Recruit

Recruit [minor] by Iczer

'With this mark, forever know that you are mine'

You can mark a willing ally. By touching someone you sync your biorhythms with theirs, forging a synergy that you can exploit later. Your marked minions develop a brand of sort, the same for each minion, really a biologically introduced virus that allows you and them to 'stay in touch'. Its visual effects (Chosen at character creation) are obvious to observers though.
The mark is harmless, as long as the target is willing. Unwilling targets merely feel discomfort as the body fights off the infection. Once a willing target is infected (a process that takes one melee round of contact) he gains the following:

• +4 to ME
• +4 to PE
• Immunity to fear, and other unwanted emotions. Generally this is to mean negative emotions that may inhibit these lackeys, but the character decides what emotions are and are not reasonable. The character could remove a target's ability to love for instance, if he were so inclined. The character can infect himself for the above bonuses.

The character can effectively infect every body in the world with this, given enough time to do so, he has no limit to the amount of lackeys he may recruit, and the duration of the infection is expressed as a number of weeks equal to the character's level.
The syncing means that the character is aware when a target becomes rebellious, for one thing, he feels the virus getting fought off, for another others will see the marks begin to fade.
The character has the ability to execute his minions at will, from any distance. He wills the virus to become very toxic. The target loses 4D6 HP when this happens, and must make a saving throw vs lethal poison (14+) or drop to zero HP and begin to dies. The saving throw is modified by a -1 for each week he has been a loyal minion. Once triggered in this fashion, the character loses any connection with the target, the virus having left the system.
He cannot exert control over his minions, with the exception of a very general empathy. Orders must be given in person. His minions are likely to obey (The threat of an near instant kill reinforces that).
The virus can be cured with appropriate medical treatment, though seeking a cure would trigger as dissent. The character can remove the virus from a target at will.