Pandemic

Effect

Touch the initial target. You create a virulent psionic plague that spreads on contact. The initial target is infected (as Plague Touch, but more severe: 2 damage per hour, −2 dice Pool Penalty).

At the end of each hour, every creature that has been within Close range of an infected individual must make GRIT + Resilience (TN 13) or become infected themselves.

Duration: The plague runs for 48 hours or until cured.

Resist

Initial target: GRIT + Resilience vs. your Channeling Sum (per Plague Touch). Transmission: GRIT + Resilience (TN 13) per hour of exposure.

Steps

+1 damage per hour per Step.

Requirement

Cure: Purge ends an individual infection. Destroying the original target before they spread it stops the plague at its source. A Bastion Soul’s Reality Anchor (R4) or higher stops transmission within its radius. Null Zone (BS R3) suppresses within its area but does NOT stop transmission outside the zone.

Special

This is a weapon of mass destruction. Use it against a Consortium garrison, and the garrison falls without a shot fired. Use it near Palomera, and you may kill the only sanctuary the Hollowborn have. The Circle of Ash formally forbids this Talent. Flesh Shapers who use it are exiled or killed by their own.

The Tension Pool gains +2 dice when Pandemic is activated — the Current loves suffering.