Utterance (MTC)

Utterances are powerful magics used by the Arisen and flowing from the ancient sources of magic that created them. While affinities manifest spontaneously from a mummy's soul, Utterances must be learned and are methods of focusing Sekhem into "great and terrible" effects.

Unlike pretty much every other supernatural power among creatures in the World of Darkness, each Utterance has three tiers of power which each have individual Pillar rating prerequisites. These prerequisites follow two patters (1,2,4 or 1,3,5) depending on their power, and each tier is treated separately (i.e. one does not need to qualify for the second tier to gain either the first or second). According to the Mummy: The Curse Rulebook, Utterances reward players for "diversifying their mastery of Pillars instead of focusing exclusively on one or two."

To activate an Utterance, mummies must spend dots from their Pillars: one Pillar of any type plus (for the second and third tiers) an additional Pillar from the specific type for that tier. A single instant action can be used to activate any or all of the tiers in a single Utterance.

Awaken the Dead

 * Ba ·: The mummy can use part of their lifeforce to reawaken a corpse and question it.
 * Sheut ·: With this tier, the mummy can cause the corpse to actually stand and serve it.
 * Ren ·: Rather than an undead creature, the mummy can actually resurrect a dead person for a short period.

Blessed is the God-King

 * Ren ·: The Arisen can use his connection to Fate to bring himself good luck.
 * Ab ·: On rolls enhanced with Willpower, the mummy or a touched ally can reroll for a better result.
 * Defining Pillar ·: The inner divinity of the mummy transforms her body into a fantastic image of godhood.

Chthonic Dominion

 * Ba ·: The mummy summons a glowing orb that provides light and exposes ghosts in the area.
 * Sheut ·: At this tier, the mummy can compel ghosts to follow commands and answer questions.
 * Ren ·: The Arisen reshapes a ghost, changing Virtue, Vice, Morality, derangements, anchors, or memories.

Command the Beasts

 * Ka ·: Cloaked by Sekhem, the mummy can avoid notice from all animals.
 * Ab ·: The Arisen can command and interact with animals with complete mastery.
 * Sheut ·: On a target person or area, the mummy lays a curse that cause animals to turn against the object of his wrath.

Doom Affliction

 * Ab ·: The target of the Utterance has one of his Skills cursed for a day, increasing target numbers for tests.
 * Ka ·: With this greater command, attacks against the target are easier.
 * Ba ·: In addition to increasing all target numbers for the target, failures are treated as dramatic failures.

Dreams of Dead Gods

 * Ba {dot|1}}: The Arisen unleashes dreams guided by Fate which cause derangements in others.
 * Ka ·: The mummy can send a powerful dream to a specific target.
 * Ab ·: Seeding the target's aura with dreams, the mummy can cause the victim to be shrouded in distrust, cursed love, or mystical grandeur.

Dust Beneath Feet

 * Ba ·: Embracing her true form, the mummy gains the ability to move and exist as a creature of dust.
 * Ka ·: With greater mastery, the Arisen becomes a creature even greater than her natural form, larger and stronger.
 * Sheut ·: The Arisen commands the earth around her, unleashing her wrath as an earthquake.

Gift of the Golden Ankh

 * Ka ·: The mummy can use a shared vision to reinforce their follower's strength.
 * Ba ·}: With the same vision the mummy can bestow a Merit on the follower.
 * Ab {{{dot|5}}: The golden ankh heals the target with shining light.

Kiss of Apep

 * Ren ·: With a touch the mummy inflicts a supernatural disease onto the target.
 * Ka ·: The Arisen can imbue one of her possessions with a death curse which grips anyone who damages it.
 * Sheut ·: A black cloud of shadow fills the area around the mummy, attacking her enemies and driving them mad.

Obedient Clay

 * Ba ·: By investigating an object, the mummy can tell physical and metaphysical properties of the object.
 * Ren ·: Objects can be changed with this tier and shaped to the mummy's will.
 * Ab ·: With this tier objects can be completely remade, even turned into precious metals.

Palace Knows Its Pharaoh

 * Ka ·: By concentrating on the artificial structure she is currently inside, the mummy can learn its shape and properties.
 * Ren ·: In addition to sensing the building, the Arisen can exert her force of will over it.
 * Ba ·: The mummy is able to join together two doors in the structure as linked magical portals.