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Old 09-02-2022, 01:57 AM   #2
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Default Re: Khalomael, Habbalite "Archangel" of Fantasy (Alt-SSO)

Special Distinctions
Servitors of Khalomael who show an especially deft touch in dealing with humans and who have earned her trust may be given one of these special Distinctions. These Distinctions do not come with the authority to command fellow Servitors of Fantasy, but they are a clear public signal of Khalomael's favor.

Recruiter
This attunement is nearly identical to Oathtaking (CPG p.28), except the Force involved is not infernal, and so a human does not become Hellsworn by doing so. Recruiters who dare use this attunement on humans who have not been screened for the ability to have a new Force attached (such as by a Talent Scout) will be severely punished by Khalomael.

Spirit Pact
This attunement is nearly identical to Infernal Pact (CPG p.28), except a human who accepts the Sorcery attunement from a Spirit Pact does not become Hellsworn by doing so.

Talent Scout
A Talent Scout can touch someone and, on a successful Perception roll, determine the subject's maximum potential Forces. If the subject is human, the Talent Scout also learns how many Forces the subject currently has in each realm. On a success, the Talent Scout cannot use this attunement again for (7 - CD) minutes. On a failure, the Talent Scout cannot use this attunement again for CD hours.

Higher Distinctions
Khalomael, as a very new Superior, currently has no higher Distinctions.

Secret Songs
Khalomael knows the Songs of Banishment and Daydreams, having learned them in Blandine's service.

Rules Note: Angels
It is not clear whether, even in the SSO, angels can be safely given Hearts by a demonic Superior, even one raised to that status by Lilith instead of Lucifer. If they cannot, then angels will not be true Heart-bound Servitors of Khalomael.

In that case, however, they can still become quite like Servitors. Canonically, celestials can receive attunements and other benefits from a Superior wwho does not hold their Heart. They also can accept the dissonance condition and Rites of such a being (at least in the case of the canon Lilith). Khalomael will arrange False Hearts for her Servitors as well. So the key difference will simply be that an angel serving Khalomael will not be able to accept Band/Choir attunements other than the one matching the angel's own Choir.

Canonically, angels take dissonance for performing infernal Rites. If that applies to Khalomael's Rites (even though her Word and Superior status came from a non-Hellish source), then Khalomael will not give her Basic Rites to them, substituting ones less likely to come up automatically in their normal duties.

Rules Note: Humans
Under canon rules, any human accepting a Force or attunement from a Demon Prince becomes marked for Hell. It is obviously a GM call if this still applies under Khalomael's circumstances, in which case Khalomael will not give attunements to humans, and the Recruiter and Spirit Pact special distinctions are not available.

Relations in Shangri-La

Allied: Lilith
Associated: All the others, except . . .
Hostile: Andrealphus

Basic Rites:
* Spend six hours in the Marches outside the Vale of Dream.
* Slay the vessel of a celestial. (+2 Essence)

Expanded Rites:
* Write a short story (at least 1,000 words).
* Convince a non-believer to attend a pagan religious ceremony.
* Spend an hour lecturing on paranormal phenomena to an audience of 20 people.
* Finish reading a fantasy novel or watching a fantasy film.
* Spend two hours training another in dream-shaping or ethereal combat.

Chance of Invocation: 2
Invocation Modifiers
+1 A newspaper horoscope.
+2 A peyote button.
+3 A handwritten Book of Shadows.
+4 A Hieronymous Machine built by a mundane human.
+5 Standing in the corporeal locus of an ethereal Tether.
+6 The original manuscript of a parapsychology paper published in Nature or Science.
+7 At the base of Khalomael's Tower in the Marches.
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