The Harbinger has introduced the Monk to an old master who has accepted him as a pupil. Their training is brutal, but effective. Weeks of driving his hands into piles of sand has hardened them into frightful weapons.
The Monk is capable of catching swords by the blade and does not fear spiked armor. Further, the attacks of their hardened hands are truly deadly.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat.
Your unarmed attacks deal +4 Bonus Damage (instead of -2). The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: The bones and outer cover of your hands become metallic like.
You also gain the following effects:
Imperiously huge, the power coursing through the veins of Amaranth Barclay is now undeniable. Large musculature that goes beyond human definition packed onto a frame that has is no longer as wiry as it was. A true goliath of a man in all respects, though despite his gentle intentions he does sometimes break objects given to him.
You gain the following benefits as long as you have your Numerous ritual scars along his chest and back from when he was indicted as a hunter.
Your Brawn rating is increased by 3. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Brawn (cannot be used on combat rolls or Effect activations).
If you are witnessed actively using this Effect, whoever sees it can make a Perception + Alertness roll at Difficulty 6. A complete success reveals the source of your power.
You also gain the following effects:
He lights a cigarette, the smoke curling like script in a language he doesn’t know—yet.
When he speaks, the words come out clean, like he’s been saying them all his life. Spanish, Russian, Cantonese—it doesn’t matter. For the next hour, every phrase lands smooth, like jazz on a rainy night.
Spend enough time chewing the fat with a local—really listen—and something clicks behind those wolf-eyes of his. It ain’t just language he picks up, it’s meaning, rhythm, the heartbeat of a dialect.
One good hour, one hard pull on the mind, and it’s his. Accent and all. Like he was born under that tongue’s moon.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language for the next hour.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play~
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today~
Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped~
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip~
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with Revolver.
+2 dice to all Revolver rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
The cursed orphan stands amongst the crowd, sending the friend hiding in their shadow to their target, a strand of darkness hitting the bullet enough to make it miss.
Spend an Action. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. Roll Intellect + Stealth at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +2 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
The barrier will fall after two hours, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is your shadow flickering imperceptibly as Rahab resides and protects your target. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
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: Bane: Light - Your curse makes you exceptionally opposed to light. (Whenever you take damage from Light, you take an additional 1 damage, and it ignores any non-material armor you have).
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Rabby Doesn't Trust You - Paranoia.
Neil is shrouded in miasma, and then steps sideways, into a grey realm. After walking for a time in this realm, he steps out, now at his destination.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 Actions. Select a Location within your line of sight. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you are followed by a hostile creature from a realm of Darkness.
You are transported directly to the chosen Location. You must wait an hour before activating this effect again.
As long as the ninja is carrying a weapon, their self-defense is almost subconscious. Subtle twitches and lighting-fast feints and parries using sword and scabbard can buy the ninja precious seconds to enact an escape plan or make the kill.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a sword to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You have 4 Armor, which reduces incoming Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Whenever your Armor reduces incoming Damage, you are immediately made aware of the source of the Damage. You may pinpoint their location for 30 seconds.
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.
The Vampire is able to turn one of their victims into a lesser vampire, a pale shadow of a full creature of the night but useful nonetheless. Having drained and killed their target, the Vampire performs a brief ritualistic bloodletting, wherein they spill their own blood into the target's mouth, forcing them to drink, and bonding them together as child and sire.
Shortly afterwards, the fledgling vampire will rise from death, hungry for blood and eager to serve.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend one minute. Select a Dead target within arm's reach that has died within the last hour. This Effect cannot be used unless you drained the target's blood while they were still alive.
Your target rises as an Animate being. The raised creature is totally mindless, with no memory of its past life or hint of its old personality. They cannot communicate. They will follow any command you speak.
The creature lasts until it dies again. It is revived at full health. Any Injuries it had in life are not accounted for when determining its penalties or progression towards re-death, though they may affect its ability to perform certain actions at GM's discretion. The raised creature must consume flesh every day or it will die again.
Raised creatures have their Abilities set to the same that they were in life. Their Charisma and Intellect are set to 1, but their Dexterity, Brawn and Perception are the same as they had in life. A raised creature cannot use any Effects.
Your revived targets deal 2 Weapon Damage with their unarmed attacks.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
The survivalist is an expert at wildlife survival in any natural environment. Even in the harshest climates, they have the capacity to find food, water, and shelter.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend 15 minutes. This Effect cannot be used unless you are in a wilderness environment.
Choose a specific type of food, water, or survival supply which could fit inside a regular backpack (up to 27 liters). It must be Non-Alien and generic. You cannot create explosives. You cannot create firearms.
Roll Perception + Survival to fabricate up to 5 copies of your chosen Object. The Difficulty is assigned by the GM and depends on the specificity of your chosen Object. Your created items no longer expire, and will last until they are destroyed.
No terrestrial animal dares defy the will of the beastmaster. The beastmaster exerts their dominance over an animal by locking eyes and giving a primal cry. The creature immediately becomes docile and eager to please.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Non-Alien Creature within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is a terrestrial animal.
For the next day, you may issue specific commands to your target which they will be compelled to follow.
Your commands can be complex and multi-layered, though they must still be specific. You cannot make them obviously endanger themselves or violate their instinct for self-preservation. The effects of the command will fade after a day has passed.
Be amazed as the magician wields a deck of simple playing cards with all the poise and precision of a ninja's shurikens. Fear not, for they will not hit you, unless they want to.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing playing cards.
You also gain the following effects: