True Faith

Faith. What is a measure of faith? How pure one's belief in a certain entity or deity is? For those with True Faith, the answer is power. Those of True Faith are fearsome religious warriors, using their stalwart faith in their beliefs to empower themselves and their allies, shielding them from attacks, exorcising otherworldly beings or consecrating spaces for their allies to shelter in.
Faith, as a concept and a source of social power, is as old as the ability of the human brain’s reach to exceed its grasp. Human eyes detect more shades of green than any other colour because it was advantageous in detecting predators in the underbrush, and the pareidolic impulse has been heavily favoured by natural selection to the point that we can now tell stories to one another about the shapes we see in the clouds. We conceive of far more, and far grander, things than we can explain.
And yet, the power of Faith is undeniable. It appears not to matter what deity or concept the human will and faculties suborn themselves to; the purity of the conviction is where the real power comes from. It is rather like a spiritual analogue to the mother lifting a car to rescue her child, and ORPHEUS is not foolish enough to overlook the power and utility of the truly faithful.
== Mechanic: Conviction ==
When unchallenged, the conviction of the faithful drives their powers to greater heights. True Faith practitioners begin with full Conviction but lose all Conviction when they take damage or fail in various ways with abilities. Some successful uses of abilities cause the faithful to regain their conviction.
== Abilities ==
=== Consecrated Ground ===
The Faithful designates and consecrates a space as holy to their deity or creed, making it salutary to allies and hostile to enemies.
=== Divine Challenge ===
The Faithful embodies the henotheistic fury of their deity or beliefs, issuing a supernaturally powerful challenge that cannot be ignored by those who would oppose them.
=== Exorcism ===
The Faithful lashes out at their enemy with the power of their divinity or belief, entering a bond of mutual destruction in the ultimate test of conviction.
=== Faith Healing ===
The Faithful draws on spiritual power to miraculously heal the injured.
=== Guardian Angel ===
The Faithful is protected from harm by an unseen force.
=== Stalwart Faith ===
The Faithful’s utter trust in their deity or creed renders them preternaturally resilient to the effects of horror on the human mind.
== Notable True Faith Practitioners ==
* Sampson Campbell
* Zepheniah Gideon
Category:Archetypes