You move the cross across your body and mutter in a long dead language in a series of prayers that beg forgiveness and ask for protection by the heavens. They are answered as an angel silently descends from the sky to watch over you and intervene in your times of need.
The attack shoots a beam of light between the iris of the angel and the target, all matter within the beam is disintegrated.
Take a Severity-1 Injury and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: a series of prayers and incantations. This Effect cannot be used unless it is Sunday and you are in an a house of God. You must actively and obviously use a cross or crucifix to activate this Effect. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon a single white dove that, when attacking, transforms into eyeball that has sprouted 4 grey feathered wings at your location. They will last until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour. Exhaustion’s penalty and duration stacks with multiple activations.
You may only use this Effect once per day.
The Demonologist performs an Arcane Ritual to summon an Imp and bind it to the mortal plane. It takes the form of a small, red-skinned humanoid creature with wings and short, stubby horns, and possesses the ability to hurl bolts of fire short distances.
Uses Demonology
Exert your Mind and spend at least two Actions performing the following ritual: A ritual Circle must be drawn and offered a drop of the casters blood while a chant is used to bind the summoned demon to activate. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.
Summon a single ________ at your location. They will last for an hour, or until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. You may have at most 1 minion active at a time.
Minions have 4 Body and can make ranged attacks at targets up to 30 feet away with 5 dice to attack and +1 Damage. They cannot move faster than a walk and cannot dodge incoming attacks. They have dog-level intelligence, but are capable of communicating information back to you. Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice.
Your minions can fly at their normal movement speed.
The Donfather whistles as a group of 3 comically large men in suits with even bigger hands rush from around a corner or something. Whatever is most cinematically convenient.
They all look like king pin or like those goons that Mr. O' Hare had in The Lorax
Exert your Mind and spend an Action.
Summon up to 3 Non-Sapient, Animate Musclehead Boys 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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: My Boys! - You care very deeply about your boys. (Whenever one of your boys would be killed, make a Self-Control roll not to act out in grief.).
Ring obtains a blue aura and summons emilio, the monkey
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. Roll a single D10 as a critical failure check. If you roll a 1, the Effect fails, and you Monkey becomes hostile and beigns targeting me..
Summon the one and only Sapient Monkey at your location. They last until they are destroyed They are controlled by you. They will attack any snail targets they encounter immediately and will ignore your commands to do otherwise. This Artifact may have at most one minion active at a time.
If killed, you cannot re-summon your minion until after your next Contract.
Francine summons her gift by pooling her blood on a surface, out of which which Eve will emerge. Eve appears as a tall and slender humanoid creature. It has unnaturally elongated limbs, and lacks any facial features aside from a pair of all-white eyes. Its body is made of pink fleshy muscle-like tissue.
Though it lacks a mouth, it is able to speak; where the sound originates from is unclear. Rather uncannily, its voice matches Francine's perfectly.
Increase your sacrificial Injury's Severity by 1 and spend an Action.
Summon the one and only Sapient Eve 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: Maternal Instincts.
If you do not have a sacrificial Injury when you activate this Effect, take a new Severity-1 Injury.
A little buddy made from whatever Digby can find laying around.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action. You must use up Trash the size of the minion in order to activate this Effect.
Summon a single Non-Sapient, Animate ________ 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 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.
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.