Editing Gladius et Aegis: Arcane Nature Traits (section)

===Drawbacks of being a '''Blessed'''===

* '''Judgment:''' Someone, be it Angels or God himself, watches the Blessed and holds them to high standards. They must seek to be righteous in all they do, and failure to abide by this results in judgment from above. The first sign of this is a nagging sense of guilt that seems to come from outside of the Blessed. The next is temporary withdrawals of their blessings (that is, their Puissance score) until they make their actions right. Finally, they can be stripped of their blessings altogether. What is considered righteous or not is up to the GM to decide: depending on the GMs style this might be guided by things like the Ten Commandments, or the Old Testament as a whole, or may just be an arbitrary set of rules that the GM decides upon as what the "Powers" deem as righteous behaviour. Note that what player characters, players or the GM judge as being moral don't really come into it: this is an abstract rule of righteousness that comes from an unseen and non-negotiating force from above. In game terms, however, its thematically appropriate for a GM to always give fair warning when blessings are going to be taken away. Note also that Judgment doesn't just come from looking at Blessed's actions either, but also at their inaction. Choosing not to act when it would be righteous to do so is inherently unrighteous!
* '''Held back from sin:''' If an Arcana use would go against the above rules of righteousness, the casting simply fails. For example, if the GM has decided that killing humans is always wrong by these rules, then an attempt to use Arcana to kill someone would be wasted, and nothing would happen.