Thwart the Unnatural

Thwart the Unnatural is an Endowment Edge utilized by Hunters.

Overview

With this Edge the Hunter is able to resist all manner of non-physical supernatural abilities. This leaves them warded from a wide variety of harmful mental effects, from the mind-altering Disciplines of vampires to the possession-arts of ghosts. So long as they shield themselves with their object of focus they are highly resistant, if not outright immune, to unnatural influence.

Faithful and Underground Hunters are most likely to be able to Thwart the Unnatural.

Base ability

So long as they hold their object of focus, the Hunter is immune to supernatural abilities that would otherwise require a resistance test. For abilities that would automatically affect them the Hunter instead may resist with an Edge test. In both cases, the Hunter must spend a point of Willpower to receive the benefits. This applies only to effects that target the Hunter specifically, rather than crowd-effecting powers, and not to physical attacks or augmentations.

Perks

• Creature Specialization: The Hunter gains a two-dice bonus to resist a specific type of creature, such as a ghost or a hulder. This Perk can be learned multiple times, but only once for each creature type.
• Handsfree: The Hunter no longer needs to rely on an object of focus to use this Edge, or has miniaturized said object to essentially no longer be relevant.
• Recognition: On successfully resisting an ability, the Hunter is made aware of the attempt and receives an estimation of what the power would have done to them.
• Ward: The Hunter can extend the area of resistance to include an area roughly two meters around them, with an additional meter for each success in the Edge test's margin.

References

• HTR: 5th Edition Core Book, p. 98-99

Creature Specialization	5th Edition Core Book	p. 98
Handsfree	5th Edition Core Book	p. 99
Recognition	5th Edition Core Book	p. 99
Ward	5th Edition Core Book	p. 98-99