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Fortress of Light "My mind is a castle."
As long as Minerva wears her pendant, her thoughts are ordered. And with order comes safety.
Following Minerva's traumatization by a fellow contractor, the next month the young girl spent a good bit of the next month in her room. She stopped practicing everything else, just focusing on herself, and that feeling of helplessness that had come with it.
And one night, she dreamed. She remembered battling the nightmare monster, of the defenses she had forged. And she forged them again. Ordering her thoughts, marshaling them, she assembled her mind into a castle. A Castle of Light, a bright beacon in the darkness.
The castle is built to withstand a siege from the darkness. Even taking the field is a monumental task, requiring great effort by an assailant, more than most can bring to bare - and after an enemy has been cast out once, such a tactic won't work again.
Each step into the castle is a slog, a constant exhausting battle to take a wall, only to find another wall behind it that the defenders have retreated to and fortified themselves again.
From the highest point of the castle a bright light glows, and she can rain down light and hope upon invaders from it.
The castle stands at all times, a fortress for her mind and her dreams.
Of course, the walls of her castle are manned, and it is an effort for her to open the gates to anyone. It's safer that way.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using silver fox pendant to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You get +1 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Been There, Done That: If you succeed a Mind resistance roll, subsequent attempts to use that same Gift or supernatural ability on you for the next day will fail.
- Compartmentalizing: You can take a maximum of 1 Mind Damage per Round.
- Force of Will: You may Exert your Mind to increase the Outcome of a Mind resistance roll by 2.
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Guarded Bastions: You must succeed in a self-control roll to consent to anyone (other than yourself) using a supernatural effect on you.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
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The Sons of Salem
We swear to secure our people against the wickedness and evil of the invisible world.
We swear to aid the afflicted.
We swear to stay ever vigilant and seek out the abominable witchcrafts committed in this country.
We humbly pray to be blessed by God to hold all those who consort with the Devil accountable. Amen
—Opening and closing prayer for Sons of Salem meetings.
The Sons of Salem is a loosely-organized conservative populist movement in the United States that preaches violent opposition to anything they perceive as witchcraft, demonic, or monstrous.
Blowhard podcaster Ted Gundy and former general of the mercenary group “Hognose,” Roland Rush, founded the movement in 2010 after a series of violent werewolf attacks and unexplained, supernatural murders in Tennessee. Memberships grew quickly, stoked by Ted’s fiery doomsday rhetoric on his podcast "Truth Seekers" and the aspiration of the masculine power embodied by Roland.
Although they speak of duty, honor, and maintaining the “natural order” of things, the Sons of Salem are driven by fear. They collect guns and appear at protests en-masse as a way of easing the all-consuming terror of their powerlessness. At the same time, they have conditioned themselves to respond to fear with “strength” (read: violence).
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Archmage's Mental Defense
I'm always keeping it in mind
A mage mind is a enigma, more-so an archmage. The complex calculations, the pure strong will and determination to push through the study of magic and its complex formulas. Though the mental load of such a thing is extremely complex, through the use of a accessory focus, Luminous has set and laid a extremely complex formula onto his earrings.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Earring to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You get +0 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Instant Karma: If you successfully resist an Effect with your Mind, you may reflect it back to another target as though you had cast it.
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
- When reflecting an Effect, its Activation Outcome is equal to your resistance Outcome. If you reflect it back at the target who cast it originally, they do not receive a resistance roll.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
Psychic Callouses
I've felt worse.
Carver has been through a lot. Their mind has learned how to roll with the punches.
Carver's mind has been forced to adapt to the incredible amounts of stress that Carver operates under. It is well practiced at self regulation, and at this point is able to shrug off most unwelcome alien influences.
Carver's mind is their own, and no one will take that from them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
Mental Fortress
"The walls of the mind, have to be as strong as the walls of the castle."
The imagination of Arthur, going about his rightfull duty, makes him strong. It protects him from the evil witches and wizards trying to conquer his mind.
He was tortured for days, leaving his face disfigured. The torture hardened his mind, making it harder for evil forces to take it over. His training has made him the best of the best, no warrior is as mighty as he is.
While you went to the parties, I mastered the mind.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Been There, Done That: If you succeed a Mind resistance roll, subsequent attempts to use that same Gift or supernatural ability on you for the next day will fail.
- Reveal Yourself To Me: If you succeed on a Mind resistance roll, you understand who was targeting you and what the intended effect was.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfigured.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Delusions of Grandeur.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
Iron Resolve
"Unyielding in mind, unstoppable in spirit."
Grognar's eyes are steely, a faint, pulsating aura encircling his helm. When his mind shield activates, the helmet subtly glows, amplifying an aura of impenetrable mental fortitude.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Been There, Done That: If you succeed a Mind resistance roll, subsequent attempts to use that same Gift or supernatural ability on you for the next day will fail.
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
- All Brain No Brawn: You suffer a -2 dice penalty on Body resistance rolls.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Disfigured.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
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Helmet of the Mind
What's an "x-man?"
The mad scientist can craft steel helmets that protect their wearers from mental influence and attack.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +0 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
- Clash Of Wills: If you fail to fully resist an Effect, your Outcome is considered to be 0.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.