Babel
"You scramble the words between their brain and their mouth."
- Cost
- 1 Strain
- TN
- 9
- Tempo
- T3
- Steps
- Yes
- Resist
- Yes
Effect
Target one creature within Near range. They cannot communicate coherently for 1 minute. Speech comes out garbled, written words are illegible scrawl, and hand signals are confused.
The target’s thoughts are unaffected — they know what they want to say, but the output is wrong.
Resist
ECHO + Focus vs. your Channeling Sum negates.
Steps
+1 minute duration per Step.
Special
This prevents the target from issuing commands, calling for help, or activating abilities that require verbal components. Channeling is unaffected (it’s mental, not verbal) — a Psionic under Babel can still Channel but cannot speak about it.