Editing The Gift:Characters (section)

===Order of St. John of Manhattan===

The Order of St. John of Manhattan is an idealistic fraternity of mages who have sworn to use their power to make the world a better place.  Some see them as overgrown children trying to live a fantasy life.  They aren’t always in the right and there have definitely been cases where their zeal has lead them to act without sufficient forethought.  On the other hand, there is no question that they have a habit of intervening to protect the weak from the strong.  The ritual and symbolism of the magic used by the order are derived from Christianity, Native American beliefs and European folklore.

Cost: 29 points.

Skills:  Drive (Automobile), Drive (Motorcycle), Judo (Any), First Aid, Guns (Pistol), Guns (Rifle), Karate (Any), Physician, Psychology, Sociology, Streetwise, Survival (Any), Survival (Urban), Symbol Drawing (Order of St. John).

Spells:

Communication and Empathy:  Sense Emotion, Sense Foes.

Healing:  Lend Energy, Lend Vitality, Minor Healing.

Mind Control:  Daze, Fascinate, Foolishness, Keen Hearing, Keen Sight, Rear Vision, Strengthen Will.

Necromantic:  Death Vision, Sense Spirit, Turn Spirit.


House Stances

Magic:  Magic is a wonderful gift we have received.  We must make ourselves worthy of it.

Themselves:  Somebody has to.

The Council:  They keep the Peace.

The Circle:  Help the helpless ones, dodge the dangerous ones.

The Cooperative:  Weird.  Still, as long as they don’t hurt anybody, they are fine with me.