Empathic Healing

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Empathic Healing

Psychic Sorcerers

This ability is both beautiful in its own way and quite dangerous to its practitioner. The healer, in effect, joins her mind and body with that of the sick or injured subject. She then absorbs his hurts into her own body, where they heal normally (i.e., the healer takes the same number of Health levels she heals as damage to her own body). Empathic healers can even repair the most horrible aggravated wounds, which makes such practitioners quite valuable among Kin and werewolves alike. The drawback is, of course, that it may take months before the healer is able to function after using her powers. Usually, the healer will have an assistant or friend who can watch over her during the healing process. Most practitioners push themselves past their own limits in using this power to help others, though gifts such as Mother's Touch can help them recover more quickly.

Each level of Empathic Healing requires a minimum of three success (Charisma + Empathy) to be effective; success can be cumulative, though the strain on the healer is harder to bear.

Roll: Charisma + Empathy, difficulty 5 + Numina rating used.

Cost: None, past taking on the injury.

Modifiers: None.

Duration: Instant.

Price Of Failure: Unknown.

[ 1 ] Soothe The Spirit ( XXX - Page X )

The healer absorbs minor bruises, simple depression and grief. She can heal damage of the Bruised Health Level. Her own body recovers in about a day.

[ 2 ] Knit Flesh ( XXX - Page X )

The psychic can heal deep cuts and stop blood loss; Hurt and Injured Health Levels heal, though it takes about a week for the psychic to regain her strength.

[ 3 ] Mend Bones ( XXX - Page X )

Wounded and Mauled Health Levels disappear from the subject, as the empath mends shattered bones and torn connective tissue. At best, she can hope for her own recovery after several months.

[ 4 ] Organ Repair ( XXX - Page X )

The healer can repair severe internal injuries and even bring back patients from the brink of death. Crippled and Incapacitated Health Levels are healed. Minimum recovery time for the healer is a year.

[ 5 ] Pacify Madness ( XXX - Page X )

Only the most able psychics ever reach this level of training, for it requires strict mental discipline and great courage. The healer actually absorbs the most severe forms of mental illness (including Harano) into her own mind and falls into the same state of psychosis she alleviates in her patient. Some healers never recover; at least, it usually takes many, many months of rest.