The one using this rapidly flips through the book ending up on a specific page they then begin to rapidly read through the pages of the book and begins to spout off in an occult language, they then begin to vomit forth an ocean of Black blood with the consistency of tar covering the ground up to twenty feet away if this blood comes in contact with undead it then begins climbing up the legs of undead continuing on to the head it the begins to seep into the eye sockets, head or whatever is left of it on the undead, while they are under the control of this effect a tar like substance slowly leaks out of any wounds or holes that the undead suffers as well as the eye sockets or head.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action. Select a Non-Sapient, Animate target within 300 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless used on undead.
For the next day, you may issue specific commands to your target which they will be compelled to follow. All other Non-Sapient, Animate targets which are the same species as your target will also be compelled to follow commands that you issue if they are within 300 feet when the command is given.
Your commands can be complex and multi-layered, though they must still be specific. You can make them endanger themselves or otherwise go against their self-preservation instincts. The effects of the command will fade after a day has passed.
If you use this Effect on the same Creature two days in a row, the effect lasts indefinitely.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see The user vomits forth a large amount of blood.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
When opened by anyone but the owner, this bag appears to have only mundane accessories inside—a paperback book, maybe, or a bottle of water. But in the hands of its owner, it actually has four additional extra-dimensional interiors, each packed with different equipment, from camera gear to extra clothes.
Pouch 1: Mundane daily items. Umbrella, water bottle, small snacks.
Pouch 2: Camera and lenses.
Pouch 3: Laptop, power bank, charging cables, other electronics.
Pouch 4: Spare clothes and toiletries.
Pouch 5: Ninja outfit, menpo, RFID stealer.
This Artifact holds 5 times what it normally could inside of it. Objects stored inside are weightless.
Living things can be stored in this Artifact. They will have access to anything else inside and may attempt to break free, damaging or destroying the Artifact in the process.
If this Artifact is destroyed, things inside may get out, and it will cease to function until it is repaired.
When scanned or investigated without opening, the contents of this container appear normal and unremarkable.
If anyone other than you opens the container, it appears empty. Others can still destroy it to get at the contents.
A trident adorned in tentacles and other sea related details that can compact and change form to look like a pocket knife
This Artifact can be used as a javelin. It is roughly the same size as a javelin but can be collapsed into pocket knife and concealed. Collapsing or expanding it costs a Quick Action.
Attack by rolling Brawn + Athletics, Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +5 Weapon Damage.
This item is a living thing. When targeted, it counts as a Living Creature in addition to its other target types. If destroyed or abandoned for more than two days, it dies and becomes unusable.
You also gain the following effects:
Day copies a glyph of "sooth mind" from her Grimoire onto the head of her patient, the upper ring of the glyph includes details about the Trauma, when it was recieved and how (in runic form). The lower ring of the glyph is the upper ring, written in reverse. Over the downtime, the rings slowly twist into each other, with each rune self-destructing with its negative form. When the last rune self-annihilates with its negative version, the mental trauma is healed.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Over the course of one Downtime, your patient must communicate with you and reveal at least one of their Traumas to you, including the details of those Traumas and the circumstances of how they were acquired. After the full treatment time has elapsed, roll Charisma + Crafts at Difficulty 6.
Your target may Resist. If your treatment is successful, you may remove one of the patient's revealed Traumas without incurring any Experience cost.
Once per day per target, you may choose to use this Effect to stabilize the Mind of a target within arm's reach. Treatment takes 30 seconds but will not remove any Traumas. If you are successful, restore 2 Mind damage.
The user fixes their arm to act as if they are starting a car and turns the key. Black mist starts forming around the user. The user then falls backwards and immediately they are in a car. Unfathomable to the human eye. One blink there is nothing, another blink there is a car. The car MUST BE a 2013 Shelby GT500. JET BLACK.
This Artifact can be used as a Car. It is roughly the same size as a Car but can be collapsed into Key! and concealed. Collapsing or expanding it costs a Quick Action.
This Car has 4.5 seats 2 front 2 back, 1 middle. 9.6 cubic feet trunk space. Any roll to pilot this vehicle receives +2 dice.
You also gain the following effects:
The zone is a pure white area of just cameras, mics, props and a massive studio set, from the outside, nothing is going on, it looks like a basic Hollywood or high-budget Mr Beast video. If noticed, the ridges of the dome gleam an unnatural domed-out white shape. The user is taking a landscape photo, refilling the camera with camera film as they do so. They also slightly knick their hand in their haste as they begin taking the shot from the camera's glass
They also slightly knick their hand in their haste as they begin taking the shot from the camera's metal seams as he quickly moves the camera around.
Take a Severity-1 Injury and spend an Action. You must use up camera film in order to activate this Effect.
You create a hemispherical dome of a large video set with bright white lights and mics and cameras hanging everywhere originating at your Location, with a radius of 60 feet. and lasting for 2 hours. You are fully immune to the effects of your zone. The area inside your zone is affected in the following ways:
Your zone blends with the environment, seeming to arise naturally from local effects. Observers who roll Perception + Alertness and achieve an Outcome 4 or higher notice that it is unnatural.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
The spy can do up their passport to take on the appearance of any valid form of identification they may need.
This Artifact can change its appearance. When not transformed, it is roughly the same size as a passport and just as difficult to conceal.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. This Artifact changes its appearance into an Object within the category of forms of identification. This lasts until you decide to end the Effect, which may be done as a Free Action.
The new object's appearance can mimic specific items (such as a particular painting, a certain person’s ID, etc), but must be of a similar size and weight to this Artifact.
The new appearance is illusory; it will hold up to scrutiny, but its composition is not altered and it gains no new functionality. Any attempt to use it for a function which it cannot perform (for instance, making bread look like a knife and then trying to stab someone) will cause the illusion to fail or allow a Perception check to see through the illusion, at the GM's discretion.
Dazzle Glasses are advanced "black-tech" espionage gear. They can be styled as any sort sunglasses. When the wearer is recorded, they will quickly flash a non-visible laser into the recording device, destroying it after only a moment of footage is taken.
This Effect activates whenever you are recorded. It does not require an Action or Exertion. Select a Non-Sapient Object within 20 feet no larger than a duffel bag (35 liters). Your target should be intuitively based on the triggering event. Roll Perception + Culture Difficulty 6.
If your Outcome is 4 or higher, the target will be completely destroyed and can no longer function, though it may still be repaired. If your Outcome is less than 4, the target will be partially damaged, and any attempts to use it will suffer a dice penalty equal to your Outcome.
The Skeleton Key slips easily into any keyhole and turns without a fuss.
Spend an Action.
You may lock, unlock, and/or open any number of doors, containers, knots, or locks within arm's reach of you. Cannot be used on Alien technology.
If you successfully operate a lock, you may choose to destroy it, rendering it inoperable.
Standard issue in the Future Soldier's home time, the Personal Shield Generator (PSG) projects a protective energy barrier around the body. It absorbs damage far better than traditional armor, but its battery is quickly drained. When depleted, the PSG must spend a few seconds recharging.
When struck, the normally-invisible field of the PSG flashes, revealing a bright yellow honey-comb pattern encasing the body.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You have 6 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack.
Your Armor cannot be destroyed, and it always provides a minimum of 2 Armor regardless of any Armor shredding or penetration. It cannot be circumvented with Called Shots. When shredded, it returns to full potency in one hour.
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.
When Winter Fang's glittering string is drawn, an ice arrow crystalizes nocked and ready to fire. These ice arrows melt quickly after piercing their foes, leaving deadly wounds instead of evidence.
This Artifact can be used as a bow. It is roughly at least twice as large as a bow and cannot be concealed on your person or disassembled for storage.
Attack by rolling Dexterity + Athletics, Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +3 Weapon Damage. Attacks do not require a successful called shot to do damage.
You also gain the following effects: