Ebb: Gore Cannon

Haha, fuck you. I wish I could have this. (Bad taste, curdle milk, etc.)

Create Gore Cannon (One only). This ability is bestowed upon the Necanthrope on coming out of the white. It gives them the ability and knowledge to create their own Gore Cannon and costs no FLUX Free Ability: Bad taste, curdle milk etc.

DMG: 10, PEN: n/a, range: 25m, Cost: 2 FLUX, No Armor Save. Damage is taken by first living thing. DeathSuit counts as living.

Paralyzing sting, DMG: Stun for 3 rounds, PEN: 6, range: touch, Cost: 3 FLUX. This ability allows the Necanthrope to craft a strong, needle sharp quill in the Gore Cannon that has a poison tip which carries a paralyzing fluid. If a target is successfully struck by the quill which requires a successful Unarmed Combat attack roll from the Necanthrope, they are stunned and paralyzed for 3 rounds. This skill costs three FLUX.

Fear roll at a rating of 4, range: 10m, Cost: 4 FLUX. This is the first of the mind altering attacks that a Gore Cannon can perform. By manipulating the psycho-reactive matter with the Necanthropes mind, it changes state from a semi-solid projectile that is used in Flesh Friction to a more liquid form that is negatively charged with the thoughts of the Necanthrope. When this is fired at a target, it goes through any armor. The person hit by the blast must make a successful COOL roll at a -4 or be stunned for 3 rounds. This skill costs 4 FLUX.

COOL roll or lose 1 COOL/5 FLUX spent by Necanthrope, effects last for 24 hours, range: 10m. This ability may or may not effect the target immediately. It is a direct attack on the mind of the target giving them a mind altering charge which affects their calm and composure. The Necanthrope does this in the same way as 'Intrusion' but can regulate the severity of the attack by charging the Gore Cannon with more FLUX. The person that has been attacked will lose (temporarily) points from their COOL statistic making them an easy target for other psychological attacks. COOL is lost at a rate of 1 COOL per 5 FLUX points spent by the Necanthrope. The range of the attack is 10m and effects last for 24 hours.

DMG: 15, PEN: n/a, range: 25m. Cost 5 FLUX, No Armor Save. Damage is taken by first living thing. DeathSuit counts as living. This is a stronger version of the Rank 2 skill. It allows the Necanthrope to manipulate the psycho-reactive Ebb matter generator of the Gore Cannon to fire a 'Gore Blast' of the 'ooze'. Flesh Friction does 15 points of damage to the first living thing that it comes in contact with and has a range of 25m.

Paralyzing sting, DMG: stunned for 5 rounds, PEN: 8, range: 20m, Cost 7 FLUX. The quills that the Gore Cannon produce at this rank are very tough and razor sharp. The Gore Cannon also has the ability to fire (spit) these quills at an enemy up to a range of 20m. The quills have PEN of 8 and paralyze their victim for 6 rounds with no save. This skill costs 7 FLUX.

Fear roll at a rating of 6, range: 25m, Cost 8 FLUX. A more powerful version of Intrusion 1. This is an absolute nightmare for the person with the misfortune to be attacked by it. This attack requires the victim to make a COOL roll at a -6 or they will be stunned (in a state of shock) for 5 rounds. The victim will also have nightmares for the next 4 days after this horrific attack, the severity of which is at the Games Master's discretion. The cost for this skill is 8 FLUX.

COOL roll or lose 1 COOL/5 FLUX spent by Necanthrope, effects last for 4 days, range: 20m. The effects of this form of Psychovirus are devastating. This is a direct attack on the mind of the target giving them a mind altering charge which affects their calm and composure. The victim of the attack will lose COOL points temporarily and be left a mental wreck for days making them an easy target for other psychological attacks. The cost for this skill is 5 FLUX per COOL point lost but the range increases to 20m and the effects last for 4 days.

DMG: 20, PEN: n/a, range: 25m, Cost 9 FLUX, No Armor Save. Damage is taken by first living thing. DeathSuit counts as living. This ability can literally rip people apart with the Gore Blast it creates. 20 points of damage is done to the first living thing that the blast comes in contact with. The blast range is 25m. The cost of this skill is 10 FLUX.

Gore Cannon Awakens. The Gore Cannon, like the DeathSuit, now forms a permanent link with its owner. The Necanthrope can manipulate the physical form of the Gore Cannon to such a degree that it becomes 'alive'. The Gore Cannon must be changed at this level and cannot be altered after passing. The Gore Cannon, although it has its own intelligence and can move perfectly well without its owner, must always obey its master no matter what. The Gore Cannon now has its own stats, skills and move rates and is controlled by the P.C. The following are the costs on how to create a Sentient Cannon: (Core Rulebook, p.220).

Gore Cannon hidden under skin, small physical trace still visible. (Ebb Gore on hand and lower arm.) Cost: 12 FLUX. The Gore Cannon can now interdermalise like the DeathSuit and can be hidden under the skin. This skill costs 13 FLUX to interdermalise but no FLUX to bring it back out. Only a small physical trace of the Cannon can still be seen on the forearm and hand.

DMG: 25, PEN: n/a, range: 40m,Cost: 13FLUX, No Armor Save. Damage is taken by first living thing. DeathSuit counts as living. This ability is a much stronger version of the Flesh Friction 3 skill and can rip people apart with the Gore Blast it creates. The damage has been increased to 25 points which is done to the first living thing that the blast comes in contact with. The blast range is now 40m. The cost of this skill is 13 FLUX.

Poison sting, DMG: -1 to STR or DEX (Necanthrope chooses) permanent. PEN: 15, range: 30m, Cost: 14 FLUX. The quills that the Gore Cannon now produces at this rank are very special and have a muscle wasting poison impregnated into them that destroys the muscle tissue. The Gore Cannon also has the ability to fire (spit) these quills at an enemy up to a range of 30m. The poison causes a -1 to the victim's STR or DEX (the Necanthrope chooses) and this loss is permanent. The PEN of these quills is now increased to 15 and the cost is 14 FLUX.

Drain blood, Cost: 30 FLUX, range: touch. (Requires successful unarmed combat roll, every round.) PEN: 15, DMG: 5 hits/ round till target is dead. (Zero total hits.) This is a rather horrific ability which looks as bad as it sounds. The Necanthrope places the tendril-like claws of the Gore Cannon into the victim and sucks the blood out of the body using it to feed itself, meanwhile killing the person that has been attacked. This requires a successful Unarmed Combat roll by the Necanthrope followed by a succession of rolls to stay in contact and drain the victim. The cost for this skill is 15 FLUX and the penetration of the attack is 15. The damage is the target's total hits divided by 8. This is the number of hits taken in damage per round.

Lose 1 COOL/5 FLUX permanent, range: 40m. This is a permanent version of the Psychovirus skill where the subject will lose 1 COOL per 5 FLUX from a blast from the Gore Cannon which leaves the victim a mental wreck and open to other psychological attacks. The range of the attack is 40m.

Rage, COOL roll -1/5 FLUX spent, DMG: +1 rank Psychosis/5 FLUX, range: touch. This is a mind manipulation version of the standard Psychovirus. It creates a certain madness in the target instead of COOL loss. This can lead to people becoming completely insane. The victim receives a +1 Rank of Psychosis per 5 FLUX spent by the Necanthrope. The target does not receive any bonus points (as in Advantages and Disadvantages) for the ranks of Psychosis that they receive. *Note*: If a character reaches Rank 10 Psychosis, they are completely insane and no longer playable as P.C.'s so they must be handed over to the Games Master.

Drain Ebon FLUX, cost 5 FLUX, range: touch, requires successful unarmed combat every round, DMG: -5 FLUX till 1) No FLUX left to drain or 2) Gore Cannon is full. -This skill is almost identical to the first Drain ability. Instead of sucking blood from the victim, this skill allows the Necanthrope to suck FLUX from the character. The Necanthrope must make a successful Unarmed Combat roll to be able to touch the opponent and they must make further Unarmed Combat rolls to maintain contact with the victim. This skill costs 5 FLUX to perform and the victim loses FLUX at a rate of 5 FLUX per round until all FLUX is drained from both the Ebon victim and their DeathSuit, until contact is broken or the Gore Cannon is full

Psychotoxin, cost: 10 FLUX/DMG rank. One DMG rank = -1 STR, -1 DEX, + 1 Rank Psychosis, range: 50m, PEN: 16. The 'Psychotoxin' that is produced from the quills at this level is lethal attacking both the victim's mind and body. The quills can be fired from a range of 50m and have a PEN of 16. The potency of the toxin is directly controlled by the Necanthrope and is measured in damage ranks. One damage rank does -1 to the STR and DEX plus 1 Rank of Psychosis. This costs 10 FLUX/ damage rank to perform up to a maximum of 10 damage ranks.

Red Rain - Fear Roll at a rating of 15 & nightmares for 2 weeks. 'Red Rain' is the most terrifying experience that can befall anyone who is unlucky enough to get caught in a 'shower' of this syrupy red liquid. This skill costs the Necanthrope 20 FLUX to perform and appears as a spectacular large dark cloud which forms in the sky emitted from the Gore Cannon. It covers an area of 50m squared which then proceeds to rain down on the people unprotected by cover. The easiest way to combat this attack is to be in cover, for example, an umbrella or under a bridge, but for barren areas and wasteland, this skill is perfect. If the rain touches a character's skin, the substance permeates into the bloodstream which travels to the brain and taps into the darkest memories of the victim and amplifies them to such a degree that they experience 'flashbacks' of such horrific proportions that they are reduced to shivering wrecks that can perform no actions apart from whimper in a comer until the rain stops or they go into cover. The rain continues for the Necanthrope' s CONC in minutes but any victims caught in the shower even for a few seconds will continue to have nightmares for a further two weeks, the severity of which is up to the Games Master.