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.
Years of practice on cows and pigs have taught Brioche how to effectively chop all the way through the meat and bone in one swift strike.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with chef's knives.
Your attacks with chef's knives deal +3 Bonus Damage. 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:
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You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with firearms.
+2 dice to all firearms rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
Neil's heart is now a withered, blackened thing, calcified flesh and congealed blood making it a solid core. So long as it persists, Neil's soul is capable of clinging to the mortal world, but if it is destroyed, he is banished. Even when "slain", his body continues to function.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
If you would take an Injury that would kill you, you don’t 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
While Incapacitated, your only weakness is the destruction of your withered, blackened heart, and if you take Damage from it, you will die. Damage from other sources will still be dealt and can cause Battle Scars, but will only kill you if your body is destroyed completely. If your weakness is not immediately obvious, attackers may roll to discover it. 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 bullet seems to ricochet off the air, sparks appearing at the points the bullet shifts.
Josephine is able to subconsciously use her psychic abilities to alter a bullets trajectory mid flight, which makes hitting finicky angles significantly easier. This control over her shots even extends to how deeply the bullet penetrates her target, allowing her to keep her hands clean while still defending herself.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with Handguns.
+2 dice to all Handguns rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
There's a certain strength that comes from displaying the flag of one's country. As long as the Soldier holding their country's flag or wearing something emblazoned with it, they are less likely to be injured in battle.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using clothes or a uniform that displays the flag of your country to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Driving rugged vehicles in a combat situation is second nature to the Soldier. They measure their shots and navigate obstacles with a subtle timing that doesn't affect the steadiness of their own or their passengers' weapons. Firing a few shots through the windshield or window while performing dangerous driving maneuvers is also no problem.
You gain the following benefits as long as Must be driving a rugged vehicle such as an SUV truck or armored car. and you are piloting any vehicle.
You receive +2 dice to any rolls to pilot a vehicle.
You also gain the following effects:
The survivalist has depended on the Bug-out Bag for so long, they've formed a powerful bond with the pack. This bond renders the pack unbreakable, and grants the survivalist an understanding of what direction it's in at all times.
This Artifact cannot be broken. If this Artifact is lost and in no one else’s possession, it finds its way back to its true owner during the next Downtime.
By default, the creator of this Artifact is its true owner. The true owner may formally bequeath this Artifact onto another person within arm’s reach, after which they are its true owner. If the true owner dies or is destroyed, their ownership ends. If this Artifact has no true owner, anyone may spend one day attuning to it to become its true owner.
This Artifact's true owner is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
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.
As long as the ninja is carrying a weapon, their self-defense is almost subconscious. Subtle twitches and lighting-fast feints and parries using sword and scabbard can buy the ninja precious seconds to enact an escape plan or make the kill.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a sword to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Whenever your Armor reduces incoming Damage, you are immediately made aware of the source of the Damage. You may pinpoint their location for 30 seconds.
Any time your Armor prevents Damage, your Armor rating is temporarily decreased by 2. Whenever it goes five Rounds without preventing any Damage, it is restored back to its full value.