Encroaching Darkness

	Encroaching Darkness
	Overview Type Chiurgical upgrade Effects Heal 8 points of damage once per day Crisis action Action Requirements Character types Last Castoff

Encroaching Darkness is a Chiurgical upgrade in Torment: Tides of Numenera.

Description

This tiny, ink-black blot is a living creature, made of thick fluid. When applied to skin, it can shape itself into a number of different kinds of black tattoos, shifting easily into complex glyph shapes. When the wearer is asleep, the Dark crawls over the skin, changing into new patterns as it finds a new place on the body to rest. When it has found a suitable spot, its tendrils dig deep into the flesh, providing some form of a restorative boon.

The exact nature and origin of the Encroaching Darkness is hard to determine. Aeon Priests have debated whether an individual Darkness is in fact one entity or an entire civilization living on another being's skin. The relation of the Darkness to the wearer is meant to be symbiotic, but the symbiosis appears imperfect.

Abilities Glaive abilities Glaive abilities Active Taunt Opportunist Hook Pierce Fell Swoop War Cry Shockwave Limits of Human Capacity Passive Unfailing Precision Skill With Defense Elbow Grease Vindictive Combatant Brawler Successive Attack Pinning Reaction Drink to the Dregs Jack abilities Flex Skill Hedge Magic Sucker Punch Infuse Weapon Trained Without Armor Practiced In Armor Nano abilities Onslaught Innervate Quantum Step Adaptation Energize Entropic Field Flash Incite Action Gravity Manipulation Animate Balefire Mind Control Maelstrom Scan Thoughts Resourceful Targeting Eye Datasphere Link Targeting Eye Unstoppable Force Scanning Array Plague Spirits Focus abilities Brandishes a Silver Tongue Natural Charisma Inspiring Presence Sow Dismay Invigorating Conversation Breathes Shadow Nocturnal Surprise Attack Singularity Spike Ambush Event Horizon Masters Defense Counterattack Shield Master Resilient Armor Expert Interpose Bounceback Other abilities Illusory Warrior Charm Warp Dash Myalgic Dust Annelidic Attack Scatter Bomb Dealmaker Cypher Limit Increase Lucky Combatant Versatile Effort Virtuoso Press Advantage Clear Mind Summon Corpuscular Maw Chiurgical implants Clawed Gauntlets Jagged Memory Encroaching Darkness Blood Nanites Numenera Analyzer Artificial Eyeball Reflection abilities Choi's Balm Artaglio's Cunning Catena Intelligence Erritis' Luck Inifere's Madness Nychthemeron Defense Seria's Peace Companions Aligern Living Tattoos Hard-Earned Knowledge Spurred By Ink Combat Magus Strength From Ink Callistege Transdimensional Onslaught Dimensional Superposition Dimensional Power Esoteric Knowledge Training and Precision Enhanced Esoteries Erritis Never Boring The Direct Approach Kinetic Overdrive Skirmish Spectacle Crescendo Matkina Amaurotic Wound Castoff Vitality Trained Infiltrator Amaurotic Field Assassin Rhin God of Hiding Cloak of Ahl God of Change Cypher Adept Cobbler Adult Blood and Bell Hiding and Healing Fluke and Fortune Tybir Feint Elocutioner Issue Challenge Tall Tale Teller Survivor Shoot First