Legacy Power: Necrophage

Edgar lifts his muzzle from the torn belly of a corpse, "Impotence, eh? Happens to the best of us, pal,"

A 2 Gift Investigate Object Power created by Strazhari.

Description

By consuming the flesh of humans, Ghouls gain dream-like insights into that person's life, as well as a taste for the psychological & medical condition the person had in life. Typically this is the moments just before death, though it is not uncommon to see the images of the most recent places visited by the deceased. These insights can provide a "road map" when delving deeper into a cadaver's memories via Hearts & Minds.

System

Exert your Mind, target an Object within Arm's Reach and spend 1 Minute examining it. At the end of the cast time, roll Perception + Investigation Difficulty 6. The quality of the information you receive depends on your outcome, and the nature of the information depends on the Enhancements you have chosen.

The number of information-revealing Enhancements attached to this power is limited to 2 for Novice Contractors, 4 for Seasoned Contractors, and 7 for Veteran Contractors. You may still take any number of other, non-informational Enhancements.

Enhancements

  • Other (You can learn some other piece of information about the target)

    • Type of Information - Moment of Death

  • Other (You can learn some other piece of information about the target)

    • Type of Information - Medical/Psychological History

  • LoJack (You can discern where this object has recently been. This may be in the form of GPS coordinates, a visual description of the surrounding area, or something else.)
  • Cantrip (Activating this Effect has no Exertion cost, but its Gift Cost can never be increased above 2.)

Drawbacks

  • Specialized (Only affects a certain type of Object.)
    • Item Category - Corpses
  • Fuel (Using this Effect consumes some material good in addition to its other costs.)
    • Fuel Unit - Eat at least a pound of the target
  • Conditional (This Effect is only available when a certain condition is met. This condition must be severe enough that this Gift is unusable the majority of the time.)
    • Condition - Human Only

Parameters

Range: 0 ( Arm's Reach ) Cast Time: 1 ( 1 Minute )

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Oct. 23, 2021, 10:41 p.m. - Improvement Cost: 2. Power Adjustment

Revision purchased with:
Improvement from achieving the Golden Ratio running The Seed of Persephone spent on improving power: Necrophage    (since refunded)

Aug. 23, 2021, 12:18 a.m. - Revision Cost: 1. Removed Enhancement: LoJack

Aug. 7, 2021, 3:14 p.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

Aug. 7, 2021, 3:13 p.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

July 26, 2021, 1:52 a.m. - Revision Cost: 1. Added Enhancement: Conditionally Costless, Removed Enhancement: Cantrip

July 26, 2021, 1:51 a.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

- July 4, 2021, 10:59 p.m. - Revision Cost: 1. Removed Enhancement: Sentimental

Revision purchased with:
Gift from playing in Scenario for Battle on the Bridge! spent on revising power: Necrophage    (since refunded)

July 4, 2021, 10:59 p.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

July 4, 2021, 10:43 p.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

July 4, 2021, 10:20 p.m. - New Cost: 1. Initial power creation