Shadowrun: Street Legends Supplemental - Title

COULROPHOBIA
If you believed his account of it, Harlequin first designed
the formula for, conjured, and bound this particular ally after he
was maimed by Ehran in the 18th century. He powered the spirit
with all of his rage and pain, somehow fueling it into existence in
the down-cycle of mana immediately preceding the Fifth World.
After the Awakening, the spirit gained an increasing amount
of power but remained within his control. He had long ago
recognized that the spirit was too dangerous to use in any but the
most dire of situations—it had absorbed all of the worst parts of
Harlequin’s character, and none of his more noble qualities. He
kept it around only because there was no other alternative besides
releasing it, which was too dangerous to the world at large.
Of course, Gwynplaine—for lack of any other name he’s
willing to divulge—would probably tell a very different version
of this story.
In any case, when struck by the magical backlash of the
closing Watergate Rift, Harlequin inconveniently “forgot”
Gwynplaine’s true name and lost control of the spirit.
Gwynplaine then became uncontrolled and free. Its long-term
goals and motivations are unknown and unknowable for the
immediate present, but its short-term aims are plain—causing
as much damage and suffering as possible, for the fun of it.
The spirit harbors a particular hatred of elves and Awakened
individuals, which perhaps is a reflection of Harlequin’s own
buried self-loathing. It also tends to gravitate towards places of
technology in decay. For the most part, the spirit is a sadistic
prankster. Gwynplaine is statted below as a Force 12 harrow
(toxic spirit of man, p. 145, Street Magic) using some of the
special rules for Ally Spirits, but some of its motivations might
be more comparable to a shadow spirit. Its Force should be
increased as necessary for it to be a serious threat to most parties;
it is an extraordinarily dangerous if not insurmountable foe.
Needless to say, regaining control of (or if necessary,
permanently destroying) Gwynplaine is just one of Harlequin’s
short-term goals.
GWyNPLAINE
B A R S C I L W M Edg Ess Init IP
12 14 15 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 27 2
Condition Monitor Boxes (P/S): 12/12
Skills: Assensing 12, Astral Combat 12, Counterspelling 12, Dodge
12, Perception 12, Pistols 6, Spellcasting 12, Unarmed Combat 12,
Influence Skill group 6.
Metamagics: Masking, quickening.
Spells: Acid Stream, Agony, Alter Memory, Analyze Device, Animate,
Chaotic World, Control Actions, Death Touch, Decrease Body,
Manaball, Mass Agony, Mass Animate, Mass Confusion, Mind
Probe, Mob Mood, One Less Elf, One Less Human, Shattershield,
Spirit Barrier, Spirit Zapper, Swarm
Powers: Accident, Astral Form, Concealment, Confusion, Desire
Reflection, Enhanced Senses (Low-Light, Thermographic Vision),
Fear, Hidden Life, Immunity To Normal Weapons, Innate Spell
(Toxic Wave), Influence, Materialization, Movement, Mutable
Form, Personal Domain (Off ), Psychokinesis, Sapience, Search,
Spirit Pact
“Ha! fraGGin’ Ha!”
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