Arcane Shade
Morchaius Arsa
Stats
Aura of Strength: base level +10
Vital Force: base level x 30
Shield of Fortitude: Total Points gained by stamina, fortitude and life drains = shield of fortitude level. Level is permanent but can be lowered by damaging fortitude.
Stealth: +10
Dexterity: +4
Mental: +12 to split between mental
Charisma: +4
Wisdom: +2
Willpower: +10, Possessed by their creator
Ethical: 14-21, Possessed by their creator
Dark Assimilation: ability to drain energies from their opposition and convert it to sustain or enhance their own metaphysical or physical embodiments.
Charm by Voice: charisma vs. constitution
Weaknesses: They have only one, light. Light spells do double damage to them. Sunlight damages them -1 VF per turn, or -150 VF per day. It takes wits to kill these shade monsters if one does not command light elements.
Class: Guardian-Mage-{Dark Arcane}
Dark Assimilation
Drain Life: -1 called Level per hit - adds to Shade's Fort.
Drain Willpower: -1 WP per Ace - adds to Shade's WP.
Drain Stamina: -1 Stam. per Ace - adds to Shade's Fort.
Drain Health: damages health per turn until dispelled or until shade uses another power, heals shade's VF by amount of health drained.
Shatter Fortitude: -1 fortitude per ace, adds to shade's fortitude.
Terrify: -1 Constitution, and Courage per ace
Assimilate Form: they can shift into the form of any animal or person they kill and fuse with. They also assimilate all inborn powers and abilities, including life span (mortal, quasi-immortal, or immortal) of the creature when in that form. All checks are the same as shade's and all powers are at the shade's base level. They can only call on these added abilities or powers in that form. Keep track of forms on an Assimilated Forms sheet.
Arcane Paths
Shadow Path: any
Path of the Abyss: any
Information
This creature can take an ethereal shadow forms resembling a winged, horned demon, but typically spreads out as a dark shadow, and can attain a titan spread and size. They drain life, health (hp), willpower, or stamina as their shadow falls over a creature to drain them and convert that vital energy to a shield of fortitude which encases them when they take shadowy demon form. The shield gives their black forms a shiny appearance like black glass with liquid movement. They have an ethereally seductive voice and can be very influential through their ability to Charm by Voice. Anything killed by an Arcane Shade becomes an Arcane Shade themselves or is assimilated by the shade as a form they can take. These shadowy titans are ONLY ever hostile if someone without right of passage trespasses on the site they are guarding.
