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BHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHHB 8.0 Creating Amalgams, Simulacra & Changelings BHBHBHBHBHBHBHBH BHBHBHBHBHBHH Amalgams, Simulacra, and Changelings represent three very different approaches to the creation of “artificial life”. Amalgams are the revivification of the dead, Simulacra are nourished by the blood of their creators, and Changelings represent the reshaping of the living into new forms. 8.1 AMALGAMS An Amalgam is created by assembling a collection of body parts from multiple corpses, joining these parts into a single body using Surgery and magic, and drawing a wandering spirit or soul shard into the body by electrical means. Amalgams look “like death warmed up”. Translucent skin reveals their network of veins and arteries, while their eyes are yellowing and pus-filled, their breath is fetid, and surgical stitches demarcate the edges of each part of their body jigsaw. A “Living” Amalgam is made by grafting one or more body parts from a corpse (or alternatively transplanting a mechanical appendage or organ) by Surgery and magic into the body of a living person. The transplant may then be used to control the person. Creating Amalgams of either type requires access to the Amalgam Law spell list. 8.1.1 THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS A Reanimator (as many of the surgeon-mages who create Amalgams style themselves) needs a secure workroom for engaging in his craft and ready access to dead bodies. Raiding the local graveyard for freshly buried corpses will suffice for humanoid Amalgams; acquiring the raw material for animal and monstrous Amalgams may require hiring hunters who can be trusted to bring back the remains quickly. Every day of decomposition increases the difficulty of creating a functional Amalgam. Reanimators should cast Preserve Amalgam on harvested body parts as soon as possible as this suspends the deterioration process. This spell should be renewed as necessary until the creation process is complete. For true Amalgam creation, the Reanimator requires at least two corpses (preferably but not necessarily of the same species), with more bodies being needed if the corpses are incomplete or damaged. An Amalgam cannot be fashioned from a single corpse as that is reanimating the dead, which is the province of Lifegiving and necromancy. Having obtained the necessary bodies, the Reanimator must first dismantle them and then perform the equally gruesome task of stitching the pieces together. This process takes a number of days equal to the intended level of the Amalgam. On each day of reassembly, the Reanimator must cast an Amalgam # spell of equivalent or higher level than the Amalgam’s level. Example: Doctor Frankenstein wishes to <strong>construct</strong> a 7th-level Amalgam. This will take him seven days and require him to cast Amalgam X on the pieces each day. On the final day of the process, the Reanimator must make a Surgery maneuver to determine the quality of the workmanship, particularly the number of Weaknesses and Improvements possessed by the Amalgam. CONSTRUCT COMPANION 89
BHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHHB TABLE 8.1 AMALGAM ASSEMBLY MANEUVER CHART -26 down Spectacular Failure Your total ineptness means that the Amalgam has 7 Weaknesses, which it will just have to live with. Consider a career change. -25-04 Absolute Failure Perhaps you should consider actually learning some Surgery skill. Your incompetence means that the Amalgam has 5 Weaknesses. 05-75 Failure Instead of pacing yourself, you rush the job, botching the Amalgam’s assembly. It has 4 Weaknesses. UM 66 Unusual Event Oops! You’ve put some of the pieces on the wrong way round. Amalgam has 3 Weaknesses (See section 8.1.3 for penalties rear-facing head, torso, or limbs). Pay attention in future. 76-90 Partial Success Alas, your scalpel slipped a couple of times near the end. Amalgam has 2 Weaknesses. 91-110 Near Success Nobody’s perfect and that includes this Amalgam. It has 1 Weakness. UM 100 Unusual Success More by luck than judgement, you’ve created a superior Amalgam with 3 Improvements and no Weaknesses. A word to the wise: Don’t go boasting to the locals in the nearest tavern – they won’t understand. 111-175 Success As good as new. The Amalgam has no Weaknesses. 176 and up Absolute Success All those nights spent dissecting corpses have paid off. The Amalgam has 2 Improvements and no Weaknesses. 8.1.2 THE SPARK OF LIFE Once its body has been assembled and the final spell cast, the Amalgam is capable of life, but does not yet possess it. To cross the barrier into life, a spirit must be drawn and bound into the Amalgam’s body. Reanimators accomplish this by releasing a sudden surge of electricity into the Amalgam, which sucks the nearest wandering spirit of appropriate power into the body. Once inside, the spirit is permanently bound to the Amalgam, receiving release only when the Amalgam is destroyed. While early Reanimators relied on natural lightning or attempted to utilize Shock Bolts, modern practitioners prefer the controlled release of energy from Leyden jars (see Chapter 5). One fully charged Leyden jar is required for every five levels (round up) of the Amalgam. Charging a Leyden jar is an Easy (+10) Operating Equipment maneuver, while connecting them into a battery is a Medium (+0) Operating Equipment maneuver. To determine what is summoned, roll d100 and consult Table 8.2. TABLE 8.2 AMALGAM ANIMATING SPIRITS D100 Roll Type of Spirit, Soul or Undead Spirits 01-10 Angry Spirits 11-15 Elemental Spirits 16-20 Emotive Spirits 21-30 Entity Spirits 31-35 Haunts 36-40 Rational Spirits 41-70 Standard (Unborn) Spirits Souls 71-95 Soul Shard / Reincarnated Soul Undead 96-00 Ghost GENERAL MODIFIERS: Difficulty Medium (all corpses of same humanoid species) ... +0 Hard (all corpses of same animal (non-humanoid) species) .................................. -10 Very Hard (corpses are of different humanoid species) ............................................. -20 Extremely Hard (corpses of different animal or humanoid species) ............................ -30 Sheer Folly (all corpses are of same “monster” species) ............................................. -50 Absurd (corpses are of different “monster”, animal, or humanoid species) ........................... -70 Miscellaneous Decomposition penalty (use single most decayed body part): .......................... -5 per full day Bonus from Analyze Amalgam spell: .............. +25 A Soul Shard is a fragment of a pre-existing soul. It is most frequently a residue from one of the dead bodies, which have contributed to the Amalgam. A Reincarnated Soul is just that – a soul which has by chance, destiny, or the will of the God(s) been reborn into the Amalgam rather than into a normal living creature. GMs should choose which best suits their cosmology – alternatively simply treat these results as Standard Spirits or Ghosts. The other spirits are as described in Chapter 7 – treat Ghosts as Haunts in terms of their worldview. No Reanimator has yet discovered a way of summoning specific spirit types into an Amalgam body. The “level” of any summoned spirit equals the level of the Amalgam. With the spirit in place, the Amalgam will spasm into life. 90 CONSTRUCT COMPANION
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