Nathan focuses on a reflective object, particularly its reflective nature, and pushes it out, molding it around him. The object loses its capability to reflect while all nearby reflections reflect a double overlaid on top of Nathan (though slightly blurred).
Any attacks that enter into this space are refracted back through many reflections that comprise Nathan's double and instead aim for the attacker.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Animate target within arm's reach. You must actively and obviously use a non-organic reflective object to activate this Effect. Roll Intellect + Occult at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome + 4 Damage. Half the damage absorbed is reflected back at the attacker, which they can Defend against as normal. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, 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.
Shane stands proud with his flag, telling a story to inspire a specific emotion in his listeners, always a fitting story at hand for the targeted state of mind
Exert your Mind and spend one minute. Select a number of Living targets equal to your Charisma within 45 feet as well as a specific emotion. You must actively and obviously use a Flag, Banner or Standard to activate this Effect. Roll Charisma + Culture at Difficulty 6. Affected targets can resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, for the next hour, affected targets will do things they otherwise wouldn’t have done, inspired by the chosen emotion. They will not necessarily display their emotions in an obvious way.
Actions they take will be in keeping with their character and the way they tend to deal with strong emotions. They will be unlikely to change their mind about any actions taken or decisions made until after the Effect ends.
Acting like a seed for a mundane crystal, the user holds an item significantly associated with their knowledge and experiences to themselves as they crystallize related ideas into physical form. These crystals visibly coalesce around the user while this is taking effect. While the possible candidates for a "principal memory" to serve as a seed are as varied as the experiences of the user, mementos of previous or current Contracts produce results much more readily.
While this does not impact any normal functionality of this "principal memory", any item used in such a way will appear slightly vitrified and translucent, and reflect light somewhat readily: this continues after all of the "vitrified memories" lose coherence from proximity or destruction. This appears to bring them to the level of a Contract-associated "principal memory".
Inspecting an individual "vitrified memory" from the cloud shows a reflection of some facet of the concept, often the user's personal memories of such. Appearing like anomalously-floating crystal glass from a distance, the varied reflections betray their status as solidified ideas with durability to match.
This application cannot subdivide beyond a single diffuse cloud, though can be shaped into rough forms while diffuse and temporarily fused into a solid glass object. When not explicitly structured, these tend to stay either generally diffuse or in an approximation of their contents: a "principal memory" associated with gardening would tend to floral motifs, for example. Those motifs are - more often than not - reflected in the form they would take when condensed to a single solid form.
Sufficient disruption of physical integrity or a lack of anchoring cognizance in proximity breaks the physical forms apart, returning them to pure memories that lack the spark to be given physical form for a while.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon the one and only Sapient cloud of vitrified memory at your location. They last until they move more than 150 feet from you or are destroyed They are controlled by you. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
The user outwardly looks normal when not in use. While actively utilizing the power, the body expands and contracts like rubber which can be quite jarring to witness.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Rubber. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted..
Your appendages can reach an additional 30 feet.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Stretch Punch/Kick attack without additional equipment.
The Severity of any Injury caused by Slashing is increased by 2.
The caster of this power appears to transform the affected area into clay. The area is mixed, causing intense pain in the recipient, but is remolded into it's original form. The area then appears to revert to it's original form, but is bleeding heavily.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Select a Battle Scar on your target to treat.
The treated Battle Scar heals as you finish activating this Effect.
Any Battle Scars you heal leave behind a Severity 2 Injury on your target that must heal naturally.
Film noir as a genre relies on grittiness, a hardboiled attitude and a willingness to overcome whatever adversity you're faced with. In response to a few failings from it's host, Frank's "benefactor" has begun to eat away at his mind, lessening the weight of various physical/mental burdens upon him.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
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Exert your Mind and spend eight hours. Select a Living or Animate target within arm's reach. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you cause a major Battle Scar instead of an augmentation. Your target must make a Trauma roll to reap the benefits of this Effect. They may choose to Resist the Effect and not make the roll. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Battle Scar and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
The augmentations you provide are not outwardly visible nor obvious.
Even in human form, the werewolf retains their incredible sense of smell. This helps them track their prey and learn where people and things have been.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.
The beastmaster puts their nose to the ground and sniffs about the area. Their feral nostrils tell them what sorts of creatures live in the area, and who lays claim to each region.
Exert your Mind and spend a minute. Investigate an area with a radius of up to 100 feet Can only be activated while you are in the wilderness. At the end of your investigation, roll Perception + Survival at Difficulty 6.
You learn the following information about the area:
You cannot investigate the same area more than once per day.
The Necromancer temporarily assumes the form of their own corpse, complete with maggots, spilled entrails, and exposed bone. They cannot move while transformed, but their empty eye sockets see as well as ever.
Exert your Mind and Spend an Action.
You transform into your own corpse for one minute. While transformed, you may control the functioning of the object you have transformed into. You can perceive your surroundings as normal. You can be targeted as a Non-Living, Sapient Object.
If you are damaged while transformed, the damage is realized when you return to normal. If you are damaged before you transform, your inanimate form will appear partially damaged.
You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.
The detective has trained their eyes to notice the smallest of details.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way.