Whenever the gift user reacts to an ambush perpetrated against them, a wispy, blurry, illusory corona with an eldritch undertone can be observed around the user's head. The blur is of a gradient from crimson to perfectly clear, and the color is mostly only visible in close proximity to the silhouette of the user. Only the attacker is able to see this corona - everyone else is oblivious to its existence.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Dexterity rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Dexterity (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
Allister's severely broken body enters an emergency evacuation mode due to a lack of functioning parts. As it lets out a hiss expelling black motor smoke, the remnants of his body quickly gets appropriated to create a Hand sized engine humming with power. in a shape of a symbolic heart this engine looks to be composed entirely out of spiritually translucent gear, two pipes belch electric blue engine smoke. when thrown onto of a pile of metallic objects the engine pulls these objects to them with bands of blue lighting and crushes the parts into a new body.
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. Your body leaves behind a token. You remain incapacitated until the following ritual is performed with the token: A Hand sized engine, must be placed into a pile of metallic objects..
While Incapacitated, your only weakness is Being dismantled with mechanics tools, 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.
Grigori chants in latin and their eyes glow with golden light as they see through walls and past trees and surroundings to find evils that attack the land.
Exert your Mind and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: Chanting in latin and hand signs. You must use up Hand Written Prayers in order to activate this Effect. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
You automatically detect all Man eating monsters 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 Man eating monsters targets are within 300 feet of you, and then one enters range, you automatically detect it, even if this Effect is not active.
Your facial features are blurry and indistinct, and it's a little nauseating to try and pick out any specific details with the way they shift and writhe. Something about you feels far too tall for how tall you are. Something is very, very wrong.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a piece of quartz weighing exactly 21 grams to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: blank. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1 and your Intellect is increased by 1.
No single organ in your body is critical for life. Called Shots do no additional Damage to you. You may perceive the world through separated body parts, take Actions with them, and reattach them by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.
Your appendages have 30 feet of reach.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weird Inside - All rolls intended to diagnose or treat you medically are made at a -2 penalty.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Unforthcoming - Roll Self-Control to be able to consent to any form of tracking or monitoring, or to volunteer any information that could potentially be personally identifying.
There is sanctity in one's ability to remain ever vigilant. To remain a fighter for those in dire need. The hands of which were made to kill, is only ever the hand of which desires peace. She has the hands of Gaia, the mother of all that is living, and with it, the hands of which that take it away.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with melee weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls with melee weapons. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using melee weapons.
You also gain the following effects:
The wristlet glows a soft pink, as my wings flap and I move.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using wristlet to gain the benefits of this Effect.
As long as you are conscious, you are immune to falling Damage and may hover in place mid-air. Additionally, you may glide as you fall, traveling 35 feet horizontally for every 10 feet you fall. While gliding, you fall at a minimum speed of 10 feet per Round.
You are subject to the following effects while gliding:
The aristocrat knows a ritual that allows them to rent the best version of any item. They set $10,000 worth of cash on fire and place the item to be upgraded in the fire as well. While in the flame, the item morphs into a high-end version of itself. After a while, it reverts.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a non-Alien Device within arm's reach. You must use up $10,000 cash (or equivalent) in order to activate this Effect. Cannot be used to improve Armor.
Lasts the next two hours. Your target receives 3 extra dice to all actions taken for its intended use. Attacking with an upgraded weapon grants +3 Weapon Damage instead of additional dice.
Unimportant characters just can't seem to hit our hero with their attacks. Injuries that are sustained from underlings are conveniently non-severe.
You gain the following benefits as long as the attacker isn't important enough to have a name.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
The Necromancer temporarily assumes the form of their own corpse, complete with maggots, spilled entrails, and exposed bone. They cannot move while transformed, but their empty eye sockets see as well as ever.
Exert your Mind and Spend an Action.
You transform into your own corpse for one minute. While transformed, you may control the functioning of the object you have transformed into. You can perceive your surroundings as normal. You can be targeted as a Non-Living, Sapient Object.
If you are damaged while transformed, the damage is realized when you return to normal. If you are damaged before you transform, your inanimate form will appear partially damaged.
You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.
The mobster presents a reasoned, logical case to the target: there's a lot of dangerous folks out there, and only they can offer safety... for a price.
If they agree, they will pay the mobster a monthly fee for protection. If they stop making their payments... well, let's just say, the mobster can't be held responsible for any unsavory types that might pay them a visit.
This Effect cannot be used unless you are making a deal to exchange money for protection.
You may make an oath with a physically-present, Sapient target. Communicate the oath's terms to the target, including the requirements and penalties for each participant. If all agree to the terms, you must Exert your Mind and all participants must shake hands to seal the deal.
Record the oath as a Condition. If a party breaks the oath, the Condition ends and they suffer the oath's penalty.
When crafting your oath, you may incorporate any of the following penalties:
The target cannot be compelled to agree via a direct threat of violence, another Effect, or another oath. If you would like to use clever wording to mislead the target, you must succeed a contested Intellect + (Culture or Influence) roll.
True to their namesake, the hacker can penetrate the security of any computer system, granting access to its informational stores, or, in a pinch, allowing them to issue commands. The hacked system will display a flickering image of a ghost until it is dismissed.
While hacking, The Technician's fingers move with supernatural speed, blurring like a ghost.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. Select a Computer within arm's reach. Does not work on Alien technology. Roll Intellect + Technology, with the Difficulty set by the GM depending on the security of the system you are hacking. Sapient targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you may issue a single command to the targeted system. This command must have a specific outcome or be a request for specific login credentials. The command you issue must be within the machine's current capabilities. For example, you cannot order a standard security camera to grow legs and walk around.
If your command does not require bypassing the security of the target (for example, typing on a computer that is unlocked), you do not need to Exert your Mind to activate this Effect, and activation only takes a single Action.
Your Hack cannot be reversed through mundane means for a number of hours equal to your Outcome.
Every hack you make leaves behind a flickering image of a ghost in the system as a personal "calling card" that informs anyone who uses the system that the hack occurred.