[Phantasm]

Cagliostro
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Known Superhuman Powers: Cagliostro is a talented sorcerer and alchemist with close to three hundred years of experience. As a sorcerer, Cagliostro has the ability to tap this universe's store of ambient magical energy and manipulate this to a variety of effects. The skill derived from three major sources: personal powers of the mind/soul/body, powers gained by tapping the universe's ambient magical energy and employing it for specific effects, and, finally, powers gained through the tapping of extra-dimensional energy by invoking entities or objects of power existing in tangential mystical dimensions.

To begin with his personal powers, Cagliostro has mastered the art of astral projection, the mental ability to separate the astral self – the sheath of the soul, or the life essence – from his physical self, and in this form traverse through space unbounded by the physical laws but fully retaining human consciousness. This form is invisible, intangible, and incapable of being harmed except through the most rigorous of mystical means. The astral form only possesses those magical powers residing in the sorcerer's mind: thought-casting, psychokinesis, etc. Cagliostro is of such mastery that he can remain in his astral form for up to 24 hours before there is corporeal deterioration of his physical body. The physical form is quite vulnerable to attack when the astral form is absent. If harm were to befall his physical form while he was in his astral form, he would be stranded in the wraith-like state. While the astral form is absent, the physical form remains in an inert, death-like trance.

Cagliostro has the ability to mesmerize people to do his bidding, both in person and at a distance, although he seldom employs his mastery over others' wills in so direct a way. He can cast his thoughts over short or vast distances in a manner virtually identical to telepathy. The entire Earth is within the reach of Cagliostro's mind, provided he knows where to contact the specific mind he is seeking. He can simultaneously communicate with up to a dozen minds at a time.

Cagliostro is also able to tap this universe's store of ambient magical energy and manipulate it for a variety of effects. He is able to form and hurl magical energy bolts with a high degree of potency and control. He is able to erect energy shields or screens with a high degree of imperviousness to both physical and magical damage. He is able to use local magical energy for the conjuration of small physical objects like money or rabbits, or for unusual luminescent effects. Cagliostro is also able to transform one object into another, although the transformation only lasts for as long as he wills it.

Most notably, however, Cagliostro is the world's foremost authority on temporal magic, utilizing the ambient energies to speed up, slow down, and reverse the flow of time in what appear to be impossibly wide areas. He is also capable of traveling through time, and has been known to travel to other times. His key rule is to never travel to the same time and general locale he already exists in to avoid temporal paradoxes; as such, he does not travel forward in time if he can help it, to mitigate the possibility of such a paradox. Cagliostro's temporal magic is allegedly able to alter the past without creating diverging timelines.

Cagliostro has knowledge of a host of sorcerous spells and incantations invoking various extra-dimensional objects and beings of power. He is able to call upon these extra-dimensional power sources for very specific effects without taxing his own personal abilities. Unlike many other sorcerers, Cagliostro prefers not to rely on extradimensional entities for power. (This is most likely due to his study of the Darkhold.)

His lifespan has been unnaturally extended through alchemy derived from the Darkhold using an elixir using the blood of vampires as an ingredient.
Other Abilities: Cagliostro possesses a very charming personality and is a master con artist. He is also gifted at forgery and alchemy, having kept his skills up to date with modern technology over the centuries.
Allies: Cagliostro has a sextet of golems he animated with magic which he uses to do his "heavy lifting", including but not limited to killing his vampire captives and moving large drums of chemicals.



Note: this must be the first time an entry's biography has gone to two pages!