Artifact Material - Jade
Jul 28, 2019 19:41:35 GMT -6
Post by Traskus on Jul 28, 2019 19:41:35 GMT -6
Jade, or as some like to call it "exaltbane", is a rare stone found in the fault lines of volcanically active worlds. Exalts fear it, for it drains them of power. An Exalt that gets too close to unrefined jade becomes weaker over time. The stronger the exalt, the more pronounced this effect. One solar was incapacitated for weeks after being exposed only for a short time. Apart from its anti-exalt abilities, jade is prized for its beauty and industrial capacity. It has a high energy storage capacity and has been used to fuel airships and power high-speed magnetic trains.
Mundanes have no immediate adverse reaction to jade (though I wouldn't recommend eating it), and use jade as treatment for acne, boredom, kidney failure, energy, ring-around-the-collar, and more. I didn't say it works.
Special: Unrefined/raw jade is dangerous to Exalts. Any Exalt within 3m of exposed raw jade (a weapon, armor, or cybernetic arms or legs, but not special ammunition or a bionic heart) lose 1 resource point per turn and has their power stat reduced by 1 until they exit the area of effect. An individual decides if they want their jade item to be raw or refined when obtaining it.
Melee Weapon: Targets hit by this weapon lose 1 resource point per hit.
Ranged Weapon: Targets hit by this weapon cannot spend resource points until your next turn.
Ammunition: Targets hit by this ammunition lose 1 resource point per hit.
Armor: You may spend resource points to reduce the number of wounds taken from an attack by 1 per resource point.
Bionic Arm: If in control of a grapple, you may spend resource points to reduce the number of resource points the target has by an equal amount.
Bionic Locomotion: Reduce your initiative by your power stat. Increase your speed by your power stat+3.
Bionic Heart: Okay first of all, why. You do not register as an Exalt. Your power stat is treated as 1 lower for referential purposes. Your Exaltation does not alter your appearance or provide a tell unless those things have mechanical effects (ex. a Dragonblooded's aura or a Werewolf's shifting).
Promethean Asset: Whenever you spend Pyros during a turn (even if just to use this, but that's a waste), anybody engaged in melee with you or that you have hit with an attack during your turn cannot spend resource points until your next turn.
Prometheans with this asset may also spend a Pyros to use their reactor as a magic ranged weapon with the following profile: Energy Blast: XkY E damage, pen X+Y, S/-, range 20m
X = Your Generation
Y = The target's power stat. Y is equal to X/2 rounded up if the target is not an exalt or their power stat is lower than the value.
