Well, most of my questions are about how this is going to play out across Calernia, and you've said you don't know anything about our world, so I'm not sure you're the best person to ask for that. I was thinking I'd consult Hakram and Masego again.

I guess the thing I can say without knowing anything about your world is: all your powers try their best to do what you want and not what you don't want, but they're constrained by the thing they're for, and The Great Equalizer has a very big and impactful and specific thing it is for. It probably won't be able to do much to soften or steer that impact for you.

Wasn't really expecting it to, if I'm honest. It really seems like if I want to be able to pick and choose which parts of Fate I get to keep I should pick one of these other two powers. Which I still might do, if I decide against this one. 

Reasonable.

Are you going to go talk to your friends now, or would you like to continue looking at the rest of the list?

She flips ahead to check how much of the list is left, and notices that this is the end of a section. 

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna be able to focus on the next section until I've had a break and talked to some people about, uh, this. I'll get back to you at some point in the next few days, probably, unless something comes up. 

Okay! See you then!

So, the next time she and Hakram both have a few minutes to spare, she sits him and Masego down—no need to explain it twice—and shows them the text of The Great Equalizer.   

Where you go, Fate shatters. Forms of prophecy that were once perfectly reliable stop working, or show a broad array of possibilities instead of a single coherent future. Imbalances of magical luck wash out, leaving everyone lucky and no one able to leverage their luck against an opponent. If you stay in the same world for a year and a day, this effect will be permanent even after you leave and even if someone tries to constrain the future anew in your absence.

"Thoughts?" 

"Reliable information about prophecy is somewhat scarce," Masego says, in a tone that suggests that this is a personal failing on behalf of every prophet on Calernia. "However, this description of an 'array of possibilities' aligns with my understanding of how prophecy already works in this world. That part, at least, is unlikely to have any major ramifications." 

"Yeah, it's the next bit that worries me. I mean, Fate-powered luck is the force driving Names themselves, isn't it? What happens if you take that away? Wipe out all the grooves in fate, like the Pattern of Three, shatter the rule that says the villains always lose in the end..." 

"That would certainly have a much wider-reaching impact, yes. It would be fascinating to observe." 

Hakram makes a considering noise. 

"I'm not sure the Dread Empress would be best pleased by the experiment." 

"Between you and me? I'm not sure I'll need to give a damn what Malicia thinks of my actions after this." Pause. "If I go ahead with it, obviously. We still think it might be a trap somehow, right?" 

"Well, it would have to be a trap set by an entity from outside of Creation, but that simply means we have no way of knowing anything about them or their capabilities—" 

Catherine waves a hand. "Yep, we went through all of that already. Not of this world, beyond Heiress's capabilities by a country mile, et cetera. Can we maybe focus on the question at hand?"

"I think it would be worth writing to the Carrion Lord for advice on this. I know it would take a while for letters to get through, unless you have some secret magical means of communication you've been saving for emergencies, but...this is too big for just us." 

"...you're not wrong. I can predict half of what he'd say, starting with 'burn that book immediately', but..." She sighs. "Yeah, you're right. I'll write him a letter when I have time." Which will be in about a month, probably, at the rate this campaign's going. 

It doesn't take a month to get the letter written, but she still hasn't had a chance to send it by the time she next picks up the notebook. 

I'll have to come back to this set another time. Let's move on to the next section for now. 

Of course, take your time. What do you think of the Powers of Friendship, then?