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Strength of the Jungle I must keep moving, for Chetming.
When this affect is activated, a beaming insignia of a banana appears on my left cheek.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
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
Unstoppable Monster
The Monster feels no pain.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are transformed.
Your Stress from Injuries is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Stress from Mind Damage.
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.
Unstoppable
"You think that hurt?"
Jack learned to push through most things that would otherwise slow him down and continues to push to accomplish his goal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body Penalty is reduced to 0. Does not reduce Mind Penalty.
Wondrous Determination
Push through the pain
No matter the injury or mental trauma, with the jewel glowing brightly at your throat, you can push through and act as normal. The jewel gets brighter and brighter the more severe the injury, as it channels the pain away and leaves you clear-headed.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using The Obsidian Amethyst to gain the benefits of this Effect.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0.
Embrace the Pain
Pain is weakness leaving the body
His muscles harden, his mustache stiffens, and a ambient light seems to coalesce around him, giving him a slight sparkle.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. 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.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
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.
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action. This Effect cannot be used unless severity 5+.
Your Stress from Injuries and Mind Damage is reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
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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.