| Mother's Blessing/Curse
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Folklore holds that a cat had the ability to either bless or curse a pregnant woman. In the case of the Ceilican, this legend is true. A kind Bastet can offer a boon to the mother, while a spiteful one can harm her in some minor but memorable way.
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This Gift's effects are more psychological than physical, and get an extra boost from the way the Ceilican acts toward the mother while offering his wishes. Setting things in motion demands a Gnosis point and a roll of Manipulation + Occult (difficulty 7). While touching the nother's belly, the cat either wishes her well or ill, usually in some poetic rhyme. After that, some good or bad event befalls the woman or her child. Although the event itself is outside the character's control, the number of successes he rolls should reflect the power of the Blessing or Curse. Blessings can include an easy delivery, unusal good looks or great helath. Curses include breech birth, minor disability or poor constitution. Once one event has occurred, the gift is discharged.
| Satyr's Wisdom
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By calling upon the talents of his tribe's fae allies, a Ceilican can play any musical instrument as if he'd been reared with it in his hands. Although this talent is fleeting, it can make one hell of an impression.
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With a Manipulation + Occult roll (difficulty 7), the cat gains a few temporary points in Expression, Performance or the optional Singing secondary Skill. For each success, he adds one dot to the chosen Trait. This lasts for as long as the Ceilican plays; afterward, the skill fades from his fingers until he either learns it for good or uses the Gift again.
| Level Two
| Gift
| System
| Banish Burning
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This Gift became necessary during the Madness, when sorcerers and witch-hunters both tossed cats on the pyre to please demons and God. With it, the Ceilican may protect herself or a companion from normal fire. While the Moon Mother and Mistress of Catkind originated this Gift, Burning Cat is as well.
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Before the Bastet meets the flames, the player must roll Gnosis (difficulty 7) and spend one Willpower point to protect the Bastet. If she succeeds, no nonmagical fire will hburt the Bastet for the Gift's duration. Magical fires reduce their effects by one Health Level for every success. Banish Burning lasts one scene, and does nothing to protect the cat from smoke inhalation, oxygen deprivation or falling debris.
| Sorcerer's Blade
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By casting this Gift on a weapon, a cat can enchant a blade so that it harms supernatural beings. A favorite trick of swashbuckling Ceilican who wandered the open roads in bygone eras, this Gift often comes from the King of Cats or Mistress of Catkind.
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The player spends a point of Gnosis and rolls Manipulation + Occult while the cat cradles the weapon in her hands. The blade then inflicts aggravated damage until the next sunrise. Although this Gift allows the cat to enchant missile weapons, each bullet or arrow must be Gifted separately. Although the arrows may be reused, bullets cannot be.
| Level Three
| Gift
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| Data Flow
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This Gift allows a Ceilican to manipulate a computer without touching it. By closing her eyes and concentrating, she can make out visual data from the computer with her inner eye, and "hear" noises the computer makes.
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This Gift requires a Wits+Computer roll(Difficulty 7), and the Ceilican must spend a Gnosis point to make the connection. The connection lasts up to an hour, or until the Ceilican is taken from the line of sight of the computer. Any Ceilican using this Gift must concentrate, and thus receives a plus three to all Perception difficulties.
| Phantasm
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Twisting the fibers of illusion, the Ceilican create majestic nonsense to baffle and enterain their comanions---or horros to torment their enemies. This secret obviously comes from forbidden faerie lore, and can be quiet powerful in the hands of a cat with an active imagination.
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To cast a Phantasm, the player rolls Manipulation + Subterfuge and spends a Willpower point. The resulting illusion lasts for one scene unless the cat chooses to dismiss itg, and can extend through an area roughly 10 feet square. Simpole illusions are easy; the more complex the trick, the harder it is to perform. Although the illusions have no siloid form, a casual witness might be fooled into believing that a Phantasm was real.
Illusion |
Complexity |
One success |
Minor lights and noises |
Two successes |
Cherent and recognizalbe images or sounds |
Three successes |
Complex, interweaving imgaes and sounds |
Four successes |
Vivid mulisensory hallucinations |
Five sucesses |
Indistinguishable from the real thing with out examination |
Illusion |
Difficulty |
Single sound or flash of image |
6 |
Complex pattern of light or sound |
7 |
Complex moving pattern |
8 |
Complex active pattern |
9 |
Complex active multi-pattern |
10 |
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| Level Four
| Gift
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| Monkey's Uncle
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As the Level Four Homid Gift of the same name
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Same as the Homid Gift.
| Small Cousin
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Some Ceilican over-steeped in human culture call this Gift Blofeld's Cat after James Bond's nemesis (who, they insist, was the white cat, not the man). This Gift allows a Bastet to physically become a house cat. While this form can be limiting, it's very unobtrusive. Best of all, it doesn't hamper cat magic in any way, and screens out routine mystic senses. Unless the vitime subjects his housecat to a rigrous magical appraisal, the Bastet is free to enter and observe whatever he likes.
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The Ceilican's player spends a Gnosis point and rolls her Gnosis against difficulty 8; for each success, the Ceilican can retain her feline form for one hour. During this time, her Phsycal Attributes become those of a domestic cat, although her Social and Mental Attributes remain the same. She cannot speak, but can use any Gift that her feline form will allow. Although a person who makes a successful Perception + Awareness roll (difficulty 8) might relaize that "there's something weird about the cat," her true nature remains hidden unless someone penetrates her disguise magically (with Disciplines or True Magick, for instance). Attempts to do so add 3 to their difficulty. It should be noted that few vampires or wizards bother to check every passing cat with magical sight unless they have some compelling reason to be so paraniod (over and above their usual paranoia).
| Level Five
| Gift
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| Chariot of Lions
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This less-then-subtle Gift lets a Ceilican conjure a Chariot drawn by huge cats. Like the craft of the goddess Freyja, this chariot is made of coarse-cut wood and covered with Nordic designs. The two huge cats that pull it run as fast as the average car, and can, in a pinch, carry the Ceilican and one passenger into the air for a few moments. Only the Mistress of Catkind teaches this Gift; learning it without her blessings is a grave insult.
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The player rolls Gnosis against difficulty j8 and spends three Gnosis points. The chariot appears from think air and lasts for one scene, or for an hour -- long enough to make a quick getaway, but not long enough to use as regular transportation. by spending a Willpower point, the Bastet's player may urge the chariot intgo the air for two turns; each additional turn costs another Willpower point.
| The Madness of Crowds
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As tales from the with-craze demonstrate, some Ceilican indulge their darker appetites after sundown. The more sadistic of these games involve bystanders whipped into a frenzy by this nasty secret, then set loose. Byh capering around a room or clearing, the Ceilican can stir up the wild side of everyone nearby, causing an orgy or riot unless her "subjects" are unusually stubborn or controlled. The same Gift can tame an angry mob, although it's generally easier to start trouble than to end it.
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The fae cat's player rolls Manipulation + Empathy to turn the mood of a crowd her way. By adding a Willpower point to the mix, she seizes control of their collective will. The difficulty of the task depends on the size of the mob, and on how inclined it is to follow her suggestion. A packed nightclub is more likely to be led into an orgy than a Baptist congregation (though the results of the latter might be more disturbing...). All targets must be within 700 feet when the cat begins to use the Gift. Circumstances and surroundings may add or subtrract from the overall difficulty; calming a disturbance raises the difficulty by 2. A person caught up in the Gift can attempt to resist with a Willpower roll (difficulty 7). The Madness lasts for one scene, and leaves the werecat's control once in motion.
Size of Group |
Difficulty |
Small group (2-20 people) |
6 |
Medium Group (20-50 people) |
7 |
Crowd (50-100 people) |
8 |
Mob (100-300 people) |
9 |
Riot (300-500 people) |
10 |
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