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 Mar 25 2011, 04:02 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749  |
"The Sword of Sight was discovered in a museum shortly after the awakening. It was clearly very aged, a relic of a long forgotten past, carrying inscriptions from a dead tongue. It had remained a minor mystery to archaeologists in the 5th age. The sword was eventually purchased by the Great Dragon Dunkelzahn. Dunklezahn gave it to me. That bastard called it the Sword of Sight. A weapon from the 4th age, imbued with magic beyond the kin of any modern day magician. He didn't bother to tell me it would make me blind. After the bonding ritual, I'm told that my pupils and iris' disappeared altogether, leaving only blank white orbs where my eyes once were. I had never seen the Astral Plane before that day. It terrified me. I felt vulnerable and exposed. I turned and looked upon the Great Dragon, even more terrifying with my new sight than with my mundane sight, he burned with power, his aura more mighty than any I've seen since. I wept and fell on my face before him. "Why!? Why have you done this to me!?" "To teach you humility. You have been one of my greatest students, and this has been your final lesson. You look on me now with awe, but I'm telling you that I am nothing compared to that which is coming to destroy us." I've been to doctors and shaman, none could cure me. I walk the world now wearing a blindfold, the sword concealed in a sheath to look like a blind mans walking stick. I hunt for signs of the Horrors, and battle their minions where I find them." The sword was forged in the 4th age and enchanted specifically to battle the Horror Aazhvat Many-Eyes. Its enchantment which blinds the user also shields them from many of Aazhvats' powers. The sword permanently blinds the user, but grants them the ability to perceive the astral plane. It also grants +10 to any assensing or perception related skill checks. It is a rating 6 weapon focus. reach 1, str/2+3 -1ap |
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Mar 25 2011, 04:15 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Mar 24 2011, 11:02 PM)  "You look on me now with awe, but I'm telling you that I am nothing compared to that which is coming to destroy us." Awesome! I love the concept. +10 to perception and assensing seems a little much, but very cool none the less. |
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Mar 25 2011, 04:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749 |
QUOTE (Method @ Mar 24 2011, 10:15 PM) Awesome! I love the concept. +10 to perception and assensing seems a little much, but very cool none the less. The assumption here is that 1. the character who bonds this didn't have the assensing skill before and 2. they're taking -6 to perception from being blind, so its really just +4. But yeah, it's a powerful artifact. |
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Mar 25 2011, 04:34 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
A few crunch questions:
Are they now dual natured like most astrally perceiving people are? If so, this comes with some pretty hefty disadvantes for any non-mages (including the ability to be targetted by astral enemies without being able to counterattack). If they're not, why not? Do they get used to astral perception after a while and lose the -2 penalty it gives to mundane activities? Presumably so, though even if it doesn't a rating 6 focus is worth a -2 penalty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Can the blindness be fixed? If not, can it be fixed if they give up the sword? If so, how? If it can't be fixed at all, why not? I like the visual of someone seeing their aura and it having holes where the eyes should be. |
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Mar 25 2011, 06:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
I kinda think that the primary advantage of the sword is that you can fight the unseen, not that the unseen can gank you in your sleep. Flavor-wise I like the idea of it letting you fight the astral without becoming it.
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Mar 25 2011, 06:41 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,473 Joined: 24-May 10 From: Beijing Member No.: 18,611 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Mar 25 2011, 12:22 PM) The assumption here is that 1. the character who bonds this didn't have the assensing skill before and 2. they're taking -6 to perception from being blind, so its really just +4. But yeah, it's a powerful artifact. They're taking a -6 to visual perception checks only, right? If this thing gives +10 to ANY perception tests (such as hearing), that's even more powerful. Not that it's wrong or whatever, just sayin... |
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Mar 25 2011, 07:20 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 26-August 09 Member No.: 17,557 |
Nice, I may have to steal this.
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Mar 25 2011, 07:34 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 15-August 10 Member No.: 18,936 |
Whats with Cyberware? do the Sword blind just the eyes, or does it shut down the Brain-part?
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Mar 25 2011, 07:52 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (Ranarion @ Mar 25 2011, 02:34 AM) Whats with Cyberware? do the Sword blind just the eyes, or does it shut down the Brain-part? "A wizard did it." |
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Mar 25 2011, 08:15 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
Neurological blindess says hi. Your visual cortex gets hijacked by the sword and used to perceive astrally.
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Mar 25 2011, 09:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749 |
The blindness is permanent, doctors and shaman can't fix it. Cybereyes wont work. Losing the sword will not make you lose the astral perception, just the weapon focus and the +10 assensing and perception.
It does make you dual natured. The ideal wielder of the sword is probably a mysad. I'd probably use the -2 for astrally perceiving during physical activities. I suppose I could stat it out as an actual Earthdawn item and give it different powers at different levels of historical knowledge of the weapon. just off the cuff 1 knowledge : blindness, astral perception, immunity to Aazvhats horror mark. 2: +6 weapon focus(or whatever the ED equivalent would be. dont have my books on me.) 3: +10 assensing 4: +10 perception 5: removal of astral perception penalties 6: removal of blindess penalties. 7: ability to cleanse horror marks from aazvhats victims by gouging out their eyes with the sword. |
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Mar 25 2011, 09:12 AM
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Douche Group: Banned Posts: 1,584 Joined: 2-March 11 Member No.: 23,135 |
QUOTE (Faraday @ Mar 25 2011, 04:15 AM) Wizard... |
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Mar 25 2011, 03:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 26-August 10 From: Greensboro, NC Member No.: 18,971 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Mar 25 2011, 04:07 AM) 7: ability to cleanse horror marks from aazvhats victims by gouging out their eyes with the sword. Umm, thanks? Seriously, though, nice touch. Would being blinded by this method have a way of being treated? Cybereyes or what not? Just a thought. |
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Mar 26 2011, 09:38 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
Nitpick: It should be "imbued with magic beyond the ken of any modern day magician". Kin are relatives; ken is knowledge.
Otherwise an interesting artifact, if in your storyline the horrors exist and/or have existed in the 4th World. |
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Mar 26 2011, 11:40 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Mar 25 2011, 04:02 AM) Aazhvat Many-Eyes. Anyone else (who's never played ED) read that and see Asshat? |
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Mar 26 2011, 02:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749 |
QUOTE (jaellot @ Mar 25 2011, 10:33 AM) Umm, thanks? Seriously, though, nice touch. Would being blinded by this method have a way of being treated? Cybereyes or what not? Just a thought. I'll go with yes on this one. Cybereyes or cloneyes to fix it. Not an option back in the 4th age. |
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