The runes glow a deep orange as they seem to force the user to live, to continue to fight with gritted teeth. Pain is a drag, after all, you don't need it.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
Being a mighty dragon, you can brush off attacks made by lesser creatures, pushing through the pain to feed his draconic greed.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is divided in half.
Isaac will do his best to avoid stress, but now when he does face the pain no longer eats at his weak mortal flesh, the flesh has gone numb.
After his last job, he snagged some pages and got some glimpses of notes and documents to add to his research. With this knowledge, he crafted a serum of sorts, made from the ash, that he injected into himself with a needle he stole from work. Whatever it was made his body feel, nothing, or well almost nothing, it was a familiar feeling.
While having this power, some of his veins and arteries appear much darker than normal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
“Boy, you should’ve seen me the first time I had the moss from the Field of Tentacles… no, it don’t bother me anymore. When you train your body up like I have, nothin’ bothers you anymore! Not to mention, I don’t got much feeling in my skin after that grease fire…”
Nan’ll tell anyone: you can walk off any injury with enough toughening up. Through mundane and magical poisonings, getting into the grit of moving the rusty circus equipment (lotsa skinny people in this crowd), and working in the kitchen conditions of her home world, Nan has gone through countless injuries and ailments. She knows how to keep at it.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
With a deep breath, steady thy hands, calm your heart, and take aim...
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Dolphin teeth necklace to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Pot of Gold whisky comes in a tarnished flask with faintly glowing Celtic patterns. The golden liquid swirls mysteriously, and when consumed, grants a surge of grit and warmth. But an eerie, metallic aftertaste hints at its alien origin.
Use up this Gold of Top Whisky (unless you succeed on 1d10, Difficulty 7) and spend an Action.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
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.