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Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

If Christmas was an actual holiday in the Moonlit Isles, I can definitely see Skobeloff re-enacting that one vine:

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

Season's greetings, everyone! I hope you're enjoying whichever holiday you celebrate, and if you're not celebrating a holiday, I just hope you have a good day in general :)

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

BTW, it's Luka rather than Luke. With an A on the end rather than an E.

@rush99999

Ah apologies. I'll fix that.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Here are The Crow's Ties:

1 Emily - "The human with the pen and notebook has paid tribute to me in the past, and thus I owe her a debt."
1 Luka - "The vibrant human always has the best trinkets to take."
1 Artemis - "This wretched cat is always seen sniffing around my territory, and once even got close to catching me."

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

1 "The Crow is the bane of my existence."

@rush99999

It's funny, I was thinking earlier "You know, I don't think Luke and The Crow are going to get along." Then I see this and find you and I are both the same wavelength.

Curious though, what do you think The Crow has done to earn Luke's ire?

@XxFellsingxX I've added The Crow as one of the ties. Let me know what you think and if you need me to change anything. ^^"

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Looks good to me. I'll also probably going to have her and Luke in ties, which I'll write tomorrow...

Now I just need to think of an interesting NPC to have.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

The Crow

THE BEAST

“My Eidolon helps me pursue my animal urges by allowing me to control metal."

Range: 100 Feet

APPEARANCE

CHARACTER NAME: The Crow, or That Damn Crow (DC) [might get a proper name at some point]

EIDOLON NAME: Polaris

PLAYER NAME: XxFellsingxX

POW: 1 | ELE: 3 | GEN: 2 | GLAM: 1 | BIZ: 2

[] Fresh
[] Winded
[] Battered
[] Desperate
[] Defeated

RESONANT CARD: Death

DISSONANT CARD: Temperance

LVL: 1

When you play your resonant card, apply the following Forecast: “You silence your conscious thoughts and let instinct guide you to victory.” The GM will either describe how your action fulfills your Instinctive Desire, or will tell you how you can easily fulfill your Instinctive Desire in this situation.

When you play your dissonant card, apply the following Forecast: “Your animal mind overtakes your higher intellect.” You cannot use Pet Sounds to communicate with humans or other animals until the end of the scene.

Then, choose one of the following Animal Qualities based on what kind of animal you are, and take the related bonus:
[] Ferocious: When Scrapping, treat any negative card you play as though it has neutral Polarity.
[] Thick Hide: The Fresh space on your Damage Track is treated the same as Winded when determining whether you take damage.
[X] Social: Your Ties are capped at a score of 4 instead of 3.
[X] Perceptive: Set your Range to 100 Feet.
[] Tenacious: Once per session, you can Push Yourself without ticking the Phantom Clock.
Retain these bonuses even if your Eidolon is severed.

Also, take one of the following Instinctive Desires:
[] Food
[] Shelter
[X] Dominion
[] Freedom

Starting Moves

[X] Pet Sounds: You can talk to any non-human animal. You can understand human speech, and anyone with an unsealed Eidolon can understand you.

[X] Just What I Needed: When you satisfy an Instinctive Desire, gain one of the following benefits, depending on which desire you satisfy:
- Food: Reverse your Damage Track by 1.
- Shelter: Your Damage Track cannot advance as long as you remain in your shelter, unless the source of damage is also in your shelter.
- Dominion: Take +1 Ongoing to Dazzling or Threatening for the rest of the session.
- Freedom: Turn the Phantom Clock back 1 hour.

Advanced Moves

[] Hungry Like the Wolf: Take one more Instinctive Desire.

[X] Apex: Take 1 more Animal Quality that accurately describes your species.

[] Eye of the Tiger: Gain +1 Ongoing while your Damage Track is at “Desperate.”

[] Shadow Tongue: Take the Speaking in Tongues Move from the Veteran Playbook;
You can understand and speak to Shades and other supernatural beings, even if they usually cannot or do not talk.

[] Born To Be Wild: Take the Forbidden Memories Move from The Inhuman Playbook, but instead of knowledge of the Undertow, Reveal Your Master Plan with BIZ if you use knowledge derived from your animal perspective on the world;
When you Reveal Your Master Plan, and your plan involves exploiting knowledge of the Undertow that is unknown or unknowable to human beings, you may draw with BIZ instead of GEN.

[] Rampage: Once per session, when you play a negative or neutral card while Scrapping, you may discard the top 5 cards of the Fate Deck instead of just the top card.

[] Nothing But a Hound Dog: If someone begins to suspect that you’re not an ordinary animal, you can try to act like one to throw them off your trail. Draw GLAM, but ignore the Forecast of the card you play.
- On a positive card, they’ll dismiss their concerns and ignore you.
- On a neutral card, they’ll buy into your act, but also decide that
you’re being a nuisance, and try to remove you from the area.
- On a negative card, they’ll believe you’re a normal animal, but will
react violently to your presence.

[] Freebird (Requires Ferocious or Tenacious Animal Quality): You can force yourself out of any restraint, advancing your Damage Track by 1 to break out of it instantly. If you have an Instinctive Desire for Freedom, this counts as satisfying it.

[] Bloodhound (requires Perceptive Animal Quality): Take +1 Ongoing when Investigating using any animal senses you have that are sharper than a human’s.

[] Impenetrable (requires Thick Hide Animal Quality): When someone else is directly in harm’s way, you can advance your Damage Track to shield them with your body.

[] Animal Collective (requires Social Animal Quality): When you’ve satisfied an Instinctive Desire, you can share your food, shelter, dominion, or freedom with someone else. If you do, they gain the same benefits from it as you.

[] Fight or Flight: At any time, you may ask the GM if you are currently in danger. The GM will always answer honestly, but will not provide any details about the source of the danger.

Master Moves (Requires Level 5 or higher)

[] Let the Dogs Out: During combat, you can cry out for any creatures in the area to support you. Draw GLAM, taking +1 Forward if you’ve satisfied an Instinctive Desire for Dominion in the area, but ignore the Forecast of the card you play.
- On a positive card, larger, more dangerous animals will answer your call.
- On a neutral card, only smaller and weaker animals will respond.
- On a negative card, every animal that hears your call will come, but will not actively fight alongside you.

[] Role Reversal: You may draw BIZ to suppress the higher intellect of a human target within range of your Eidolon for the remainder of the scene. If successful, their animal instincts take over, and they must choose an Instinctive Desire that they will exclusively pursue until the effect wears off.

[] Evolution (requires Apex): The energy constantly flowing through you from the Undertow has caused your body to mutate. Take an Animal Quality that didn’t used to describe you, but does now.

TIES

1 "Emily has paid tribute to me in the past, and thus I owe her a debt." 1

1 "Luka always has the best trinkets to take." 1

1 "Ashley reacts well in a crisis." 1

1 "The wretched cat Artemis is always seen sniffing around my territory, and once even got close to catching me." 1

Q: What is it about the human world that you understand the worst?

A: "Apparently, despite being the ones to coin the phrase, humans don't actually like it when you try to abide by the 'Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers' rule."

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@XxFellsingxX that damn crow looks great, consider them approved. i do have to ask what this bird's pronouns are tho =O

@ctrlsaltdel

The Crow is biologically male, but considering it's difficult to tell with birds, he's been given many a pronoun by humans. Most often an 'it'. The Crow doesn't really care all that much what others refer to them as, but we'll say either 'he', 'they' or 'it' is what they're used to, and other characters can refer to him as any of those.

For example, I imagine Emily Sanderson may have tried to befriend @XxFellsingxX's The Crow in the past, through giving The Crow food. Whether she was successful or not is up to @XxFellsingxX. ^^"
If her attempt was successful, I imagine she would call the Crow "Nevermore,"

@Guardian Angel Haruki

I am all for Emily having given food to The Crow in the past. He remembers it and definitely appreciates it.

Also, I'm also glad you've caught on the fact that he's not just a Crow... he's The Crow. And yes, if characters refer to him as just 'Crow' he will correct them. He will not stand for disrespect.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

After some thought and discussion with the GM, I've decided to actually stick with my crow idea.

The Crow

THE BEAST

“My Eidolon helps me pursue my animal urges by allowing me to control metal."

Range: 120 Feet

APPEARANCE

CHARACTER NAME: The Crow, or That Damn Crow (DC) [might get a proper name at some point]

EIDOLON NAME: Polaris

PLAYER NAME: XxFellsingxX

POW: 1 | ELE: 3 | GEN: 2 | GLAM: 1 | BIZ: 2

[] Fresh
[] Winded
[] Battered
[] Desperate
[] Defeated

RESONANT CARD: Death

DISSONANT CARD: Temperance

LVL: 1

When you play your resonant card, apply the following Forecast: “You silence your conscious thoughts and let instinct guide you to victory.” The GM will either describe how your action fulfills your Instinctive Desire, or will tell you how you can easily fulfill your Instinctive Desire in this situation.

When you play your dissonant card, apply the following Forecast: “Your animal mind overtakes your higher intellect.” You cannot use Pet Sounds to communicate with humans or other animals until the end of the scene.

Then, choose one of the following Animal Qualities based on what kind of animal you are, and take the related bonus:
[] Ferocious: When Scrapping, treat any negative card you play as though it has neutral Polarity.
[] Thick Hide: The Fresh space on your Damage Track is treated the same as Winded when determining whether you take damage.
[X] Social: Your Ties are capped at a score of 4 instead of 3.
[X] Perceptive: Set your Range to 100 Feet.
[] Tenacious: Once per session, you can Push Yourself without ticking the Phantom Clock.
Retain these bonuses even if your Eidolon is severed.

Also, take one of the following Instinctive Desires:
[] Food
[] Shelter
[X] Dominion
[] Freedom

Starting Moves

[X] Pet Sounds: You can talk to any non-human animal. You can understand human speech, and anyone with an unsealed Eidolon can understand you.

[X] Just What I Needed: When you satisfy an Instinctive Desire, gain one of the following benefits, depending on which desire you satisfy:
- Food: Reverse your Damage Track by 1.
- Shelter: Your Damage Track cannot advance as long as you remain in your shelter, unless the source of damage is also in your shelter.
- Dominion: Take +1 Ongoing to Dazzling or Threatening for the rest of the session.
- Freedom: Turn the Phantom Clock back 1 hour.

Advanced Moves

[] Hungry Like the Wolf: Take one more Instinctive Desire.

[X] Apex: Take 1 more Animal Quality that accurately describes your species.

[] Eye of the Tiger: Gain +1 Ongoing while your Damage Track is at “Desperate.”

[] Shadow Tongue: Take the Speaking in Tongues Move from the Veteran Playbook;
You can understand and speak to Shades and other supernatural beings, even if they usually cannot or do not talk.

[] Born To Be Wild: Take the Forbidden Memories Move from The Inhuman Playbook, but instead of knowledge of the Undertow, Reveal Your Master Plan with BIZ if you use knowledge derived from your animal perspective on the world;
When you Reveal Your Master Plan, and your plan involves exploiting knowledge of the Undertow that is unknown or unknowable to human beings, you may draw with BIZ instead of GEN.

[] Rampage: Once per session, when you play a negative or neutral card while Scrapping, you may discard the top 5 cards of the Fate Deck instead of just the top card.

[] Nothing But a Hound Dog: If someone begins to suspect that you’re not an ordinary animal, you can try to act like one to throw them off your trail. Draw GLAM, but ignore the Forecast of the card you play.
- On a positive card, they’ll dismiss their concerns and ignore you.
- On a neutral card, they’ll buy into your act, but also decide that
you’re being a nuisance, and try to remove you from the area.
- On a negative card, they’ll believe you’re a normal animal, but will
react violently to your presence.

[] Freebird (Requires Ferocious or Tenacious Animal Quality): You can force yourself out of any restraint, advancing your Damage Track by 1 to break out of it instantly. If you have an Instinctive Desire for Freedom, this counts as satisfying it.

[] Bloodhound (requires Perceptive Animal Quality): Take +1 Ongoing when Investigating using any animal senses you have that are sharper than a human’s.

[] Impenetrable (requires Thick Hide Animal Quality): When someone else is directly in harm’s way, you can advance your Damage Track to shield them with your body.

[] Animal Collective (requires Social Animal Quality): When you’ve satisfied an Instinctive Desire, you can share your food, shelter, dominion, or freedom with someone else. If you do, they gain the same benefits from it as you.

[] Fight or Flight: At any time, you may ask the GM if you are currently in danger. The GM will always answer honestly, but will not provide any details about the source of the danger.

Master Moves (Requires Level 5 or higher)

[] Let the Dogs Out: During combat, you can cry out for any creatures in the area to support you. Draw GLAM, taking +1 Forward if you’ve satisfied an Instinctive Desire for Dominion in the area, but ignore the Forecast of the card you play.
- On a positive card, larger, more dangerous animals will answer your call.
- On a neutral card, only smaller and weaker animals will respond.
- On a negative card, every animal that hears your call will come, but will not actively fight alongside you.

[] Role Reversal: You may draw BIZ to suppress the higher intellect of a human target within range of your Eidolon for the remainder of the scene. If successful, their animal instincts take over, and they must choose an Instinctive Desire that they will exclusively pursue until the effect wears off.

[] Evolution (requires Apex): The energy constantly flowing through you from the Undertow has caused your body to mutate. Take an Animal Quality that didn’t used to describe you, but does now.

TIES

Q: What is it about the human world that you understand the worst?

A: "Apparently, despite being the ones to coin the phrase, humans don't actually like it when you try to abide by the 'Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers' rule."

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

You could always say the Undertow fuckery which will bring us back to life also made your crow/raven/magpie like shiny objects.

@rush99999

Eh... Nah, to be honest, I'm not sure where I'd go character arc-wise with that.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

What animal were you looking at?

@rush99999

It was a crow, raven or magpie. Based on the concept that these birds like shiny objects, I was going to give their eidolon magnetic powers that allowed them to manipulate shiny objects.

Then I look into it... apparently, that's a myth. Crows, ravens and magpies don't usually gather shiny objects. Apparently, they might even be a little scared of them.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. (Kidding, I'm fine actually.)