Macchiato Monsters: The Stygian Library: Kasimir

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• Name: Kasimir O. Grado
  • Pronouns: he/him
  • Languages: English, Latin, Parametric
• Trait: Forbidden Magic Grad Student
• Level 2
  • Experiences 0/3
• STR 10 DEX 14 CON 07 INT 17 WIS 17 CHA 09
• HD 1d6
• HP 6
• Attacks/round: 1
• Abilities
  • Detect Evil Magic (2/day)
  • Speed Reader (1/day)
• Spells
  • Hekaphage (Spiritualism)
  • Call the Cluster (Arachnomorphosis)
  • Death Unto Life (Physiurgy)
• Equipment
  • Faith - I have copied so many hypergeometric magic ethics texts I can quote scripture all day long (Δ4) (free slot for Faith)
  • A curse! Your blood carries something bad: family burned libraries, now he’s turning into a book (maybe?) (free slot for curse)
  • Wand of compulsion Δ6 (or as R.)
  • Middleam University Mug, with the seal depicting the planar bridge and guardian.
  • Throwing knives d4 (belt Δ4)
  • an iron flask, the stopper sealed with wax and a glyph, contents unknown, impervious to scrying and demonic magic
  • Two unknown Parametric spell scrolls (can both be identified with a turn of study)
  • (empty) (CON 6/7)
  • (empty) (CON 7/7)
• Henchlings
  • Yulia Livni-Crumb Δ6
    • Undergraduate Wizard: Yulia can cast (very minor) spells with similar effects to mundane gear, such as candlelight, sound-throwing, and remotely grabbing stuff. The first time you want her to use her ability in a day, roll Δ for how many spells she can cast that day, then spend 1 from the resulting pool each time she uses a spell.
    • HP 3, grapple d2, Δ4 armor
    • Equipment: tracksuit with Catoblepas Wrestling mask Δ4* (free slot for worn armor), electrolyte juice Δ4, candelabra Δ6, busted-up backpack Δ4, scavenged dining hall food Δ4, Dies ist kein Buch (0 free slots unless encumbered)
    • (*can be combined with other armor to step up the higher Δ, up to Δ10)
    • Motivated by fame, glory, and being cited by name in Kas' dissertation

Spells

Hekaphage

• Cost: 3

Destroy an enchantment by feeding it to a hekaphage, ethereal creatures that eat magic and curses. Disadvantage applies if the sorcerer level is less than the enchantment level. There is a chance in 6 equal to the level of the enchantment that the magic drained is sufficient to cause the hekaphage to manifest in the material world, though it will be fat and sated with the magic it has consumed.

Call the Cluster

• Cost: 3

The caster summons a cluster of small spiders and can direct its actions. Extra swarms may be summoned from further afield by concentrating for a turn per extra swarm, up to one swarm per three levels.

Follower Δ8, bites (d8 at Δ8, d6 at Δ6, d4 at Δ4), use Δ instead of HP, Trait: Cluster of Small Spiders

Death Unto Life

• Cost: 3

The caster brings back to life a corpse: a body missing parts will be brought to life missing those parts, and miraculously alive should they lack vital organs. The departed is brought back to life at 1 HP, level 0, and bedridden until they rest the the same amount of time they spent beyond the veil. Thereafter will recover 1 level per week, up to the level they were before dying. Should they accrue experience during recovery, it does not apply until the recovery is complete. After casting this spell the caster is profoundly enervated and must check CON twice. If the first save fails the caster falls into a coma for 1d6 days. If the second fails the caster can't cast spells for a week. If both fail the caster dies.

At level 0, characters have a Trait, 1d6 HD, their starting stats, and no advances.

Maleficence

• Cost: 3

The sorcerer does 2d6 damage spread among enemies in a small melee area, or all to one target they can see. When both damage dice come up 6, roll another d6, continuing as 6s continue. [Each sorcerer's Maleficence is unique: at character creation, choose a descriptor (fire, cold, acid, shadow, etc) which can cause secondary effects such as igniting paper or freezing water.]