At random, sporadic intervals, without either rhyme or reason, the gift user inevitably comes across yet more alternate versions of themselves from different, unknown timelines. Some of these alternate selves may be very similar to the gift user - they might wear similar clothes, and have similar mannerisms and beliefs - however some can instead be wildly different depending on the lives they have led, and the timelines they have came from. Likewise, their goals can differ too: even though most of the gift user's alternate selves are likely to be at least somewhat aligned with them, and thus willing to lend their assistance, there is also the rare chance for encountering alternate selves that are downright hostile, potentially even to a homicidal extent.
The actual process of an alternate self getting summoned through time often happens beyond the gift user's sight: in a different room, behind a corner, or somewhere else of that sort. Other times, the temporary guest's appearance may be noticed immediately, such as when they show up sitting in an unoccupied chair or standing right next to another person. No matter the level of conspicuousness, though, all of these summonings always have a single common element that remains unchanged - they begin with the trickling in of tiny grains of carmine sand. At first, there's barely any; then, the streams gradually grow, seemingly coming from nowhere; and, finally, with the rough shape of a person formed, the alternate self gets revealed while the sand is blown away into nothingness.
The weaponry of each alternate self that is summoned by this Effect is determined by the rules detailed in the Extended Description.
Each time an alternate self is summoned via this gift, a D20 is rolled to determine what class of weapons - if any - that alternate self comes equipped with.
Possible outcomes:
✦ 1 ⟶ Nothing
✦ 2 ⟶ Club
✦ 3 ⟶ Improvised Thrown Weapon
✦ 4 ⟶ Knife/Dagger
✦ 5 ⟶ Rope Dart
✦ 6 ⟶ Throwing Knife/Shuriken
✦ 7 ⟶ Rapier
✦ 8 ⟶ Throwing Axe/Javelin
✦ 9 ⟶ Handheld Stun Gun
✦ 10 ⇾ Bow
✦ 11 ⇾ Ranged Stun Gun
✦ 12 ⇾ Crossbow
✦ 13 ⇾ Small IED
✦ 14 ⇾ Handgun
✦ 15 ⇾ Grenade
✦ 16 ⇾ Shotgun
✦ 17 ⇾ Sword/Axe
✦ 18 ⇾ Rifle
✦ 19 ⇾ Greatsword/Giant Axe
✦ 20 ⇾ Heavy Sniper Rifle
This Effect activates whenever someone uses their Will to Survive. It does not require an Action or Exertion. Your target should be intuitively based on the triggering event. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you instead witness the appearance of an alternate self that is openly hostile to you, your allies and your goals. Unlike non-hostile alternate selves, hostile ones may refuse to follow any commands you give and cannot be ended prematurely at will.
Summon up to 3 Sapient alternate selves - but only a single one per activation of this Effect - 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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Temporal Commitment.
Using whatever materials are on hand, and I mean *whatever* materials, the artificer constructs a 2’ droid with beady ‘eyes’ and cog-shaped tracks for wheels. The COGGY. This little friend comes packed with cannons, surprisingly sturdy considering that they’re quite literally made of trash.
Exert your Mind and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: building the robots. You must actively and obviously use a wrench to activate this Effect. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon up to 3 Non-Sapient, Animate artillery robots 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 3 minions active at a time.
A hovering fire sprite taking the appearance of a drone floating with interlinked brimstone surrounded by fire as the makeup of its body. It is able to spew fire out of a mouth like hole, and it has a singular eyeball in its center.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must use up A bag of ash in order to activate this Effect.
Summon the one and only Sapient Fire Sprite 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 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.
The operator slots the FRM chip into the universal constructor, selects this program, accepts the end-user license agreement, and then waits as it goes into overdrive.
Over the next few seconds, it renders via a sweeping laser 3d print a set of three Bishop combat walkers.
The Bishops are bipedal forms, with a shoulder-mounted metal storm cannon. They have a pair of arms that terminate in both flexible graspers that double as cutters.
Named after the Black Rabbit of Inlé.
The license for this FRM unit states that it's not for strategic use, and thus there is an enforced restriction that units cannot move more than 150 feet from the operator or they deactivate.
This is an up-armoured version and licensed for domestic use only.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Non-Sapient, Animate Bishop-Class Inlay Combat Walker at your location. They last 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. This Artifact may have at most 3 minions active at a time.
For the purpose of more spiritual demands, Luci has allocated some of her power to create a body for Ena that she can control to better help Luci in her endeavors.
This form looks far closer to what Ena looked like when she was trapped in The Well's spirit world. The outline of a body that is constantly emitting black smoke, has red eyes, and speaks in a tone that sounds like they're yelling into a fan.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action.
Summon the one and only Sapient Ena's Misty Form at your location. They last until they 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 Trauma at all times: you treat art as something that is sacred and alike to that of an actual human life. Roll self control to not actively prevent the destruction of an art piece that you can feasibly reach/react to.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
Throwing down the pad causes black fleshy tendrils to wriggle up and form a mass of flesh in the shape of a turret, shooting out a green gooey substance that is seemingly acidic.
Mixing medical science with eldritch knowledge, Lewis discovered a way to create a new form of life that seemingly subsists off a host and defends them against harm. It doesn't seem possible to improve these creatures with such little experience creating them but they serve useful nonetheless.
Use up this fleshy pad (unless you succeed on 1d10, Difficulty 7) and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Non-Sapient, Animate sentry turret 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.
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.
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.
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.