According to voodoo lore, a spiritual marriage offers something for everyone. The spirit gains entry to the human world, where in dreams or visions it makes its proposal of marriage to the person. If the proposal is accepted, the spirit is honored and celebrated, in exchange for which its earthly spouse is promised divine protection from life's misfortunes. Sally asks Papa Legba for permission to speak with those that come across her path.
Exert your Mind and spend one minute. You must use up cigar in order to activate this Effect.
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.
Whenever you encounter a Language you could commune in with this Effect, you immediately understand which language it is, the dialect, region, and other details about it.
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.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: May not harm a dog or dog like creature without a self control roll.
David pulls a what looks to be a BlackBerry cellphone out of his pocket, but it has an eerie design on the back of it….a skull, inside a lightbulb, whose vacant sockets seem to stare into yours. The phone puts out only static on one end, but then quietly through its speaker comes the voice of someone you know to be deceased. David speaks as if this is just a normal work conversation, hangs up the call, and puts the phone away in his bag.
(From user manual that was shipped with the phone) “Here at Spectrum S our researchers have combined the research of Thomas Edison’s spirit phone with the reliability and the durability of a modern cellphone! Putting the power to speak to the dead right in our user’s hands, Spectrum S has built you the best NecroTech spectral engineering can devise! Thomas Edison would be proud! But don’t take our word for it, call him up and take his!”
*Spectrum S is not liable for harms, damages, or unintended consequences of speech with the deceased. Thomas Edison’s Spirit Cell Phone(TM) is not warranty secured.*
Expend a point of Battery and spend an Action to activate. Select a Dead target of which you have Full true name and date of birth OR phone number.
The target can communicate in your language for the next hour.
A Princess knows how to communicate with their subjects, for her noblesse oblige requires it.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are in alternate form and you are wearing this Artifact.
You may understand and communicate to Creatures, humans, and Sapient beings as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
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.
The Komodo Dragon speaks with other people, unlike other animals that cannot speak.
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 Battle Scar: One Eye.
Dogs typically need a bunch of fancy buttons to talk, but Wally gets along just fine, when they want to. They speak in a normal human man's voice, but can also bark or whine to keep the act up. They can also speak, bark and whine in other languages. As a treat.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
You may understand and communicate to humans as if you are fluent in a relevant language.
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 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 hour.