These relics are always in the shape of a commercially available handgun (and operate normally as such). The most common version has an increased ammunition supply: for every two levels of the relic, the user may load an extra standard magazine for 1 Essence (round down, minimum extra magazine capacity of 1). The procedure is: load the gun normally, spend the Essence, open the now empty chamber or pop the magazine, reload the gun, then (if possible) repeat until the relic's increased capacity is filled.

Once the relic is loaded, the extra bullets will remain insubstantial until the user spends another Essence. Once that occurs, the Movie Pistol will not require reloading until all bullets have been fired. However, once this feature has been invoked, the relic cannot be safely reloaded until all bullets have been fired. A standard addition to the Movie Pistol is a reliquary/4 that can only be used to power the relic.

An alternate version of this relic is sometimes given out to Soldiers as a mark of favor. While it does not have as high a ammunition capacity as the above relic, it does add to the user's Acrobatics, Dodge and Fighting skill … while the gun is being wielded.

The mechanism behind this relic is somewhat mysterious. Movie Pistols first appeared in the hands of Servitors of the Media, but Jean was later able to reproduce the effects. It is rumored that the relic utilizes a version of the Corporeal Song of Self, but the Archangel of Lightning refuses to comment one way or the other.

Movie Pistol (sample)

Corporeal Artifact/4 4 pt

Reliquary/2 (only with artifact) 4 pt

Relic/4 (unknown, suspected possible

Variation of Corporeal Song of Self) 12pt

Vulnerability: Celestial Artifact destroyed

When corporeal form destroyed -4pt

Essence Cost: 2 points -2pt

Visibility: Perception Roll -2pt

Total 12pt

Soldier's Movie Pistol

Corporeal Artifact/2 2pt

Talisman: Acrobatics/1, Dodge/2,

Fighting/2 10pt

Reliquary/2 (only with artifact) 4pt

Relic/1 3pt

Use Restriction: Must wield relic in order

To acquire talisman bonuses -1pt

Vulnerability: Celestial and Ethereal

Artifact destroyed when corporeal form

destroyed -6pt

Essence Cost: 2 points -2pt

Visibility: perception Roll -2pt

Total: 8pt