PLUCK THE MOON
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Dice Pool: Dexterity + Occult
Cost: 15 Divinity
Description: The God reaches either up into the night sky toward the moon or over the horizon if the moon has set or not yet risen into the night sky. The player rolls (Dexterity + Occult). If this roll succeeds, the God seems to pluck a palm-sized silvery moon disk out of the sky and either secrets it away down his sleeve or drops it into a bag or pocket. (The actual moon itself remains where it was, so any number of Moon Gods can use this Power simultaneously.)
At any later time, the God can spend 15 Divinity points to produce that moon from where he secreted it away and set it in the air nearby, either near himself or near someone else. The moon glows with the intensity of the full moon in the night sky, and it follows the person near whom the God set it in a tight orbit. For the rest of the scene, the moon disk protects the person wearing it from ranged attacks. The disk moves with blinding speed to intercept any such attack from a projectile that is light enough for the conjuring God to lift with his unmodified (Strength + Athletics) total and is propelled by mundane means—from being thrown by a child to being shot out of a cannon. It blocks these mundane projectile attacks automatically.
The disk also protects against projectiles propelled or aimed through supernatural means—such as Epic Attributes or an Arete—and immaterial ranged attacks. If some such means is used to initiate the ranged attack, having a moon disk running interference adds a value equal to (successes on the activation roll + the Divinity of the God who used the Power) to the character’s relevant applicable DV.
A God can pluck the moon from the sky any time it is visible. He can pluck it from over the horizon only at night. He can set it in the air to defend at any time. The disk defends only against ranged attacks that inflict physical damage. It doesn’t matter what the phase of the moon is when the God plucks it from the sky, except aesthetically. If part (or all) of the moon is in shadow, a corresponding part of the disk is likewise in shadow—though no less solid. A God may pull down only one disk at a time, but he may keep it indefinitely. A God cannot take a disk for later use from anywhere but the World. He may use a disk anywhere he chooses.
