Light Powers (FiD)
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Light is both physical and spiritual light, inspiring deeds of charity and benevolence. Light is opposed to darkness.
Light is the power of ethics, inspiration, and enlightenment. It involves physical light, insight, and meaning. It gives meaning to the blind forces of order and flux, and drives away the darkness. Light powers serve to inspire, awe, and enlighten.
Light attacks are beams of coherent light, like lasers, lights words, and holy light.
Light Power Effects Table
Action | Basic No minimum 3 Stress |
Advanced Minimum 2 Dice 5 Stress |
Master Minimum 4 Dice 7 Stress |
Apex Minimum 6 Dice 13 Stress |
Attune | Light Lens You can detect creatures and powers of light. Creatures of light are called angels and have a halo of light. |
Dismiss You can force any that is native to another plane of existence to return to that plane, or to end the operation of an ability of any power. |
Summon You can call an angel from a place of your power. You never truly control angles, but they will cooperate in good deeds. Learning who to summon may require study or be a a score in itself. |
Gate You can create a portal that allows travel to and from the plane of light for a limited time. |
Command | Communicate You can communicate with angels even if normally couldn't, allowing you to use the command action normally on them. |
Radiant Rejection You and allies can communicate with angels. You can communicate with normal folk to make break free of evil domination. |
Celestial Calling You can give commands to angels, as if you were their superior. This does not remove existing loyalties, which can lead to conflicts. |
Angelic Archway You can permanently bind angels to stay on your plane. Unless affected by other powers, they will stay in one location and act according to your instructions, very loyal and very literal-minded. |
Consort | Radiant Raiment You can change your clothes and accessories by imbuing them with light. This can mask your identity or create fabulous outfits. |
Angelic Alteration You assume the form of an angel. Add 1d to one action and subtract 1d from all actions covered by an attribute except if you just raised one of them. |
Celestial Conversion You can shapechange a willing creature of good nature into an angel. A target can end the effect at any time. |
Legion of Light You can transform a large number of willing and good-natured creatures into angels for a limited time. |
Finesse | Radiant Roam You can move and see regardless of the level of light or darkness. Enemies can still hide in shadows. |
Radiant Riposte You can use the power as a fine and potent close-range attack, similar in effect to a fine potent dueling sword or pistol, or you can give your friends the Ride ability for the duration of a score. |
Radiant Reach You can do fine manipulation of light, allowing you to do small and exact manipulations at range. This allows you to trigger or hinder mechanisms or perform other minor manipulations, as long as the target is sensitive to light or heat. |
Radiant Rain Your power manifests like a rain of searing rays, suppressing the effect of multiple opponents and acting as a fine potent weapon. |
Hunt | Ethereal Eye You can track creatures with strong good or bad intentions. |
Radiant Ray You can use your power to attack, similar in effect to a fine and potent laser rifle. |
Celestial Cascade You can use your power to attack similar to a fine and potent laser bomb. This allows you to fight many creatures in the same area very effectively, but there is a risk of collateral damage. |
Celestial Cannonade You call down the equivalent of a fine potent artillery laser barrage, attacking everything and everyone in a wide area. This can raze buildings and create rubble. Usually enough to provide cover for any escape. |
Prowl | Halo Haze You can become invisible in strong light. |
Luminous Leap You can move in a flash. This allows you to teleport short distances to a spot you can see. |
Celestial Conveyance You can bring allies along when you use Halo Haze and Luminous Leap. |
Ethereal Express You and allies can teleport from one brightly illuminated to another. This is regional travel, you stay within the same city or region. |
Skirmish | Radiant Rapier You can use the power as a close-range laser attack, similar in effect to a melee weapon or pistol. |
Luminous Lance Same as Skirmish Attack, except the weapon is fine and potent. |
Luminous Labyrinth Your power creates distractions and obstructions that prevents the enemy from benefiting from numbers and otherwise works as a fine potent weapon. |
Bright Blitz Your light strikes out in all directions, attacking all enemies in a wide area. |
Study | Angelic Appraisal You can sense the use and result of powers. |
Luminescent Lore You know the powers and abilities of something you use Angelic Appraisal on. |
Radiant Recall You read the past events of something you analyze with Luminescent Lore. This includes previous owners and how the object has been moved around as well as significant scenes. |
Divine Discovery You use Luminescent Lore on everything in a wide area. This is easy to do where you are, more difficult at range. You can then use Radiant Recall on some of these targets. |
Survey | Angelic Awareness You can sense strong good and evil intentions as well as physical illumination. This works even when you can't see the target, but both range and information suffers. |
Gleaming Gaze Choose a glowing object that you have detected; you can perceive as if you were at that spot. You cannot use your Survey action for anything else when doing so. |
Radiant Revelation Choose a location or creature. You gain a sensor at the nearest glowing object, which is often close enough to perceive the target. |
Illuminated Insight You perceive from all glowing objects at once over a wide area. As long as you concentrate you retain this perception and can report what you see to others. |
Sway | Radiant Rapport You can communicate with angels even if normally couldn't, allowing you to use the sway action normally on them. |
Luminous Lexicon You and allies can communicate with angels. You can communicate with normal folk to make them do good. |
Cricket Voice You can post suggestions in the mind of a creature manifesting your power, which will be triggered under conditions you specify. These suggestions must be to make them do good or to break free of evil domination. |
Seraphic Subjugation You change the personality and motivations of intelligent creatures. This power is permanent, but blatant. The target remember their past, but regard it as unimportant compared to their new motivations. |
Tinker | Celestial Crafting You can handle light, lamps, lasers, and holiness as if you had the appropriate tools and protective devices. |
Radiant Reshaping You can shape light, lasers, and holiness as if they were of clay, and they will retain their new shape for some time even if they would normally not, such as light and lasers. |
Radiant Creation You can handle light, lasers, and holiness out of nothing, or transform an object from one material to another as long as you know the power required for both the starting and final form. This can create complex tools, such as fine and potent items appropriate to the power(s) used. |
Radiant Replication This is similar to create, above, but you mass produce objects, even a set of different objects. You can also make something large, such as a vehicle or building. |
Wreck | Gleaming Grasp Light cuts and welds like a laser and chases darkness away. You can wield this power like a sledgehammer. Noisy and leaves a twisted object in place. |
Radiant Ravage Similar to Gleaming Grasp but with increased effect. Works as a fine potent sledgehammer in combat. |
Ethereal Erasure Similar to Radiant Ravage, but destroyed targets silently disappear or are reduced to a fine dust. |
Heavenly Holocaust Similar to Radiant Ravage, but over a large area. This can level a city block, empty a canal system of water, raze a city wall, and similar massive destruction. |
Expanded Light Powers
Expanded descriptions of effects that differ significantly from Typical Powers.
Attune
Light Lens You can detect creatures and powers of light. Creatures of light are called angels and have a halo of light.
Dismiss You can force any that is native to another plane of existence to return to that plane, or to end the operation of an ability of any power.
Summon You can call an angel from a place of your power. You never truly control angels, but they will cooperate in good deeds. Learning who to summon may require study or be a score in itself.
Gate You can create a portal that allows travel to and from the plane of light for a limited time.
Command
Communicate You can communicate with angels even if you normally couldn't, allowing you to use the command action normally on them.
Radiant Rejection You and allies can communicate with angels. You can communicate with normal folk to make break free of evil domination.
Celestial Calling You can give commands to angels, as if you were their superior. This does not remove existing loyalties, which can lead to conflicts.
Angelic Archway You can permanently bind angels to stay on your plane. Unless affected by other powers, they will stay in one location and act according to your instructions, very loyal and very literal-minded.
Consort
Radiant Raiment You can change your clothes and accessories by imbuing them with light. This can mask your identity or create fabulous outfits.
Angelic Alteration You assume the form of an angel. Add 1d to one action and subtract 1d from all actions covered by an attribute except if you just raised one of them.
Celestial Conversion You can shapechange a willing creature of good nature into an angel. A target can end the effect at any time.
Legion of Light You can transform a large number of willing and good-natured creatures into angels for a limited time.
Finesse
Radiant Roam You can move and see regardless of the level of light or darkness. Enemies can still hide in shadows.
Radiant Riposte You can use the power as a fine and potent close-range attack, similar in effect to a fine potent dueling sword or pistol, or you can give your friends the Ride ability for the duration of a score.
Radiant Reach You can do fine manipulation of light, allowing you to do small and exact manipulations at range. This allows you to trigger or hinder mechanisms or perform other minor manipulations, as long as the target is sensitive to light or heat.
Radiant Rain Your power manifests like a rain of searing rays, suppressing the effect of multiple opponents and acting as a fine potent weapon.
Hunt
Ethereal Eye You can track creatures with strong good or bad intentions.
Radiant Ray You can use your power to attack, similar in effect to a fine and potent laser rifle.
Celestial Cascade You can use your power to attack similar to a fine and potent laser bomb. This allows you to fight many creatures in the same area very effectively, but there is a risk of collateral damage.
Celestial Cannonade You call down the equivalent of a fine potent artillery laser barrage, attacking everything and everyone in a wide area. This can raze buildings and create rubble. Usually enough to provide cover for any escape.
Prowl
Halo Haze You can become invisible in strong light.
Luminous Leap You can move in a flash. This allows you to teleport short distances to a spot you can see.
Celestial Conveyance You can bring allies along when you use Halo Haze and Luminous Leap.
Ethereal Express You and allies can teleport from one brightly illuminated area to another. This is regional travel, you stay within the same city or region.
Skirmish
Radiant Rapier You can use the power as a close-range laser attack, similar in effect to a melee weapon or pistol.
Luminous Lance Same as Skirmish Attack, except the weapon is fine and potent.
Luminous Labyrinth Your power creates distractions and obstructions that prevent the enemy from benefiting from numbers and otherwise works as a fine potent weapon.
Bright Blitz Your light strikes out in all directions, attacking all enemies in a wide area.
Study
Angelic Appraisal You can sense the use and result of powers.
Luminescent Lore You know the powers and abilities of something you use Angelic Appraisal on.
Radiant Recall You read the past events of something you analyze with Luminescent Lore. This includes previous owners and how the object has been moved around as well as significant scenes.
Divine Discovery You use Luminescent Lore on everything in a wide area. This is easy to do where you are, more difficult at range. You can then use Radiant Recall on some of these targets.
Survey
Angelic Awareness You can sense strong good and evil intentions as well as physical illumination. This works even when you can't see the target, but both range and information suffers.
Gleaming Gaze Choose a glowing object that you have detected; you can perceive as if you were at that spot. You cannot use your Survey action for anything else when doing so.
Radiant Revelation Choose a location or creature. You gain a sensor at the nearest glowing object, which is often close enough to perceive the target.
Illuminated Insight You perceive from all glowing objects at once over a wide area. As long as you concentrate you retain this perception and can report what you see to others.
Sway
Radiant Rapport You can communicate with angels even if normally couldn't, allowing you to use the sway action normally on them.
Luminous Lexicon You and allies can communicate with angels. You can communicate with normal folk to make them do good.
Cricket Voice You can post suggestions in the mind of a creature manifesting your power, which will be triggered under conditions you specify. These suggestions must be to make them do good or to break free of evil domination.
Seraphic Subjugation You change the personality and motivations of intelligent creatures. This power is permanent, but blatant. The target remembers their past, but regards it as unimportant compared to their new motivations.
Tinker
Celestial Crafting You can handle light, lamps, lasers, and holiness as if you had the appropriate tools and protective devices.
Radiant Reshaping You can shape light, lasers, and holiness as if they were of clay, and they will retain their new shape for some time even if they would normally not, such as light and lasers.
Radiant Creation You can handle light, lasers, and holiness out of nothing, or transform an object from one material to another as long as you know the power required for both the starting and final form. This can create complex tools, such as fine and potent items appropriate to the power(s) used.
Radiant Replication This is similar to create, above, but you mass produce objects, even a set of different objects. You can also make something large, such as a vehicle or building.
Wreck
Gleaming Grasp Light cuts and welds like a laser and chases darkness away. You can wield this power like a sledgehammer. Noisy and leaves a twisted object in place.
Radiant Ravage Similar to Gleaming Grasp but with increased effect. Works as a fine potent sledgehammer in combat.
Ethereal Erasure Similar to Radiant Ravage, but destroyed targets silently disappear or are reduced to a fine dust.
Heavenly Holocaust Similar to Radiant Ravage, but over a large area. This can level a city block, empty a canal system of water, raze a city wall, and similar massive destruction.