your muscles begin to swell in strength
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Brawn rating is increased by 1. 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).
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: large scar on the left arm.
You also gain the following effects:
Verso’s armor is a reinforced engineer’s coat crafted from layered ballistic nylon and brass-infused Kevlar, its seams stitched with nearly invisible titanium thread. The cursed pocket watch is discreetly mounted inside the left breast pocket, its chain woven into the coat’s lining like a vascular system. At a glance, it resembles a rugged workman’s jacket—grease-stained, patched, and unremarkable.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You have 4, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except Lighting Damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
No matter what Haerin does, if he is holding a sword, his body never ceases, like a puppet, to continue the play, the body will rise unnaturally and painfully, and no matter what, in that moment, that faint glimmer of rage in his eyes keeps him going.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
Stress from Injuries acts as a dice bonus instead of penalty.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
Any dice penalty from Exposure or being stunned, diseased, sleepy, dizzy, sick, distracted, or similar is reduced to zero. Does not affect penalties from Effects you activated.
The point where the Vein and their host's body meet is seamless; living metal fibres cover and bond, alien eyes open across to flesh, and the distinction between the symbiotes becomes less clear.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Vein to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: metal fibres cover your body, stretching out from Vein's point of contact. Twenty-two of these fibres split like knots in wood, into functional eyes shared between you, and Vein. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living being when targeted. Your Charisma is increased by 1.
No single organ in your body is critical for life. Called Shots do no additional Damage to you. You may perceive the world through separated body parts, take Actions with them, and reattach them by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.
While in a vacuum, heat, cold, pressure, radiation, and other native hazards do not affect you. Dangerous local flora and fauna will not bother you unless you give them a reason.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
Your body provides you with the functionality of live-feed cameras. If used to attack, these "tools" use the same stats as a small knife.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Split Vision.
The Severity of any Injury caused by unalloyed metal is increased by 2.
The Magpie radio lets out a loud static as it begins to offload the overloaded information.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
Nia has a vaguely humanoid body structure with a round, spherical head and circular, glowing yellow eyes. She also has two long, twisted antennae sprouting out of the top of her head. Each of her hands has three clawed fingers, and her feet are large, lacking any discernible digits. With the exception of her eyes, her body is completely black. Floating slightly above her head is a small golden crown.
Queen is the copied consciousness of a player living inside of Nia's mind granting her consciousness. (Nia dislikes this greatly)
-Murder
-Atrocities
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: Heartless (shadow kh1). You are considered to be a Sapient, Non-Living being when targeted..
No single organ in your body is critical for life. Called Shots do no additional Damage to you. You may perceive the world through separated body parts, take Actions with them, and reattach them by spending an Action and Exerting your Mind.
Your Injuries no longer degrade with time. You do not age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You can squeeze through any cracks and passageways a cat would be able to.
You may make a +2 Weapon Damage Shadow Claws attack without additional equipment.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Split Mind: If ever Nia would like to take an action that would violate one of Queen's limits (see extended description), they must roll self control. Failing this roll doesn't proc the mind damage/traumas of normal limits and Split Mind: Second stack.
You cannot be mistaken for a normal human. You cannot always use standard human clothes, equipment, vehicles, and facilities, and when you can, you suffer an increased Difficulty.
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.
Most severe injuries occur far from a facility that could treat them, and in the fetid muck of the battlefield even minor wounds may be a death sentence. Luckily the soldier is well-trained in the use of their standard-issue medical kit. They may stabilize even the most severe injuries with a little gauze and some no-anesthetic stitching. Furthermore, the treated wounds of their comrades never get infected.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using a standard issue military medical kit to gain the benefits of this Effect.
All Stabilizations you attempt are considered Proper Stabilizations.
You also gain the following effects:
The mutant has left humanity behind. They're are muted to the core, with glowing blue blood and a hunched posture that makes them more suited for running on all fours than using equipment and vehicles.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You are permanently and visibly transformed: you have blue, bioluminescent blood and a hunched posture adapted to running on all fours. You are considered to be a Sapient, Living Creature when targeted. Your Dexterity is increased by 1.
Your body is adapted to sprinting. You receive +3 dice on non-attack rolls related to sprinting.
Any Animate being that consumes or is injected with your bodily fluids receives a Severity-1 Injury. Every Round, they must roll Body Difficulty 9. If they fail, the Injury worsens by 1 Severity. If they succeed, the Injury stops worsening.
You cannot be mistaken for a normal human. You cannot always use standard human clothes, equipment, vehicles, and facilities, and when you can, you suffer an increased Difficulty.
You cannot ignore or decrease the effects of Stress for any Self-Control rolls you make.
It's true the mad scientist is one of the greatest minds of our generation, that they can solve any puzzle or riddle. However, no one wants to spend time with them.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Intellect rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Intellect (Cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).
You also gain the following effects:
While transformed, the werewolf's toughened hide provides protection from all manner of attacks, except silver.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are in werewolf form.
You have 4, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except silver. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. This Armor cannot be circumvented with Called Shots.
Any Injury received from Damage that was reduced by this Armor is considered Makeshift Stabilized and will not degrade further, and any Battle Scar caused by them is reduced by 1 level. You may attempt a single Proper Stabilization on such Injuries.