Aurel, not one to have been raised or even used a blade in his life except to cook meals, was inspired by a fellow comrade, memorising and plotting out each movement, each strike and each thrust, until it clicked. It clicked with a smaller, thinner blade than what he saw, but he can replicate that feeling, those movements...
Swifts swords would be thrusting swords, katanas, messers as well as blades in that sort of group of weaponry, ones that specifically use a Dexterirty modifier instead of Brawn
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Swift Swords.
+2 dice to all rolls with Swift Swords. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using Swift Swords.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Wheezing.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Anti-Social.
You also gain the following effects:
The scar, it grows and spreads and consumes. It shreds and aches and burns and then there is no pain.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfigured.
Pulling a long black feather from their coat pocket, the mage begins to shrink and lose form as they become a small, assuming corvid - with piercing blue and green eyes that illicit a strange sense of reverence.
Brandishing a wolf's claw like a dagger, the mage begins to twist and morph into the shape of a large, sleek wolf, heterochromatic eyes glowing bright blue and green each. The mage bares their teeth, then leaps into the fray.
Exert your Mind and spend a Quick Action. You must actively and obviously use a token of the desired creature to activate this Effect.
You transform into a raven or a timber 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 (excluding Artifacts and Consumables, which you can use), 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.
While transformed, you are obviously unusual, unnatural, or alien, and the average person will take a special interest in you.
Having brokered a deal for the finest ingredients in the world Louis is no longer content with anything other than the very best, and has begun development of a storage method to ensure that he will keep even the most mystical of ingredients in pristine conditions.
Spend a Quick Action.
You may withdraw an item from your stash, or add an item that is within arm’s reach to your stash. You may only stash targets which are in your possession, grappled, or otherwise controlled by you.
You may store Supernatural Objects in your stash, each no larger than something which could fit inside a briefcase (15 liters), and you may store up to 3 things at a time.
You may choose to equip any equipment you withdraw at no additional cost.
You become an unnatural and demonic forest beast. A creature not meant to live in this world, suited and adapted to it's hunting grounds.
Wick gained this form when he sought out a demonic creature within the woods, he made a deal- give his flesh in return for power. This body is his gateway into the deeper occult, marking him eternally and irreversibly.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Your skin turns stark white and your head is replaced by an empty-eyed deer skull. Your feet are now hooved and antlers reside on your head. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1.
Your body is adapted to Hiding. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to Hiding.
While in Thick forestry, heat, cold, pressure, and other atmospheric hazards do not affect you, and dangerous local flora and fauna will not bother you unless you give them a reason.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Sharpened Teeth attack without additional equipment.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Paranoia.
You cannot be mistaken for a normal human. You cannot always use standard human clothes, equipment, vehicles, and facilities, and when you can, you suffer an increased Difficulty.
A moment of concentration passes, and Don becomes deeply uninteresting to those around him. When he talks, it's just another indistinct voice in the crowd. When he walks, it's just a random stranger moving on. Anyone who meets eyes with Don would barely remember seeing him, and would likely forget about him the moment they look elsewhere.
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.
The time-twister presses a button on one of their wristwatches, and, in a flash of orange light, disappears. They have skipped 12 seconds forward in time. To them, the travel is instantaneous, but everyone else must wait until they reappear.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use a clock or watch to activate this Effect.
You phase out of reality for 4 Rounds. During this time, you cannot perceive or affect the outside world or take any Actions. You cannot move. Nothing can interact with you in any way.
When you phase out, you may bring up to 1 additional target in arm's reach with you.
This witch is a cruel and vengeful creature who works her vile arts against those she deems worthy of punishment. All she must do is point. A flash of green lightning strikes her victim and disappears. Immediately, or upon the completion of some condition, if the witch chooses, the victim's body warps and shifts into a gross mockery of its former self. Whether she's giving someone the head of a donkey or stealing their voice, the witch's enemies always get what is coming to them.
The sheer wickedness of this spell corrupts the witch, giving her a disgusting, witchy appearance.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and Spend an Action. Select a Living target within 45 feet. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may roll Body, -2 dice at Difficulty 7, as a Free Action to resist.
If you succeed, the target receives a new Battle Scar of your choosing, limited by the contested Outcome:
When you activate this Effect, instead of occurring immediately, you may choose to delay its effects until the target takes a particular Action. For example: "when they fire a gun" or "when they swim in deep water."
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Witchy Appearance. You have a long, warty nose and chin, wrinkled skin, and a hunch back. Social rolls are at +2 Difficulty, and your free movement is reduced by 10 feet.
Your alteration "heals" over the course of the next month, after which it is fully cured.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Compulsion for payback. You must roll Self-Control to avoid using this Gift on anyone who wrongs you in a major way.
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 doctor is a master at surgical transplantation. As long as they have a donor part, they can replace any permanent, lingering battle scars on their patient. Of course, the transplanted part doesn't always match, and the patient must be careful to follow the doctor's aftercare orders, or the replacement will be rejected.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Living target within arm's reach. You must use up a donor body part matching the injured area in order to activate this Effect. Select a Battle Scar on your target to treat.
The treated Battle Scar heals as you finish activating this Effect. If used on a Battle Scar caused by an Unstabilized Injury, that Injury is Stabilized.
You may specify a specific condition that the patient must adhere to. If they break this condition, the treatment is immediately reversed. Record this regimen as a Condition. Lasts until the end of their next Contract or 1 month for non-Contractors.
Healing a Battle Scar in this way leaves behind a mismatched replacement on the target which cannot be healed.
As long as the Ninja is dressed in an appropriate uniform, their movement is almost silent.
You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you are visibly dressed head to toe in black with hardly any skin showing.
You and everything you are carrying is obscured in one of the following manners. You may Spend an Action to change the way in which you're concealed.
While this Effect is active, any Effect that would obscure you or your equipment specifically 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.
You may turn this Effect on and off at will during its duration.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: compulsion to test the awareness of allies by sneaking up on them with a weapon.