Shadow Compendium

Summary:

A list of notes on Shadows.

Shadow Compendium

Mina Haplo 20 Dec 2018 01:24

This thread lists the notes on Shadows we've seen and killed so far. Each post is dedicated to a specific Dream Theatre.

Index

1. Library of the Endlings

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Library of the Endlings Shadows

Mina Haplo 20 Dec 2018 01:50

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Conductors

Troupers

Lilim

Origin: Judaism. Category: Lust Manifestation.
In Jewish mythology, a child of the female demon Lilith, who steal children and seduce men in the night.
In the Sea of Chaos, they appeared to Ai and tried to turn her into one of them so they could use her as a bridge to escape. They appear to be the shadow of destroyed victims of sexual assault, who have had their identities rebuilt into temptresses by their predators.

Name	Arcana	Magic Characteristic	Shadow Rank
Lilim	Moon	Fellowship	1

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship
25	25	25	25	25	25	30	25	30

Wounds	Spirit	Exertion	Fatigue Threshold
10	3	2	2

Elemental Attributes
Melee	Missile	Fire	Ice	Elec	Wind	Psi	Nuke	Bless	Curse
					Resist			Weak

Talents	Subname	Effect
Heightened Senses	Touch, Taste	Select one of the sensory specialisations. You take a +10 to any tests specifically involving this sense. So a test to strain to see something in the distance would benefit from Heightened Senses (Sight), but a Ballistic Skill test would go unaffected because it uses more than just your eyes.
Veiled Threats		You may always use Fellowship in place of Strength when making Intimidate skill tests.

Powers
Spells	Action Arts	Melee Arts	Ranged Arts	Passives
Garu	Faerie Step	Skewer

Traits	Subname	Effect
Shadow	-	This creature is a Shadow, one of the multitude of bizarre manifestations that crawl out of the Sea of Chaos. All Shadows are invisible to non-Persona users (although any effects the Shadow has on the world around them can be perceived, even if the person doesn't know what it is) and are unaffected by weapons wielded by a non-Persona user.
Hover	3	This creature is capable of hovering a few metres above the air. Its Hover speed is calculated treating AB as X.
Demivisibility		You may, as a Free Action, become demivisible. Demivisible entities are difficult to perceive, as their smell and sound is muffled and they are almost invisible to the naked eye. Attack, Evasion and Perception tests aimed at you take a -30 penalty. Demivisibility lasts for up to ten minutes, but is interrupted if you take damage, perform an attack or cast a spell. Once used, you may not use demivisibility again without resting for a full hour.

Knacks	Subname	Effect
Hypnotise		You may use this knack to hypnotise a target, who must be within 10m of you and making eye contact. Hypnosis takes a Full Action. The target becomes sleepy, suggestible and docile for up to MC hours. A hypnotised character remains such unless physically hit with enough force to knock them over or cause harm. Once hypnotised, a target is immune to the effects for a whole week.

Skill	Characteristic	Level
All Perception	Perception	1
Awareness	Perception	2
Dodge	Agility	1
Endurance	Toughness	1
Parry	Weapon Skill	1
Magic Resistance	Willpower	1

Equipment

Metaweapons (Melee)

Name	Class	Range	Hits	Dam.	Pen.	Qualities	Notes
Wing Cuts	One Handed	1m	2	1d5+2 Rending	0	Light, Balanced

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Mothman

Origin: American Folklore. Category: Cryptid/Herald.
A cryptid of West Virginian folklore, said to be a tall moth-like humanoid that caused or was seen around the time of the Silver Bridge Collapse in 1967. Sometimes considered to have prophetic or fortune-telling powers.
A group of Mothmen appeared to Dinah, where they taunted her, likely in an attempt to harness her anger to empower themselves enough to leave. They considered her a karmic threat who brought curses to all she came close to, and wanted to seal her away.

Name	Arcana	Magic Characteristic	Shadow Rank
Mothman	Fortune	Willpower	1

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship
25	25	25	25	35	25	25	25	25

Wounds	Spirit	Exertion	Fatigue Threshold
9	2	2	2

Elemental Attributes
Melee	Missile	Fire	Ice	Elec	Wind	Psi	Nuke	Bless	Curse
		Weak	Resist

Talents	Subname	Effect
Catfall		Whenever you fall, you always land on your feet, and you may test Agility or Acrobatics as a Free. On a success, and for every 2 DoS, you remove one Falling Damage hit.
Leap Up		You may stand or rise from Prone as a Free Action.
Lightning Reflexes		Whenever you roll for Initiative, you may roll twice and take the preferred result.

Powers
Spells	Action Arts	Melee Arts	Ranged Arts	Passives
Bufu, Taunt		Bash

Traits	Subname	Effect
Shadow	-	This creature is a Shadow, one of the multitude of bizarre manifestations that crawl out of the Sea of Chaos. All Shadows are invisible to non-Persona users (although any effects the Shadow has on the world around them can be perceived, even if the person doesn't know what it is) and are unaffected by weapons wielded by a non-Persona user.
Flight	1	This creature is capable of flying. Its flight speed is calculated treating AB as X.
Dark Sight		This creature has powerful night vision, and ignores penalties associates with low light or darkness.

Knacks	Subname	Effect
Empathy		You may use Empathy on all targets up to WPB*100 metres away. You can sense emotions as a Half Action, and may either focus on a single target or more than one (for example: wanting to get a feel for a crowd).

Skill	Characteristic	Level
All Agility	Agility	2
Awareness	Perception	1
Dodge	Agility	3
Endurance	Toughness	1
Parry	Weapon Skill	1
Magic Resistance	Willpower	1

Equipment

Metaweapons (Melee)

Name	Class	Range	Hits	Dam.	Pen.	Qualities	Notes
Moth Smash	One Handed	1m	1	1d10+2 Impact	1	Crushing

Orgone Ghost

Origin: Psychological Pseudoscience. Category: Supernatural/Pseudoscience/Lust Manifestation.
A discredited spiritual-pseudoscientific theory by Wilhelm Reich in the 1930s, detailing a metaphysical biospiritual force capable of spontaneous self-organisation that is shared by all living things. It manifests powerfully in sexual energy.
Orgone Ghosts appeared to Hideki in the Library, and attempted to seduce him into becoming a kind of 'orgone battery' so they could power their escape.

Name	Arcana	Magic Characteristic	Shadow Rank
Orgone Ghost	Devil	Fellowship	1

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship
25	25	25	25	25	25	30	25	30

Wounds	Spirit	Exertion	Fatigue Threshold
10	3	2	2

Elemental Attributes
Melee	Missile	Fire	Ice	Elec	Wind	Psi	Nuke	Bless	Curse
				Resist		Weak

Talents	Subname	Effect
Sensory Persistence		You take a +10 to tests made to resist Blindness and Deafness.
Mimic		Given about an hour of study, you may mimic the voice of another. It takes a -10 Opposed Scrutiny test, opposed by your Deceive, to figure out it's a faked voice (or +0 if you weren't able to converse with the person face-to-face). Of course, if the listener knows the appearance of the mimicked voice's owner, and it's clear to them that the user doesn't look like them, then the deception fails.
Veiled Threats		You may always use Fellowship in place of Strength when making Intimidate skill tests.

Powers
Spells	Action Arts	Melee Arts	Ranged Arts	Passives
Zio	Shadow Propel	Skull Cracker

Traits	Subname	Effect
Shadow	-	This creature is a Shadow, one of the multitude of bizarre manifestations that crawl out of the Sea of Chaos. All Shadows are invisible to non-Persona users (although any effects the Shadow has on the world around them can be perceived, even if the person doesn't know what it is) and are unaffected by weapons wielded by a non-Persona user.
Double Image		You gain the Ganging Up bonus on an enemy in melee, even if you are alone, so long as you have moved at least once this turn.
Chameleon		You blend in with your surroundings. So long as you are moving at a speed of Half Move or lower, then you take a +20 bonus to stealth tests and ranged attacks against you suffer no bonuses to hit due to range.

Knacks	Subname	Effect
Disguise Form		You may disguise yourself or another, changing how that form is perceived. This allows you to change an appearance to exactly mimic another, and allows you total control over the appearance, even down to looking like an animal, tree etc. Sustaining this Trait is a Free Action.

Skill	Characteristic	Level
Perception Skills	Perception	1
Awareness	Perception	2
Dodge	Agility	1
Endurance	Toughness	1
Parry	Weapon Skill	1
Magic Resistance	Willpower	1

Equipment

Metaweapons (Melee)

Name	Class	Range	Hits	Dam.	Pen.	Qualities	Notes
Orgone Slam	One Handed	1m	1	1d10+2 Energy	1	Crushing

Waxwork

Origin: Modern Horror. Category: Impersonator/Pain Manifestation
Wax sculptures designed to look like real people. They have accumulated an uncomfortable reputation due to resembling real people but not being real, and in urban legends and horror stories, are depicted as body-snatching zombies and hungry vessels.
Waxworks attacked Sachiko in the Library of the Endlings, trying to force her to become one of them to justify their own existence. They claim to be the remnants of individuals who lost hope due to pain.

Name	Arcana	Magic Characteristic	Shadow Rank
Waxwork	Lovers	Fellowship	1

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship
25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	35

Wounds	Spirit	Exertion	Fatigue Threshold
10	3	2	2

Elemental Attributes
Melee	Missile	Fire	Ice	Elec	Wind	Psi	Nuke	Bless	Curse
		Resist							Weak

Talents	Subname	Effect
Disturbing Voice		You count as having Fear (1) for the purpose of Intimidate tests and the "Terrify" use of the Command skill.
Cold-Hearted		Any use of the Charm skill against you gives you a +20 to the Opposed Test to resist the skill in addition to other modifiers.
Veiled Threats		You may always use Fellowship in place of Strength when making Intimidate skill tests.

Powers
Spells	Action Arts	Melee Arts	Ranged Arts	Passives
Agi, Evil Smile		Skewer	Elfshot

Traits	Subname	Effect
Shadow	-	This creature is a Shadow, one of the multitude of bizarre manifestations that crawl out of the Sea of Chaos. All Shadows are invisible to non-Persona users (although any effects the Shadow has on the world around them can be perceived, even if the person doesn't know what it is) and are unaffected by weapons wielded by a non-Persona user.
Armoured	1	You gain AP on all areas equal to X. Stacks with worn armour.
Unspeakably Ugly	10	This creature has a visibly disturbing visage. Against people who have not learned to overcome its horrific appearance, it takes an X penalty to Charm and an X bonus to Intimidate.

Knacks	Subname	Effect
Empathy		You may use Empathy on all targets up to WPB*100 metres away. You can sense emotions as a Half Action, and may either focus on a single target or more than one (for example: wanting to get a feel for a crowd).

Skill	Characteristic	Level
All Fellowship+Intimidate	Fellowship	2
Awareness	Perception	1
Dodge	Agility	1
Endurance	Toughness	1
Parry	Weapon Skill	1
Magic Resistance	Willpower	1

Equipment

Metaweapons (Melee)

Name	Class	Range	Hits	Dam.	Pen.	Qualities	Notes
Wax Hand	One Handed	1m	2	1d5+2	0	Light, Balanced

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