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Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:25 pm

Character Name: Nez

Spoiler:

Arcane Web

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This translucent crystal buckler is rimmed with orichalcum and the boss is infused with True earth and has a single, bold glyph emblazoned on it.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the shield’s Name.
Effect: The shield is Mystic Defense +2.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The shield is Mystic Defense +3.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the glyph.
Effect: The wearer gains the Arcane Web ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the glyph spreads and replicates across the shield, creating an iridescent web of itself. This gives the wearer +2 Mystic Armor until the end of the round.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The glyphs from Arcane Web are more intricate and glow brighter. It now gives +3 Mystic Armor.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the True earth was harvested.
Effect: While Arcane Web is active, the web of glyphs spreads across the wearer’s body. Mystic attacks appear to be absorbed by the web and some small amount channeled back into the wearer. If the wearer is protected by their Mystic Armor (i.e., suffers Mystic damage whether they take any or not), they heal 1 current damage. This cannot be increased.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: If the wearer suffers a Wound from Mystic damage while Arcane Web is active, they regain a Recovery Test. The wearer cannot exceed their maximum Recovery Tests with this effect.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:07 pm

Designed by Dvarim
Upgraded to Warden

Spoiler:

Enforcer of Standards

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Warden

The finely crafted Scythan axe is infused with True earth and fire, giving the weapon a hefty, solid feel and the blade reflects light with a ruddy glow. A glyph is emblazoned on the blade.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the axe’s Name.
Effect: The axe contains a Standard Matrix with rank equal to the Thread Rank.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wielder gains the Arcane Strike ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the blade of the axe flares with magical flame. If the wielder successfully attacked an opponent with the spell in the axe’s spell matrix in the previous round, they gain +1 to Attack and Damage tests with the axe until the end of the next round.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the glyph.
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Spellcasting and Effect tests when casting the spell in the axe’s spell matrix.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The Arcane Strike ability now gives +2 to the Attack and Damage tests.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the True fire was harvested.
Effect: The wielder now gains +2 to Spellcasting and Effect tests when casting the spell in the axe’s spell matrix.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: While the Arcane Strike ability is active, the wielder can spend an additional Karma Point on Attack tests with the axe. This has no other requirements

Thread Rank Seven
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the True earth was harvested.
Effect: The Standard Matrix is now an Enhanced Matrix.

Thread Rank Eight
Effect: The wielder gains the following special maneuver:
Arcane Strike (Wielder, Close Combat: The wielder can spend 2 Strain and two additional successes on an Attack test with the axe to cause the glyph on the axe to flare to life. This allows the wielder to cast the spell contained in the axe’s spell matrix as a Free action. The spell is resolved after the attack using this special maneuver is fully resolved. The spell cannot require any threads to be woven and cannot benefit from extra threads beyond what is contained (if any) in the axe’s spell matrix. This special maneuver can only be used once per round and only on the wielder’s turn.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:10 pm

Character Name: A'horangi

Spoiler:

Passion’s Pursuit

Maximum Threads: 1
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

A necklace with twelve large beads of differing materials and unique carvings. The positions of the beads are fixed, with an image facing forward and runes carved behind. It’s notable how deep the carvings are, making them easy to discern by touch. Though any rough edges were long since worn smooth by the fingers of many over the years.

The beads and the symbols carved are as follows: brass with a hammer, glass with a dagger, gold with scales, granite with an upraised palm, rusted iron with an open gate, marble with a scroll, oak with a door, red hematite with a flame, silver with hands shaking, spruce with a harp, and willow with a willow tree.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the necklace’s Name.
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The owner may store Karma Points up to the thread rank in the necklace. The wearer may transfer Karma Points between their Karma pool and the necklace as a Standard action, and may spend Karma from the necklace as if it were in their Karma pool.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn what each symbol, material, and rune represents.
Effect: The wearer gains the Passion’s Pursuit ability. As a Simple action, the wearer touches a bead and channels the ideals of that Passion. This allows the wearer to spend an additional Karma Point any test appropriate to the Passion’s ideals. This cannot affect Sustained actions. This ability may be used once per day.

If the wearer uses a bead associated with a now Mad Passion, channeling their old ideals, something goes wrong (“yes, but…”) at the gamemaster’s discretion.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Mystic Armor.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn who created the necklace.
Effect: The wearer can use Passion’s Pursuit twice per day. Each bead can only be targeted once each day.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The wearer can use Passion’s Pursuit three times per day. Each bead can still only be targeted once each day.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:28 am

Character Name: Kain

Spoiler:

Release

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

An ornately carved medium crossbow with the stock covered with oxblood leather. The body is carved in the Scythan dialect, “Takes what the heart wants. Shuddering through their body. The final Release.”

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the crossbow’s Name.
Effect: The crossbow is Damage Step 6.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Attack tests with the crossbow.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn what creature the leather came from and where.
Effect: The wielder gains the Release ability. As a Free action for 1 Strain, the carvings on the crossbow turn red until the end of the round. The wielder gains +3 to their next Spot Armor Flaw test.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When using Release, the carvings shift and move under the wielder’s fingers in a soothing way. The wielder gains +1 rank to Anticipate Blow.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the Name of who created the crossbow and the significance of the words.
Effect: When using Release, the carvings move more urgently with hunger. The wielder gains +1 to their Initiative test.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When using Release, the depressions in the carvings look as though they fill with blood. The wielder gains +2 to Damage tests with the crossbow against Wounded targets.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:36 am

Character Name: LaShana

Spoiler:

Whispers of Frailty

Maximum Threads: 1
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This windling bow is made of black wood that appears featureless and barely appears to even be present. Its presence is best described as an absence in the space it occupies. A roughly bow-shaped black void. Everything slides off of it, from light, blood, even touch. Touching it does reveal intricate carvings across the surface. Though, the details cannot be seen, only felt and even then only the owner has no trouble interacting with it. The carvings are of faces in various sizes and shapes.

When the bow isn’t in the presence of its owner for too long, one Namegiver becomes the focus of its attention. Unintelligible whispers in an eldritch language only they can hear fill the void its presence creates. Slowly at first, but they come from all directions. This has been described as madness caressing their brain.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the bow’s Name.
Effect: The bow is Damage Step 4.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The bow is Damage Step 5.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the Name of the entity bound to the bow.
Effect: The wielder gains the Whispers of Frailty ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the wielder listens to the comforting whispers of the bow and can make an Awareness test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, the whispers tell them of the target’s frailty, what they fear, how they are weak. The wielder can affect the target with abilities that require them to be Blindsided, Harried, or Surprised until the end of the round. The target is not affected by these conditions.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When the wielder uses Whispers of Frailty, they gain +2 to Damage tests with the bow against Blindsided or Surprised opponents.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn who created the bow.
Effect: When the wielder uses Whispers of Frailty, they can spend an additional Karma Point on a Damage test using the bow against a Blindsided or Surprised opponent. This can be used once per round.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When the wielder uses Whispers of Frailty, they gain +4 to Damage tests with the bow against Blindsided or Surprised opponents.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:40 am

Character Name: Daldorer

Spoiler:

Night Warden

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 14
Legend Point Cost: Warden

A massive sheet of blue, purple, and black crystal fashioned into a rectangular body shield. The boss is shaped like the moon, waxing and waning to match. When light shines on it, the small silver runes carved in crystal sparkle like stars.

The shield is Physical and Mystic Defense +3, Initiative Penalty 3, Shatter Threshold 20, and weighs 22 lbs. This shield can only be used by someone with at least Strength 16 due to the size.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the shield’s Name.
Effect: The shield is Initiative Penalty 2.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The shield is Physical Defense +4.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the crystal used to create the shield was mined.
Effect: The wearer gains the Night Warden ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, darkness flows from the shield and settles in the general area (Thread Rank × 10 yards), dimming it noticeably for Thread Rank minutes. This does not create darkness conditions (Player’s Guide, p. 387), unless it is already dark in the area, but does make it more difficult to see things as usual (Gamemaster’s Guide, p. 165).

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The shield is Mystic Defense +4.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the Name of the spirit bound to the shield.
Effect: While Night Warden is active, as a Simple action the wearer can spend 1 Strain to turn the darkening effect into Ethereal Darkness in a 4-yard radius around them until the end of the next round. This does not give the wearer the ability to see in the darkness.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: While Night Warden is active, an entity slips from the shield as darkness spills from it and moves within the darkened area, prowling and stalking just out of sight. When the wearer is targeted by an attack that affects Physical or Mystic Defense, they can spend 1 Strain as a Free action to cause the entity to emerge from their shadow and strike at their pattern. This inflicts a -2 penalty to Mystic Defense until the end of the next round. This is resolved after the attack is resolved, though does not require the attack to be successful.

Thread Rank Seven
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the bound spirit.
Deed: The owner must communicate with the spirit and perform one task for it.
Effect: While Night Warden is active, the wearer gains +2 to Spellcasting and Effect tests against targets suffering a Mystic Defense penalty from the entity.

Thread Rank Eight
Effect: While Night Warden is active, the wearer can cause the magnitude of any penalty inflicted against a target suffering the Mystic Defense penalty from the entity by 2 once per round. For example, the penalty inflicted by the Rank Six effect becomes -4. If an effect has more than one penalty (e.g., Spirit Grip), all are increased by 2.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:40 am

Character Name: Norg

Spoiler:

Charms of Luck

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This chain bracelet has a variety of small, carved charms hanging from it. An axe, bear, cat, horse, shield, shovel, smiling mask, tree, and a thing—could be a dog, could be a castle—are all included. It shows a patina of wear from the years. The chain can be adjusted in size, but not so much it fits around a troll wrist. Though it would fit neatly around a troll’s horn.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the bracelet’s Name.
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Mystic Defense.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the first owner.
Effect: The wearer gains +2 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The wearer gains +2 to Mystic Defense.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the significance of each charm.
Deed: The owner carves a charm representing them to add to the bracelet.
Effect: The owner may store Karma Points up to the thread rank in the bracelet. The wearer may transfer Karma Points between their Karma pool and the necklace during their Karma Ritual, and may spend Karma from the necklace as if it were in their Karma pool.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: As a Free action for 1 Strain, the wearer gains +1 to the associated test when spending a Karma Point from the bracelet. This must be paid for each Karma Die.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:42 am

Character Name: Daldorer

Spoiler:

The Worm Horn

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This signal horn is made in the style of the Iopan plain, using the traditional coiled horn of a hoop horn. Gleaming silver plating wraps the horn, enhancing the acoustics, and runes are carved in the silver along the coil. A simple leather strap allows the horn to be worn when not in use.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the horn’s Name.
Effect: For 1 Strain, the owner can project any sound they make twice as far. This makes it louder, never deafening, but not louder in proportion to the distance. Each thread rank doubles this distance (e.g., Rank Two is four times further).

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wearer gains +1 rank to Command Nightflyer.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the significance of the runes.
Effect: For 1 Strain, the owner gains Enhanced Senses [Hearing] (2) for minutes equal to the thread rank.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn who created the horn.
Effect: The wearer gains +2 ranks to Command Nightflyer.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The owner can use the horn to issue commands to affected nightflyers with the horn, allowing them to be issued from a distance. For 1 Strain, the owner can change the frequency of the horn so only nightflyers and those with Enhanced Hearing can detect it.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:44 am

Character Name: Temur Tengerkhan

Spoiler:

Moonlit Toccata

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This ash bow is carved with silvery runes and wrapped with tattered blue and silver ribbons. Whenever an arrow is nocked, a soft, cold light can be seen just behind the arrowhead from all angles—nothing to reveal it, but an eerie glow to those nearby. Each attack with the bow plays a single, clear note with vibrato as the arrow is loosed, followed by a second note as it strikes, forming a coda to the attack.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge:
Effect: The bow is Damage Step 6. A glyph appears on the arrowhead as the arrow is nocked. It disappears if the arrow goes unfired, but is permanent if fired.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: True air infuses the wielder’s actions, allowing them to ready or stow the bow as a Simple action.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the glyphs on the arrows.
Effect: The wielder gains the Moonlit Toccata ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the glow around the arrow intensifies, surrounding it and streaming back toward the wielder. The wielder gains +2 to their Attack tests with the bow until the end of the round.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When Moonlit Toccata is active, the runes along the bow glow with a cool, soft light. The wielder can also spend 1 Strain when activated to gain +2 to the associated Damage tests.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the runes and what they represent.
Deed: The owner must have a thread tied to Moonlit Crescendo.
Effect: When Moonlit Toccata is active, the wielder can spend an additional Karma Point on the Attack test. Doing so causes an additional note to be played, creating a distinctive leitmotif.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When Moonlit Toccata is used, each attack builds an aria with mounting intensity. A successful associated Attack test adds one “count.” For 1 Strain, the wielder gains an additional +1 to Attack tests with the bow while using Moonlit Toccata per count. If the wielder misses, the count is reduced to 0.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:48 am

Character Name: Temur Tengerkhan

Spoiler:

Moonlit Crescendo

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This long, graceful lance has a haft carved with silvery runes and topped with a delicate looking silver blade. The blade has a glyph on each side and a cold, soft light just behind it from all angles—nothing to reveal it, but an eerie glow to those nearby. Just below the blade is a tattered blue pennant with a silver crescent moon and five stars arranged irregularly within the crescent. Each attack with the lance plays a single, clear note.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the lance’s Name.
Effect: The lance is Damage Step 7.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: True air infuses the wielder’s actions, allowing them to ready or stow the lance as a Simple action.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the glyphs on the blade.
Effect: The wielder gains the Moonlit Crescendo ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the glow around the blade intensifies, surrounding it and streaming back toward the wielder. The wielder gains +3 to their next Attack test with a Charge attack using the lance by the end of the round.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When Moonlit Crescendo is active, the runes along the haft glow with a cool, soft light. The wielder can also spend 1 Strain when activated to gain +3 to the associated Damage test.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the pennant and what it represents.
Deed: The owner must have a thread tied to Moonlit Toccata.
Effect: When Moonlit Crescendo is active, a series of notes echo as a soft aria while the wielder charges. The wielder gains a +1 Step bonus to Karma Points spent on the associated Attack and Damage test.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When Moonlit Crescendo is used, the aria builds to the moment of impact. For 1 Strain, the wielder reduces the “count” from Moonlit Toccata to 0. For each count, the wielder can spend an additional Karma Point on the associated Attack or Damage test. If the attack misses, any “count” allocated for the Damage test is lost, though the Karma Points are not spent.

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Thread Items

Design: Enforcer of Standards

Passion’s Pursuit

Release

Whispers of Frailty

Night Warden

Charms of Luck

The Worm Horn

Moonlit Toccata

Moonlit Crescendo