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Powers & Artifacts

14 entries in the Dune compendium.

CrysknifeA blade of eternal sharpness, born from the shed tooth of the sandworm itself.OrnithopterFlapping-wing aircraft, the main way to fly on Arrakis.Kwisatz HaderachThe shortening of the way: a superbeing bred to tap into powers beyond the Bene Gesserit.StillsuitThe Fremen body suit that reclaims the wearer's own moisture.Gom JabbarA needle that separates the human from the beast in a single heartbeat.Agony BoxSurvive the spice agony to become a Reverend Mother.Orange Catholic BibleThe syncretic scripture born from humanity's war against thinking machines.HeighlinerThe Spacing Guild's enormous carrier starships.Other MemorySurvive the spice, and you inherit the past.Holtzman ShieldPersonal force shield built on the Holtzman effect.Holtzman DriveThe space-folding drive of the Guild heighliners.Family AtomicsNuclear weapons kept by the Great Houses.Water of LifeThe poison a Fremen Reverend Mother must transform.Spice agonyA Bene Gesserit ordeal that awakens ancestral memory through poison conversion.
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