̌͗͜͝'̷̢̘͇̖͚̝̂̽͆̅̉̾̔̓̐̍͂̚̕͝͝t̷̛̤͖̤̮͓̥̖͔͓͖̻͖͚̗̀̋̈́̈́̓̒͊̔̇̏̉͘͝ͅ ̴̨̨̛͍̼̩̬̜̼̺͓̼̜̟͙͙̾̊͊̂̈́̕͝w̸̨̨̲̩̻̤̭̩̝̹̰͇̓̽̅̆̒͑̐͘͘á̵̡̝͚͉̠̜͚͚̯̘̦͓̣n̴̯̱̖̭͋͐̓t̶̢͕̣̘̜̦̖̙͖͎̂̉̋̅͑͐̆̂͑̈̌͊͠ ̵̝͈̬́̐̅̍t̴̨̯̘̙̥̫͍̹͔͖̔͛͋̑̀̅͑̌͊̋͝o̸̢̤̟̗̖̝̝̙̘̍͂̑̽͜͠ ̴̧̤̥̗͙̳͙̲̞̦̹͖̪̙̊̂̀͆ͅs̷̼͇͕̱͚̞̣̻̥̬̳̃̃̿̓̓͋̎̉͆̒ȅ̴̦̗̪͙͓͚͍̟̄e̷̡̝͚̤͚̮̦̬͙̦̍͜ ̶̝̖͍̥͕̮̜̟̤͈͓̫̈́͐̀̔͆͑́͂̈́́̇̚͜ͅb̸̢̢̜̳̞͍͈̝̈ͅę̵͔̙͍̞̮̼̬̪̣̞̐ͅͅh̵̛͎̬̹̀̈́̇̄͂͗́́̆͠͠i̸̜̹̽n̵̥̼̯̞̓̐d̷̞̜̯̩̅̾̅͊̍̿͒͂ ̷̡̯̽͐t̷̛͇̼̱̼̳̉̂͂͌́͜h̵̨̨̨̤͈̗̭̫̦̯͓͍̥̼̟͘ẹ̶̢͓͕̤̤̭͖̦̟̺̟͍͊͂̾͗̇̉̓̾͘͝ ̶̧͎̖͔͈̻͈̃̊͜v̶̢̲̝̠͙̫̣̥͑̒̃̒̚̕͝ē̶̡̼̣̘̦̊̌̌͗̔̓͌̊́̐͝i̶̛̛̩͖̯̫̿͊̏̐̎́͝͝l̷̮͇̗͖͉͕̫̾́͛̉̇͐̋̕͝ͅ.̴͕̥̦͍͍͕̫̫͎̮̬͐̂̓̎̑̊̈́̿͑̀͝͝ͅ.̷̗̱̦͛̀̊̾̚.̵̣̞̔͆̓̈́̈́͆͐́̎̀͜"

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Requires Seasoned
(This Effect may or may not be obviously Alien when used.)

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You gain the following benefits at all times.

You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.

  • Sight:You are completely obscured from sight. All attempts to detect you via sight fail. Attempts via other senses where sight would assist are rolled at -2 dice.

While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically from other, additional senses fails automatically.

If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.

This Gift does not affect your clothes or equipment.

Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Terrifying Visage - You are off-putting at best. (All Social Rolls not reliant on fear are at +1 Difficulty. The Beatiful Asset is suppressed as long as this Battle Scar persists).

  • GMs should use their discretion when determining the exact impacts of this Effect, particularly in conjunction with environmental factors. Standing still against a complex background may render you impossible to detect, and footprints in snow may make it easy. A chance to detect you is not guaranteed.
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Community Obscure Gifts

Vel made this artifact with a ritual pulling on the long history of legends of artifacts of invisibility.

The ring of Gyges is the first, and the one Vel picked the name for
The second is the helm of hades, the source of the mist that powers the effect.
The last, and the most well known, the one ring, and tempered by the other two stories

Vel starts by casting the metal for the base of the artifact, typically a ring. As Vel does so they tell extracts of the story of the ring of Gyges

Vel then lets the ring cool, surrounding it in steam as they talk about the stories of the helm of hades.

Vel finally carves in elvish the words into the ring. The patterns are common enough that the ring looks recognizable as something akin to the one ring, drawing power from people's conception of that. The specifics of the wording serve as another specific bit of meaning, anchoring the power of the ring in the point of time when the ring was harmless, and connecting it to the other 2 stories of less malevolent effects.

Notes:

[So my thought process for this is that the most well known ring of invisibility and symbol of invisibility is the ring from Lord of the Rings.

When trying to impart an effect, Vel doesn’t want to make a ring that destroys lives and minds. So, the other stories, and the words in elvish are a way of anchoring the power Vel gets from the big story, pulling the other stories of similar tools, and using them to divert the effects the one ring is supposed to have.

I could probably switch to just the Greek stories to make it a little cleaner, but I think if you are making a ring of invisibility using the cultural understanding of rings of invisibility, you need to address the one ring, or it will slip in.]

You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.

You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.

  • Sight:You are completely obscured from sight. All attempts to detect you via sight fail. Attempts via other senses where sight would assist are rolled at -2 dice.

While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically from other, additional senses fails automatically.

If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.

  • GMs should use their discretion when determining the exact impacts of this Effect, particularly in conjunction with environmental factors. Standing still against a complex background may render you impossible to detect, and footprints in snow may make it easy. A chance to detect you is not guaranteed.

You gain the following benefits at all times.

You are obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.

  • Hearing: You are completely obscured from hearing. You produce no sounds while this Effect is active. All attempts to detect you via hearing fail. Attempts via other senses where hearing would assist are rolled at -2 dice.
  • Sight:You are partially obscured from being noticed by sight. All attempts to detect you using sight are rolled at a -3 dice penalty, and all attempts to detect you where sight would assist are rolled at -1 penalty. Anyone who detects you cannot determine any visual details about you beyond your general shape.
  • Smell and taste: You are completely obscured from smell and taste. You do not leave scent trails while this Effect is active. All attempts to detect you via smell or taste fail. Attempts via other senses where smell or taste would assist are rolled at -2 dice.

While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you from other, additional senses fails automatically. If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. This Effect does not end early when you activate an obvious Effect, attack, or receive an Injury.

You may turn this Effect on and off at will during its duration.

Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weak Stomach and Chronic Migraines.

Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: You must roll Self-Control to avoid flipping off any law enforcement you're directly interacting with..

  • You may only switch this Effect on or off once per Round on your initiative as a Free Action.

He is unstoppable, he is unyielding.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat.

+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +2 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).

Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Vengeful.

You may Defend against melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks from any range and Clash with those in range of your Attacks. Attacking materials like steel or spikes will not Damage you unless it has an Effect that does so.

You also gain the following effects:

  • Brutal Strikes: If your attack inflicts a Battle Scar, you may choose which of the appropriate-severity Battle Scars the target suffers. If it causes a less severe Injury, you may inflict a Minor Battle Scar of your choosing.
  • Meat Shield: If you have successfully grappled a target, you may use a Reaction to redirect any incoming attack to them instead of you.

  • Unlike the Ability Brawl, this Effect does not affect small weapons such as knives.

Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action to activate.

You and any clothes or equipment you are wearing are partially obscured from sight for the next minute. All attempts to detect you using sight are rolled at a -3 dice penalty.

Entering Combat or being Injured does not cause the Effect to end early. Anyone you attack will immediately notice you; anyone else may re-roll to notice you each time you take a Combat action, at -1 Difficulty per Combat action you have taken. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for 1 hour.

  • GMs should use their discretion when determining the exact impacts of this Effect, particularly in conjunction with environmental factors. Standing still against a complex background may render you impossible to detect, and footprints in snow may make it easy. A chance to detect you is not guaranteed.

The Cross-Eye has further advanced, allowing the user to use it's latent nanotechnology to cloak the user in a special suit. This suit reflects light around the target, and softens all noise made by it. With this, a sniper could be right next to it's target or miles away, and they would never know

Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action to activate.

You and any clothes or equipment you are wearing are partially obscured from sight for the next 10 minutes. All attempts to detect you using sight are rolled at a -3 dice penalty, and all attempts to detect you where sight would assist are rolled at -1 penalty.

Entering Combat or being Injured does not cause the Effect to end early. Anyone you attack will immediately notice you; anyone else may re-roll to notice you each time you take a Combat action, at -1 Difficulty per Combat action you have taken. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for 1 hour.

  • GMs should use their discretion when determining the exact impacts of this Effect, particularly in conjunction with environmental factors. Standing still against a complex background may render you impossible to detect, and footprints in snow may make it easy. A chance to detect you is not guaranteed.

Stock Obscure Gifts

You gain the following benefits as long as you are not at all wet and you are wearing this Artifact.

You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.

  • Hearing: You are completely obscured from hearing. You produce no sounds while this Effect is active. All attempts to detect you via hearing fail. Attempts via other senses where hearing would assist are rolled at -2 dice.
  • Sight:You are partially obscured from being noticed by sight. All attempts to detect you using sight are rolled at a -3 dice penalty, and all attempts to detect you where sight would assist are rolled at -1 penalty. Anyone who detects you cannot determine any visual details about you beyond your general shape.

While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically from other, additional senses fails automatically.

If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. This Effect does not end early when you activate an obvious Effect, attack, or receive an Injury.

  • GMs should use their discretion when determining the exact impacts of this Effect, particularly in conjunction with environmental factors. Standing still against a complex background may render you impossible to detect, and footprints in snow may make it easy. A chance to detect you is not guaranteed.

You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you are visibly dressed head to toe in black with hardly any skin showing.

You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.

  • Hearing: You are completely obscured from hearing. You produce no sounds while this Effect is active. All attempts to detect you via hearing fail. Attempts via other senses where hearing would assist are rolled at -2 dice.

While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically from other, additional senses fails automatically.

If someone discovers you, this Effect will not help you hide from them for the next minute. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.

You may turn this Effect on and off at will during its duration.

Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: compulsion to test the awareness of allies by sneaking up on them with a weapon.

  • You may only switch this Effect on or off once per Round on your initiative as a Free Action.