Thine soul absolved to be one with the flames and aligned with the vision. They know not their reason for life; for all contemplations prior have been seen to lead them astray. This is land is ours, and the souls are unstable here. Crimson ichor and fiery vegetation sprout and form as if they were bright rivers of blood and gore upon the Ashen One. The crevices of their armor fill with smoke and leak of inflamed blood before shattering to fiery embers once complete.
Virtual reality glitches out as the binds that keep the Tarnished within their realmS are slowly being broken... Soon, they will escape.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Non-Sapient Object or piece of an Object or structure within arm's reach no larger than a duffel bag (35 liters). You must actively and obviously use Shield to activate this Effect. Roll Dexterity + Melee 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.
When activating this Effect, you may spend an extra minute and maintain Concentration. If you do, it has no Exertion cost, and you may destroy an object which has up to 3x larger dimensions, or up to 27x larger volume than the normal maximum size.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see crimson ichor and fiery vegetation sprout and form as if they were bright rivers of blood and gore upon the Ashen One. The crevices of their armor fill with smoke and leak of inflamed blood before shattering to fiery embers once complete.
Observer:
The casters body is slowly taken by a dark void before the physical body of the caster is disfigured with painful screeches coming from the void. After a few second the body is visible to the eye of the observer, looking almost as if it's a corpse, screeching at the victim at who iniuria translationis is used at. After the transfer of the pain is complete the effects of the caster are reversed.
Participant:
Excruciating pain all over the body as they also witness the disfiguration of the caster. Once the caster is screeching at them, they feel as if they are forcefully being colided with another person, as if their skin has become someone elses.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Perception + Alertness at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see demonic disfiguration of the caster's physical body to almost complete unrecognition until the effect is finished.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
Michael’s eyes ignite for a brief moment, like two balls of fire, before returning to normal. Where he stares, a flame is brought into being, manipulated, or extinguished.
The latest reincarnation, at least in part, of a phoenix, Michael has reawakened an inner fire.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a target within 20 feet which has both fuel and oxygen available (if you are starting a new fire).
You may start or extinguish a fire as large as a firepit's fire at your target. Extinguishing a fire does not cost Exertion. You may create or extinguish fires the size of a lighter or candle flame without Exerting your Mind. Your fires require fuel and oxygen in order to continue burning.
Lighting a target on fire deals 4 Damage each Round on your turn, starting in the Round after the one in which they caught fire. This Damage is reduced by Armor, but the target’s Armor rating will be shredded by any Damage dealt, destroying material Armor once it reaches 0.
You may extinguish flames as a Reaction. This does not extend to explosives.
Thin tendrils of powdery-looking, inky-black shadows appear on Jenny's skin, covering her hands from the base of the fingernails up to the wrists: the shadows slowly move to an inaudible rythm if observed for long enough.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Monarch shadowspawn. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Brawn is increased by 1 and your Perception is increased by 1.
The Severity of any Injury caused by radiant light (e.g holy light, laser beams, sun-themed spells and effects) is increased by 2.
Sal scratches a bit at the skin of his face, pulling back enough to give him something to peel. Then he peels his face off, shedding his skin like a snake.
Among the gifts of the Ouroboros is that of rebirth, choosing a new self, and new future. Sal can shed his skin, and for a short while be reborn.
This is a continuation of his body shifting. Becoming more snake like. As part of this, his ears have shifted. The flaps on the outside are just appearance. His real ears are internal, like those of a snake. This has resulted in worse hearing.
Spend 2 Actions.
You become disguised in a manner of your choosing. The disguise lasts for two hours, or you may end it early at will.
The new appearance may have a different sex, age, and race to your own, and you may alter height by up to a foot and your weight by 50%. Your disguise cannot directly mimic an existing person. You cannot alter your clothes. A disguise cannot affect your Attributes or other stats.
You may roll Charisma + Crafts to attempt to make your disguise Beautiful. If your Outcome is 6 or higher, non-Effect Charisma rolls where your good looks could help are rolled at -2 Difficulty. If you fail or botch, you are ugly instead, and non-Effect Charisma rolls are made at +2 Difficulty.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see Skin, hair, eyes all fall off and onto the ground, as your body sheds it's previous form to take on a new one..
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Internal ear: You suffer a -2 dice penalty to any roll which benefits from hearing. You cannot distinguish the words of others in loud situations..
This Effect ends if you take an Injury or are stunned or incapacitated.
Ally can spend a moment to memorize someone's scent. With it, she can follow them anywhere on this world. Even on the wind she can smell their sweat, their panic.
However, scrubbing their body with soap and water is enough to remove the oils that permeate the air, and shake Ally's tracking.
Spend an Action. Select a Animate target within arm's reach.
Your target is marked with skin oils. The mark can be easily removed if it is discovered.
You are aware of the marked target's vital status, injuries, direction and distance from you. This lasts for the next month, or until either the mark is removed, or you choose to end the Effect. You can have up to 3 marks active.
Marked targets leave a trail wherever they go that is visible only to you and those you teach to see it. This trail shows how long ago the target was there and is followable even when they are in a vehicle.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 2.
This Effect ends if you are stunned, fall asleep, go unconscious, are incapacitated, die, or if your total Stress ever exceeds 5.
Any successful musician knows the value of a good roadie. The musician calls for a roadie, and one will promptly arrive. The roadie doesn't talk much, and they aren't too bright, but they can sure haul gear.
After a couple hours of work, the roadie will retire to smoke and get some sleep.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon a single Sapient roadie at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
When the Vampire's lust for blood is satiated, their injuries heal at a remarkably fast rate and new injuries are quickly stabilized. While healing, the Vampire's skin retains its deathly pale appearance, as any blood he consumes is being used to repair his wounds.
You gain the following benefits as long as as long as you have drank a half gallon (lethal) amount of blood in the past 24 hours.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level each hour. Any Injuries you receive while this Effect is active do not deteriorate over time. However, any Battle Scars caused by such an Injury will remain unless it is Properly Stabilized as normal.
The magician dons their wizard hat, raises their arms, wiggles their fingers, and a rain of sparks fly woosh around an object. It shudders to life and follows the magicians commands, including to do things it was not designed to do.
Exert your Mind and an Action. Select a Inanimate target within arm's reach which could fit inside a briefcase (15 liters). You must actively and obviously use a pointed hat with stars and moons to activate this Effect.
Your target will become Animated indefinitely. You may choose to end the effect at will, as a Free Action. You can maintain a max of 4 targets animated at once.
Animated Objects have the following restrictions and capabilities:
The ninja is a master of a wide variety of martial weapons. They kill quickly and quietly.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with melee ninja weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls with melee ninja weapons. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using melee ninja weapons.
You also gain the following effects:
The mystic can meld their aura with another, allowing them to superimpose their being, physical and mental, into a target. Observers witness the mystic fading and entering their target's body as wisps of smoke, leaving no trace of their own body behind.
While inside, they can control their target's actions. Affected targets have no memory of the experience.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action. Select a Living or Sapient target within arm's reach. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you possess your target for the Contested Outcome in minutes. The target has no control over their body or actions, and they are functionally unconscious through the entire possession, retaining no memory other than any Traumas they might obtain.
You do not leave your original body behind when you possess a target. When a possession ends, your original body will reappear at the host body’s same location. You may spend an Action to end the possession early.
Stats: During the possession, you use the host body’s Body rating, but your own Mind rating. Any rolls you make use the host body’s Brawn, Dexterity, and Perception but your own Charisma, Intellect, and Abilities. You gain the effects of any physical Assets and Liabilities they have. You cannot read the target’s mind or memories.
Gifts: You have access to and can use any of your own Powers which are intrinsic to your biology or physical body. You cannot access any Powers or other supernatural effects which the target has, unless they are intrinsic to the target’s biology or physical body.
Death: If the host body is killed or destroyed while you are still possessing it, you will die along with it.
Eviction: If you attempt to force your host to take actions which would violate one of their Limits or their instinct for self-preservation, they may resist by rolling Mind. If their Outcome is higher than or equal to the contested Outcome, the possession ends and you are evicted from their body.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.