Spark of Life

Spark Of Life by Senator Cybus

With just a touch, the super being can channel his life force into the lifeless, allowing him to actually resurrect the dead. Just not for very long…
This reanimation requires physical contact with the chosen corpse, and the expenditure of 1D6 Hit Points for each minute of life that the character wishes to grant to his target (up to the maximum time allowed for his level; see Duration below).
Instantly, the cadaver will be brought back to full life, with all of his/her memories intact and all S.D.C./Hit Points restored. The energy transferred via Spark of Life can even compensate for the loss of previously vital organs, like the heart or lungs; somehow, the person can function just fine without them. The hero can resurrect corpses that are missing up to 75% of their original mass (as long as the head is included and still mostly intact).
The downside of this ‘quick and dirty’ form of resurrection is the extremely limited duration. Once the time is up, the recipient of the spark drops down dead again, even if the wounds that originally killed them have healed: the forced overload of bio-energy rips them apart on the inside, beyond any ability to regenerate.
This power is great for interrogating murder victims, giving fallen comrades one last shot at victory and for throwing truly memorable Halloween parties.

Range: Touch.

Duration: One minute per level of experience. The character does not have to grant the maximum duration of life, and can reduce the time by increments of one minute as desired.

Only relatively fresh corpses can be reanimated; the character can resurrect bodies that are one day old plus one day per level of experience.

Bonuses:

2D4+10 Hit Points.

Gain an extra 1D4 Hit Points per level.

+5% to save vs. coma/death.

Limitations:

Use of this power inevitably destroys the nervous system of the reanimated individual: once the Spark of Life fades, the corpse cannot be resurrected again by any known means, including the spark of other super beings.

While the spark can compensate for missing internal organs, it cannot restore lost limbs or sensory organs. A body can’t be resurrected if 50% or more of the brain is missing; more accurately, it can be brought back to life, but only as a big piece of twitching, mindless meat. Being reanimated in this way does not make a person invulnerable; he/she can still be damaged normally and potentially killed again before the spark has expired.

This power cannot be used to heal or augment the living, only to raise the dead. The character cannot use it to resurrect himself.