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legend powers

Shadowdragon

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For a Mythic rpg setting I'm making I want each character to have Legend Powers. These are things granted by the deities, the character's race, and the character's homeland. Each Legend Power is activated with Legend Points, things characters gain by doing heroic deeds and lose by doing unheroic deeds, and only lasts a short time. I'd like some help brainstorming ideas for legend powers. I'm not worried about actual mechanics right now, I just want ideas.

I'm starting with deity powers first. Ultimately I'd like to get at least 2 powers for each deity. The deities I have so far and the powers I've come up with are as follows. Any ideas for additional/alternate powers are most welcome.

Greek

Aphrodite - love, beauty
- charm
- enhance beautiful (enemy must pass a roll to attack you)

Apollo - sun, prophecy, archery, the arts, medicine
- special ranged attack (explosive blast of heat and light)
- heal

Ares - slaughter
- frighten
- enter berserk rage

Artemis - wilderness, hunting, childbirth
- special ranged attack (ignore cover, concealment, invisibility, etc)
- increase stealth

Athena - wisdom, noble warfare, heroism
- bolster (get bonus to all rolls)
- bestow knowledge of any subject

Demeter - agriculture, seasons
- create healing food and water
- entangle with plants

Dionysus - wine, madness
- randomise actions
- make helpless

Hades - death, wealth
- become insubstantial
- frighten

Hecate - the moon, magic
- gain nightvision
- increase spellcasting abilities

Hephaestus - crafts, fire
- fireball
- enchant weapons and armour

Hera - women, marriage
- loud shout (sonic damage to all nearby and deafen)
- mind reading

Hermes - travel, commerce, thievery
- flight
- increase stealth

Hestia - home, hearth, family
- increase damage resistance
- bolster (get bonus to all rolls)

Poseidon - the sea, earthquakes
- quake (knockdown all nearby and damage structures)
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Zeus - the sky
- bolster (get bonus to all rolls)
- throw lightning bolt

Egyptian

Anubis - mummification, protection of tombs
- create undead
- dessicate (inflict damage with a touch)

Bast - cats, protection
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- take a hit meant for another

Geb - the earth
- burrowing
- increase damage resistance

Horus - the sky, pharaohs, war
- flight
- bolster (get bonus to all rolls)

Isis - marriage, healing, magic
- heal
- increase spellcasting abilities

Nephthys - death, afterlife
- become insubstantial
- frighten

Nut - the sky
- fill area with darkness
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Osiris - life, death, fertility
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Ptah - crafts, reincarnation
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- enchant weapons and armour

Ra - the sun
- special ranged attack (explosive blast of heat and light)
- fill area with light (regular and blinding)

Set - the desert, storms, chaos
- fill area with a sandstorm
- charm

Shu - winds, atmosphere
- flight
- calm

Tefnut - storms, water
- fill area with mist
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Thoth - knowledge
- bestow knowledge of any subject
- increase spellcasting abilities

Celtic

Arawn - death, underworld
- become insubstantial
- frighten

Belenus - sun, fire
- special ranged attack (explosive blast of heat and light)
- fill area with light (regular and blinding)

Bran - prophesy, arts, entertainment
- get glimpse of future
- enthral

Branwen - love, beauty
- charm
- enhance beautiful (enemy must pass a roll to attack you)

Brigid - poetry, healing, smithing
- heal
- enchant weapons and armour

Cernunnos - fertility, animals, hunting, lust
- special ranged attack (ignore cover, concealment, invisibility, etc)
- summon animals

Dagda - magic, wisdom
- bestow knowledge of any subject
- increase spellcasting abilities

Lugh - excellence, heroism
- bolster (get bonus to all rolls)
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Manannan Mac Lir - the sea
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Morrigan - war, strife
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Ogma - eloquence, learning
- charm
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Taranis - storms, thunder
- fill area with mist
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