Dark Spirts and Host Bodies [Archive] - Wizards Community

Dark Spirts and Host Bodies [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Phelf_Der_Zemit
02-17-08, 04:05 PM Ok in the new Tim Waggoner trilogy there is an assassin's Guild which uses dark magic to bind a dark spirt to that of a human, increasing there abilities and stripping them of some of their humanity, so they could kill more effeicently with out guilt or doubt. My question is were can I find more information on this ritual and what not to help with an up and coming character for a new campaign of mine?

Thank You in advance.
angelofsorrow66
02-18-08, 06:49 PM while i cant give you more info on the ritual (Im new to Eberron), i would suggest that a non-psionic version of the Elan from the XPH would fit the bill. unless of course you plan to play it as a template. i cant help you with templates. (im new to D&D as a whole), so ill get back to you on that

I hope that helps
Lazaro
02-19-08, 12:29 AM I gotta admit I like Angel's idea for the non-psionic Elan. Other than that might I suggest looking at the Possesion rules in the BOVD and the Channeling rules in the BOED( I think Channeling is mentioned in the ECS as well).
Phelf_Der_Zemit
02-19-08, 06:25 PM It seems to be more of template form though. And I'm not sure what you meen by non-psionic, but I'll look at the possesion and chanling stuff.
Cloud Divider
02-19-08, 11:30 PM Ok in the new Tim Waggoner trilogy there is an assassin's Guild which uses dark magic to bind a dark spirt to that of a human, increasing there abilities and stripping them of some of their humanity, so they could kill more effeicently with out guilt or doubt. My question is were can I find more information on this ritual and what not to help with an up and coming character for a new campaign of mine?

Thank You in advance.
It's been awhile since I read one of Waggoner's books...The one I recall reading was sufficiently unimpressive that I didn't feel particularly inspired to get any of the others in his series.

Any reason you can't just work with a variant on the Inspired or Quori-possessed? That'd be a pretty decent place to start, I'd think.

Does it mention any other powers besides what amounts to better stats? Anything that couldn't be easily described/handwaved/etc by taking a level of Warlock/Sorcerer and fiddling the description of the spells to give them an appropriately dark flavor (ie magic missiles that are shards of congealed shadow or whatever; Summon Monster generating "unique" shadowy imps or whatever's thematically appropriate)? At the high-end, a couple levels of Shadow Dancer may work well, too.
Lazaro
02-20-08, 12:07 AM After reading through ECS, I think Possesion is the best way to go. And if you're going to make a character similar to Dirian, I would put the bonus you get from it to dex.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Phelf_Der_Zemit 02-17-08, 04:05 PM	Ok in the new Tim Waggoner trilogy there is an assassin's Guild which uses dark magic to bind a dark spirt to that of a human, increasing there abilities and stripping them of some of their humanity, so they could kill more effeicently with out guilt or doubt. My question is were can I find more information on this ritual and what not to help with an up and coming character for a new campaign of mine? Thank You in advance.
angelofsorrow66 02-18-08, 06:49 PM	while i cant give you more info on the ritual (Im new to Eberron), i would suggest that a non-psionic version of the Elan from the XPH would fit the bill. unless of course you plan to play it as a template. i cant help you with templates. (im new to D&D as a whole), so ill get back to you on that I hope that helps
Lazaro 02-19-08, 12:29 AM	I gotta admit I like Angel's idea for the non-psionic Elan. Other than that might I suggest looking at the Possesion rules in the BOVD and the Channeling rules in the BOED( I think Channeling is mentioned in the ECS as well).
Phelf_Der_Zemit 02-19-08, 06:25 PM	It seems to be more of template form though. And I'm not sure what you meen by non-psionic, but I'll look at the possesion and chanling stuff.
Cloud Divider 02-19-08, 11:30 PM	Ok in the new Tim Waggoner trilogy there is an assassin's Guild which uses dark magic to bind a dark spirt to that of a human, increasing there abilities and stripping them of some of their humanity, so they could kill more effeicently with out guilt or doubt. My question is were can I find more information on this ritual and what not to help with an up and coming character for a new campaign of mine? Thank You in advance. It's been awhile since I read one of Waggoner's books...The one I recall reading was sufficiently unimpressive that I didn't feel particularly inspired to get any of the others in his series. Any reason you can't just work with a variant on the Inspired or Quori-possessed? That'd be a pretty decent place to start, I'd think. Does it mention any other powers besides what amounts to better stats? Anything that couldn't be easily described/handwaved/etc by taking a level of Warlock/Sorcerer and fiddling the description of the spells to give them an appropriately dark flavor (ie magic missiles that are shards of congealed shadow or whatever; Summon Monster generating "unique" shadowy imps or whatever's thematically appropriate)? At the high-end, a couple levels of Shadow Dancer may work well, too.
Lazaro 02-20-08, 12:07 AM	After reading through ECS, I think Possesion is the best way to go. And if you're going to make a character similar to Dirian, I would put the bonus you get from it to dex.