You turn on and turn up the volume of your wireless headphones and they surge with thick black shadows before dying down when the cast ends. For the next ten minutes your shadow will whisper translations from any sapient target around you as well as taking control of the motor control of your mouth when you speak, allowing you to speak flawlessly in whatever language your target speaks.
When concerning other facets of communication, your shadow will interpret anything you see to you in real time.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you The shadow incorrectly translates to you and will only translate racial slurs and taboo words.. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect.
You may understand and communicate to humans and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language for the next ten minutes.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
After this Effect ends, you cannot move quicker than a walk for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
Gustav evokes his dark passengers contract drawing on there knowledge of languages. he opens up his journal and speaks a dark incantation in Hebrew, after which his passenger whispers a running translation into his mind allowing for continued communication.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures, humans, and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language for the next hour.
This also includes understanding any recorded communications from the relevant targets, including writings, scent trails, etc.
When Scratch is called, he will call back. He proceeds to look at you, and speak like a normal human being.
When Scratch was raised, by a homeless person, he started talking to the guy, which his name was Gab.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Ombrophobia.
Hilde kneels down, lays hands upon the body part and speaks charms over it (in Old Norse) for a minute. This enables the body part to project the voice of the dead person's spirit. Since the body part is supernaturally channeling the dead person's voice, anyone can hear the conversation.
Exert your Mind and spend one minute. Select a Dead target of which you have Any body part.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.
Humility is lowering oneself to the level of the beasts. As Margaret’s occult heritage asserts itself, she finds she may converse with animals. Usually this conversation is whispered and private.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to terrestrial animals as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
Somm gathers the descendant daughter into the room, seating her across from him at the table. Somm then plays off a riff from a traditional taoist instrument, and as the sound streams through the air the wispy spirit of the girl's ancestor is summoned into the room: called from the grave.
Somm utilizes a Taoist technique in which one's ancestor can be contacted through the usage of their descendant as a conduit / tie to the modern world of the living: however this requires that one is able to play a summoning / heralding "Call" for them, which is satisfied by the focus of this power. The actual technique which this is, is referred to as Mun Mai.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Sapient being, human, or Dead target within arm's reach. In order to target the Dead, you must have the presence of one of their loved ones. This Effect cannot be used unless the target is dead, or similarly a phantasmal entity or occult being that can be described as dead or "spiritual". You must actively and obviously use Chinese Instruments to activate this Effect.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.
While this Effect is active, you are at -2 dice to all Actions and cannot Concentrate.
You may only use this Effect once per target per day.
The beastmaster can speak to and understand any animal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to terrestrial animal as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
The Necromancer spits into the mouth of a recently deceased corpse. For the few minutes, the corpse's head comes back to life and speaks to the Necromancer.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Select a Dead target within arm's reach. Dead targets must have died within the past week, and you must have their remains in your possession.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.