Maggie's pact with Zemlya, Grandfather Rock, grants her a power as old and unforgiving as the mountains themselves. This eldritch spirit, old as the night sky and a witness to the cosmic endlessness, embodies the resilience of nature against the tides of time. When activated, Maggie must offer a sacrifice of her own blood - a small, self-inflicted wound that serves as a conduit for Zemlya's ancient power, jolting her awake to resist against the tides of exhaustion and incapacitation.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
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.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
The Host shrugs off lesser wounds and strains of the mind through the sheer unearthly will of their Fallen companion, and the coin glows green if they exert to act at incapacitation or escape a stun.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is divided in half.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration. Taking an Injury less than Severity 6 no longer interrupts Concentration.
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.
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: Vengeful. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.
She pulls out her leather pouch of acupuncture needles and sticks one in you, suddenly you feel like you'll make it through.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action to activate. You must use up Acupuncture Needles in order to activate this Effect.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Lasts for one hour. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration.
Even if they are unfit to fight or run, they'll do it anyway.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
The Dragon Slayer has spent their life steeling their resolve to hunt dragons, and nothing shall stop them from achieving their goal
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
When living the life of a drifter, there’s no room for belly aching. In times of darkness, Dante looks within to shrug off the pain and punch on.
He’s used to being beaten and thrown around in life.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is divided in half.
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.