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Note: Table 7.2 is merely a set of suggestions for defining
Spirit intelligence by type and level. GMs who wish to
accentuate the uniqueness of Spirits may assign Memory
and Reasoning stats by unmodified d100 rolls.
Imbedded Spirits accumulate taint levels simply by
their prolonged presence on the physical plane in a material
body. For all Spirits, excluding Standard Spirits and
Angry Spirits, the acquisition of more than twice the
Spirit’s level in taint levels will transform that Spirit into
an Angry Spirit, i.e. a fifth-level Rational Spirit can have
ten taint levels, if it gains an eleventh taint level, it becomes
an Angry Spirit. A Standard Spirit can only have its own
level in taint level without transforming into an Entity
Spirit, i.e. a fourth-level Standard Spirit that gains five
taint levels will become a fourth-level Entity Spirit. It
retains the five taint levels, making it that much closer to
a further transformation into an Angry Spirit.
The process for determining whether an imbedded
Spirit acquires a taint level is as follows:
The Spirit must make a Resistance Roll versus its own
level, with the roll modified by –10 for every level of
taint already incurred.
If an attempt is made to remove the taint, using Purify
Taint say, the process is as follows:
The Spirit must make a Resistance Roll, with a +5
modifier to the roll for each level of taint already acquired.
This Resistance Roll is required, even from willing Spirits,
and the Spirit does not have the normal –50 modifier for
being a willing target.
If all the taint is removed from an Angry Spirit, it will
return to its original form. An Entity Spirit that has
become an Angry Spirit and is then purified will remain an
Entity Spirit. Likewise a purified Entity Spirit will not
return to being a Standard Spirit.
The circumstances that trigger a taint check are listed
below.
Once per week that a willing Spirit is imbedded in a
Golem or Construct.
Once per day that an unwilling Spirit is imbedded in a
Golem or Construct.
Immediately after the Spirit is commanded to act in a
way counter to its nature (e.g. a Rural Spirit ordered to
destroy a natural feature).
Immediately the Spirit completes an order that is counter
to its nature.
Immediately the entity’s master breaks the bargain
made with an erstwhile willing imbedded Spirit.
Entity creators of the Channeling realm of power favor
Spirit Empowerment.
7.2.3 ELEMENTAL EMPOWERMENT
Many creators employ elemental beings as the guiding
spirits for Golems and Constructs. This method requires
access to the Elemental Empowerment spell list, which
gives the caster the ability to summon, control, imbed and
banish elemental beings of various types.
This method has a number of advantages. Most
Elementals are easy to manipulate (compared to
Demons) – the spells summon the chosen type of being
(and nothing else!) and there are banishing and control
spells capable of handling any threat less severe than an
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Elemental Savant. Elementals, particularly the more intelligent
types, can be persuaded to undergo imbedding.
Moreover the intrinsic magical potentials of imbedded
Elementals can be triggered to imbue entities with random
magical abilities using the Manifest Element spells (see
section 7.3 for more details.) Elementals summoned using
this list may also be used for other purposes than entity
creation.
There are drawbacks, however.
The lesser Elementals have only “instinctive” or low
intelligence and limited knowledge of the material plane –
thus it will be necessary to enhance them with Sentience
spells. (Even Elemental Guardians and Savants may benefit
from imbedded skills.)
Compulsion, whether by Compel spells or via Glyphs of
Control, is normally necessary to keep the stupider
Elementals obedient. If such spells fail, such Elementals will
seek their freedom, resorting quickly to violence if they are
not released from the imbedding spell. Destruction of the
Construct or Golem body in an orgy of mayhem will free
the Elemental, which may either choose to depart for its
native plane or attack its foes in its natural form. Elemental
Guardians and Savants may similarly become aggressive
towards creators and their allies, if they feel that bargains
have been broken.
It might seem implausible at first that an Elemental
would consent to imbedding within a Golem or Construct.
For Elementals of all power levels, imbedding provides an
opportunity to experience the material plane for an extended
period. Entity forms with their concentrations of
pure matter and undoubted physical strengths appeal as
fitting forms to inhabit – earth-based elementals find Stone
and Metal Golems particularly attractive, for instance. (Conversely
fire-based elementals will not willingly be imbedded
into Water Golems, while air-based elementals will balk at
landbound constructs.) Elemental Guardians and Savants
will appreciate any existing magical abilities offered by the
body, but are most likely to be swayed by promises of
improvements to their own capabilities through Sentience
spells. Casters who are willing to promise to release the
Elemental after a set period are more likely to receive a
favorable response from the being.
Persuading any Elemental to voluntarily undergo imbedding
requires a successful Diplomacy maneuver (with
Difficulty Level of at least Very Hard). GMs should feel free
to increase this Difficulty Level if the caster is not offering
the Elemental much in return.
Elemental Empowerment is most popular among Essence-based
creators.
Using Elemental Empowerment without Fire
& Ice: The Elemental Companion
If the GM does not have access to, or does not use, Fire &
Ice: The Elemental Companion, then the following points
should be noted.
1.According to Creatures & Monsters, Elemental Servants
are “extensions of their maker/summoner’s (master’s)
mind, and they follow him wherever he goes (range of 5'
per level of the master)”. As such, they are not autonomous
beings – imbedding such mindless things in an
entity would serve no useful purpose, while their limited