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Devour
Target is consumed and digested
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Body at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see target is eaten.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
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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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Energy Transfer Gifts
Pinpoint Hex
"One prick and they're history"
For each prick there's another needle. You see the doll, it looks just like you! Ouch! You feel a little prick in your shoulder and you notice that she pricked the doll in that exact spot.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select two Sapient targets within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless Must Speak Haitian Creole. You must use up Pins in order to activate this Effect. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer between your two targets:
- Up to 2 points of Mind damage
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
Long live the new fresh
"This isn't a solo gig"
A sort of scoreboard appears above Philly showing his targets. As he performs, the scoreboard adjusts the buffs, debuffs, and life of the targets as Philly begins to manipulate their very essence with his music.
Philly's singing/rapping permeates the bodies and minds of everyone around him in a sort of ocean of music. If he focuses enough, Philly can even manipulate this ocean to his benefit.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within 80 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless Full Combo is active. You must actively and obviously use Microphone/Headset to activate this Effect. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Charisma Performance at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- Up to two points of Mind damage
- Three points of Source
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Offering to Thanatos
Some power costs blood. But it doesn't have to be mine
Len holds her scythe and rubs a finger along it. Mist swirls around and over it, and over the body on the brink of death before her.
Spectral hands reach out from the ground and take hold of the figure, then start ripping at them, pulling spectral bits of their body into the ground.
Mist swirls around Len's injuries, and her flesh and mind are rejuvenated.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless One Target is incapacitated by injuries, and killed by the use of this power. You must actively and obviously use Scythe firearm to activate this Effect. Your target may Resist to cancel the transfer.
You may choose one each of as many things as you like from the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Battle Scar without the accompanying Injury which caused it
- A single Trauma
- Up to two points of Mind damage
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see Spectral hands reach up from the ground taking the offered target tearing at them, and killing them.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Undulating Invasion
"Just a Taste..."
The Creature lashes out with its tendrils, latching onto an unsuspecting victim. In an instant, it’s grievous wounds begin to close, sucking the life from the victim like a terrible mosquito.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Brawn + Parasitic Applications at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see the victim's body being injected with writhing parasites that then emaciate the relevant body part, then get sucked back into UA-566, healing them.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Pestilence
Something from back home
Bugs will pour out of any injury that is being transferred and will burrow themselves into the receiver
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means. If you fail or Botch, you receive one Mind Damage and a new Trauma. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Mind at Difficulty 6 to use the effect on them. They can resist by rolling either Body or Mind at Difficulty 6, depending on what you are attempting to transfer to them.
You may choose one each of as many things as you like from the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Battle Scar without the accompanying Injury which caused it
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see bugs and insects crawl out of hte injurys and burrow themselves into the receiver.
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
- When narrating disturbing content, be cognizant of your group's tone and accommodating to those who would like to "fast forward" through the description.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
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Restore Balance
The universe always maintains a balance between vigor and decay; it does not care for any single individual.
The mystic channels and communes directly with another person's spirit, allowing the two of them to freely exchange both physical and mental wounds between each other.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. Your target may Resist to cancel the transfer.
You may choose a single instance of one of the following to transfer from your target to yourself, or from yourself to them:
- A single Trauma
- Up to two points of Mind damage
- A single Injury and any Battle Scars it caused
Whenever you transfer an Injury, it's Severity increases by 1. Whenever you transfer Mind damage or Traumas, the recipient takes an additional Mind damage.
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.
- Exhaustion penalties and duration stack. If you activate this Effect or another Effect with Exhaustion, your penalty will worsen, and the duration is increased by one hour.
- Does not apply to transfers made through the Forced Exchange enhancement.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.