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'''The Crying Chaos, the Primal Storm'''<br> | '''The Crying Chaos, the Primal Storm'''<br> | ||
The Howling Dream is as much a place or state of mind as it is an entity. It is mad, primal chaos dwelling within the darkest depths of consciousness, the stormy sea of emotions and awareness from which all thought and imagination first arose. It is that portion of the Great Mind that will not be tamed or subject to order. It is insanity incarnate. Magicians calling on the power of the Howling Dream skirt the edges of madness themselves. | The Howling Dream is as much a place or state of mind as it is an entity. It is mad, primal chaos dwelling within the darkest depths of consciousness, the stormy sea of emotions and awareness from which all thought and imagination first arose. It is that portion of the Great Mind that will not be tamed or subject to order. It is insanity incarnate. Magicians calling on the power of the Howling Dream skirt the edges of madness themselves. | ||
| − | ==The Crying Road== | + | ==Common Spells== |
| + | ===The Crying Road=== | ||
This is the path into the realm of dreams and nightmares. | This is the path into the realm of dreams and nightmares. | ||
* '''Movement''' (Dimensional 1, Dream Dimension) • ''4 points'' • Free Action, Personal, Sustained • Portal | * '''Movement''' (Dimensional 1, Dream Dimension) • ''4 points'' • Free Action, Personal, Sustained • Portal | ||
| − | ==Curse of the Howling Madness== | + | ===Curse of the Howling Madness=== |
This spell drag's the victim's psyche down into the depths of the Howling Dream, causing erratic, and often insane, behavior. | This spell drag's the victim's psyche down into the depths of the Howling Dream, causing erratic, and often insane, behavior. | ||
* '''Affliction''' • ''4 points per rank'' • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Increased Range 2 (Perception), Progressive • Limited to causing erratic or insane behavior | * '''Affliction''' • ''4 points per rank'' • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Increased Range 2 (Perception), Progressive • Limited to causing erratic or insane behavior | ||
| − | ==Dream Dementia== | + | ===Dream Dementia=== |
This spell calls forth powerful dream images into the waking mind, causing the subject to feel powerful emotions accompanied by hallucinations: so a victim might see her greatest fear, perceive the magician as her one true love, and so forth. | This spell calls forth powerful dream images into the waking mind, causing the subject to feel powerful emotions accompanied by hallucinations: so a victim might see her greatest fear, perceive the magician as her one true love, and so forth. | ||
* '''Affliction''' • ''4 points per rank + 3 points'' • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Cumulative, Increased Range 2 (Perception), Insidious, Variable Descriptor (Emotions) | * '''Affliction''' • ''4 points per rank + 3 points'' • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Cumulative, Increased Range 2 (Perception), Insidious, Variable Descriptor (Emotions) | ||
| − | ==Dream Denizens== | + | ===Dream Denizens=== |
This spell conjures up creatures out of nightmare, no two exactly alike. | This spell conjures up creatures out of nightmare, no two exactly alike. | ||
* '''Summon''' • ''5 points per rank + 1 point'' • Standard Action, Close, Sustained • Active (minions are independent and do not have the dazed condition), Mental Link, Variable (Broad - dream entities) | * '''Summon''' • ''5 points per rank + 1 point'' • Standard Action, Close, Sustained • Active (minions are independent and do not have the dazed condition), Mental Link, Variable (Broad - dream entities) | ||
Latest revision as of 13:08, 2 August 2020
The Crying Chaos, the Primal Storm
The Howling Dream is as much a place or state of mind as it is an entity. It is mad, primal chaos dwelling within the darkest depths of consciousness, the stormy sea of emotions and awareness from which all thought and imagination first arose. It is that portion of the Great Mind that will not be tamed or subject to order. It is insanity incarnate. Magicians calling on the power of the Howling Dream skirt the edges of madness themselves.
Common Spells
The Crying Road
This is the path into the realm of dreams and nightmares.
- Movement (Dimensional 1, Dream Dimension) • 4 points • Free Action, Personal, Sustained • Portal
Curse of the Howling Madness
This spell drag's the victim's psyche down into the depths of the Howling Dream, causing erratic, and often insane, behavior.
- Affliction • 4 points per rank • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Increased Range 2 (Perception), Progressive • Limited to causing erratic or insane behavior
Dream Dementia
This spell calls forth powerful dream images into the waking mind, causing the subject to feel powerful emotions accompanied by hallucinations: so a victim might see her greatest fear, perceive the magician as her one true love, and so forth.
- Affliction • 4 points per rank + 3 points • Resisted/Overcome by Will; Entranced > Compelled > Controlled • Standard Action, Perception Range, Instant • Cumulative, Increased Range 2 (Perception), Insidious, Variable Descriptor (Emotions)
Dream Denizens
This spell conjures up creatures out of nightmare, no two exactly alike.
- Summon • 5 points per rank + 1 point • Standard Action, Close, Sustained • Active (minions are independent and do not have the dazed condition), Mental Link, Variable (Broad - dream entities)
