After deflecting fake bullets on screen for long enough Asher has learned how to do it with the real thing. After many hours of practice he has learned how to dual-wield weapons.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with melee weapons.
Your attacks with melee weapons deal +1 Bonus Damage. Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
Its strike is perfect each time. The flame that is born inside is eternal until it is manually snuffed out by closing the lighter.
It cannot run out of fuel.
He feels nothing more
Fingers nary tremble
A Man without pain
cannot live with me.
This Artifact cannot be broken. If this Artifact is lost and in no one elseโs possession, it finds its way back to its true owner during the next Downtime.
By default, the creator of this Artifact is its true owner. The true owner may formally bequeath this Artifact onto another person within armโs reach, after which they are its true owner. If the true owner dies or is destroyed, their ownership ends. If this Artifact has no true owner, anyone may spend one day attuning to it to become its true owner.
This Artifact's true owner is always aware of the direction and distance to this Artifact.
If this Artifact is in no one elseโs possession, its true owner may Exert their Mind and spend two Actions to bring it to themselves.
my ring glows a soft pink, the ring is a password, the key to my abilities and extra bit of encryption of code that enables me to bypass my limits, that turns off pain while I wear it.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using ring to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Doc Benton has studied alchemical secrets and reactions for many years, having integrated many occult, alchemical secrets into his medicine.
From infused herbal dusts in his pockets, to various cremes and ointments he uses during his procedures, he's able to do things modern medicine can't emulate.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
Whenever the user concentrates on one of his two supersenses it activates.
If it is his sense of sight his eyes turn orange and his pupils enlarge.
When it comes to his hearing his ears gently twitch and "open up".
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
Any heightened senses require you to maintain Concentration to use, and do not apply to any passive Perception checks.
Step into the spotlight, where every shot you take is a dramatic scene waiting to unfold.
Down and down the performers go, into the depths of hell where the act is staged. What will become of the narrative, he wonders.
Will it fall apart? Will it reach fulfillment? Will he even be able to see its conclusion?
He wonders, and wonders, and wonders.
...
No time to think further. The elevator doors open.
It's time to start the play.
You gain the following benefits as long as engaged in combat with firearms.
+2 dice to all firearms rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
Finally, the girls are fusing the way theyโve wanted to since they began Contracting, three and a half years ago. It took Graceโs left eye for them to try this, but the girls are now able to spend a week focusing their energy towards a Battle Scarred area and permanently replacing it with The Spiritโs ghostly flesh. The replaced chunks, eyes, arms, whatever may come, appear just as The Spiritโs: bluish and semi-transparent, but now function just as the respective physical flesh would.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. 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.
All Injuries you receive are considered Properly Stabilized. You may also choose to heal any Battle Scar on yourself that may not have been caused by an Injury. Doing so takes one day, and the Battle Scar affects you fully until that time.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: any scars that heal this way leave the flesh in that area bluish and semi-transparent, causing you to be viewed as a freak by most people who see you.
The Werewolfโs body, long caught in the crossfire between human and beast, has developed a powerful coping mechanism. It draws upon the conflict, healing severe injuries in a matter of days.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive from a source other than silver or fire. heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours. 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.
You may Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of one of your Injuries by 2. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Injuries you receive from silver or fire. are increased in Severity by 1.
The mobster's been through tougher scrapes than this. A few cuts and bruises won't stop them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
The werewolf's gnashing teeth sheer through steel and bone alike. Those caught in their maw rarely make it out alive.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are in werewolf form, and you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +0 Weapon Damage (instead of -1).
You may Defend against melee, projectile, or firearm Attacks from any range and Clash with those in range of your Attacks. Attacking materials like steel or spikes will not Damage you unless it has an Effect that does so.
You also gain the following effects:
The Solider is accustomed to going long periods without food or water and can operate on very little sleep.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may go five times longer than a normal human without food, water, sleep, and air. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement is made at -1 Difficulty.