List of Power Sources

Things and Others from which a practitioner may draw the power needed to perform workings. Most power sources have strengths and weaknesses, and particular types of practice which they are most suited for. For example, fae glamour is good for subtle practices and illusion, but can leave practice weak to direct attacks and prone to backfiring given appropriate stimulus. Power sources may be renewable or limited.

Examples:

• Self: If a power source is not specified, most practice will be fueled from your Self. This leaves you weakened for a time until you replenish your Self.
• Blood: Blood is one of the most basic power sources. Using your blood to fuel practice will draw on your Self, weakening you until you recover. Using blood this way can create Connections, which may be used to draw more power than you wish.<ref># Blood is power, basically the most distilled and direct form you can offer.  The caveat being that when you deal with some Others, you give an inch, they take a mile.  And you don’t want them taking a mile of your blood or personal power. [...] Remember that every second that you’re using your blood to keep it here, you’re making yourself just a bit weaker.  - excerpt from Damages 2.3</ref> Blood from a specific source may have specific properties or uses.
• A Patron: such as the god Dionysus. Most powerful Others, especially Greater Powers can grant a portion of their power to a practitioner. Power granted this way is usually subject to restrictions, and typically may be rescinded should a practitioner displease their patron. Harbingers, Cultists, and Chosen typically receive the majority of their power this way.
• A Familiar: Similarly to a patron, a Familiar is an Other which can provide the power required for practice. Any other may be a Familiar, but many choices can cause major issues. A practitioner with a Familiar that is much more powerful is at risk of being made subservient, while a Practitioner with a much weaker familiar may receive minimal benefit. Your Familiar is in many ways an extension of your Self, frequently allowing power transfer much more efficiently than would otherwise be possible.
• A bound Other: Most others may be bound (willingly or unwillingly) and then tapped for power or services. A short term binding may allow you to have an other provide a single or small number of uses of their power, while a long term binding can let a practitioner use an other as a weaker but replenishing source of power.
• Parts of Others/ Humans/ Animals: Many body parts may be tapped for power. For example, hair won or taken from a fae may be used as a source of Glamour. Intestines may be used for Augury.
• Magic Items: Depending on the item in question a practitioner or sufficiently knowledgeable person can draw power from a given item. Examples include the Hot Lead<ref>It was a slug from a gun. It was uncomfortably hot against her palm.

“It’s always had an energy to it. Heat that wouldn’t go away,” he explained.

“What’s it from?”

“Putting down an elemental that was causing engine blocks to overheat, sometimes to burst into flame. I don’t know how you’d tap into that power, but it’s yours if you want to try. Keep it in a container that won’t burn.”

“It’s painful to hold.”

“It’s not real harm. Don’t put it in your pocket. It won’t burn through so long as it’s carried, but no matter how you carry it on you, it’s uncomfortable.” - Excerpt from Lost for Words 1.5</ref>, the remains of a metal slug stained with the death of a fire elemental.

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