Miracles #2

Holy Sight

With permission from Darrin "Cactus Jack" Fesperman

TN: Opposed Faith/Smarts
Speed: 10 seconds
Duration: Instant
Range: 5 yards per Faith level

Description
Knowing who to trust is difficult in the Weird West, especially when even your riding partners may have Manitous wriggling 'round inside them that can take control at any moment...
With this Miracle the Blessed has a chance to see the aura of living things, the colour of this aura telling the Blessed something about the target's karma and hidden secrets, such as whether she is one of the Harrowed, consorting with Manitous (in the way that Hucksters do) or whether or not she is evil and wishes the Blessed harm. This Miracle requires a Fate Chip to invoke properly and the Blessed must beat the target at an opposed Faith against the target's Smarts, quick thinkers having more of a chance of masking their inner workings.
If the Blessed wins they will see a glowing aura around the individual, varying in appearance depending upon the type of Fate Chip spent;

• White Fate Chip - The aura glows red (meaning the individual is evil in the eyes of the Lord) or blue (meaning the individual is good or benign in the eyes of the Lord). The brighter the color the more evil/good the person is. A blinding red aura meaning the individual is probably a Black Magic user, wholly evil in God's eye, a brilliant blue aura meaning the person is probably Blessed. A white aura signifies the person is neither particularly evil or especially good. Most folks in the Weird West tend to have a white or slightly pink aura (as most people are sinners of some sort).
• Red Fate Chip - The aura appears as is detailed as above but if the target is in league with the spirits in some way then lightning courses through their aura. This means the individual is one of the following; A Huckster, Mad Scientist, Shaman, Harrowed, Betrayer, or an actual Manitou in human guise. Exactly how the individual is in contact with the spirits/manitous is unclear. That they are at all is definate. This level of Holy Sight also picks up on whether an individual is a Were-Creature of some sort (a green aura) or whether they are a Vampire! (A black aura) the Were-Creature/Vampire's aura is so strong it masks any other, the Blessed cannot tell whether they are good or evil, (unless of course they invoke the Miracle again with a White Fate Chip!)
• Blue Fate Chip - Aura is as detailed above but the colour of the lightning inside the aura of an individual in contact with spirits varies depending upon their background as follows;
  • Green lightning - Shaman
  • Navy Blue lightning - Huckster
  • Black lightning - Harrowed
  • Purple lightning - Mad Scientist
  • Silvery Grey lightning - Betrayer
  • Golden lightning - Manitou
• Legend Chip - The aura is as detailed above, but also strange symbols hover around the characters head (visible only to the Blessed of course!) depicting the fate or the past of the individual in an obscure way. Those fated to die in the near future may have dark shadows playing about them, those who have commited murder may have blood flowing around them, or even images of the murder weapon. These images should not be too definate and only hint at the past, or future, of the person. The more raises the Blessed gains when invoking the Miracle the more clear the visions are...

NB - This Miracle is based on another I saw on the 'net, with permission from it's creator - Cactus Jack. My version just goes into a little more detail. The original version of Holy Sight can be seen by clicking here...

Ray of Life

TN: 5
Speed:1 to invoke, 1 to "throw"
Duration:Permanent. Ray of Life must be "thrown" within Faith level turns
Range: +1/10 yards. Faith level*10 Yards maximum range

Description
This Miracle is primarily a weapon aginst the undead creatures of the Reckoning, such as Harrowed, Vampires, Walkin' Dead, and Wraiths. The Blessed invokes the Miracle and his hand is filled with a holy golden light, which may be hurled at an undead target (using any Throwin' aptitude to hit, normal targetting rules applying) and causing wind damage as the unliving creature is filled with the power of holy life. The target must pass a Vigor check with TN=(5 + Faith level of Blessed, +2 per raise on Faith roll) or loses the difference in wind. This wind damage can only be regained at a rate of 1 per hour. Going bust on this roll automatically incapacitates the target, and in the case of Walkin' Dead will destroy them!.
Eg Blessed character with Faith 4d12 rolls 13 to invoke Miracle, and hits his target (a Vampire) on a Throwin':Knives roll. The Vampire must make a Vigor test at TN = (5+4+2) 11, but it rolls a 4 so loses 7 wind.

A secondary use of this Miracle is for temporarily giving a person of the same Faith a boost of life's energy. If the Blessed hits a friendly target with the Ray of Life the target recovers wind equal to their own level of Faith, plus 1 point for every raise the Blessed scores invoking the Miracle.

NB - Over use of this handy Miracle will anger the Lord who grants it, every time this Miracle is failed it's TN to invoke in future will increase by 1, permanently! I.e if a Preacher fails this Miracle 3 times the TN to invoke henceforth will be 8, so use it sparingly!

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