Bloodshackle Satyr
Illustration by Taregh D. Saber
Bloodshackle
Creature (lvl +1)
This creature can gain utter control
over a creature via a special ceremony involving the creature's blood.
Blood Domination: This
process involves an hour long ceremony, in which the victim must be helpless.
First, the bloodshackle creature cuts the victim and allows a small amount of
blood to drop onto her (usually into the creature’s palm, paw, tentacle, or
pseudopod). It then proceeds with a ceremony of uninterrupted meditation nearby
the helpless victim, creating a magical bond between itself and the target.
From now on, bloodshackle creature may, at will, issue telepathic orders or
borrow senses within 25 miles. The victim enacts these orders to the best of
their ability.
Breaking the Blood Domination:
The bond may be broken in several ways: through sheer will the victim is
allowed to resist orders that are obviously self-destructive or force the
victim to act against their strongest convictions, friends or kin; by use of a
ritual magic targeted specifically to undo effects of Blood Domination, act of
will by the dominator, death of the controller or intervention of an icon. The
victim is granted four hard saves (16+) made over the course of the attempt to
break free, and must succeed at one to throw the control for one day, and two
to break it for good (obviously, the death of the controller requires no
saves).
In each case when their control is contested
and as long as they are aware of the contest, the bloodshackle creature may
attempt to re-establish control for a round by making a successful attack vs.
MD of the victim and force it to perform a single action. This particular
action cannot be resisted.
The Blood Noise: Controlling
too many subjects causes the bloodshackle creature severe discomfort due to
constant buzz of incoming bits and pieces of thoughts. Therefore bloodshackle
creatures of adventurer tier control only a handful, while Champion tiers take
over most important individuals in an organization, and only the Epic tier
controllers can take over small societies.
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