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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Crown of Thunders (Artifact N/A)

The Unconquered Sun forged this orichalcum crown to reward and enforce the rulership of Merela, a famous hero of the Primordial War. As such, it can only be attuned by a Solar that has been given authority over the enforcement of the Creation-Ruling Mandate by the King of Heavens.

The crown has three hearthstone and can be attuned for 10 motes. It grants the user several benefits based on his Virtues:

• A perpetual astonishing aura of command surrounds the character, adding his Compassion in dices to all social rolls the character makes that don’t count as dices added from Charms. Mortals cannot attack the character unless they are part of a military unit commanded by a non-mortal and treat all his orders like an unnatural mental influence Compulsion that costs (Solar’s Essence) willpower points to resist, maximum 5. Other creatures affected by the social attack can resist by paying two willpower points, and if they do so they became immune to this effect for a month and a day.

• The solar adds (Temperance x4) to his natural soak and gains a Hardness equal to half that number. This bonus to soak also helps against aggravate damage.

• The character’s halo of righteousness burns the enemies of Creation without mercy. All Creatures of Darkness within (Essence) yards of the character suffer (Conviction) dices of aggravate Holy damage that bypasses armor every 6 ticks. Every level of damage inflicted turns into burns that smoke, making the dark nature of the creature Obvious to all observers.

• The Lawgiver becomes stronger and mightier than before, increasing his Physical Attributes by (Valor) each. These don’t count as dices added from Charms.

If the character suppresses a Virtue, he loses the power associated to that Virtue for the rest of the scene. Under no circumstances may a Creature of Darkness be attuned to this artifact, and should the bearer become one while wearing the Crown, he loses the attunement and suffers 10 levels of aggravate Holy damage that bypasses armor.

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