Hands of Death (• • • Life, • • Forces, or both)

"Hands registered as lethal weapons" is an old urban

myth, but when Enforcers, Operatives and InSpectors use this

special training, perhaps it would be better if there were some

truth to it. Though originally used by members of the Syndicate,

this Procedure has spread to other field operatives;

Iterators use their cybernetic enhancements to score telling

blows while Progenitors rely on their medical knowledge to

cripple opponents. While this Effect is active, the Technocrat

can do things with his punches that only accomplished

martial arts masters are said to be able to do — shatter bones,

careful atemi strikes to certain nerve clusters or sever nerves

without breaking the skin or leaving a bruise, to name but a

few Effects. This punishment is enough to kill most humans

or weak supernatural creatures, and even powerful Reality

Deviants pause when confronting an Enforcer armed with

[Just like the special strikes of the Akashic Brotherhood,

this Effect increases the hand-to-hand damage of the agent's

unarmed attacks. Life Effects home in on the victim's organs

and pressure points, while Forces Effects cause faster, stronger

blows. Either way, each success scored with the Procedure

adds one health level to the damage inflicted with a successful

unarmed attack.]