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Aug 16 2005, 09:17 PM

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Moving Target

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QUOTE (PBTHHHHT)

QUOTE (Ancient History @ Aug 16 2005, 03:45 PM)

Oh hey, forgot about this one. Remind me to share my latest Magic Idea some day.

Here's your reminder. Now share. :P

hear hear, I second that :)

DocMortand View Member Profile	Aug 16 2005, 11:20 PM Post #27
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Ancient History

Aug 17 2005, 02:45 AM

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I've got a few books I haven't fully fleshed out yet, but I suppose I could present this old gem:

Excerpt from the Diary of Malcolm Owens:

Success. I have pilfered the Vatican's Black Library, with none the wiser. This single shard from Dee's mirror is the key to fathomless arcane power. My research has showed this shard was hidden by Dee after his last communion with Enoch, and that the late Aleister Crowley inherited it. Certainly, it was Crowley who encased the obsidian in gold, stamped with binding spells in the three languages of the angels. I have only to gaze into the mirror as the Beast himself did, and draw forth its wonders...

The Obsidian Shard
This palm-sized amulet is an oviod piece of polished obisidian; the sides and back encased in gold-plated bronze, marked with obscure passages in three distinct alphabets.

Any magician with the Divining metamagic may gaze into the mirror, this brings them into communion with the entities that the mirror's maker worshipped and dealt with. These entities are ancient, alien, and malevolent, but they still retain certain interests upon this plane of existence, and will deal with anyone who manages to contact them.

In exchange for services and sacrifices of living beings upon this plane, the beings allow the mirror's possessor to summon and control some of their servitor creatures. One creature may be summoned per round by an exclusive complex action, provided the magician is holding the mirror and has successfully bargained for their use. These creatures may only appear on the astral plane, except in background counts of 5 or higher, or on power sites or mana lines rated 5 or higher.

The simplest servants conjured by a Shard bearer are a breed of loathsome, primordial servitor creatures. The services of these creatures are relatively cheap, and they are easier to threaten or frighten into submission.

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Gum Toads
These toadlike creatures are piles of barely mobile fat that excrete a gooey, binding gel. Their primary attack consists of body-slamming a target and binding him or her to the ground until the victim suffocates. Like the crawlers, the gum toads prefer to leap at their victims for the maximums care factor. A magician may control as many of these creatures as their initiate grade; only a foolish magician would call up more.

B 12
Q 3 x 2
S 7
C 2
I 4
W 4
E (6)
R 3
Initiative: 3 + 2d6

Armor: 3/3

Astral Pool: 6
Combat Pool: 4

Attack: Body-slam (7M damage, 6 dice for Melee attack), followed by Binding

Powers: Binding (as Critter Power)

More power-crazed magicians seek the favored servants of the ancient beings that empower the Obsidian Shard; the dangerous revenants that were once foolish enough to believe they too could bargain with the ancient masters. Their services are more expensive.

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Crawlers
These abominations are ancient creatures, and yet seem perfectly adapted to modern times. They look like giant spiders, bt their "legs" are actually furred tentacles. Upon close inspection, these creatures appear to have once been human, now horribly twisted by the pain and powerful magic that brought them into being. They can walk, but prefer to leap at their victims. Their movements are completely silent. Rumor has it these beings are made from the previous holders of the Obsidian Shard. A magician may control as many of these creatures as their initiate grade; only a foolish magician would call up more. "Do not call up what you cannot put down."

B 10
Q 8 x 5
S 12
C 6
I 6
W 8
E (6)
R 7
Initiative: 7 + 4d6

Armor: 8/10

Astral Pool: 6
Combat Pool:4

Each turn, the Crawler attacks with two tentacle attacks and a mouth bite. If the mouth bite is successful, or if both tentacles hit, the victim is effected by the crawler's venom.
Tentacle Attack (x 2): 12 M Stun each

Crawler Venom (may not be harvested)
Vector: Contact
Speed: Instant
Damage: Special (Victim and Crawler make an opposed Body test; the victim loses 1 point of Reaction for every two successes scored by the Crawler. This Reaction reduction affects cyberware, bioware and magical increases to Reaction as well. Reaction is restored at one point per minute after the combat ends.

Aura reading or psychomancy attempts trigger an automatic Supremacy Duel; with the amulet treated as possessing a Magic Rating and Sorcery Skill of 8. Magicians "scorched" in this duel gain a flaw for each magic point lost.

For purposes of astral combat or other effects, treat the focus as having a Force rating of 8.

No karma is needed to bond this focus (what, you think they want it to be difficult?)

Rumors hint that with the proper spells or precautions, the mirror may contact other entities than the ancient masters who first inspired its creation, but all attempts have so far failed.

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