Purple, transparent colours glide from Justin's mouth, as he utters something in his defence (quite literally). The colour from these words wrap around himself, protecting and shielding him from any bullets and sharp blades. When an enemy strikes the barrier, they hear the sound of a Judge using his Gavel to strike his desk, as in to bring order to the courtroom.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. Roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around yourself, which absorbs the next Outcome +4 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
Jessica conjures a barrier forged from crystalline light, channeled through a lattice of microscopic high-frequency hologram emitters embedded in her skin. Upon being summoned, the structure forms in an instant—razor-thin, prismatic panes that shimmer with layered hues of deep blues, electric violets, and shifting tones not found in any spectrum chart, slowly becoming completely translucent until attacked or interfered with. As the field stabilizes, the light bends and refracts through engineered facets, creating a dynamic wall that dazzles the eye while concealing her movements behind a veil of kaleidoscopic distortion. The effect is mesmerizing, a fusion of precision technology and impossible energy—elegant, beautiful, and unnervingly perfect. It's not just a shield; it’s a statement of control, an engineered phenomenon that hints Jessica has learned not just to bend light, but to command the laws behind it.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Roll Intellect + Science at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a Barrier extending out 15 feet from yourself, which absorbs 2 times the next (Outcome +2) Damage. Only applies to attacks which originated outside the 15 foot radius, and protects anyone who is within that radius. You may choose to create a bubble barrier. If you do, no physical objects or entities can pass into your bubble until the barrier is broken, but you and the barrier cannot move. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
Any target that is or was under the protection of your Barrier in a given Round cannot take an Injury greater than Severity 6 that Round.
The hammer’s obsidian head glimmers with faint, glowing runes, casting a halo of golden light around it as Grognar activates it. Bystanders would see the runes pulse with power, a faint, crackling energy radiating from the hammer.
Spend an Action. Select a Animate target within arm's reach. Roll Brawn + Melee at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +4 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. This Artifact may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
The barrier will fall after two hours, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 1.
Autumn swiftly twists and flicks her wrist, sending twenty needles flying out of her wrist bracelet, masterfully catching them she proceeds to effortlessly twirl them between her thin elegant fingers while her lively eyes scan the immediate surroundings for any incoming blows, as soon as a strike is made she sends a needle flying towards it, hitting it at just the right angle to change the blow's trajectory allowing her to gracefully flutter out of the way.
"Don't wait for an opening, create it yourself - even a small deviation is enough to throw a wrench into most plans, especially when the plan is to strike an already moving target which is quite frankly rather rude to begin with."
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. You must use up a bandolier worth of needles in order to activate this Effect. Roll Dexterity + Athletics at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a Barrier extending out 15 feet from yourself, which absorbs 2 times the next (Outcome +4) Damage. Only applies to attacks which originated outside the 15 foot radius, and protects anyone who is within that radius. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
A purple ray gets shot Out of the biblical blaster and developing whoever it hits with a slight purple glow giving them divine protection for up to an hour
Eden works hard on finding a way to turn light into solid matter that can disperse damage and other harmful effects. This is his first attempt at it.
Spend an Action. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. Roll Intellect + Science at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +2 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. This Artifact may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
The barrier will fall after two hours, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Gift cannot have more than 3 Drawbacks, and its Gift Cost is capped at 1.
When Lucky Patch activates The Hex Ring, the air around him shimmers faintly, like a subtle heat haze rippling through the atmosphere. Thin, iridescent threads — resembling shimmering spider silk — ripple and pulse softly surrounding Lucky circle, visible only when they catch the light just right.
Enemies within the Hex Ring’s radius feel the invisible threads weighing down their actions. Guns sputter and jam mid-shot, grenades twitch and harmlessly fizzle, and spells crackle with unstable energy. To bystanders, the effect is mostly unseen, but they can clearly sense an unnatural heatwave radiating from Lucky Patch.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Roll Brawn + Alertness at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a Barrier extending out 15 feet from yourself, which absorbs 2 times the next (Outcome +4) Damage. Only applies to attacks which originated outside the 15 foot radius, and protects anyone who is within that radius. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
By focusing and whispering a prayer under their breath, the priest may invoke their god to protect those who have good works left to do.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action or Reaction. Select a Animate target within 20 feet. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is a living human. Roll a single d10, Difficulty 4. If you fail or botch, the Effect fails and you cannot activate it again for an hour. Roll Charisma + Occult at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, you create a barrier around your target, which absorbs the next Outcome +2 Damage. The Damage reduction from the barrier is applied before Armor. You may only have 1 active barrier at a time.
You must maintain Concentration while using this Effect. The barrier will fall if you are interrupted, or if it absorbs the full amount of Damage. When a barrier falls, you cannot use this Effect again for a minimum of 2 Rounds.
This Effect is not obvious, and the only sign you are using an Effect is you whispering a prayer under your breath. If someone suspects that an Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.