Nyx Shroud

Hindrances

• Vow (Major): Sworn to dismantle the Obsidian Conclave cell by cell; will abandon any contract to pursue a Conclave lead, no matter the cost.
• Wanted (Minor): The Conclave has flagged his bone-glyph signature; kill-teams carrying nullification brands hunt him across three cities.
• Death Wish (Minor): Accepts his war against the Conclave ends with his own death; takes terminal risks that unnerve even hardened allies.

• Invisibility(11 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Sustained
  -4 to Notice and direct attacks; halved if the character does something obvious (e.g. stands in rain). Power Down if concentration lost; Permanent (-2 mod) makes always-on.
  Trapping: Shadow-stuff bleeding from bone-glyph scars, swallowing light and sound
  Modifiers: True Invisibility; Mobile
• Melee Attack(12 PP)
  Damage: Str+3d6•Range: Touch•Duration: Instant
  Trapping: Razor-edged shadow tendrils erupting from carved forearm glyphs
  Modifiers: Claws; Charge: +1d6 damage when charging
• Super Skill (Stealth)Level 7(7 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Permanent
  +7 die steps.
  Trapping: Bone-glyphs dampen his presence, bending darkness around each step
• Intangibility(4 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Sustained•Activation: Focus d6
  Pass through barriers. Physical attacks cannot affect you or be made while intangible. Energy Power Types, including Mental and Magic, work in both directions. Carried items stop working; carried beings drop. Become intangible as an action, tangible as a free action. Powers Down on loss of concentration. At contact: oppose Focus with Athletics or Vigor; inflict one Wound, two on a raise. Critical Failure wounds you instead.
  Trapping: Body dissolves into living shadow, seeping through walls and grates
  Modifiers: Requires Activation: Focus roll as an action; Powers Down on loss of concentration
• Heightened SensesLevel 3(6 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Permanent
  Hearing: Hear a whisper up to a mile away when listening for it; +2 to hearing-based Notice. Infravision: See heat sources; halve darkness penalties against heat signatures. With Low Light Vision, ignore all illumination penalties. Low Light Vision: Ignore Dim and Dark illumination penalties, but not Pitch Darkness. With Infravision, ignore all illumination penalties.
  Trapping: Glyph-etched optic nerves read thermal signatures and shadow gradients
  Modifiers: Infravision; Low Light Vision; Hearing
• Uncanny Reflexes(3 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Permanent
  Ignore the usual -2 on Evasion. Area attacks that normally forbid Evasion allow an attempt at -2. Reduce the Athletics penalty to return grenades by 2.
  Trapping: Shadow-bonded nervous system fires faster than conscious thought
• Dodge(2 PP)
  Range: Self•Duration: Permanent
  −2 to be hit by ranged attacks.
  Trapping: Afterimage flickers where he stood a half-second ago