This power represents a deepening of Marina's already deep metabolic transformation since the accident. It allows the her to sustain her body purely on Source energy, mimicking the adaptability of deep-sea creatures.
The user's skin develops a subtle, iridescent sheen. Their eyes appear slightly larger and more reflective, the lungs evolve to extract oxygen from both air and water with unprecedented efficiency. Internally, complex organ systems develop, synthesizing all necessary nutrients from this trait. The need for sleep, food, water, and even air becomes obsolete as the body draws sustenance directly from Source. However, this power comes with a drawback. The heightened sensitivity results in an extremely weak stomach, making the user susceptible to strong odors that can trigger intense nausea and disorientation.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You no longer require any food, water, sleep, or air in order to survive. Any roll to resist an Effect dependent on any affected requirement automatically succeeds.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Weak Stomach.
A dome like summons from the sky with a blood like texture incasing everyone in a giant dome with a radius of 20 feet. Strong winds start and a boiling blood blizzard starts. It will harm anything and anyone in the radius including allies.
Take a Severity-1 Injury and spend an Action.
You create a hemispherical dome of Boiling Blood blizzard in a blood dome originating at your Location, with a radius of 20 feet. and lasting for 5 minutes. The area inside your zone is affected in any number of the following ways:
You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: a red patch around my eye.
Rocky gives a sharp call, "We got work to do." As his words hang in the air, the rumble of an approaching garbage truck grows louder. It screeches to a halt in the background, its engines growling. The door swings open, and one by one, his crew steps out—tough, loyal, and ready for whatever dirty work lies ahead. Each of them wears the marks of their loyalty, and with Rocky leading the charge, they’re ready to handle the mess, no questions asked.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Sapient Mafioso at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 3 minions active at a time.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
Haerin stabs himself, the sword going into him and hitting something deep within his depths as if unlocking a door, and to that... He appears, from within the darkness. His hair, pale as the tundra, his eyes a deep black, and a venomous smile... Clad in simple cloth, with a simple blade along his side. A part of Haerin, freshly freed from the abyss, from his abyss, that moment, Baam, The Chaos Knight, appears.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you Your body rejects the soul division (Sev 4).
Summon the one and only Sapient Baam, The Chaos Knight at your location. They last until they 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.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
George grabs the hand of a wealthy businessman, stifling a cough. The next day the businessman is found dead covered in horrible lesions and boils that lead to his demise.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Roll Intellect + Medicine at Difficulty 6. Your target may resist by rolling Body at Difficulty 8.
If you succeed, the target is afflicted with a Condition that causes one of the following symptoms:
The affliction is not treatable by modern medicine. It may be diagnosed by rolling Intellect + Medicine at Difficulty 6, and can be cured by Target must put leeches on their wounds.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is when George stifles a cough. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
Mason is more than a builder—he’s a walking colossus, a Giant whose strength and skill come from the same source. With each project, his body and craft become one, channeling raw power into every strike of his hammer. Born to shape the world, Mason’s massive frame and ironclad will let him stand firm against the dangers of the West. When violence finds him, the tools of his trade become weapons of destruction. Opponents find themselves facing not just a builder, but a living fortress, one whose creations will stand long after they’ve fallen.
You gain the following benefits as long as Hammers and you are engaged in combat with melee weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls with melee weapons. You may Defend against firearm attacks from any range using melee weapons.
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.
Be amazed as the magician wields a deck of simple playing cards with all the poise and precision of a ninja's shurikens. Fear not, for they will not hit you, unless they want to.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with playing cards.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing playing cards.
You also gain the following effects:
The psychic can reach into another's' mind and pilfer their deepest memories. Doing so causes the psychic's nose to bleed and is exceptionally draining.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Living, Animate target within 25 feet. You must maintain Concentration while the effect is active. Roll Intellect + Investigation at Difficulty 6. The target may resist by rolling Mind at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you are able to view your target's memories. If you fail, the target knows you're attempting to read their memories.
You may ask a number of specific questions about their memory equal to your Contested Outcome. For example, “what is their computer password,” “What were they doing at 4:00PM yesterday,” etc. You cannot get answers to broad, analytical questions like “are they a good person?” or “what are their plans for the future?”
Each memory takes as long to read as it takes to answer the question. When replaying a full memory, it is replayed in double time.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is your nose bleeding. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
After this Effect ends, you cannot move quicker than a walk (15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
The vampire sucks a copious amount of blood from a human and replenishes their own cursed flesh.
Exert your Mind and spend 1 minute. This Effect cannot be used unless you drink blood directly from a human until it injures them. Choose a specific Injury on yourself that has not yet been treated with this Effect and roll Brawn + Occult at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain.
If your Outcome is greater than the Severity of the Injury you were attempting to treat, you may apply any excess Outcome to other Injuries on yourself.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see you drink blood directly from the vein.
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: