Legacy Power: Toxoplasma Animati

Marionette on its strings. Watch how it dances.

A 1 Gift Raise Dead Power created by TheSuperChrisb.

Description

UA-566 appears to have grown a new type of paranormal parasite in its body, and will henceforth be referred to as "UA-556-B."

UA-566-B is a near-microscopic parasite that inhabits the digestive system of UA-566-A. UA-566-B feeds off of semi-digested food inside of the gut of UA-566-A, staying relatively stationary within infested intestinal tract until it has reached maturity. Upon reaching adulthood (about 3 days), UA-566-B moves out of the intestinal tract of UA-566-A and into the distal, hair-like tentacles. Here, the parasites prepare to be injected into a corpse to reproduce.

Once a corpse has been infested with UA-566-B (A process that only takes seconds), UA-566 can leave a single tendril from UA-566-A in the body which allows it to animate the corpse fully under their command. UA-566, UA-566-A, and UA-566-B communicate with each other efficiently puppet the body to their will. This property, however, can only function while a strand of UA-566-A is slipped into the body, puppeteering the macro movements while the smaller UA-566-B control micro movements.

System

Choose a Dead target that has died within the last month, spend an Action and Exert your Mind to raise the dead. The resulting Animate creature is a husk of their former selves, a mindless zombie. It has no memory of its past life, and no hint of its personality remains.

The revived creature will follow any command you speak.

The creature lasts for one hour or until re-killed. 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 revived creature's Abilities are all set to 0, and its Charisma and Intellect, are all set to 1. Its Dexterity, Brawn and Perception are the same as it had in life. A revived creature cannot use any Powers.


Enhancements

  • Durable Dead (The revived creature remains animated for a day.)
  • Skilled (The revived creature has the same Abilities it did in life.)

Drawbacks

  • Traumatic (You must make a Trauma roll when you use this Effect. Its Difficulty cannot be reduced by any means.)
  • 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 - Tether (Reanimated dead cannot move more than 30 feet from UA-566)

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Sept. 13, 2022, 6:23 a.m. - Major Revision Cost: 1. Added Enhancement: Durable Dead, Added Drawback: Conscious Effort

Aug. 16, 2022, 4:14 a.m. - Major Revision Cost: 1. Removed Enhancement: Durable Dead

Aug. 5, 2022, 12:21 a.m. - Improvement Cost: 2. Removed Drawback: Traumatic

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Improvement from writing up Mother's Embrace spent on improving power: Toxoplasma Animati    (since refunded)

May 10, 2022, 2:14 a.m. - Upgrade Cost: 1. Upgraded from old powers system

Jan. 26, 2022, 4:02 a.m. - Adjustment Cost: 1. Text field change

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Jan. 21, 2022, 6:48 a.m. - New Cost: 1. Initial power creation