Sympathetic Bond
"What you feel, they feel."
- Cost
- 2 Strain
- TN
- 11
- Tempo
- T5
- Steps
- Yes
- Resist
- —
Effect
Establish a bond between two targets within Near range (one can be yourself). For the rest of the scene, whenever one bonded creature takes damage, the other takes 1 Strain. Whenever one is Suppressed, the other is also Suppressed.
Steps
+1 Strain reflected per Step.
Special
The bond works both ways. This can be used offensively (bond an enemy to their leader — hurt the leader, and the enemy suffers) or supportively (bond yourself to an ally — you share their suffering, potentially triggering your own protective instincts).
The bonded creatures feel a phantom connection — a tug in the chest, shared heartbeats.