A Purview is a set of powers accessed by the gods and their offspring in Scion. Purviews are groupings of powers based on a common theme. A single power within a Purview is called a Boon.

There are three types of Purviews: all-purpose, pantheon-specific, and special. Any god or scion can learn any Boon from any all-purpose Purview, provided they have the right means, but only members of a particular pantheon may learn their specially-created Purview reflecting their innate natures and values. Special Purviews can also be accessed by any god or scion, but are learned and activated by a different means from the more standard all-purpose ones.

Gods have innate access to their Purviews, but scions cannot channel the energies to do so, and therefore must have Birthrights, specifically relic-type ones, to learn and use the powers of the gods. If a scion succeeds in gaining enough Legend to attain godhood, they no longer need rely on their Birthrights for access to Boons.

All-Purpose PurviewsEdit

• Animal
• Chaos
• Darkness
• Death
• Earth
• Fertility
• Fire
• Frost
• Guardian
• Health
• Illusion
• Justice
• Moon
• Psychopomp
• Sky
• Stars
• Sun
• War
• Water

Special PurviewsEdit

• Magic
• Mystery
• Prophecy

Pantheon-Specific PurviewsEdit

• Arete - The power of perfection, granted by the Dodekatheon.
• Cheval - The abilities of the "head spirit", granted by the Loa.
• Civitas - The use of civilization to raise power, granted by the Allied pantheon.
• Enech - The means to judge one's worth, granted by the Tuatha.
• Heku - The reflection of the soul, granted by the Pesedjet.
• Industry - The spirit of work and innovation, granted by the Yankee.
• Itztli - The ability to harness sacrifice, granted by the Atzlánti.
• Jotunblut - The way to grant strength to the loyal, granted by the Aesir.
• Scīre - The long-lost but very powerful ability to understand all, grated by the Atlantean pantheon.
• Taiyi - The channeling of the mystic energies of nature, granted by the Celestial Bureaucracy.
• Tsukumo-gami - The gift of understanding the inanimate, granted by the Amatsukami.

ReferencesEdit

• Scion: Hero, p. 137-156