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SongMistress to the Paut. |
of Bast
A Major Ethereal Spirit with an Imperious style of Magic! Highly proficient in Instrumentalities especially the Sistrum. Bast uses her Corporeal Mimeses for her Corporeal Vessels and uses her Celestial Mimeses for her actions in the Ethereal Realm. She will always have access to Reliquaries sufficient to her needs.
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Disabilities: None in theory but see Notes below
Skills: Speciality: Organising a really good party +{39}, 22, [12]
Arcana: The Major Arcana below indicate special variations of Songs that are uniquely hers. (Described in IN Game terms)
Bast is the SongMistress (Liber Canticorum p. 25) to the Egyptian Pantheon and knows all of the Corporeal,
Ethereal and (optionally) Celestial versions of the Common Songs
(pps 28 - 60. ibid.) at various levels: /1 to /6 as appropriate.
She has a Virtuosity in the Ethereal Versions of Charm, Dreams,
Form, Harmony, Healing, Might, Sensation and Solace. She may also
know the Celestial versions of these Songs. (See Notes on Israfel below.)
In addition to the Song of Spirit Speech/6 (all versions) she knows the Ethereal versions of the Songs of Fruition and Ecstasy at /6; the Corporeal versions at /4 and Celestial/2. Finally she has two Songs that are uniquely hers:
III - The Empress Songs of Fecundity
As a powerful fertility Goddess Bast has devised the following:
Corporeal Song of Fecundity cast on a single female plant or animal will result in a maximal safe reproductive effect i.e. boughs will not break from the weight of the fruit, there will be no runt of the litter and human mothers can expect twins! The check digit is "Gimel on the cake" the perfection level of the fruit or offspring. An exception to the above will be the twins mentioned above. Such offspring will automatically have an additional Force at birth and the potential of Seven Forces. They will have a Soul Link to one another and Bast! Additionally the check digit will add the following:
CD: 1: Toughness +1, 2:Toughness +1 and Charisma +1, 3: +2/+1, 4:+2/+2, 5: +3/+2 and 6: as 5 plus Ethereal Connection!
Ethereal Song of Fecundity cast on a single mind will enable the creative powers to bloom and motivate the completion of one Gimel to the zenith of perfection. The perfect cure for writer's block! The check digit gives the indication of the fame or notoriety resulting from the completed work. This is much more powerful than the Ethereal Song of Fire.
(Theoretical. See Israfel below.) The Celestial Song of Fecundity cast on any Mundane object perfects it for the performer's use. The check digit equalling a pseudo talismanic effect. Note it does not improve the performer's skill using the object nor is the affected object any better in the hands of another. On a favorable intervention the object is universally Gimeled and is a non talismanic +1 tool. for everyone.
VII - The Chariot Songs of Felicity
"The performer sings a joyful song, all those hearing will dance along."
The level at which the Song is known by the performer acts as a negative modifier on the Will roll of the Target(s).
Primary duration of effect is whilst the Song is being sung. There after those affected subsequently failing a Will Roll will continue to dance for a period equal to that duration (whatever it may be) multiplied by the check digit.
Corporeal Song affects Mundanes only. Note most Mundanes will collapse from exhaustion after dancing for hours longer than Strength times Corporeal Forces. For each hour of Singing the Mundane performer must make a Will Roll to continue. This reduces by one point per hour after the Performer's Singing Gimel expires. Thus an Opera singer /6 will be able to perform this Song for 7 hours before they even have to think about resting!
The Ethereal Song affects Mundanes and Ethereal Beings, and in theory (See Israfel below.) the Celestial version will affect all beings from the three Realms!
Note that tireless Ethereal and Celestial Vessels can Sing as long as they want to but appositely will have to Dance as long as they have to... too! q.v. Novalis' Crown of Joy Attunement.
Generation Notes: Strictly speaking using the In Nomine Conversion Rules Bast's Significator should indicate that she is a seriously weakened entity with only one Force to her name! This did not suit the purposes of the Campaign! So instead this turn of the card was solved by having her with an Essence leakage of one point per Mundane person touching her special Gimel in Gayer-Anderson House. Because of this Bast never has an Essence Pool of any size and relied on other members of the Paut for her current Vessels: Patrick/ Patricia Ketteridge. She is unaware or the nature of her problem and correctly puts it down to an old war wound! Team members pointing out the nature of her Statue would be amply rewarded!
In Nomine: Bast Major Ethereal (Wordbound) Goddess of "Felicity" a.k.a. Patricia/Patrick Ketteridge
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| Corporeal | 4 | Strength | 6 | Agility | 10 |
| Ethereal | 7 | Intelligence | 14 | Precision | 14 |
| Celestial | 4 | Will | 8 | Perception | 8 |
In addition to the Soul Link and Ethereal Connection Attunements, common to most Ethereal Deities, Bast can also bestow the following as Servitor Attunements:
The Servitors/Dream Soldiers of Bast may receive the following Distinctions:
Cat = 1 Corporeal Force... Mature Siberian Tiger = 5 Corporeal Forces. Note initially animal must be in sight; there is no 'switching' of personality and the performer's body is in a deep sleep or coma for the duration of the effect.
(Dissonance)
Not being in tune with the Symphony and mostly Corporeal, none of her Servitors suffer from Dissonance. Nevertheless it is abhorrent (Dissonant) for any Servitor of Bast to harm any cat or through any action or inaction knowingly allow a cat to come to harm. Unless they have a darn good explanation Bast will revoke any Songs, Attunements Distinctions and other such gifts. Alternatively she may just Gimel their Forces and use the leftovers for some Feline purposes of her own. As a lesser priority her Servitors should act as a protector of family life and have fun! They gain Dissonance by attacking or failing to protect family values or being miserable - especially at parties.
Chance of Invocation: 1+D6 for that day.
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