Master of the Written Word
  1. Abilities

Master of the Written Word

Sesha-Hebsu Affinity

With this Affinity, the Arisen enchants her writings with the magic of Irem. She may cause any text she creates to immediately fade and become invisible upon completion, choosing an act or ritual — usually a specific gesture or password — that a reader must perform within a yard of the text, either allowing that character alone to perceive the words or making them reappear for everyone. She may also choose to render her writings comprehensible to any reader, regardless of if they know the language she creates it in. By spending a Willpower point, she can instill any statement she writes and genuinely believes to be true with urgency and sincerity. Supernatural beings sense the sincerity of the statement, while a mortal reading the words must succeed on a Resolve + Composure roll or else be compelled to follow any warnings contained therein for the remainder of the scene (such as “Danger ahead, do not proceed”). Finally, she can spend a Willpower point as an Instant action to copy a written work she’s touching or can fully recall, reproducing its content in a suitable receptacle she touches. This works on digitally stored texts as well as conventionally printed ones, and can copy works onto blank paper, stone, metal, data storage, or other appropriate formats.