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IRON SOUL (Passive)
When you would fill up your execution tag and gain an injury, you may roll 1d6. On a 4+, go to 1 stress under maximum instead and ignore any excess, then lose the use of this passive until you rest.
☆ AEGIS (Instant, Short)
When you or a visible ally in short range of you would mark stress from external harm, you can intervene by answering the following questions:
- Can you reach your target in time?
- Is there any part of the environment you can use to shield your target?
- Is your heart in this?
You create a flash tension force of incredible strength, blocking damage. For each ‘yes’ answer, roll 1d6. For every 2+ rolled reduce stress suffered by 1, and for every 6 rolled reduce it by 2. This could reduce stress suffered to 0.
After using this power, lose its use until you rest.
★ SEVERANCE (Instant, Short)
You can project a tension force of incredible strength over any edge, as obvious as a blade and as subtle as a fingernail, and use it as a cutting implement. Roll MENTAL to cut an object or opponent up to CAT size with a clean and decisive blow, only spending a burst on success.
- Gain +1D if you are striking to protect another person.
- Gain +1D against immobile objects or opponents.
★ OBLITERATION (Instant, CAT Distance, 1/Scene)
Remove a chunk of the living world from existence of a size up to you CAT within range. This completely erases light, heat, and organic matter as if it had never existed in the first place, Roll MENTAL for creative uses of this power. This may automatically kill mundane living beings if caught within its area of effect.
Gain or grant +1D to the next roll that takes advantage of this power.
★ BLAST (Universal)
Spend a mental burst and roll MENTAL to produce a weaponized form of concentrated psychic energy in melee or short range. The specific look and feel of this basic executioner skill varies between executioner. The strength of this blast scales with CAT.
When your executioner produces a blast, they might:
- Imbue a slash of a blade or a shot with a ranged weapon with psychic energy.
- Shoot an invisible ball of force from their fingers.
- Fire scathing lightning.
- Shoot a bead of frigid fire.
Unlike your mundane service weapons, blast is a superhuman weapon and therefore scales with CAT and doesn’t become hard by default when used against anomalies.