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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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)
-
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
-
- 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
-
Osiris - life, death, fertility
-
-
Ptah - crafts, reincarnation
-
- 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
-
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)
-
Manannan Mac Lir - the sea
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-
Morrigan - war, strife
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-
Ogma - eloquence, learning
- charm
-
Taranis - storms, thunder
- fill area with mist
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