Path of Pain

The Pain Path Skill allows the character to cast Pain Magic. This magical path focuses on inflicting physical and mental anguish. The first purchase of the Pain Path Skill provides a +2 to damage calls. Subsequent purchases of this skill provide an additional +1 bonus to Pain Magic at each purchase; the Pain Path Skill may be purchased multiple times. All magic Skill Paths apply bonuses from the Intelligence stat as well as the appropriate path skill. For every purchase of this skill, the player may select a Feat from the following list. Signature Call: Pain or Magic 

Agony

Type: Magical

Target: Self, Other

Duration: Instant

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to temporarily stun and disarm a target. The target must drop any items held in their hands and fall down (safely) or go down to one knee. The target must act agonized for 3 seconds and is unable to attack or move at a pace faster than a walk during that time.

Signature Call: Agony

Banish

Type: Magical

Target: Self, Other

Duration: 10 Minutes

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to send the target into a personal dimension of chaos. The target is tortured for 10 minutes, and then released at the nearest chaos portal. Players are considered OOG for those 10 minutes.

Note: This personal hell is always your character’s worst nightmare, not just pain. You never get used to it – it’s as bad the tenth time as the first.

Signature Call: Banish

Control Emotion

Type: Magical, Thought Altering

Target: Self, Other

Duration: 10 Minutes

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to influence the emotional state of a single target. The target is unaware of the fact that their emotions have been tampered, as is everyone else. While this Feat does affect the emotions of a target, it does not control their thoughts or actions, and the target will behave as their personality and background dictate. These must be emotions and cannot be Anger, Fear, Surprise, Disgust, Sad, or Happy, or Love. Please refer to the two outer rings in the image to the right for a list of valid emotions.

If this feat is delivered by touch, it is undetectable and thus un-counterable.

Note: In keeping with Nexus Unbound’s rules, this Feat cannot act as a ‘love’ or ‘lust’ potion – you cannot force the target to feel sexual in any way.
Signature Call: Control Emotion 

Fear

Type: Magical, Thought Altering

Target: Self, Other

Duration: 10 Minutes

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to instill fear in a single target for 10 Minutes. The target will initially run in fear at the sight of the character, out to 30′ distance or until the character is out of sight. After the initial effect, the target will be afraid and unable to attack or approach the character.

If this feat is delivered by touch, it is undetectable and thus un-counterable.

Signature Call: Fear

Empowered Feat

Type: Magical

Target: Self

Duration: Instant

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to imbue their next normal damage call related to this Path Skill with greater power. The character multiplies their basic damage call by ten.

Signature Call: Empowered

Obsession

Type: Magical, Thought Altering

Target: Self, Other

Duration: 10 Minutes

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to cause a single target to become obsessed with whatever they are currently doing for 10 Minutes.

If this feat is delivered by touch, it is undetectable and thus un-counterable.

Signature Call: Obsession

Power Boost

Type: Magical

Target: Self Only

Duration: 30 Minutes

Delivery: Touch

This Feat allows the character to increase their basic damage call related to this Path by 5 points for ½ hour. The character may choose to use Power Boost separately or may stack multiple uses to provide a larger bonus.

No more than three Power Boosts can affect a single Path simultaneously.

Signature Call: Power Boost (Pain)

Wither

Type: Magical

Target: Self, Other

Duration: Instant

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Feat allows the character to render a single limb permanently crippled. Crippled limbs are considered useless. The caster must include the affected limb in the call to be crippled.

Signature Call: Wither

Wracking Touch

Type: Magical

Target: Self Only

Duration: 30 Minutes

Delivery: Touch

This Feat grants the character the ability to cause debilitating pain to anyone they touch for 30 Minutes. For the duration of this feat, the character is granted unlimited use of the Wracking Touch Effect.

Characters may use an avoidance countermeasure feat to prevent wracking touch from affecting them on a per touch basis. Physical avoidance, such as a standard dodge, may be used to avoid the character from laying a hand on them. Prevention countermeasures will only block that single touch and does not protect them from the next touch. Immunity countermeasures, such as Protect vs (Feat), will grant immunity to the wracking touch effect.

The Wracking Touch effect does not channel through weapons or packets, only through touching the individual with the palm of the character’s hand. Those successfully afflicted by the Wracking Touch effect are unable to move, cast magic, dodge, attack, or use Feats until the contact is broken.

Signature Call: Wracking Touch 

Epic Pain Feats

Curse of Doom

Type: Exceptional

Target: Self, Other

Duration: 10 Minutes

Delivery: Touch, Packet

This Epic Feat allows the character to inflict horrible pain on a single target for 10 Minutes. The individual is unable to call damage, heal others, and use Feats or Skills. The victim of this feat must role play out being in pain for the duration.

Signature Call: Curse of Doom

Metamorphosis

Type: Exceptional

Target: Self Only

Duration: 30 Minutes

Delivery: Touch

This Epic Feat allows the character to transform into a being of chaos for 30 Minutes. The character’s Pain Magic calls are increased by +15, they only take damage from magic, and heal from Pain. Players must PHYS REP Metamorphosis by wearing a mask for the duration of the Epic Feat. While you are putting on the mask you are immune to all feats and damage. Standard rules apply to using magic base damage and feats while under the effects of Metamorphosis.
Signature Call: Metamorphosis