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Man of the People America is a melting pot of a thousand cultures, the Emperor must be able to speak to them all.
While wearing the Imperial Raiment, Emperor Norton the II can converse with anyone in any language.
You gain the following benefits at all times. You must actively and obviously be using Imperial Raiment to gain the benefits of this Effect.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures, humans, and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
- Communing with creatures does not grant them intellect but does allow you to converse with them.
- The target of "human" refers to any target that speaks a human language.
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Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.
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Bird Blabber
Now ya speaking my language
The brown fedora glows a soft white for the duration, slowly loosing brightness and fading to brown.
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action. Select a Sapient being, human, Creature, or Dead target within 50 feet. 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 30 seconds.
You may only use this Effect once per target per day.
- Communing with creatures does not grant them intellect but does allow you to converse with them.
- The target of "human" refers to any target that speaks a human language.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Universal Translation Matrix
"All languages follow the same basic structure..."
Lith parses all audio signals picked up though the Expanded Sensor Suite, automatically running them though a translation matrix if the have common tags indicating they're a form of higher-level communication. She then relays this back to Henry along with other environmental cues.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You may understand and communicate to humans and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
- The target of "human" refers to any target that speaks a human language.
Primordial Whispers
Less ominous than it sounds.
An unholy jolt goes through your limbs as you hone in on the voice's monologue, allowing it a modicum of control over your person. A chill settles into your body, punctuated by pinpricks of uncomfortable warmth. This is the price and privilege of communion.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language for the next hour.
If you use this Effect to spend an hour speaking with a native speaker of a human language you don't know, you may Exert your Mind and roll Intellect + Culture Difficulty 7. With Outcome 4 or higher, you permanently learn that language and accent.
- The target of "human" refers to any target that speaks a human language.
Zoolingual
Fluent in beastlish
Others can tell that I am speaking to the creatures, it’s quite amusing
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.
- Communing with terrestrial animals does not grant them intellect but does allow you to converse with them.
Speaking in Tongues
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Filled with the holy spirit, Jarrod can't go anywhere that he is not understood, where he may spread the good word. Jarrod will begin speaking in the language of whomever he is speaking to, and will be able to understand anyone he hears.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to humans and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
- The target of "human" refers to any target that speaks a human language.
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Beastlish
"Yip yap! Yip yap!"
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.
- Communing with terrestrial animal does not grant them intellect but does allow you to converse with them.
Death Speak
They want to speak, but their mouths are too dry.
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.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.