As a young nature god, Ajax can tap into the boundless wellspring of divine energy that flows through the very fabric of the world. Ajax gains a faint aura of green light as he channels this primordial power, enhancing his form and abilities to reflect the awe-inspiring wonders of the natural world.
He can choose to enhance his physical durability, allowing himself to endure the harshest of elements. He can increase his strength to match the fiercest of wild animals. He can make his movements swift and graceful like the wind rustling through leaves. He can also draw on his connection to Nature which allows him to commune with the land, sense it's energy and attune to it, and even influence the flora and fauna around him.
Whether calling forth the winds to enhance his speed or empowering his strikes with the force of a thunderstorm, Ajax becomes a living embodiment of Nature’s raw, unyielding power.
Augment: Balm of the Forest (+2 dice to stabilizing injuries)
Exert your Mind and spend eight hours. You may only target yourself. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Trauma and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
The augmentations you provide are not outwardly visible nor obvious.
You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.
As Lucian, the vegan vampire, stands in the cool nighttime breeze, he takes a moment to embrace the darkness and open his heightened senses to the world around him. His keen vampire senses enable him to perceive details that elude ordinary humans.
With his supernatural olfactory senses, Lucian can detect the subtlest scents in the air. He inhales deeply, letting the myriad aromas flow through him. His nose twitches slightly as he distinguishes the scent of humans nearby, their individual nuances and the unique composition of their blood calling out to him.
Lucian's ethically driven nature means he won't harm humans, but he can still appreciate the complexity of their scents and the richness of their life forces. In this moment, he doesn't feast, but rather, he relishes the connection to the living world, a world he navigates with a sense of responsibility and compassion.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. This Effect cannot be used unless must not be in direct sunlight and must have drank blood in the last 12 hours.
You automatically detect all Humans, Undead, Creatures, and Fae and Animate beings with flowing blood within 300 feet of you for the next hour. This includes any who come within range during the duration. You have a sense of how many valid targets are nearby, as well as their distance and direction.
If no Humans, Undead, Creatures, and Fae or Animate beings with flowing blood targets are within 300 feet of you, and then one enters range, you automatically detect it, even if this Effect is not active.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Can not enter a domestic house without someone inside inviting him in without succeeding on a self-control roll.
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 +4 Weapon Damage (instead of -1). The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
This martial arts style allows the user to rely heavily on counter attacks and move fast like water. They can access a list of abilities like:
Certainly, here's the revised breakdown focusing solely on Franklin's abilities:
Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist: A martial art focusing on countering attacks and delivering surprising offensive assaults, capable of repelling, nullifying, or redirecting attacks with increased power.
Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist: Generates razor-sharp whirlwinds to chop opponents into pieces and push them back, incorporating cutting pressure into kicks.
Whirlwind Water Stream Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist: Advanced technique creating blasts of airstreams to break formidable opponents' defenses.
Cross Dragon Fang Slayer Fist: Combines martial arts to surpass individual techniques' power, requiring two masters to perform.
Exploding Heart Release Fist: Enhances strikes by synchronizing explosive heartbeats, generating powerful shockwaves capable of injuring deflectors.
Military Martial Arts: Evolves freely during combat, granting adaptability and versatility in fighting tactics.
Tackle & Blow: Techniques for charging, unbalancing, and striking with tremendous force.
Abandonment: Removes restrictions and survival instincts, heightening mobility, agility, and fighting prowess.
Adaptability & Mimicry: Enables becoming stronger and improving combat skills by adapting and mimicking observed techniques.
Adrenaline Regeneration: Rapid healing adrenaline boost to numb injuries and all pain for 1-3 minutes.
Platinum Rings: Defensive technique rotating arms to deflect attacks.
Great Fa Jin & Extreme Fa Jin: Strikes targeting opponents' internal organs, generating devastating shockwaves.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat. You must actively and obviously be using Gauntlet to gain the benefits of this Effect.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +4 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
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:
The chains binding your true form and your soul can be used in an offensive capacity once in a while...
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 +0 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
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:
It makes the wearer of a pink apron better in combat, it's thought to make the wearer cook better but that's a blatant lie.
It was a gift from the Pink Goddess of love Kim, given down eons ago, and now, it's in your hands.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat. You must actively and obviously be using Apron to gain the benefits of this Effect.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +4 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Fear of Hunger: Roll self control to not consume food when you see it..
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:
By focusing and whispering a prayer under their breath, the priest may invoke their god to protect those who have good works left to do.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is a living human. Roll a single d10, Difficulty 4. If you fail or botch, the Effect fails and you cannot activate it again for an hour. Roll Charisma + Occult at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +2 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is you whispering a prayer under your breath. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
The spy is able to transform an ordinary ballpoint pen into a monitoring device that is inconspicuous enough to blend in to most settings, but advanced enough to allow 360 degree surveillance as well as audio capture, which is sent to their smartphone.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Location within 10 feet. You must actively and obviously use a ballpoint pen to activate this Effect.
You place a ward, which is fixed to its initial location. You can hear and see through the ward as though you were standing at its location. Your wards last 3 hours. You may have at most 3 wards active at once.
The ward requires Concentration to monitor, though it will remain active until you deactivate it. It can be detected with a roll and destroyed through mundane means.
The Vampire has grown wicked fangs in place of their canines, allowing them to thoroughly drain a person of blood should they get ahold of one.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are biting and 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).
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:
The magician dons their wizard hat, raises their arms, wiggles their fingers, and a rain of sparks fly woosh around an object. It shudders to life and follows the magicians commands, including to do things it was not designed to do.
Exert your Mind and an Action. Select a Inanimate target within arm's reach which could fit inside a briefcase (15 liters). You must actively and obviously use a pointed hat with stars and moons to activate this Effect.
Your target will become Animated indefinitely. You may choose to end the effect at will, as a Free Action. You can maintain a max of 4 targets animated at once.
Animated Objects have the following restrictions and capabilities:
The Witch summons a crow, whispers a message to it, and sends it off to deliver her words. Half an hour later, the crow arrives at the recipient and repeats her message aloud in its croaking, animal voice.
Spend an Action. Select a target any distance away from you. You must have a specific target in mind, but you require only an intuitive understanding of them, such as their name, face, or Location.
You may send a single message to your target. It can be as complex or as large as you like. It takes at least 30 minutes before it is received.
The message may be intercepted while in transit, and may be overheard, read, or otherwise understood by anyone near either you or the recipient. You must share a common language for your target to understand the message.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.