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Ringer's willpower
dude is locked in
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Grit Gifts
Inner Focus
Through years of training, Dovah is able to focus on the task at hand, regardless of Pain, Stress, or hardships.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Comfort in the Dark
There is nothing to fear but You.
How can you hurt the Dark? When you are wounded the Shadows will reinforce you the same way they empower you. Darkness creeps in from behind wherever you are being perceived.
You gain the following benefits as long as a majority of your body is not touched by bright light.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Bulgarian Will
No time to bend your knee, friend
Nothing is observed, just the pure raw perseverance of an eastern European Balkan male.
The hardened environment that Dimitry has grown up in for 26 years of his life has taken a toll both on himself and his body, and therefore he has learned to endure and survive that which may normally break the average man. The Balkan blood that runs through his veins is that of steel, and his will is iron.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Living ice
"you've got ice in your veins..."
The constant channeling of ice spirits has permanently changed Angus' body. His body feels constantly sub-zero and he has become numb to physical trauma. Angus' veins have become partially frozen as a result, although no ill effects come from this. His brain is chilled slowing his perception of time slightly and granting him clarity at all times. As his affinity with ice increases, the more the spirits take... so far? just his ring finger on his left hand, But its getting worse.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Missing fingers.
Back in my Day
"The body and mind can never truly forget"
Ever since Spectre was a child, he had to undergo hellish training that both broke down not only his body but his mind, only for it to be rebuilt stronger than before. However, the quaint and relatively boring life he had relegated himself to in the aftermath of his wife's passing seemed to have suppressed the trials and tribulations that Spectre had endured, with each Contract that he accepts, the fruits of his past labors begin to resurface once again.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
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Grit Gifts
Stop Whining
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.