Mistress of Death Idol
PRICE: None – They are generally destroyed when found.
The Mistress of Death Idol are common to the halls of The Winter Host and are one of the Exanimate Items. They venerate “Death as a Mistress” – an aspect of Djerduth. It is carved of solid ice and enchanted with unknown mystical powers. The idol weeps tears of ice, which turn to blood and sustenance when consumed by the undead.
They twist the life of the consumer if they can somehow find a way to remove the tears. Normally, the touch of one of the undead removes the tear, but the living cannot. They have been known to cause to occasional good effect, but more frequently cause foul manifestations. Cold radiates about a half meter around it and mists waft from the surface of the ice figure, dissipating several centimeters off the statuette. Those of Gaernia; pledged in the blood of the god Djerduth, will likely not be effected by the powers of the idol – their own blood will transform the effect into something positive or more likely to be neutral or negate it.
Item Powers (common and Attuned) can be found under Common Knowledge tab.
Chronicle of the Mistress of Death Idols
Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore
Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
iCore™ Mistress of Death Idol Details
Common Effects: Damaging the idol has a chance = damage done as % to shatter it (they all have a max. of 100); causing a draining of 10 hard damage in a 30m radius (no resistance) and an immediate VGR check or 1 is permanent.
Imbibing a tear does not not manifest/take effect for a number of hours equal to 2-20. Each time one is consumed though, a VGR check must be made or the imbiber will weep oncontrollably
for a number of minutes equal to their VGR (and taking the same in fatigue damage).
- Lose 1 STR; the imbiber takes on a gaunt appearance for 3 days and loses 3 STR regained at 1/day
- Imbiber loses 1 essence
- Lose 1 Skill
- Imbiber gains an odor to undead which can attract them from up to 1km away
- Lose 1 SAN
- Gain 4 malaise (1 is permanent); cure is only available through the Church of Darkness or Djerduth.
Along with it, gain 20 mana permanently. - Lose 1 VGR
- Imbiber’s eyes become forsted over; they gain the near-sighted trait.
- Imbiber’s eyes become forsted over; they gain the near-sighted trait and they gain the ability to see life 10m if they drink fresh blood or consume fresh raw meat
- Lose 1 INT
- Imbiber gains a natural armor of 1 – a thin layer of ice and radiates cold (just uncomfortable – no damage); all social interactions suffer a -1 CS
- Lose 1 RSN
- Lose 1 RCT
- Imbiber gains +1 on VGR checks (not on the attribute itself though)
- +1 bonus to direct RSN checks
- Lose 1 PER
- -1 penalty to all direct SAN checks
- Imbiber gains the ability of: the first level of malaise in any effect is negated as well as any cold damaging effects
- Imbiber gains ability of: levitate by drinking the blood of a newborn
- Lose 1 SIZE
- Gain 8 malaise and disorientation; will wear off 1/day but leaves 1 of each permanently – no cure
- Gain 1 level of bulk
- Lose 1 level of bulk
- Lose 1 Trait; skill level if no trait available
- Imbiber gains 5 Health but suffers -1 on all direct VGR checks.
- Imbiber gains 2 Essence but must forver more eat twice the amount of food and drink or lose Iron Will, 1 Size and 1 measure of Looks
- Lose 1 CHA
- Teeth become sharpened
Aura: Essence = 3; only if trying to control or exert influence somehow.