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here's an extremely nice gift my player @joculine gave me – a campaign theme commissioned from the one and only @maxknightley!

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out of curiosity, what was clarissa's original eidolon's (locks of love?) ability ps i know this is like 7 months since and you might have a reason to not want to (totally understandable) but would love to look through the gm notes for your campaign!

WAUGH i missed this by like a week sorryyyyyyy hope you see this! i've been meaning to actually type up those notes and this is a great little kick to start doing some of that tonight.

anyways, for now, here's my notes about that, since it did end up coming up in the final fight!

clarissa | locks of love

[my eidolon can freeze objects and concepts]

that is, she can retain things in their current states, selectively. simply, it could lock an object in its current position. but it could also freeze its velocity, keeping it on a constant trajectory. or, maybe, it could lock down other properties, like color, orientation, etc. it's a power about selective stasis.

both locks of love and broken windows are reflections of clarissa's desperate attempts to retain her interpersonal relationships. locks of love wants everything to remain the same; broken windows wants to people-please, to be the perfect shadow, the kind of person who only serves and is too good to leave. both of these are futile attempts for her. this is not a part of life that can be prevented. but she oh-so tries.

appearence wise, locks of love is pink and gold, kind of a base pink metallic armor (touchstone: crazy diamond), with gold filigree of lock motifs. when it appeared in-campaign, this form re-formed over broken windows, which was intended to be the shattered inner-creature of the eidolon. by the end, clarissa was able to recover to her old eidolon. in a way, broken windows was essentially a multi-year phantom fight for her, that she just gave up on and accepted. really one of my favorite characters! thanks for asking!

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it's been a while. in march, circumstances shifted and i stopped having time to make new art for this campaign, sadly.

HOWEVER! we've still been playing! and this week, we're wrapping up the last session.

i've got a special treat for you soon, and then after that, i will be posting some fuller GM notes from the full campaign, so you can see how things went after st. louis!

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updated look for harmony, my eidolon character! they are now an inhuman and conductor ^u^ their new eidolon, we could be friends, warps reality by making everyone in range more sympathetic to them

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james bosely | cul-de-sac

[my eidolon can rewind time in the area around it]

you couldn't know it, but i have been waiting so long to say this to you.

do you miss the quiet morning when it is gone? do you miss your family, when away? i envy that, sometimes.

but my citizens do not need to. they could live teir best lives, in that calm afterglow, forever. my eidolon - the eidolon of this city - holds back the clock of inevitability. they shall not suffer.

but you. i don't know you. i don't know why you are here, now. but i know you must die. so my people suffer, so i may kill you.

for 75 years i have fought you. for 75 years, my city has died every day. but you are not of here. i only need to win once.

your death is all you will know.

crashes:

- crash 0: we enter the party's 27,632nd loop. they remember nothing. this is december 26th, 1994 - the day the world ends. - crash 1: when the party would achieve success, the world shifts slightly to make it a failure; this is cul-de-sac looping again until they fail. - crash 2: the party receives knowledge from other timelines. hand players notes or DM them describing some horrible fate - have their character give a brief warning, then enact the danger. - crash 3: mayor bosely reveals himself and delivers a monologue, using loop-skips to prevent any interruption. - crash 4: defeat. st. louis must face the future.

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virgin among cannibals

[my eidolon lets me see all of the future at once]

a bird flies by the window.

on the tv, the kim parker report plays. live on air, you see a third eye open across her forehead. just a moment later, the fourth eye.

i... i see it all now, bill. i see it all! i see the horrible end! today! the last day anyone will ever live! i see their fates! everyone who will ever die! do you see them too, bill?

her skin glows a blinding white. bill stammers in distress.

a ghost flies by the window.

flames engulf the set of the kim parker report.

crashes:

- crash 0: kim parker transforms into virgin among cannibals, live on air, raving about seeing the most horrible of futures. virgin among cannibals slaughters everyone in the studio, then takes to the street, attacking all. - crash 1: a torrent of souls, of all who have ever or will ever die, flood the air & skies. - crash 2: virgin among cannibals flies to the top of the gateway arch, and unleashes her flames throughout the sky & city. - crash 3: virgin among cannibals reveals a horrible truth, before defeat. before the party will succeed, san francisco will be utterly obliterated, and no remnant of home will survive.

the kim parker report

cyrus, you wake with a start as the radio crackles on.

good morning, monday commuters! this the kim parker report, coming live to you with traffic! looks like the backup's gone all the way down 55 today - hope you don't have any important meetings this morning! guess they don't even give ya off for christmas these days...

the abandoned truck stop you pulled into last night is now full with other truckers, pulling back off onto the highway, where thousands of cars sit bumper-to-bumper.

it's going to be a long day.

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the kim parker report

cyrus, you wake with a start as the radio crackles on.

good morning, monday commuters! this the kim parker report, coming live to you with traffic! looks like the backup's gone all the way down 55 today - hope you don't have any important meetings this morning! guess they don't even give ya off for christmas these days...

the abandoned truck stop you pulled into last night is now full with other truckers, pulling back off onto the highway, where thousands of cars sit bumper-to-bumper.

it's going to be a long day.

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st. louis | the hanged man

december 26, 1994.

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crashes:

- crash 0: storm expands in size, covering most of the country. - crash 1: the rain intensifies, causing great floods. - crash 2: the wind intensifies, making it hard to move at all outside without being swept off your feet. - crash 3: the lightning intensifies, destroying structures outright. - crash 4: the storm recedes. defeat.

storm

[my eidolon can control the weather in the area around it.]

the music fades, uncovering a faint pitter-patter of rain thru the roof of the grande ballroom. a drop falls onto your face, cold and wet. the crowd remains silent.

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ostril murray | terrible canyons of static

[my eidolon can open rifts in reality]

i see, then, that you've come to the same conclusions as me. the only remaining suspect is broken windows. she must be eliminated. that's not you, clarissa. i know you. that's not you, anymore.

crashes:

- crash 0: ostril clearly states his intentions to destroy broken windows, and demonstrates his power by killing a rat. - crash 1: ostril creates rifts between himself and the party to block them from fighting him. - crash 2: carlos uses his eidolon, atomic clock [my eidolon can slow time of whatever it touches] to freeze broken windows in time. - crash 3: ostril begins to fully disintegrate broken windows, and anyone else who interferes. - crash 4: defeat.

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secrets learned through broken windows

Q: michael, why haven't you called clarissa?

A: i am afraid of clarissa, and i am afraid of upsetting her, but i don't understand why.

Q: cyrus, something's worrying you. what is it? why?

A: i just feel out of place, all the time, everywhere i go.

Q: ripley, what's so appealing about the taste of blood?

A: it's not the taste, exactly... the taste is fine, but nothing special. what really gets you, what really keeps you hooked, is the rich texture. the thickness......

Q: harmony, do you miss being with shades like you?

A: yes. no one understands what it's like to be from the undertow. there is a community there, a solidarity there, that i miss.

Q: michael, what's your fucking problem, man?

A: i died? i went to hell? it fucking sucked? i hate being like this, like a puppet! i know it will happen again! it's fucking scary man! i have to fix this. nothing else matters.

Q: michael, why didn't you ask about broken windows?

A: if she wanted to bring it up, she would have. and i did ask, once, for the record.

Q: michael, what would your name be as a woman?

A: mackenzie.

Q: cyrus, do you think a person can ever really heal?

A: no.

Q: mackenzie ripley, why did you change? why don't i love you anymore?

A: we had to fix this somehow.

Q: ripley mackenzie, are you ready to face your past?

A: yeah!

Q: mackenzie harmony, what would your name be as a woman?

A: melody.

Q: cyrus, why is your soul shattered like mine?

A: when the bullet went through san francisco, it shattered my sense of safety, and my sense of continuity.

Q: harmony, why don't you leave them all behind?

A: i care about these people. that's all i need to stay.

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[my eidolon can perfectly detect subconscious thought]

crashes:

- crash 0: broken windows probes the souls of the party for secrets. - crash 1: broken windows works in favor of clarissa, inconviniencing anyone who slights her (or michael mackenzie, if no one does) - crash 2: broken windows acts to reveal its learned seccrets, sowing chaos. - crash 3: broken windows betrays clarissa fully, acting only in favor of the black emperor and attacking the party directly. - crash 4: defeat. the outside hold is lifted.

clarissa | broken windows, locks of love

[my eidolon wasn't always like this. she... she used to do more. be more. a long time ago – before you knew me, michael – a man broke my heart. it was horrible. she was never the same after that. but we manage. she's always here for me. she's my better half. she always knows what i need before i need it.]

- tie, level 1: michael and i will make this work, no matter what it takes. - tie, level 2: maybe michael just doesn't want to be with me. - tie, level 3: michael has changed, and i don't understand him anymore.

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moya hughes | world police & friendly fire

[my eidolon heats anything it touches to exactly 100ºF]

we go through a lot of rats here. a lot of rats. its grisly, really; i hate to see them die like this. but it's important work, and... we can't exactly use people anymore. not again. anyways, i raise the rats. keep the babies nice and warm. raising them... i do love that.

by the way... if you are clarissa's friends... why didn't she come with you?

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arcades-pamelor

[my eidolon can return anything to life.]

ripley cuts her palm, spilling spoiled blood into the salted earth. in a moment of desperation, her lips speak a name her mind has forgotten: arcades-pamelor.

the devil perches, and shuffles a deck of cards.

a game, ripley, to set the terms of our deal?

the devil presents 4 queens. ripley, 4 kings.

for your win, i offer you a simple, and easy deal. one life for another.

ripley is all to eager to offer her own.

this is not your first time, ripley. i am afraid your soul is already forfeit.

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PHANTOM FIGHT

crashes:

- crash 0: a specter, in the image of into the mind, settles in and hooks into into the mind just as into the mind hooks into michael's body. michael, now severed from into the mind, has no powers or control of himself, but retains the ability to sense. - crash 1: michael's body reanimates, independent of into the mind. it takes on a personality from the radio world. - crash 2*: the specter spreads, taking hold of other members of the party - crash 3: the radio michael attempts to assert dominance in self-preservation, attacking michael directly. - crash 4: only one michael lives. defeat. * this crash was not originally in notes, but taking advantage of someone superconducting the phantom was too good to pass up.

michael presidio | the navigator | into the mind

(he/him)

[my eidolon can perfectly sense bodily signals in the area around it]

resonant card: justice

dissonant card: the high priestess

art and character by @joculine

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clarissa | broken windows, locks of love

[my eidolon wasn't always like this. she... she used to do more. be more. a long time ago – before you knew me, michael – a man broke my heart. it was horrible. she was never the same after that. but we manage. she's always here for me. she's my better half. she always knows what i need before i need it.]

- tie, level 1: michael and i will make this work, no matter what it takes. - tie, level 2: maybe michael just doesn't want to be with me. - tie, level 3: michael has changed, and i don't understand him anymore.

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memphis | the star

the pouring rain does not relent. your tires slip just entering town.