Whispers begin. They Soft at first, like distant voices carried on the wind, but they grow insistent, layered, overlappingāa chorus of something hungry speaking in tongues long forgotten. The sound doesnāt come from any one direction but seems to press in from all sides, worming into the minds of those who witness the event.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Living target within 25 feet. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you She vomits blood and is in extreme pain. organ damage. You must use up Animal bones in order to activate this Effect. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. Your target may resist by rolling Body at Difficulty 7.
If you succeed, the target is afflicted with a Condition that causes one of the following symptoms:
The affliction is not treatable by modern medicine. It may be diagnosed by rolling Perception + Occult at Difficulty 6, and can be cured by Bloodletting with leeches.
Any Scars, Traumas, or Injuries caused by your symptoms cannot be healed until the underlying Condition is cured.
You may cure any target youāve afflicted at any range as a Quick Action.
Ghouls live below the earth, & solely subsist off human flesh. Over the centuries, they have adapted to this lifestyle, needing far less sustenance than a human. Close to the corpses that they feed on, Ghouls hardly seem to breathe, heart beating only a few times a minute.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may go five times longer than a normal human without sleep and air. You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement is made at -1 Difficulty.
You may spend one minute entering a state of hibernation, during which you are inanimate and unaffected by any requirements for life. You may still perceive the outside world and may spend 3 Rounds "waking up" to end it.
Instead of food and water, you must consume Cadaver Flesh or Bone daily for sustenance. For every day you fail to consume it, you lose a point of Brawn. If your Brawn falls to 0 in this way, you die. Your Brawn is fully restored to normal as soon as you fulfill your dietary needs.
Joey straightens his arms out, almost as if embracing the world, his right leg slightly over his left leg. Looking into the sky, eyes closed. His Holy cross shining as light seems to converge on him enveloping him in a cocoon before it slowly disappears, leaving Joey with his hair spiked up, a bright yellow, and his eyes seemingly burning with intent.
Despite Joey being a rather odd person overall, he is still a surprisingly good priest, praying consistently, his God, blessing him with his greatest desire, to pick up anime character powers!
Exert your Mind and spend a Quick Action. You must actively and obviously use Holy Cross to activate this Effect.
You transform into Super saiyan for 30 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are Super saiyan, and you can use your equipment. Your Battle Scars, Injuries, and physical Liabilities are carried over between forms. Reverting from your Alternate Form cannot cause your existing Injuries to kill you. Instead, you remain Incapacitated.
While transformed, your Brawn is increased by 2 and your Dexterity is increased by 2. You do not suffer any Stress while transformed.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Soft Spot - Stomach/abs.
After this Effect ends, you cannot move quicker than a walk (15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
If you become Incapacitated or suffer an Injury Severity 4 or greater, this Effect ends.
For when things get too tight, Ains has learnt the capability to almost literally "tune" himself out of any conversation or interaction, when activated, everyone and everything within sight suddenly and seemingly begins to lose interest in Ains, as if the part of their brain that acknowledged Ains was shut off.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You are obscured in one of the following manners. Lasts 30 minutes.
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. Activating a targeted or obvious Effect, attacking, or being Injured ends the Effect. When the Effect ends, it is disabled for one minute.
Carver has been through a lot. Their mind has learned how to roll with the punches.
Carver's mind has been forced to adapt to the incredible amounts of stress that Carver operates under. It is well practiced at self regulation, and at this point is able to shrug off most unwelcome alien influences.
Carver's mind is their own, and no one will take that from them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
Silas opens up his comically large flask of whiskey, and takes a swig. His hands begin to sparkle in a very noticeable way and the freebird guitar solo begins to play in the background. Silas begins picking up random items and duct taping, nailing, or otherwise affixing them together. The item is miraculously fixed.
Silas had to be scrappy thanks to poverty
Exert your Mind and spend 10 minutes. Select a Object within arm's reach that is no larger than an SUV. You may target Alien technology, so long as you have an understanding of its intended function. You must use up shots of whiskey š„ in order to activate this Effect. More than half the target object must be present in order to begin repairs. Roll Brawn + Crafts at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, your target is repaired back to a functional state. If you fail, you spend the full time working before realizing you cannot repair the target. If your target only requires fuel or power and is otherwise in working order, this Effect costs no Exertion, and the target is fueled/powered for the next 24 hours.
You never know whether or not the musician's death is merely part of the performance.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
If you would take an Injury that would kill you, you donāt die. Instead, you survive in an Incapacitated state. This state lasts for the next hour, at which point you fully return to life. Unstabilized Injuries do not degrade while you are Incapacitated
If, while you are unconscious, your wound level rises above your rating in Body + Charisma, or if you take an Injury with Severity greater than your rating in Charisma, you die. After you return, the Injury that would have killed you, as well as any Injuries sustained while Incapacitated, are healed. Battle scars obtained during this time remain.
The Vampire may channel their inner beast and take the form of an animal. It is said they may transform into either a wolf or a bat. If used too often, the Vampire risks losing themselves to their beast forever.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. If you fail or Botch, you receive one Mind Damage and a new Trauma.
You transform into a vampire bat or a wolf until you transform into something else or choose to return to your original form. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), and you do not have access to any of your Powers. Any equipment you are wearing transforms with you.
Injuries and Wound Level are carried over between forms. However, transforming can never kill you; you merely remain Incapacitated until your Injuries are sufficiently healed.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: A disfigured face with bat-like ears.
The aquamancer is an adept swimmer and moves with agility in or out of the water.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may move easily and without a roll in any of the following situations.
The Psychic can, with great focus and mental strain, channel their will to move objects with their mind.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
As long as you maintain Concentration, you can take Actions and interact with things that are within 75 feet without needing to physically touch them or be near them. Any rolls made for Actions taken in this way use a Mental Strength of 2 in place of your Brawn rating, a Mental Agility of 2 in place of your Dexterity, and otherwise use your own Attributes and Abilities.
Telekinetic actions have the following restrictions and behaviors:
The aquamancer spends a minute soaking their wounds in at least a gallon of water. During this time, the injured area is obviously absorbing the liquid, and the flesh visibly knits back together.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. You must use up at least a gallon of water in order to activate this Effect. Choose a specific Injury on yourself that has not yet been treated with this Effect and roll Brawn + Survival at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain.