Two Attunements for Flowers,

By Eric Bertish

 

Bloom!

(with apologies to Principia Discordia)

By spending Essence, the angel may render a firearm inoperative: a flower blooms from the barrel, roots entwined throughout the firing mechanism. Only completely stripping and cleaning the gun will return it to firing status; simply clearing the breech is insufficient.

The Essence required for this Attunement is variable. To figure its cost, take the Power of the weapon and divide by two. That is the Essence needed to render the gun inoperable.

Theoretically, this Attunement may be used on any weapon with a muzzle. Practically, there is an upper limit at which the Essence cost becomes prohibitive. Anything man-portable (approximately an M-60 in size) may be affected normally; larger weapons, such as .50 machineguns, anti-aircraft cannons and field artillery typically require an Essence output beyond the capacity of the angel.

(Generous GMs may, if they wish, extend this ability to explosives as well. In this case, the bomb explodes in a harmless shower of flower petals.)

As an additional ability, an angel may use this attunement to encourage growth in plant life. Treat as either a Song of Corporeal Healing or Entropy, as appropriate, with the angel's Ethereal Forces serving as the CD. This use costs no Essence and generates no Disturbance.

 

Leavesdropping

An angel of Flowers with this Attunement may cast her perceptions through a living flower to a range of her Ethereal Forces in tens of meters. Only one type of plant may be so monitored, and it must be of a species that blooms! Freshly cut flowers will suffice, but the Attunement will work only so long as they are alive; perception penalties may be assessed as withering occurs.

 

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