Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Living target within 30 feet. You must actively and obviously use A throwing needle to activate this Effect. Roll Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Body ( dice) at Difficulty 6.

If you succeed, your target becomes drowsy for the next 3 Rounds, during which time they suffer an additional -3 dice Penalty to all Actions. After this, they fall asleep for Outcome x 3 minutes. Affected targets will not prematurely wake up on their own, and can only be awoken by taking Damage or nearing death from hunger, thirst, or suffocation.

If your target was already sleeping when you used this Effect, they are put into a deep coma that lasts indefinitely, but they will be awoken from it if Pulling the needle out.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with Cane Swords.

Your attacks with Cane Swords deal +1 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.

You also gain the following effects:

• Dismember: If one of your attacks causes a Battle Scar, you may choose for it to be some form of dismemberment, depending on the Severity of the Injury you caused.
• Riposte: If you successfully Defend against a melee or unarmed attack, you deal damage equal to your excess Outcome plus Weapon Damage back to your attacker.
• Whirlwind: You may Exert your Mind to apply your next attack to any number of targets who are within melee range.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with thrown weapons.

Your attacks with thrown weapons no longer have their damage capped, and do +1 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.

You also gain the following effects:

• Catcher In The Rye: You may catch anything flying or thrown as a Free Action with no roll, as long as it is not an attack.
• Heavy Toss: If your thrown object hits a target, it can either knock them down, or knock them back 5 feet x the Outcome. Decide which before you roll.
• It’s All About Reflexes: You may make your throwing roll to defend against any projectile attack. If you succeed, you catch the projectile.
• Juggler: You may juggle a number of throwable objects equal to your Dexterity as a Free Action. When you make a thrown weapon attack, you may choose to roll or re-use the last thrown attack's Outcome. Resets at the start of Initiative.
• Ricochet: You can make a thrown attack against a target behind cover so long as there is at least one exposed pathway to them.
• Straight To The Face: You may make a throwing attack at melee range with no penalty.