Untitled - The Secrets of the Mind & Body Shaping

this Mystery on faeries, mindful of their
Hermetic Oath and fearful of the consequences
of molesting the fae.
Rumors occasionally circulate that
suggest this process has been adapted to
include Divine and Infernal creatures, but
no proof exists that this is the case.
initiation of Bind Magical creatures
Ease Factor: 21 (Major Virtue known
to the Mystagogue)
Script Bonus: +8
Script Details: The Initiate must fi nd
the body of a dead magical creature, one
whose death she did not engineer in any
fashion (+3). She must return the corpse
to a magic aura and ceremonially prepare
if for burial. For a season, she must
perform the ancient Greek funeral rites
for the beast, eventually burning it on a
pyre (+1). With the ashes of the creature’s
bones, she must create a magical urn
with powers that resemble those of the
creature. During the Initiation, she and
the Mystagogue sacrifi ce the item (+3)
along with copious amounts of wealth in
another mock funeral (+1).
Item Attunement
(Major House Mystery)
This Mystery lets a magus attune
a greater enchanted item in the same
manner that one attunes a talisman, after
which he can sever the connection it has
to him without damaging the item or its
effects. These are mighty items, unlimited
in their magical power by their shape or
material, and able to hold large amounts
of vis. Attuned items are coveted devices,
both for their mighty effects and because
the magus’s lingering personality triggers
greed for the device once it is in another’s
hands. These devices are the true “children”
of Verditius magi.
A magus who wants to construct
an attuned item spends the season in
his laboratory preparing an item for this
enchantment. He may disregard the limits
imposed by the Material and Size
Table (ArM5, page 97). The item can
hold pawns of vis equal to his highest
Technique + highest Form + Philosophiae
score. If he prepares a device that pertains
Mystery Cults
to one of his Craft scores, he may add
that score as well to the device’s vis limit.
This amount of vis must be instilled into
the item before he instills any spell-like
enchantments on it, but it does not need
to be done in the preparatory season and
may extend into other seasons.
Once the item has been prepared,
the magus instills effects into it as normal.
Because of the innate connection the
device has to him, add his Hubris score
to all Lab Totals used while enchanting
the device. Since this connection is so
strong, a magus may only work on a
single attuned item at a time. This device
is an Arcane Connection to him until he
severs the connection, which happens
at the end of the enchanting processes.
Once he has fi lled the item with powers,
or sooner if he chooses, he severs his
connection to it. Compare his regular
Perdo Vim Lab Total + a stress die to 10
+ the maximum number of pawns of vis
the device holds. If it is greater than or
equal to the number, he has completed
the attuned item. If it is less, the device
remains linked to him just like a talisman.
If you botch, he receives a number of
Warping Points equal to the total number
of pawns of vis in the item.
The item retains its magical power
because the magus has left aspects of
his personality within it. The device has
a Covet Device Personality Trait equal
to his Hubris score at the time of creation.
This lingering desire makes the new
owner crave the item. For each season
that the possessor owns the device, he
accumulates 1 experience point. Once
he gains 5 experience points, he receives
a new Personality Trait Covet Device
1. This trait builds like an Ability until
the bearer’s Personality Trait equals the
device’s Covet Device score. The bearer
must make personality checks to be without
the item, and struggles to retrieve it if
it is lost or stolen.
Unlike a talisman, attuned devices do
not extend the bearer’s reach, nor are they
affected by Personal Range spells. The
bearer’s Magic Resistance does not extend
around the item. However, because of the
augmented vis capacity that a Verditius
magus can put in them, these are often
considered more powerful than the talismans
of other magi.
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initiation of iteM attuneMent
Ease Factor: 21 (Major Virtue known
to the Mystagogue)
Script Bonus: +10
Script Details: The Initiate must
make a talisman. Immediately following,
he must Initiate another Verditius magus
into a Minor Inner Mystery that he knows
(+3). The following season, he must serve
the Mystagogue who will Initiate him,
using the powers of his talisman in the
task (+1). On one of the solstices, he sacrifi
ces his talisman while the Mystagogue
leads him through the Initiation (+6).
Virtues &
Flaws
These Virtues and Flaws are for
Verditius characters and their household
members, and are not applicable to magi
of other Houses.
New Virtues
MasterPiece
Minor, Hermetic
For some benevolent reason, the
magus’s parens has allowed him to keep
the lesser enchanted item he made to
prove himself a magus and pass his
Gauntlet. This masterpiece must be a lesser
enchanted item. You may design a lesser
enchanted item that your character could
make based on his Lab Totals at character
generation, following the regular rules for
construction of such a device. You ignore
vis costs, as the magus’s parens provided
those from his laboratory stores.
forge-coMPanion
Minor, Social
The character is an unGifted craftsman
attached to a Verditius magus and
working for him in his lab. You receive
50 additional experience points, which
you can use to raise the particular Crafts
her master practices. As a member of his
household, she receives protection and