While we’ll use the Enhanced COVID-19 Protections for our January event… what we really want is for our players to get their booster shots. Reports are showing that booster shots are effective against the Omnicron variant, so we wanted to give you all a little extra incentive to get the shot: a mechanic to reward those of you who have your booster called 'Inoculated.'
The Zodiac Collective is known for terrible, often unethical, gravemind experiments, but they’re tolerated for a reason - their research ultimately does produce beneficial results. Years of experimentation has allowed them to introduce new resiliencies into the infection of locals. This research was bolstered by a rash of Gravemind incursions (you know who you are) that will have a number of consequences this event. Many of these consequences are bad, but Inoculation is a beneficial one: if you’re affected by it, you gain some special resiliencies.
Inoculated - Once per Twelves, you can ignore one effect that would normally be countered by Avoid, Balance or Mental Endurance. You may do so even if you couldn’t normally use the skill (i.e. while stunned, or attacked with Proficient Malicious from behind). You may also use Inoculated against Area of Effect calls that cause damage.
Players who have received their booster shot may use the Inoculated mechanic at any DRNY event that has Enhanced Covid-19 Protections in place, including our upcoming January event.