The artifact holds at least one demon bound to obey the commands and will of the wielder, and advance their interests. When used a demon crawl's its way out of the object, and leap out, looking for enemies.
The demon in this iteration looks like a small creature of shadow, about the proportions of a human 10 year old, but with dark scales, blank white eyes, and clawed fingers. When firing at range, the shoot dark blades the dissipate after impact.
This artifact is made by summoning a demon, making a deal with it, and binding it to the object in a long ritual.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action.
Summon a single Bound shadow Imp at your location. They will last for two hours, or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. This Artifact may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
A slab of a human in terms of looks, Assistant Hyde was the first successful attempt at creating artificial life with assistance from other DSP biotechnologists, but they were only a minor help (the funding on the other hand...). Big and dumb, Assistant Hyde is a glorified watchdog and lab assistant both. Sure they can't help out with surgery themselves, but they are good at holding things. And beating people. It's a shame they need to be created via invasive, harmful surgery each time.
Take a Severity-1 Injury and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: Making an incision on oneself. You must actively and obviously use Medical Tools to activate this Effect. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon a single Hommuncli/Assistant at your location. They will last until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
Hamil sits in the confessional. The broken sit across. They confess their scars and sins. Their regrets and woes. And in the light of God. And with the authority granted to him by Heaven. Hamil forgives. And takes the weight off their minds and souls.
Exert your Mind to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. This Effect cannot be used unless there is clear daylight and you are in a church. Over the course of one minute, your patient must communicate with you and reveal at least one of their Traumas to you, including the details of those Traumas and the circumstances of how they were acquired. After the full treatment time has elapsed, roll Charisma + Influence at Difficulty 6.
Your target may Resist. If your treatment is successful, you may remove one of the patient's revealed Traumas without incurring any Experience cost.
Tap my crows eye amulet six times and whistle a short tune.
Has a glittery shimmer
Exert your Mind and spend at least two Actions performing the following ritual: Tap my crows eye amulet six times and whistle a short tune. to activate. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon a single Alfonso at your location. They will last for two hours, or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
Minions have 4 Body and can make melee range attacks with 4 dice to attack. Your minions can move 20 feet per Round as Free Movement, and double that when performing an all-out Sprint. They cannot dodge or Defend. They have dog-level intelligence, but are capable of communicating information back to you. Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice.
Your minions can fly at their normal movement speed.
Edith whistles sharply with her missing fingers that briefly appear as ethereal phantoms. Suddenly, a Bernedoodle appears by her side. His coat is a muddy brown and white. He wears a jingiling collar around his neck, with a name tag reading "Jupiter".
His eyes glow a gentle green and little wisps of foxfire dance around between the curls in his fur. When he tries to communicate, ghostly hands that mimic Edith's own materialize in front of him, signing in perfect pacific northwestern ASL.
Artemis has awakened a latent power in Jupiter. The Fates had already decided these two would be together for their entire lives, and she could sense the hound's desire to help his mother. He is under her personal protection, having earned her respect for his dedication to Edith, and as such, when he is summoned, death is only a temporary set back.
On "death" his powers wane and one of Artemis' nymphs whisks the little hunter back home, no worse for wear.
If the two are separated he disappears back home as well, since Jupiter's power is founded on their relationship, it cannot be sustained without his beloved mother present.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon the one and only Sapient Jupiter, the Hunting Dog at your location. They last until they move more than 150 feet from you or are destroyed They are controlled by you. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Missing Fingers (non dominant hand).
Kashmir coughs up three snake eggs, which all hatch and grow into adults in a matter of seconds. Each malabar pit viper is a different color: one red, one yellow and one blue (which can change depending on their actions). They all take turns speaking together to finish sentences and only speak in Sanskrit.
Their names are: Karkara, Kumuda, and Khaga.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Sapient malabar pit vipers at your location. They last for two hours or until they move more than 150 feet from you or are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 3 minions active at a time.
You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.
Anyone who witnesses you during this Effect's activation or for its duration will almost certainly be disturbed to see Kash suddenly coughing up snake eggs.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Nightmares.
The Vampire is able to turn one of their victims into a lesser vampire, a pale shadow of a full creature of the night but useful nonetheless. Having drained and killed their target, the Vampire performs a brief ritualistic bloodletting, wherein they spill their own blood into the target's mouth, forcing them to drink, and bonding them together as child and sire.
Shortly afterwards, the fledgling vampire will rise from death, hungry for blood and eager to serve.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend one minute. Select a Dead target within arm's reach that has died within the last hour. This Effect cannot be used unless you drained the target's blood while they were still alive.
Your target rises as an Animate being. The raised creature is totally mindless, with no memory of its past life or hint of its old personality. They cannot communicate. They will follow any command you speak.
The creature lasts until it dies again. It is revived at full health. Any Injuries it had in life are not accounted for when determining its penalties or progression towards re-death, though they may affect its ability to perform certain actions at GM's discretion. The raised creature must consume flesh every day or it will die again.
Raised creatures have their Abilities set to the same that they were in life. Their Charisma and Intellect are set to 1, but their Dexterity, Brawn and Perception are the same as they had in life. A raised creature cannot use any Effects.
Your revived targets deal 2 Weapon Damage with their unarmed attacks.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
The mobster knows a guy they can call for a hired goon, who arrives about a minute later. The goons are dumb as bricks, but tough nonetheless, perfect for sending a message when you need to keep your hands clean.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must actively and obviously use cell phone to activate this Effect.
Summon a single Sapient goon at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
Any successful musician knows the value of a good roadie. The musician calls for a roadie, and one will promptly arrive. The roadie doesn't talk much, and they aren't too bright, but they can sure haul gear.
After a couple hours of work, the roadie will retire to smoke and get some sleep.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon a single Sapient roadie at your location. They last for two hours or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most one minion active at a time.
You may only use this Effect once per day.