The pin-stripe tie provides neural connection and ensures the mental/maschinal feedback loop on a non-verbal communication. Yuri set up as their owner but Alberto Bartolini as their instructor, so he keeps track of them most of the time.
Romanov Inc. tends to start mass production of Ai robots for the personal use. To teach and advance the first version of them Yuri and his housekeeper decided to train the bios of their prototype at home. Alfredo does the main part thats also why the robot is suited like a buttler.
He former was an Ai robot factory worker whithin one of the R Inc. science labs, which is part of a prototype programm. They first teached him assist the scientists there, now he assists Yuri and hopefully the software developement evolves up to a product for commercial use.
The Romanov Inc. black pin-stripe tie is not just a timeless piece of fashion, it is their attempt to combine modern security/convenience features, wireless communication and mans fashion in one product. This in addition to the extraordinary service the robots provide one may gets inflicted by a delusion to be one of the very best, one of the elite
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Sapient Alfredo Bertolini #4,5,6 at your location. They last until they are destroyed They are controlled by the GM, do not follow orders, and only act to prototype test programm - Weaponry- and Rocket Scientist went house-keeper/butler for Ai-mashine learning test programm. This Artifact may have at most 3 minions active at a time.
Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Delusion of Grandieur. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.
Jesper always carries a bag wich contains a variety of pills, powders, liquids and tools, just a little to take the edge off.
Brave enough to taste some...? Nevermind, it´s probably already in your drink
Exert your Mind (unless you win a coin flip) and spend an Action. Select a Living target within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless you target is concentrated or distracted. Roll Perception + Thievery 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 Delay trough more drugs, the tweakers cutlery or cold turkey assisted by Jesper.
Any Scars, Traumas, or Injuries caused by your symptoms cannot be healed until the underlying Condition is cured.
Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Fear the cops - Roll trauma in order to not directly run away from the cops if you realzie them approaching you. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Living target within 45 feet. Roll Brawn + Alertness Difficulty 6. The target may contest by rolling to Dodge or Defend as a Reaction, Difficulty 6.
If the Contested Outcome is positive, the target takes that much Damage plus 4.
A special selection of just the right tools packed away for those more Difficult times.
Exert your Mind and spend an hour. Select a Battle Scar on yourself to treat.
The treated Battle Scar heals as you finish activating this Effect. If used on a Battle Scar caused by an Unstabilized Injury, that Injury is Stabilized.
An object brandishing these neuron-like engravings infuses the wearer with a magical energy that let's them stay mentally active for 24 hours a day. The user can also decide to put themselves into a sleep-like full body stasis, making them independent from any need for resources, while keeping their mind awake.
If you want to study faster, 30% more waking hours are a very efficient way to do it.
These magical markings let the body synthesize an unknown chemical which keeps the glymphatic system active during waking hours, so body and mind are able to keep functioning without restriction.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You no longer require any sleep in order to survive. You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.
You may spend one minute entering a state of hibernation, during which you are inanimate and unaffected by any requirements for life. You may still perceive the outside world and may spend 3 Rounds ‘waking up’ to end it.
Activating this artifact causes the wielder to tear off the flesh and blood from the target and recipient and swaps them, as the flesh and blood settles into place with the new hosts.
Tormented from her curse of lycanthropy, Seraphine designed an artifact that she hoped could give away her curse and finally give her tormented soul freedom. Much to her frustration and relief, the curse would not leave her.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select two Sapient targets within arm's reach. If a target does not consent to the transfer, you must roll Brawn+Melee 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:
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation will almost certainly be disturbed to see flesh and ichor being forcefully ripped and placed onto the target with their flesh replacing the lost flesh from the caster.
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.
The mad scientist can craft steel helmets that protect their wearers from mental influence and attack.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +0 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
This device is a piece of chrome the size and shape of the back of a spoon. When placed against the skin, small hypodermic needles sprout from the device and attach it to the user's bloodstream. There, it filters and releases lifesaving drugs into the bloodstream, granting complete immunity from contracting new diseases and added resiliency in all other cases.
WARNING: The immunizing drugs have been shown to reduce inhibitions in test subjects.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +2 dice to any Body resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects: