1A.) Elohim-Specific Ability Choices

=====Subraces ("Songs"):=====

(Elohim choose one subrace)

====The Whispers: ====

The Whispers are, very often, mistaken for demons. This is not because of their appearance, no it is because of their singular goal. They attempt to test and corrupt humanity. They give humans hardships and challenges to overcome and see if they rise to the challenge. This allows them to find out who among them are truly virtuous and faithful. And since the truly virtuous and faithful are the best at generating pneuma for angels, the Whispers then have a record of where their brethren can find excellent power sources. Many Whispers ply their trade by attempting to lure humans into vice...be it lust, or pride, or gluttony, or some other sin. (Whispers can generate pneuma both from the faithful and from those they have tempted into sin and thus 'proven unworthy of God's love'. They can form this pneuma into a shell around themselves to give themselves moderate protection against casted magic. Not all magic is deflected, but casted magic will only be more than half as successful against the Whispers. However, their own casted magic, exiting the shell, is only half as successful as well. They can 'dispel' this shell by touching another magic-caster, and basically giving them the excess pneuma to temporarily increase someone else's powers for a scene. It will take them 48 hours to build up a new 'shell'. They can also dispel their 'shell' into an object.)

====The Clarion: ====

The Clarion are warriors, former soldiers for the armies of the Archangels. For thousands and thousands of years, they have fought both the demons and the armies of the "Lesser Gods". For many of them, all they have ever known is the fight. However, with the paths to Heaven shattering, the Clarion suddenly find themselves in a unique situation. For the first time in an eternity, they can CHOOSE whether to fight, and they can choose their battles. There are rumors that some of the Clarion have laid down their swords, but truthfully, most of them have simply taken up more subtle jobs in the mortal world, fitting in where they can as security guards and mercenaries. (The Clarion start with master melee for free, from their eternity of fighting battles and wars. Any melee weapon they hold siphons pneuma on contact with a demon or non-believer, and that siphoned pneuma automatically attempts to heal any wounds they might have. This allows them to fight longer than most other races, though it will eventually not be able to keep up with the wounding.)

====The Lullaby: ====

If one is looking for the most traditional Judeo-Christian 'concept' of an angel, the Lullaby are probably the ones they are thinking of. They are the protectors and guardians of God's creations, and from them comes the archetypical concept of "guardian angels". But they are not only concerned with guarding humans, but everything beloved by God. There are Lullabies who protect animals, plants, places, books, temples, rivers and oceans, and more. Since the Severing, they have, many of them, taken up mundane jobs near or working with those things they once guarded and tended. Other Lullabies have gone a bit...off kilter. With only their area of guardianship remaining familiar to them in this strange time, they don't just guard, but relentlessly pursue and destroy any minor perceived threat to their "holy treasure". (The Lullaby get a free level of Healing, unrestricted. If they then take Healing, they get to start with Healing level 2.)

====The Voices: ====

The Voices are angels of communication. They deliver not only God's mandates and messages to mankind, but also hear and answer (or reject) prayers on God's behalf. Beyond this, the Voices have the task of overseeing memory, sanity, and language. Following the Severing, they've taken up mortal jobs as everything from powerful philanthropists to psychiatrists, and book writers. However, others have gone very exceptionally insane. Without the Word of God to fuel their movements, their minds tend to fill themselves with...well, voices. Since many of the leaders of the newly formed Elohim come from this choir, finding ways to prevent the further erosion of the sanity of the Voices is high on the list of Things That Need To Be Done. (By touch, the Voices can view and steal recent memories of others. However, every time they do this, the Voices in their own heads will drastically increase their insanity for the next 24 hours. So it is not a power to be used lightly. The further back these memories are, the stronger the person's will to resist, the more intense the backlash will be. Memories over a week old are unavailable to them. They can not probe surface thoughts, only memories of events.)

====The Silence: ====

The SIlence are truly the most terrifying of all angels. Often hideous in appearance, they are tasked both with bringing God's judgment and punishment to mankind, as well as instilling fear into mortals. Humanity does have the option of turning against God, but absolutely nowhere in any Good Book does it say that God won't punish them for doing so. In addition, it has been found that fear inspires faith. Without fear, there can be no hope. Were most people to see a member of the Silence, they would immediately think them a demon. However, most of the Silence have lived extraordinarily lonely, and solitary existences. Now, in the days after the Severing, some of them have come looking for the companionship they have never had in the past. Others are completely fine with being what they have always been -- monsters. (They have the ability to vanish right in front of people, and to move without being seen, without making a sound and without disturbing the air (can not be smelled when using this power), but only in their true forms. This works only so long as they do not interact with the environment in a major way, such as casting magic, or attacking someone. Small interactions with the environment are fine. However, the Silence can be detected as a faint glow by a Scrying roll, or a roll by those who can detect the use of magic. (Perception vs. Subterfuge, Hiding, Or Stealth.). If the roll fails, they can not try again for the rest of the scene. The Silence are very weak to wards, and very superstitious, and thus can be kept out of a room by an unbroken line of salt on all entrances. This salt will need to be replaced every 24 hours.)

====The Blessed (Non-Elohim, Human Only): ====

The Elohim have long had the tradition of favoring those Most Faithful with gifts of the Faith. These "Blessed" are often those who go on to become Saints of the Church, or venerated holy men or women. The Blessed have their Pneuma linked and dedicated to a single angel, and can not be siphoned by any other Celestial. The linking ceremony requires both to pray together, hands held, and pneuma willingly exchanged between both, a ritual which must be repeated monthly. The Blessed's prayers may be heard by their Elohim anywhere in the world, so long as they are kneeling, eyes closed, hands pressed together in prayer. In return, the Elohim may sing aloud to draw their Blessed to their side, though the Blessed must physically travel that distance. The angel always knows where their Blessed is, and that individual's physical and emotional state. Likewise, the Blessed is aware of the emotional state of their angel, and over time may develop a sense of awe and fervor toward their angel, almost like a minor form of deification. The Blessed has reduced resistance to the angel's commands and must exert great willpower to act against the wishes of their angel. Each Elohim may only have a total of TWO Blessed, generally termed the "Left Hand" and the "Right Hand". The pair must regularly pray together for the human to remain Blessed. Blessed may not have NPCs as their angels, and the angel who makes a Blessed must be in play at least one month before choosing a Blessed. (Human blessed may cast one level 1 magic that their angel has. They may only use one of the schools of magic that their angel is using and may not use any magic their angel does not already know. To do this, they utilize their own pneuma.)

=====In addition to their race and subracial powers, the Elohim get to start with two level 1 magics.=====