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The Full Force Whisper ammunition comes in all common calibres and works with other manufacturer’s firearms. Statistically, Whisperers are more likely to cause non-lethal injuries compared with other similar rounds. Whisper rounds have the same stopping power as other ammunition, but despite the massive flesh trauma and organ damage they inflict, more victims survive being shot with Whisperers.

The secret comes from the embryonic Bane bound into every slug. Little more than a mote of existence, these most pathetic spawn of Malfeas jump at the chance to be something more. The binding is weak and the Bane is released from its cage once the shot is fired regardless of whether it hits or misses. When a Whisper round hits a target, the bane finds itself in the perfect location to try and possess the victim. Better still, a critically wounded victim is in shock, rapidly approaching death, and very susceptible to the Bane’s whispered offers of assistance. If the victim accepts the devil’s bargain — what he usually believes are hallucinations — the Bane keeps him alive long enough for medical assistance to arrive, or for its new host to naturally heal. These tiny spirits are usually too weak to help the healing beyond stabilizing the host, and don’t yet have enough power to force a full possession.

Gun control lobby groups praise Whisper rounds for the decline in shooting victim death rates. They have no idea that each survivor incubates a tiny malevolent spirit,

determined to wait and worm into its host’s subconscious over the years until it grows enough to seize control and complete the fomori transformation.

The embryonic Banes are individually too small to register to most Wyrm-sensing abilities. Increase the difficulty of detecting Wyrm taint by 3 if less than a thousand Whisper rounds are nearby (maximum difficulty 9); reducing this penalty by 1 for every additional thousand rounds.