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==Charm Concept: Whispers== | |||
The Neverborn are restless in their sleep of death. Their dreams echo throughout the [[Labyrinth]] that rests under the skin of the [[Underworld]] but above the lip of [[Oblivion]]. Inchoate whispers ripple across the skein of the world, and those who know how to listen can hear them. | |||
'''Whispers Background:''' Characters with the [[Backgrounds#Whispers|Whispers Background]] can hear the murdered gods murmuring at all times. With an effort, one could silence it, but it is easier to let it guide you. Once per scene, characters can use Whispers in place of [[Abilities]] they do not have, and the Background can convey other benefits as well. | |||
'''Whispers of Oblivion:''' The whispers of Oblivion are most often heard emanating from the Mouth of the Void within Stygia, chanting from a distance in the Labyrinth or, rarely, from beneath the floor of an ancient crypt in Creation. When ghosts encounter this sound, their players must roll ([[Integrity]] + [[Willpower]]) at difficulty 5. Failure indicates that the ghost has been corrupted by the chthonic entities' madness. | |||
Each day thereafter, the whispers command and tempt the ghost to destroy something, to prostrate herself before the Void or otherwise to serve the Neverborn. The character's player must continue to roll ([[Integrity]] + [[Willpower]]) at difficulty 5 to ignore this [[unnatural mental influence]]. Failure indicates that the character must spend a point of Willpower or spend the day performing unspeakable atrocities against all that exists. Doing the latter rewards the character by replenishing one point of Willpower, not to exceed her maximum. Once the character has thus regained a number of Willpower points equal to her permanent Willpower, she irrevocably becomes a spectre and joins the ranks of the nephwracks. | |||
Whispers and the whispers of Oblivion will be referenced by various spells in this book. Further details appear in The Manual of Exalted Power—The Abyssals and The Books of Sorcery, Vol. V—The Roll of Glorious Divinity II. | |||
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[[Category:Books of Sorcery, Vol. 2]] | |||
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Charm Concept: Whispers
The Neverborn are restless in their sleep of death. Their dreams echo throughout the Labyrinth that rests under the skin of the Underworld but above the lip of Oblivion. Inchoate whispers ripple across the skein of the world, and those who know how to listen can hear them.
Whispers Background: Characters with the Whispers Background can hear the murdered gods murmuring at all times. With an effort, one could silence it, but it is easier to let it guide you. Once per scene, characters can use Whispers in place of Abilities they do not have, and the Background can convey other benefits as well.
Whispers of Oblivion: The whispers of Oblivion are most often heard emanating from the Mouth of the Void within Stygia, chanting from a distance in the Labyrinth or, rarely, from beneath the floor of an ancient crypt in Creation. When ghosts encounter this sound, their players must roll (Integrity + Willpower) at difficulty 5. Failure indicates that the ghost has been corrupted by the chthonic entities' madness.
Each day thereafter, the whispers command and tempt the ghost to destroy something, to prostrate herself before the Void or otherwise to serve the Neverborn. The character's player must continue to roll (Integrity + Willpower) at difficulty 5 to ignore this unnatural mental influence. Failure indicates that the character must spend a point of Willpower or spend the day performing unspeakable atrocities against all that exists. Doing the latter rewards the character by replenishing one point of Willpower, not to exceed her maximum. Once the character has thus regained a number of Willpower points equal to her permanent Willpower, she irrevocably becomes a spectre and joins the ranks of the nephwracks.
Whispers and the whispers of Oblivion will be referenced by various spells in this book. Further details appear in The Manual of Exalted Power—The Abyssals and The Books of Sorcery, Vol. V—The Roll of Glorious Divinity II.