Eidolonic Stigmata

Eidolons, Steeds, Sporelings

At the very base level, Eidolons are humans who have willfully undergone and fortunately survived a dangerous process of implantation of something called an Eidolonic Spore - a monstrous thing taken and processed from the flesh of certain Abyssal monstrosities. The Templars are the primary creators of Eidolons (sometimes called Steeds). However, their process has been appropriated by the Scavvers and Charioteers, thereby given to those willing to pay for this horrific privilege.

Choose this Stigmata if:

• You want more alien characteristics, like an an octopus, a fly, or jellyfish

• You want a non-magical character to become able to cast spells via a Graft.

• You want to play a Stigmata without the need for paint, only props, costuming and/or prosthetics.

Eidolonic Traits Description

Eidolonic Biology

• Subtype: All

• Effect 1: Longevity -- You may be revived even while you have more than 5 Grave Scars. At 5 Grave Scars, future Revivals from the dead inflict debilitating “Soul Scars”.

• Effect 2: Eldritch Spore -- At character creation, you can choose to be an Arcanist. If a non-Arcanist, learn Arcanist skills.

  • You also gain Arcane Ember and can use it.

• Effect 3: Sporeling Body - If your character has been dead for at least 10 minutes and has 0 to 4 Grave Scars, you may grant yourself a Greater Revive effect and a new Grave Scar. Go to Game Staff to process the Grave Scar. Afterwards, you regrow your entire body and mundane clothing from a spore you had left behind in a dark room within the past three hours.

  • Making a new body is taxing. You suffer from a Rot effect that will only end if you consume 5 basic CMP (Abyssal/Herbal/Shadow).

• Drawback (1 ATN): You have the Abyssal Tethers disease, representing your connection to an alien symbiote and its eldritch sapience. This is Incurable and automatically takes up 1 ATN slot every Event.

  • You are unable to negate or cure Dominate and Frenzy effects upon you. They may be Cured from you by others.

• Special Note: This Trait is a requirement for all who gain the Eidolonic Stigmata.

Blood Drinker

Feast upon the fallen and resist toxins.

• Subtype: Dryadic or Kulexic

• Effect 1: Gain Resist Toxin, which gives you some resistance against Corrosive attacks.

• Effect 2: You are able to perform a Melee Death Blow while unarmed Furthermore, you can imbue yourself with "Heal 1" or “Cure Wounds” as an Aftereffect to any of the actions below:

  • Successful Death Blow against Human or Animal

  • Successful Melee Smite attack against Human or Animal

• Drawback: Choose between Poor Senses (Dryadic) or Uncanny Mind (Kulexic)

Chitinous Limb

Assume a chitinous, insect-like appearance and be granted strength.

Subtype: Kulexic

• Effect 1: After 5+ minutes of meditation, you may coax your arms and/or legs to shed your human flesh and appear as chitinous appendages (see prop requirements). This can be a horrifying sight, so most do it away from others. It takes 5+ minutes to revert your limbs to their normal form.

  • You gain the Strength skill. You must have at least one Chitinous Arm, and it must be involved in the task. 

• Effect 2: If at least one limb is Chitinous, you may perform Conc-10 and invoke “Regrow” to Cure “Mangle”, “Mangle Wound”, or “Mangle Blight” on that limb. This can also regenerate severed limbs.

• Drawback: Uncanny Mind -- Your Spore overloads you with constant stimuli. You are unable to augment your Craft, Defiance, Sense, or Inquiry skills. Your Ritual skills are unaffected.

• Phys-rep requirement: Your limb’s skin must be fully covered by clothing OR painted grey/black. Skin tight grey or black clothing is also usable. On top of this skin, you must have grey or black plates, such as from colored shin-guards or arm-guards. These limbs can optionally feature black or grey “fur”.

Dark Celerity

You are able to fade away from your pursuers, though much better in the dark.

• Subtype: Kulexic

• Effect 1: You gain your choice of the Obfuscate Exodus spell or the Flee the Scene skill. Both allow an elusive exit from danger. If the spell is chosen, this Trait renders a person vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption.

• Effect 2: After Sunset but before Sunrise or while you are Indoors, you may augment and prefix either skill with “Darkened” (e.g. “Darkened Obfuscate Exodus”) to waive their Focus cost. “Darkened Flee the Scene” only requires qConc-3.

• Drawback: Uncanny Mind -- Your Spore overloads you with constant stimuli. You are unable to augment your Craft, Defiance, Sense, or Inquiry skills. Your Ritual skills are unaffected.

Dryadic Bloom

Gain healing abilities and store healing in your Bonded allies and Ghet.

• Subtype: Dryadic

• Effect 1: You gain one of the spells below and can use them even if you lack their Skill Requirements. If a spell is chosen, you become vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption.

  • Restore Vitality

  • Transmute Flesh

  • Treat Injury

• Effect 2: You can choose to augment and prefix the Skills above with “Dryadic” when casting on your Bonded allies or your Ghet. This replaces the effect with “Invest Healing”, suffusing Dryadic magics into your target for them to activate on their own. Clarify this effect if needed. Regardless of how they can do so, they can store only 1 such spell at a time.

  • “Blossom” — Before 10 minutes pass or the current combat ends, your target may invoke “Blossom, heal 3” or “Blossom, Cure Wounds” — this also inflicts “Snare” on the target and uses up the invested healing.

• Drawback: Dulled Vision -- You are unable to augment Keen Perception, Detect Presence, or other Sense skills. You are also unable to use Skills to negate Ambush attacks (i.e. hits on your back torso and from behind you)

Electric Touch

Disable devices and punish those that would strike you while you are downed.

• Subtype: Cnidarian

• Effect 1: You gain one of the following skills below. Furthermore, you are able to use them even if you lack their Skill Prerequisites. Choosing a spell renders a person vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption.

  • Project Disruption

  • Infuse Item

  • Disarm Device - Prefix it with “Electric” to use it without a Scrap Kit.

• Effect 2: Invoke “Backlash; Master, 7 Lightning” as a Reaction to inflict that effect unto someone who completes their Scavenge or melee Death Blow count upon you. If this brings them to 0 HP, their action is negated. You may perform this action even while Downed or Critical. “Superior Disarm” will render this function unusable for 1 minute

Drawback: Soft Flesh -- You may not have more than 7 HP. Certain attacks are strong enough to Down you with one shot, if you don’t negate or evade them.

Floral Bond

You can grant others the Eidolonic Stigmata or Resolve to allies.

• Subtype: Dryadic or Mycetic

• Effect 1: Whenever you use Ignite Inspiration, Inspiring Aspect, or a Spell to imbue an ally with Resolve, you may augment and prefix that Skill with “Floral” — This adds one of the Aftereffects listed below.

  • Floral Gift: Imbue the same Resolve upon a Bonded ally/Ghet via melee touch.

  • Floral Command: Invoke “Imbue Dominate” on the same ally if they are Bonded to you or are your Ghet.

• Effect 2: After 5+ minutes of role-play involving blood drinking, floral grafting, and/or meditation, you can revive the dead and/or infest a willing target with the Eidolonic Stigmata (Dryadic or Mycetic Subtype) as outlined in Gaining the Eidolonic Stigmata section.

  • Tethered to you until your death, those who you implant with Stigmata are forever marked as your “Ghet” as their “Sire” (though gender and/or culture may change the labels of this relationship in-game). It is recommended that you keep a list of your Ghet on your sheet.

• Drawback: Choose one -- Poor Senses (Dryadic) or Slow Footed (Mycetic)

Fungal Flesh

Self-Revive more easily and grant healing when doing so. 

Subtype: Mycetic 

• Effect 1: You gain the Iron Fortitude skill, which allows you to Self-Revive more quickly if the attack that brought you to 0 HP inflicted only 1 damage (such as a basic melee attack).

• Effect 2: You are able to use Iron Fortitude without adhering to the armor requirement, augmenting it and invoking it as “Fungal Fortitude”. As an Aftereffect, you may imbue yourself and one other person with “Heal 2” from your restorative spores. 

• Drawback: Slow-footed -- You are slow to move, whether through thoughtfulness and/or hindered limbs. You are unable to use the Dodge defense. Also, you are unable to benefit from Pursuit or Escape effects unless it is from a spell.

Gibbous Veil

Fade from view and allow others to do so.

• Subtype: Umbral

• Effect 1: You gain the Obfuscate Presence spell and may use it regardless of its Skill Requirements or you may get the Camouflage skill instead. These Skills allow you to become hidden. If the spell is learned, this Trait renders a person vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption.

• Effect 2: You may augment either skill above with the prefix “Gibbous”. You can also grant Concealment to 1 additional ally within arm’s reach of you that fulfills the position, equipment, and gesture requirements, except that they can be wearing Heavy or Ultraheavy Armor.

  • This also allows you to use Camouflage with only Conc-5.

  • If you choose to conceal no allies, you may use the Shadow Walk feature of the Expert Shadower skill

• Drawback: Shadow Flesh --  Direct sunlight on your skin feels unpleasant. Flame and Lightning damage are considered to be Bane damage to you. Also, receiving them inflicts “Hobble” on you, which slows your movement.

Painful Glow

Radiate eldritch electricity and enhance your attacks with lightning

• Subtype: Cnidarian

• Effect 1: You gain your choice of the spells or skills below. If a spell is chosen, this Trait renders a person vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption as though they were an Arcanist.

  • Project Wrath

  • Infuse Weapon

  • Jolt: After Targ-7, invoke “Jolt” and launch a packet/foam dart representing a small charge of electricity. This inflicts your choice of “3 Lightning”, “Hobble”, or “Cure Strike”. The damage can be increased by bonuses to spell damage.

• Effect 2: You can charge your spells with painful electricity. This increases their damage by +1 (adhering to the damage cap) and/or turns their damage into Lightning. If using metal or mostly metal weaponry you can apply this to your Death Blows and your melee/ranged “Smite”.

• Drawback: Soft Flesh -- You may not have more than 7 HP. Certain attacks are strong enough to Down you with one shot, if you don’t negate or evade them.

Toxic Spores

Befuddle and agonize your enemies with your poisonous magics.

Subtype: Mycetic

• Effect 1: You gain your choice of the spells below and are able to use them even without their Skill Requirements. This renders you vulnerable to Eldritch Corruption.

  • Project Agony

  • Obfuscate Senses

• Effect 2: You may augment and prefix either spell with “Toxic”, this fills the spell with your poisonous power. This gives you the option of inflicting “3 Corrosive” and the Aftereffect below.

• Effect 3: After using a “Toxic” spell or a Smite that inflicts a Control effect, you may opt to suffer a “Pain 10” to inflict the following Aftereffect:

  • Spore: Invoke “Spore” to inflict the same effect or “3 Corrosive” on any target via melee or packet/foam dart. Bonuses to spell damage improves the Corrosive attack. This Pain overlaps with the Diabolist’s Torment/Rapture.

• Drawback: Slow-footed -- You are slow to move, whether through thoughtfulness and/or hindered limbs. You are unable to use the Dodge defense and unable to benefit from Pursuit or Escape effects unless it is a spell.

Umbral Grasp

Shroud your strikes in Shadow and ensnare distant foes with darkness.

Subtype: Umbral

Effect 1: You may choose for melee Smite attacks and melee Death Blows using this arm(s) to inflict Shadow damage instead of the normal damage type. Similarly, ranged spells that use this arm may inflict Shadow-type damage instead of the normal damage type.

Furthermore, with that arm(s) your spells, Death Blows, and melee/ranged Smite attacks have their damage increased by +1, adhering to the damage cap.

Effect 2: You can extend a shadowy tendril to lash at an enemy. Choose from one of the abilities below, becoming open to Eldritch Corruption if you choose a spell

• Project Force

• Umbral Whip: After a Targ-7, invoke “Whip” to throw a spell packet that inflicts your choice of “2 Shadow”, “Pull”, or “Snare 10”. The damage can be increased by bonuses to spell damage.

Attacks that benefit from this have their damage increased by one point. 

Drawback: Shadow Flesh --  Direct sunlight on your skin feels unpleasant. Flame and Lightning damage are considered to be Bane damage to you. Also, receiving them inflicts “Hobble” on you, which slows your movement.

Prop requirement: One or both of your arms must feature long black or bright blue swirls, whichever is more visible. These markings must also be visible for you to benefit from this Trait. 

Wily Recovery

Shake off Control effects and regrow limbs. 

Subtype: Cnidarian or Umbral

Effect 1: You gain the Grim Recovery skill, which allows you to concentrate your body’s functions toward shaking off Wound and Strike effects.

Effect 2: When you successfully receive a “Cure Wounds” or a Heal effect, you may regrow any severed limbs or also receive a “Cure Strike” as an Aftereffect. 

Drawback: Choose one -- Soft Flesh (Cnidarian) or Shadow Flesh (Umbral)