Viewing Effect - Armor
Protect from physical harm
Description
You have some form of protection from physical harm that always protects you.
System
You have [[armor]] Armor, which reduces incoming damage from physical attacks. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. Passive, always in effect.
Enhancements
- Thorns (When you take damage from a source which is within 5 feet, deal back damage equal to half your Armor rating, rounded up.)
- Specialized (Your Armor only defends against a single, narrowly defined, type of damage, but it does it exceptionally well, granting you +2 armor above the rating of the [[armor]] Parameter.)
- Example classes of damage include: Bullets, Hand-to-hand attacks, edged weapons, blunt weapons, attacks from a range greater than 150 feet, heat-based damage, electrical damage, etc.
- Spectral Plate (Your Armor protects you against Injury from non-physical sources as well.)
- Hardened Thoughts (Your Armor applies to Mind damage, reducing each instance to a minimum of 1.)
- Defensive Curl (You may Exert yourself and spend your Action defending to double your armor rating for the Round. May be performed as a Reaction.)
- Concealed (This Power is not obvious. Bystanders must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 7 to determine the Power's Source and Target. You must still exhibit some tell that you are using it such as a small gesture, an intense stare, or a bloody nose.)
- As per the standard rules, a complete success (Outcome of at least 4) is required to determine the source and target flawlessly. Lower outcomes may result in partial successes.
Drawbacks
- Focus (Activating this Power requires a specific kind of item.)
- Subject to GM approval.
- Conditional (Only usable when a certain condition is met. This condition must be severe enough that the Power is unusable the majority of the time.)
- Condition must be significant. Subject to GM approval.
- Achilles Heel (Your armor does not apply to a specific type of material or attack)
- Must be thematically appropriate (silver for werewolf, etc) and readily accessible (no kryptonite!)
- Unique Focus (This Power takes the form of a specific, unique item, which can be borrowed, lost, or stolen.)
- Active (This Power is no longer passive. Spend an Action and Exert your Mind to activate it for one hour.)
- Bulky (Physical actions are at a -2 dice penalty when this Power is active.)
- Maddening (Possession of this Power causes a Trauma that cannot be cured by any means. The chosen Trauma must be particularly dangerous and/or restrictive.)
- This Trauma should require a Mind roll to avoid serious issues and loss of Character control. For example, "you must roll Mind to surface from any body of water," or "you must roll Mind to avoid jumping into fire when you see it," or "you cannot trust your life to someone else without rolling Mind." etc.
- Recharging Shield (Every time your Armor prevents damage, its rating in the Armor parameter is temporarily decreased by 1. Your rating in the Armor Parameter is restored if the shield does not prevent damage for two rounds.)
- Recharging requires no Action or committed dice. While your shield is recharging, it does not provide protection. Your shield cannot prevent damage while it is fully depleted.
- Fuel (Using this Power consumes some material good in addition to its other costs.)
- The unit of material consumed per activation must be specified at power creation time. For example, "A quart of gasoline," or "a head's worth of human hair" etc. The amount should be proportionate to the difficulty to access the material. For instance, something you can get in town (gasoline, ink) should require a half gallon per activation, something abundant like water should require at least a gallon, something rare like mercury should require a cup or so.
- Monstrous (This Power causes a mutation that elicits a strong, negative social response from the average person in your Cell's setting. The mutation is ALWAYS present and visible even if you are wearing long sleeves, pants, and shoes. Maximum one per Contractor)
- This mutation is ALWAYS present, even when the Power is not being used, and ALWAYS extreme and difficult to conceal. This mutation may complicate social situations at the GMs discretion. Maximum of one Power with the Monstrous Drawback per Contractor.
Parameter - Armor
Default Level: 2
Seasoned Threshold: 4
Veteran Threshold: 5
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Example Powers
Patriotic Sanctuary - 1 Gift Armor Power
There's a certain strength that comes from displaying the flag of one's country. As long as the Soldier holding their country's flag or wearing something emblazoned with it, they are less likely to be injured in battle.
You have 2 Armor, which reduces incoming damage from physical attacks. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. Passive, always in effect.
- Concealed: This Power is not obvious. Bystanders must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 7 to determine the Power's Source and Target. You must still exhibit some tell that you are using it such as a small gesture, an intense stare, or a bloody nose.
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Focus: Activating this Power requires a specific kind of item.
- Object: Clothes or a uniform that displays the flag of your country
Personal Shield Generator - 1 Gift Armor Power
Standard issue in the Future Soldier's home time, the Personal Shield Generator (PSG) projects a protective energy barrier around the body. It absorbs damage far better than traditional armor, but its battery is quickly drained. When depleted, the PSG must spend a few seconds recharging.
The device itself is an unremarkable metal hexagon that is worn on the belt. When struck, the normally-invisible field of the PSG flashes, revealing a bright yellow honey-comb pattern encasing the body.
When wearing the PSG, subtract 4 from damage dealt to you by physical attacks, down to a minimum of 0 damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack.
This is a unique item that may be lost or stolen.
- Unpiercable: Your armor may reduce incoming damage to 0 instead of the standard minimum of 1.
- Unique Focus: This Power takes the form of a specific, unique item, which can be borrowed, lost, or stolen.
- Recharging Shield: Every time your Armor prevents damage, its rating in the Armor parameter is temporarily decreased by 1. Your rating in the Armor Parameter is restored if the shield does not prevent damage for two rounds.
- Focus: Activating this Power requires a specific kind of item.
Make it an implant by removing the Focus and Unique Focus Drawbacks.
Plot Armor - 1 Gift Armor Power
Unimportant character just can't seem to hit our hero with their attacks. Injuries that are sustained from underlings are conveniently non-severe.
Subtract 2 from damage dealt to you by physical attacks, down to a minimum of 1 damage. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. Passive, always in effect. Only protects against attacks from non-major characters.
- Concealed: This Power is not obvious. Bystanders must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 7 to determine the Power's Source and Target. You must still exhibit some tell that you are using it such as a small gesture, an intense stare, or a bloody nose.
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Conditional: Only usable when a certain condition is met. This condition must be severe enough that the Power is unusable the majority of the time.
- Condition: Attacker must be a henchman minion underling beast or lesser creature.
Armor of Faith - 1 Gift Armor Power
The Lord protects The Priest from evil. They are bathed in a glowing golden aura of Faith, marking them as one of the Lord's servants to any with knowledge of such things. Any attacks are slowed by their aura of Faith, often failing to reach them at all. Should one of their attacks make it through, the act of coming so close to a holy man hurts them just as much.
As long as you are holding your gilded cross, you have an Armor rating of 2. Armor from multiple sources does not stack. Passive, always in effect. Any attacker within 5 feet takes damage equal to half your Armor rating, rounded up.
- Thorns: When you take damage from a source which is within 5 feet, deal back damage equal to half your Armor rating, rounded up.
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Focus: Activating this Power requires a specific kind of item.
- Object: Ornate gilded cross