RELIQUARY

RELIQUARY
Table of Contents
HERO LEVEL RELICS 3
DEMIGOD LEVEL RELICS 6
GOD LEVEL RELICS 7
MAIMINGS 9
CREATURES 10
FOLLOWERS 12
GUIDES 13
VEHICLES 13
RELIC PROGRESSION 14
RELICS OF THE GODS 15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17

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 BIRTHRIGHTS
Few things are as central and important to a
Legendary hero as his or her Birthrights. Granted
from divine parents or allies, these are the tools and
resources of the divine and the heroic, the faithful
companions, trusted weapons and godly
accoutrements that allow Scions to fight the good
fight and more ably spread the stories of their deeds
far and wide.
Birthrights come in as many shapes and
forms as the Scions who wield them; they may be
ancient sacred weapons or modern technology,
faithful companions or wise tutors, the essence of a
Scion's divine pantheon or uniquely suited to his or
her own modernday personality. While we offer
several examples and suggestions for playable
Birthrights that may be used easily by any Scion who
wishes, it's important to remember that Birthrights
should be tailored to the Scion who possesses them;
the more personalized the better (after all, this is a
part of her divine legend we're talking about!).
Relics
Hero Level Relics
These Birthrights are suitable for Scions
who are just beginning their careers, still strongly
attached to their mortal lives as they heed the call to
greatness. They are flexible, easily customizable and
suitable for a wide range of different Scions' needs.
Book of Blazing Light ( )
This heavy book is of obviously ancient
creation, with a crumbling leather cover and
hundreds of thin, yellowing pages that are uniformly
blank and unfinished. The book is one of many
ancient volumes from the library of Athena, and
despite its empty pages represents all the vast
knowledge of that place. Whenever the Scion who
owns it tears out a page something she can only do
intentionally, and she must first fail an Intellect roll
before being able to bring herself to deface the
magical item so thoroughly and burns it, she may
add her total number of Fire boons as dice to her
next Mystery roll in that scene, drawing on the
knowledge released as smoke and briefly glimpsed as
flaming letters that appear moments before the page
crumbles to ash.
This relic is only granted to Scions with the
Intellect Virtue, and cannot be used by any who do
not possess it.
Everburning Flashlight ( )
Often granted to particularly pious or
promising Scions of the Yazata, this heavy, no
nonsense flashlight is made of steel incised with an
image of leaping flames and is always warm to the
touch. It is powered by a little of the everburning
flame of purity and requires no battery or other
power source, always shining strong and clear
whenever the Scion who owns it most needs its light.
Haunted Kesho ( )
This small, unprepossessing pot of white
makeup, typical of traditional Japanese kabuki face
paint, never runs empty and shines with a faint,
ghostly radiance when worn. It originally belonged
to Izumo no Okuni, the creator of kabuki who so
impressed the imperial court with her dancing that
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she created an entirely new art form, and her spirit
still invests the soft paint, granting bonuses to the
Scion who uses it. The makeup requires one hour to
be properly applied and will remain perfect for a
period of twentyfour hours, after which it fades and
must be reapplied. During that time, whenever the
Scion makes a roll as part of a performance, she
gains a bonus of successes equal to her total number
of boons in her pantheonspecific purview as the
longdead actress's artistry invests her. The paint is
tied only to the Scion, and cannot be used on others.
Canopic Jar ( )
This heavy alabaster jar, topped with the
carved and meticulously painted head of a baboon, is
exceptionally ancient, hailing from a time when the
nobility of ancient Egypt preserved their organs in
such containers in order to preserve them for the
future. This jar was intended to store the lungs, and
indeed, it contains a pair of ancient and mummified
lungs of some longdead and forgotten personage,
though they remain unmolested behind a thick wax
and lead seal. For a point of Legend, the jar allows
the Scion who owns it to contact the baboongod
Hapy as a Guide (if he possesses such a Birthright); it
also allows him to access the shriveled, aged lungs
within as if his own, and he is able to hold his breath
for twice his normal amount of time, drawing on the
dry, dusty air stored in those perfectly preserved
organs.
RavenFeather Necklace ( )
This necklace consists of a simple leather
thong, along which are strung several large, lustrously
black raven feathers. Culled from the molted
feathers of Odin's ravens Huginn and Muninn, the
decoration sharpens the thoughts and memories of
the Scion who wears it; if he has the Speed Reader
knack, he may pay a point of Legend to double his
reading speed again on top of the bonus it confers as
his thoughts are sharpened, and if he uses the Know
ItAll knack, he may pay an additional point of
Legend to double the dice it grants as he draws on
the vast stores of memories stored in the feathers
themselves.
Sterilized Basin ( )
A perfectly smooth and reflective basin of
stainless steel, this ritual basin is ornamented with
cuneiform inscriptions of ancient Babylonian hymns
and is always surgically and spotlessly clean no matter
what mud or filth it might be dragged through. It
allows a Scion access to the Water purview, and
provides additional bonuses for the Scion who uses it
to perform an appropriate ritual of purification of
another person or object, dedicated to her divine
patron. If she does so perfectly (which requires a
Dexterity + Occult roll of at least 10), she gains her
total number of Water boons as dice to all Occult
rolls for the next twentyfour hours.
Teonanacatl ( )
Beloved as a source of ritual ecstasy and
communion with the divine, these psychedelic
mushrooms, known to the Aztecs as the mushrooms
of the divine, allow a Scion to partake of some of
the same insights and wisdom that they imparted to
her ancestors. Whenever she chooses, she may
spend a point of Legend and eat one of the small
mushrooms (usually presented in a small leather
pouch, and selfregenerating so that she never runs
out); when she does, she gains a bonus of two extra
successes to all rolls of a random mental Attribute
for the next twentyfour hours, buoyed by the
incredible expansion of her horizons. However, she
is also heavily intoxicated by the mushrooms
influence, and she suffers a penalty of one success to
all rolls of two other random Attributes for the same
period of time. The wondrous mushroom also
allows the Scion who possesses it to channel the
Chaos purview.
Steel and Flint Rings ( and
) by those few Scions who have owned it as if daring
These thick, heavy rings are designed to be
worn on either hand and automatically size to suit
the Scion who wears them. Inscribed across their
gleaming surfaces in the ancient language of pre
Avestan Persia, the flint ring reads Flames will
engulf doubt, while the steel ring reads The law of
heaven will shake the world. The rings are bestowed
upon a Scion by Atar, the Yazata of illuminating and
purifying flame, and are given only to those with the
strongest clarity of spirit and fire of inspiration.
The solid steel ring allows the Scion to
channel the Earth and Justice purviews, while the
sparking flint ring grants access to Fire and Mystery.
Once per day, the Scion may bring his hands
together to strike a spark with the two rings; when he
does so, he regains a point of Willpower from the
sight of the holy flame.
Bewitching Anklet ( )
on it in order to call him up for questioning or
These anklets, usually delicately worked in
brass and gold and bestowed upon Scions of the
Devas who have especially pleased their parents, are
works of art as jewelry, far surpassing what mortal
metalsmiths could achieve, glimmering and arresting
as if spangled with diamonds (which some of them
probably are). They are said to make the wearer so
lightfooted as to almost float above the ground, and
are often festooned with jewels or bells that add to
this effect. As well as granting a Scion access to the
Sky purview, they also make her nearly impossible to
resist for those who have witnessed her artistry;
should anyone witness her performing an artistic
endeavor for at least five minutes, she gains a bonus
equal to her Art to all Charisma rolls made against
them for the remainder of the scene as they are
stunned and charmed by her alluring talents.
Emerald Tablet Copy ( ) spears by the Amatsukami, but in reality the
The Emerald Tablet is one of the most
precious relics among the gods, a treatise on magic
and alchemy by Hermes Trismegistus and the basis of
countless mortal magicians attempts to emulate the
powers of the gods. Scions (of both Thoth and
Hermes, both of whom seem to have access to the
original) occasionally receive copies of the Tablet as
relics of their own; these may take any form the
Scions parent wishes to give him, from heavy stone
engravings to books to datapacked tablet computers.
The Scion who owns a copy of the Emerald Tablet
does not have access to its full powers, but it
nonetheless makes him a formidable expert in the
realm of alchemy and transformation; he may add his
Magic boons as extra dice to all rolls of the Craft
(Alchemy) ability, and the number of successes
required to enhance brews made with the Blood
Mead brew is dropped from ten to nine.
Lost Salmu of Gugalanna ( ) cannot bestow eternal life the way the original fruit
This salmu, or ritual statue, is one of the most
ancient relics that any Scion could hope to own, and
is almost exclusively granted to Scions of the death
gods among the Anunna. It is a heavy limestone
slab, carved in the rough shape of a powerfullooking
bull, and was millennia ago used to worship
Gugalanna, the Great Bull of Heaven, before he was
slain by Gilgamesh. It grants the Scion who owns it
a bonus equal to his Legend in dice to all Animal
Ken rolls, and once per day he may spend at least
fifteen minutes in prayer to the all but forgotten bull
god in order to regain a point of Willpower from his
favor.
Memorial Skull ( )
This pristine human skull, carried openly
onlookers to comment, once belonged to Paul
Tibbets, the American Air Force pilot who dropped
the worlds first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima. Looted from its honorable military
burial in the United States, the skull is given as a
reminder of the odds they may face to those Scions
of the Amatsukami who most passionately seek to
defend their country and wreak vengeance on any
who might threaten it.
The skull allows the Scion who owns it to
access the Death purview; in addition, if the Scion
has the Vengeance Virtue, it grants him three extra
channels of it per story (if he does not have the
Vengeance Virtue, this relic does not grant it to
him). The spirit of Brigadier General Tibbets is not
directly bound to the skull, but Scions skilled in the
Death purview may still be able to use their boons
information.
Mushika's Shed Claw ( )
A large, splintered and nonetooclean claw,
this somewhat tiredlooking implement is generally
strung on a necklace or bracelet and is one of the
discarded claws of Mushika, the longsuffering mouse
who bears Ganesha as his sacred mount. It allows
the Scion who possesses it access to the Psychopomp
purview, and in addition grants her a bonus to her
Dash rating equal to her Legend. A few Scions of
Ganesha also claim that it causes a feeling of fatigue
and sore feet as well, but others claim that these are
merely the complaints of the insufficiently
enlightened.
Oni Horn "Spear" ( )
Often granted to Scions with more brawn
than brains, oni horns are often referred to as
gigantic, horny stabbing implements are far too large
to be conventional spearheads, usually spanning
somewhere between six to eight feet. They are
exceptionally unwieldy and heavy, but Scions who
can manage to bring them to bear against enemies
are rewarded by their superior damaging capabilities;
if a Scion uses a War boon as a double action when
he strikes an opponent with the horn, he may pay a
point of Legend to increase its damage dice from ten
to twenty. The spear normally deals ten dice of
lethal damage and has a speed of six, with no defense
or accuracy as its all most young warriors can do just
to point the thing in the right direction.
Peach Pit of Immortality ( )
This sparkling clean peachpit practically
glows with health and purity despite having been
long ago removed from the Peaches of Immortality
that grow in Xiwangmus sacred groves. Though it
could have, it still grants considerable power to the
Scion who owns it, granting access to the Fertility
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Something Old,
Something New
While many of the relics presented here are
ancient and reflect the longago eras that were the
gods heydays, the Scions receiving them are
distinctly modern and may want to receive less
obviously old and crusty items. Most relics here can
be easily customized to be more modern; changing
the materials they are built of to modern metals and
plastics, involving computers and modern
manufacturing or even mimicking wellknown brand
names are all easy methods of granting a Scion a
Birthright that is more easily worked into their daily
lives in the modern age. For the price of an
additional dot on a relic, any relic could also be
simply disguised as a mundane or ordinarylooking
object most of the time, only appearing in its true
form when used by its owner. Its a little more
difficult to walk around with a large weapon or
glowing radioactive power source now than it was in
the olden days, after all; some gods may be savvy
enough to realize that their children will get more
discreet use out of a microchip than a collection of
claysealed scrolls.
purview as a small part of one of the greatest of all
plants. It lowers the cost of the Bless Harvest/Curse
Crops boon by one point of Legend, and allows the
Scion who uses it to, if he wishes, substitute Politics
for Survival on the roll instead, marshaling his
authority over plant life to give it orders instead of
submitting to its usual rules.
Thunderbolt Guitar ( )
This electric guitar is fashioned from a
discarded fragment of one of the thrown
thunderbolts of Zeus himself, and is effortlessly
indestructible, always in tune and capable of
throwing down some wicked riffs at a moments
notice. Lightning constantly flickers around its
fingerboard and body, allowing the Scion who owns
it to channel the Sky purview, and it never requires
either a power source or amplification. In addition,
she may use it as a weapon of awesome artistry by
spending a point of Legend whenever she uses a Sky
boon; when she does, if she also plays the guitar at
the same time (this does not incur the normal
penalty for a double action), she may add her dots of
Art (Guitar) to the Sky boons roll as dice, rocking
her way to ever greater power.
Arrow of the Moon ( ) ordinary cloth, stained and patched in places, tied
One of the magical silver arrows from the
quiver of Artemis herself, this surprisingly heavy
missile grants some of her supernatural archery to
even the most mortal of weapons. The arrow grants
a Scion access to the Moon purview, and as long as it
is kept in a quiver, all other arrows in the same
quiver gain a bonus of 5 to their accuracy, regardless
of how they were made or what other abilities they
already have.
Femur of the Fourth World ( ) to consume a pinch of its magical dust; when he
These relics always come in the form of
mostly humanoid bones, though they may be from
any part of the body, embedded in any other object
or occasionally composed only of broken fragments.
Bestowed on Scions by the Aztlanti gods in order to
remind them of the mistakes of the past, these bones
are the only remnants of the people of the Fourth
World, the last world before the one in which
humanity currently lives, long ago destroyed by the
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squabbles of the gods. Owning a bit of the longdead
peoples of the Fourth World grants a Scion access to
the Death and Psychopomp purviews, and being in
such close contact with these bones, purloined from
the Underworld itself, also grants a Scion a bonus
equal to her Legend to all uses of the Corpse Oracle
and Unquiet Corpse boons.
Heart Amulet ( )
These heavy bronze and gold amulets are
favorite relics for Pesedjet Scions; they bear the image
of winged Isis and are said to protect against all
manner of ills, safeguarding their wearers faithfully.
The amulet allows its owner to channel the Guardian
purview, and makes her all but immune to
unfriendly uses of the Health purview; she gains
additional soak equal to her Legend against all
Health boons that would deal her damage, and may
add her Legend as successes when rolling to resist
any hostile Health boon.
Rustam's Helmet ( )
The helm of the most famous of Persian
Scions was fashioned from a defeated demons skull
long ago, and since then has been passed around to
other Scions of the Yazata wherever it can be most
useful, changing names and appearance over the
years but always retaining its powers of protection. It
has appeared as helmets of many kinds, as a turban,
top hat or modern firefighters helmet, all depending
upon the wishes of the deity who bestows it upon his
or her offspring; it grants five bashing and lethal
soaks to its wearer, and two aggravated soak from the
stillpotent hide of the demon it was made from.
Woad ( )
Though this vivid blue paint resembles that
used by ancient Celts to mark themselves for ritual
or war, it is permanently dyed into the skin of the
Scion with this Birthright, making it impossible to
lose and marking him forevermore as a servant of his
gods. It is most often arranged in a complex system
of symbols that represent the Scions divine parent,
though it may also feature symbols from the oghamic
alphabet, personal signs with meaning for the Scion
himself or even lines of text telling of the pantheons
great deeds. It grants him a bonus equal to his
Legend in dice to all Presence rolls, awing those
around him with his impressive appearance, and the
close association of the divine symbols of his gods
with his very skin provides him with an additional
two Courage channels per story.
Eshu's Bag of Tricks ( )
This small, unprepossessing bag is made of
with an entirely normal string and small enough to
fit in a Scions hand. Its humble appearance entirely
belies the great power in contains in the form of
mysterious powder, created by Eshu for his own
magical experimentation and bestowed upon lucky
Scions he believes might benefit from it (or finds the
idea of watching them try amusing, at any rate). The
bag grants access to the Chaos and Magic purviews,
and once per day the Scion who owns it may choose
does, he immediately rolls a single die (which cannot
be rerolled or altered in any way) to determine the
bags effect:
Die Roll Result
1 The Scion suffers 7 lethal
2 The Scion loses 5 points
of Willpower
 3 The Scion loses 2 points
of Legend
4 Nothing happens
5 The Scion gains one point
of Legend
6 The Scion suffers one
level of aggravated damage
7 The Scion heals one
health level
8 qualities to it; while it cannot speak itself, it allows its
The Scion gains +10 dice
to his next roll
9 The Scion suffers 3 levels
of lethal damage
10 The Scion gains 5 Legend,
refills his Willpower pool,
and automaticall uses the
Dragon's Breath boon for
free every time he opens
his mouth for the next 24
hours
Damage dealt by Eshus powders cannot be
soaked or avoided in any way, but many Scions are
willing to gamble against the chance to gain their
powers anyway.
This relic, though potent, is not one of
Eshus truly great creations; it is merely a minor bag
of magics, and only affects Scions of Legend 8 and
lower.
Hrunting ( ) the molten letters in his skin. Finally, the more he
Hrunting is one of the most famous
weapons of Norse myth, the sword of the legendary
hero Beowulf, given to him in his hunt for the
terrible trollish monsters that threatened the local
countryside. Though it proved inadequate in his
fight against Grendels mother and he therefore
abandoned it in favor of other, more potent
weapons, Hrunting remained powerful in its own
right, waiting to be rebestowed upon a new
generation of Scions. The sword is made of iron,
appearing perpetually red and rusted but so strong
that even industrial equipment cannot scratch it. It
adds 3 to accuracy, deals 9 lethal damage, has 2
defense and swings at a speed of 5.
Demigod Level Relics
These Birthrights are more powerful and
strongly tied to the pantheons that grant them,
fitting for a Scion who is now as much god as mortal.
They may be more difficult to wield or have greater
costs, but their great benefits far outweigh such
details for the Scion bent on creating a truly epic
Legend of his or her own.
Eye of Horus ( )
The symbol of the Eye of Horus is so
pervasive that even modernday Scions who have
never set foot in Egypt might recognize its distinctive
shape and flair. The Scion who receives this
Birthright has the symbol of the Eye tattooed directly
into the sensitive skin around her own eye, making it
a permanent part of her face and a thick, blacklined
reminder of her pantheons might. The Eye grants
access to the Sky and Sun purviews; in addition,
whenever the Scion channels her Piety Virtue on a
roll, she may roll her total number of Sky boons and
regain as many points of Legend as she gains
successes, rewarded for her divine dedication to her
pantheon.
Hide of Asag ( ) The shield grants access to the Guardian and Water
This large, coffeetablesized square of hide is nubbly
and rough, scaly and covered in patches of wiry hair,
legacies of the hideous creature that once wore it; it
is a tiny scrap of the hide of the great demon Asag,
torn from his back when Ninurta wielded his great
mace Sharur against him. The mace struck the
monsters flesh so hard that it has left permanent
mace indentations in it, which take the form of
cuneiform inscriptions and images that narrate and
illustrate the epic combat between the god and his
foe. Such was the maces impression on the hide, in
fact, that it has imparted some of that fabulous relics
owner to use the Telepathy knack on anyone to
whom he has spoken in the past twentyfour hours,
and in addition lowers the cost of the Grant Visions
and Mind Tether knacks by one Legend each. The
mountainous and petrified ancient hide also grants
access to the Earth and War purviews.
Oghamic War Tattoo ( )
The entire skin of the Scion with this tattoo
is a canvas, upon which the ancient slashes and
marks of the oghamic alphabet have been magically
branded, leaving him a living manuscript in faintly
glowing, flamered ink. Provided to Scions who
passions for knowledge and prowess in war are
equally mighty, the tattoos allow the Scion access to
the Fire and War purviews and glow with hot flame
whenever he uses boons from either. He may also
roll Academics instead of Fortitude whenever he is
attempting to resist the effects of the cold (including
uses of the Frost purview against him), kept warm by
chooses to bind himself to ever greater heroic feats
and deeds, the more brightly the flame of his story
will burn; for every geas he carries, his Halo of Fire
boon deals five extra lethal damage when used.
Shield of the Bat ( )
A metaphorical shield rather than a real
one, this Birthright takes the form of a tattoo on a
Scions body, anywhere that is most appropriate,
depicting the disc of the setting sun with the terrible
fanged face of a bat at its heart. The tattoo is
representative of the bats power as the creature that
straddles night and day as well as life and death, and
grants the Scion who wears it access to the Animal
(Bat), Guardian, Health and Sky purviews to mimic
the creatures natural powers. Like the bat, which
literally feeds its offspring the blood of its own
mouth and body when nothing else is available, this
Birthright enables the Scion who owns it to fuse her
own very blood to sustain her progeny; whenever one
of her legitimately bloodrelated children is dealt
damage in any way, she may choose to suffer a level
of unsoakable lethal damage instead, and the child is
completely unaffected by the attack.
Impenetrable Approval of the Celestial Ministry of
Waters ( )
Granted by various of the Dragon Kings of
China and often slightly different in detail and
appearance depending upon which department of
the Ministry it originated in, the Impenetrable
Approval is a massive dragons scale, shed by one of
the Dragon Kings himself and refurbished into a
mighty and richly ornamented shield. The shield is
massively heavy and as large as most Scions,
requiring impressive strength to lift its weight
(usually around ten tons), but the Scion who wields
it is protected by the august approval of her superiors
and thus immune to much of the worlds mischief.
purviews as well as allowing the Scion to add her
Legend to all Politics rolls, and in addition the cost
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 of the Brick Wall knack is reduced by one Legend for
any Scion who is struck while using the shield to
defend herself. The shield grants +9 DV, and if used
as a weapon deals 8 lethal damage and has a speed of
6, but suffers from an accuracy penalty of 2 dice
thanks to its unwieldy size and weight.
Nemean Armor ( ) An ancient map of Irelands mystical long
Like the armor of fabled Heracles himself,
this breastplate is made from the hide of a great
Nemean creature; it might be reaped by skinning any
creature of at least Legend 7 before being fashioned
into armor by the hands of a skilled smithgod. The
armors weight makes it unwieldy and inflicts a
penalty of 4 dice on all of the Scions Art, Athletics,
Brawl, Control, Craft, Larceny, Marksmanship,
Melee, Stealth and Thrown rolls while he wears it as
well as subtracting 4 from his DVs and speeds, but it
more than makes up for its slight inconveniences
with its hardiness. The Scion gains 8 to all soaks
from the toughness of the Nemean armor
surrounding him and becomes completely immune
to the piercing quality of some attacks; in addition, if
he has the Roll With It knack and is struck, he may
pay an extra point of Legend to use his dots of Epic
Strength instead of Epic Dexterity when determining
how much he can soak.
Tide Jewels ( ) head, its shaft fashioned from fireblackened wood
Tide jewels resemble incredibly large,
flawless pearls, the size of a normal apple; they are
usually given to Scions in sets of two, one manju
(tideflowing jewel), which is usually a deep,
brilliant sapphire blue, and one kanju (tideebbing
jewel), most often a pure and lustrous white.
Though not as powerful as the great tide jewels
wielded by the Japanese sea gods themselves, the tide
jewels provide the Scion who owns them with strong
links to the waves and the creatures that reside there.
In addition to granting access to the Water and
Animal (Octopus) purviews, the tide jewels allow
their owner to substitute Animal Ken for Craft when
using the Water Mastery boon, and allow the Drown
boon to affect up to three targets at once as long as
the Scion pays an additional point of Legend for
each.
Axes of Golden Gentleness ( ) These Birthrights are the pinnacle of
This pair of matched throwing axes
somewhat resembles two francisca, though they are
truly much too large for any mortal to wield and
require someone of truly epic stature to put them to
good use. They shine with a faint but steady golden
radiance, gained when they were long ago hurled at
Baldur by amused members of the Aesir, only to
rebound harmlessly thanks to Friggs magical
protections. The axes grant a +4 to accuracy, +8 to
damage, have a speed of 4 and a range of 50 yards;
they also provide a Scion with access to the Sun
purview, and allow her to use the Flare Missile boon
on them for the cost of an additional point of
Legend and an extra tick of attack speed.
Golden Fleece ( ) to different purviews, most can be customized with a
The famous Golden Fleece is a much
coveted relic among the Dodekatheon, the sparkling
golden wool of the ram of the gods that represents
valor, kingship and divine success. It remains in its
ancient form of a sheepskin, matted with glowing
skeins of gold throughout its soft woollen curls, and
is kept in the home of the lucky Scion who owns it,
where it must be hung on a tree or other suitable
rack. Once per story, the Scion may hold a great
feast in his home, boasting of his prowess, providing
peerless hospitality and in every way living up to the
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Fleeces unspoken endorsement of his divine
excellence; if he does so and manages to convince at
least three of the Legend 12 Olympian gods to
attend, he may refill all of his Legendary Deeds and
Virtue Channels.
Ptolemy's Map of Ireland ( )
ago landscape, particularly following the river Boyne,
this carefullypreserved piece of ragged parchment
was drawn by the famous geographer Ptolemy, based
on superstition, hearsay and reports from the far
Roman fronts. The Tuatha long ago stole it from
him, amused by its lively inaccuracies and the
foolishness of the faraway Roman populace, and
replaced it with an even more fanciful forgery in
order to pass the original on to their own children.
The map grants access to the Psychopomp and War
purviews as well as granting the Scions total number
of War boons as dice to all Stealth rolls; in addition,
thanks to its connection to both the military might
of Rome and the guerilla resistance of the Celts, it
allows its owner to roll Larceny as the relevant ability
for both the Warrior Ideal and Battle Map boons.
Spear of Pestilence ( )
One of the most feared types of weapons in
ancient Africa, this is a long spear with a barbed
and its point dripping with a thick, viscously red
liquid, even when it is not in use. Granted to Scions
of the Loa who wish to be respected more than
befriended and feared more than loved, it grants
access to the Death and Health purviews and has +4
accuracy, +8 lethal damage, +3 defense and a speed
of 6. In addition, the spear spreads crippling disease
to those unfortunate enough to be named its targets;
whenever the Scion hurls the spear at a target, she
may also use the Wither boon (to cause harm only,
never to heal) on them at the same time, and roll her
Strength instead of Intelligence when she does so.
She may do this to a single target only once per day
and must already possess the Restore/Wither boon,
but may still use the boon on its own that day
without the spear as well.
God Level Relics
magical treasures, divine tools and weapons worthy
of being tied to the name and Legend of a budding
god. Their powers are larger than life, their benefits
great and aweinspiring, and their epic usage the stuff
that new legends will be created for as the Scions
who own them rewrite divinity in their own images.
Personal Power
While some relics grant obvious powers
(bones generally grant Death, for example), others
may be more fluid and tailorable to an individual
Scions needs. If you really like a Birthright
presented here but need a version that grants access
little creativity. Changing what material an item was
made from, who originally owned it or how it came
into the Scions possession can create convincing
reasoning for why a particular power is associated
with it; a gold bracelet might be associated with
Earth for its metal, but you could also decide that it
was associated with Fire if it were forged in some
special way, Fertility if it were covered with
engravings of plants or War if it was once used by a
famous battle commander.
Shinto Shrine ( ) Rainbow Bridge boon. Should the Scion perform a
As each Scion of the Amatsukami joins
their ranks as a power in the world, so do they join
the Shinto religion, which even in the modern day
has a thriving population of mortal worshipers who
come to shrines for prayer, healing and blessings.
The Scion with this Birthright has acquired a shrine
of his own, dedicated to his divine personage and
revered by the people of the world (though he may
want to do some advertising to make sure it remains
welltraveled by worshipers). Once per week, he may
rest at the shrine for at least 24 hours; the reminder
of his status as a deity and part of the divine order
restores one Duty channel to him when he does so.
Other gods who spend at least one night (sunset to
sunrise) resting at the temple regain a point of
Willpower, impressed by the Scions pious followers.
Finally, the Scions power over his shrine, the focus
of his worship, allows him to bend his divine will
over it no matter where he is or what he is doing; he
may at any time use any boons or knacks he possesses
on anyone who prays at the temple, regardless of
whether or not he is physically present.
Battle Standard of the Aesir ( ) purify flesh the more closely she allies herself to it,
While some Scions choose to be subtle
manipulators of politics or superstars at stealth
missions and reconnaissance, others are frontline
soldiers only too proud to stand and fight at a
moments notice. This standard, granted to just such
courageous Scions of the Aesir, is a massive
telephonepole sized affair more suitable for a giants
hands than a humans, with the banners of the
Scions divine parent and own symbols fluttering
freely at its summit. Whenever the Scion publicly
and loudly declares his own name or that of his
parent and plants the standard in the ground, he
gains his Legend to his DV against all ranged missiles
sent his way and may use Form of the Giant to gain
phantom dots equal to double his normal maximum.
If, while the standard flies, he chooses to use the
Blessing of Importance knack on any person who has
at least one Aesir Virtue, he may affect up to four
other nearby people who also have one of the Norse
Virtues, granting them half the bonus Willpower he
gave to his original target as he instills a sense of
courageous pride in everyone around him. Finally,
should the Scion ever manage to challenge and
defeat an opponent of higher Legend than himself in
single combat (with no help of any kind from anyone
else), his entire Legend pool immediately refills.
Divining Tray ( ) provides access to the Prophecy purview.
This divining tray, a simple square with a
raised lip and a timeworn carving of Eshus face
surmounting it, may appear to be unremarkable, but
its unornamented appearance belies its incredible
origins. The tray itself is fashioned from stone
mined from the Titanrealm of Earth and filled with
sand gathered from the same dread realm; the palm
nuts that rattle about within it, ready to provide
wisdom from beyond the veil, were harvested from
the Titanrealm of Fertility, grown far beyond the
mortal realm. Eshu, it is rumored, gathered these
components in his constant journeys between
worlds; the tray is a crossroads between the Titanic
realms and the worlds of gods and men, and as a
result is extraordinarily powerful.
The tray provides access to the Mystery,
Prophecy and Psychopomp purviews, and lowers the
Legend cost for the Scion who owns it to use the
Otherworldly Portal boon by two. The Scion who
owns the tray also gains his total dots of Mystery and
Prophecy as automatic successes to any use of the
true divination with the tray, spending at least eighty
minutes in deep contemplation reading the signs
there, he may spend a point of Legend to gain his
total number of Psychopomp boons as either
automatic successes to the next Prophecy roll he
makes in the same scene, or as dice to the next
Mystery roll he makes in the same scene.
Blood of Danu ( )
Though the blood of their ancient
ancestress Danu runs in all gods of the Tuatha de
Danann and their farflung progeny, the Scion with
this Birthright carries it almost untainted and pure, a
throwback to the earliest generations of the divine
Irish. Her powers over the blood and flesh of her
kinsman are in turn incredibly powerful, and she is
able to use any Health boon twice per day on any
given target instead of the usual limit of once. By
calling on the power of her ancient blood, the Scion
may also heal those in need of her aid with its sheer
potency, allowing her to roll Stamina instead of
Intelligence when using the Restore boon. Finally,
her close ties to her pantheon allow her to shape and
and she gains a bonus equal to her Enech boons as
automatic successes to all Health boons.
While the gift of closeness to the ancient
Danu gives the Scion great power to effect healing
and buttressing of the mortals and gods of the world,
the divine mothergoddesss gift cannot be used for
ill; the Scion may never use any negative application
of any Health boon.
Tablet of Jamshid's Wisdom ( )
This tablet is one of the most popular
Birthrights among Scions of the Yazata; it was
created with some of the water of the fabled Cup of
Jamshid and may be in any form a god wishes to
bestow it, from incised stone slabs to to sleek, micro
thin modern tablet computers. The Scion who owns
the tablet benefits from its ability to bolster clarity of
vision and prophetic divination; he may roll his
Academics instead of Occult when using the Search
for a Sign and Become the Herald boons if he
wishes, and the Sacred Image spell costs two fewer
Legend points to use as it functions as his program
interface with the tablet. He may also add 5 to his
Perceptive Capacity score when using the
Clairvoyance knack, and add his total number of
Prophecy boons as automatic successes to any roll
made using the Unlidded Eye spell. The tablet also
Ichcahuipilli of Courage ( )
This breastpiece of protective cotton
appears much like any other piece of traditional
Aztec armor, except for the fact that it is extremely
loosely woven, leaving apparent gaps and openings as
if taunting an enemy. The armor is stained a faint
bloody brown and has been personally blessed by
Huitzilopochtli, who imparted to it some of his
prodigious powers in battle; in addition to granting
access to the War purview, the ichcahuipilli grants to
its wearer +3 DV, +3 to accuracy, +8 to all soaks, and
the ability to add her Legend to all Dexterity +
Athletics rolls. Despite its seeming frailty, the armor
is exceptionally tough, and its wearer may treat all
piercing and armorignoring damage as if it were
normal. The Scion who wears this battle gear must
continually prove her bravery to benefit from it,
however; she may not wear any other gear or use any
other powers (with the exception of Colossus Armor)
that impart a bonus to her soak, or she loses this
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 Birthrights benefits until the other armor has been
removed.
Sledge of the Desert Sands ( )
**
This massive sledgehammer is a tool of
force, not precision, its handle formed of what
appears to be solidified sand and its massive round
head ironhard and mottled in color, like an old
bruise. The hammers head is in fact fashioned from
some of the lost testicle of Set, granted to a
particularly wellloved Scion by Isis or Horus, and it
retains some of that gods potent potential for
destruction long past the days when it was attached
to him. The sledge grants access to the Chaos, Earth
and War purviews and grants its owner incredible
power in the arena of war and mayhem; she may add
her Legend as dice to all Command rolls, add her
total number of War boons as automatic successes to
all Politics rolls as she intimidates her way through
the situation on sheer force of will, and pay two
fewer points of Legend when she activates the
Colossus Armor boon and charges into battle. She
may also choose at any time to channel her
Conviction Virtue and roll her total number of War
boons; when she does, up to five people under her
command in a battle gain her successes as points of
Legend, buttressed by her incredible abilities as a
warrior. When used to attack foes, the sledge levies a
penalty of 2 against its wielders accuracy and
defense, but deals 20 dice of lethal damage and has a
speed of 6.
Of course, despite the sledges obvious
usefulness, it is also something of a ticking time
bomb. It has had previous owners, but most of them
seem to have vanished, usually right around the first
time they happened to run into Set while they had
the weapon on them.
Third Eye ( )
**
The third eye is a symbol of incredible
importance and potent power among the Devas,
possessed by few but respected by all. The third eye
sees beyond the limits or normal sight and wields
great power over life and death, such that those who
possess it are often feared far beyond their years; few
Deva Scions have ever developed a true third eye, but
those who do are treated unquestioningly as masters
of their terrible domains.
A Scion with a Third Eye, strongly
connected to destruction and gifted with the ability
to pierce the mists even of the afterlife, automatically
gains access to the Death purview. When open, the
eyes piercing sight grants the Scion the ability to add
her Legend as automatic successes to all Perception
rolls, and to add her total number of Death boons as
dice to all Academics, Awareness and Occult rolls.
When she uses the Revenant boon, she may roll
Perception instead of Stamina, seeking out the most
perfect candidates to answer her call from beyond
the grave; when she uses the Open Underworld
Portal boon, she mays two fewer points of Legend for
the privilege. Finally, and most terribly, the Scion
may choose once per day to spend ten points of
Legend and turn the third eyes dread gaze upon her
target; that unfortunate, doomed victim suffers an
amount of armorignoring aggravated damage equal
to her Perception + Awareness roll (and this damage
ignores health boxes granted by Bolster and cannot
be avoided by use of the SkinShedding knack),
burning his very soul with the heat of her awesome
gaze.
Mithraic Mace ( ) The Scion immediately loses three dots in
***
Made in the image of the great mace of the
9 sungod himself, this weapon is incredibly potent for
any Scion of the Yazata ready to sally forth and
defend the world from deceit and wickedness. The
mace allows the Scion to add his Legend as
automatic successes to all Perception Empathy rolls,
and his total number of Justice boons as automatic
successes to all rolls made to resist the Gods Honest
or Benefit of the Doubt knacks as well as all Illusion
boons. Should he succeed in catching an perfidious
enemy by winning any of the above resistance rolls
(or in catching an enemy lying to him), he
immediately gains 50 additional dice to the next
accuracy roll he makes against that target in the same
scene, and 25 additional dice to every other accuracy
roll made against the same target for the remainder
of the scene. The mace normally grants +1 accuracy,
+16 lethal damage, +2 defense and has a speed of 5.
Maimings
Some gifts only come with a price; the
ancient powers of the universe do not always give up
their secrets for free, and many a scion has found out
the hard way that true power comes through
adversity, danger and even pain. Maimings are more
powerful than average Birthrights, trading extra
abilities and strengths in return for irreparably
hurting or inconveniencing the Scion in some way.
As in the world of mortals, sometimes the phrase "no
pain, no gain" has just as much meaning for one of
the children of the divine.
Oba's Folly ( )
The Birthright known colloquially as Obas
Folly is a particularly grisly maiming favored only by
the most strongwilled among the Loa; it involves the
loss of both ears of the Scion upon whom it is
bestowed, mimicking the loss of the doomed Yoruba
goddess Oba, leaving them with only scar tissue and
open ear canals. The Scion suffers a health level of
aggravated damage that is permanent and cannot be
healed by any means except for The Savior; she also
suffers a permanent penalty equal to her Legend in
dice to all Perception and Appearance rolls (unless
she has negative Epic Appearance, in which case
there is no penalty to Appearance rolls), half
deafened and somewhat disconcerting to look at as
she is. However, she also gains a permanent bonus
of her Legend in successes to all Manipulation rolls,
and her dedication to her cause also allows her to
always roll an additional die whenever she channels a
Virtue.
Mimir's Draught ( )
The Well of Mimir is the source of one of
the most coveted treasures of the Aesir: the fabled
waters of wisdom, from which Odin drank to learn
the secrets of the cosmos and which the giant Mimir
himself regularly imbibed of until there was no
event, past or future, that was unclear to him. The
lucky Scion who receives this Birthright joins the
ranks of a very select few among the Aesir who have
ever tasted the wells water; and though she stands to
gain incredible power by doing so, she also knows
that she will suffer an equivalent sacrifice in order to
prove herself worthy to do so.
Upon imbibing a draught from Mimirs
well, the Scion immediately loses one essential body
part; it may be any part of her body, but it must be
something that is important to her and that she finds
herself at a significant disadvantage after losing. The
lost body part should levy a permanent 4 dice
penalty to appropriate rolls, and may not be regrown
except by use of The Savior purview Avatar.
her secondhighest Attribute, along with any Epic
Attribute dots that are now over the maximum
allowed by the Attributes new score; if she loses Epic
Attribute dots, she should lose one knack for each.
The XP total for all stats lost this way is immediately
respent by the Storyteller as Intelligence and Epic
Intelligence, however mathematically grants the
Scion the greatest new amount of mental power. She
also immediately gains 30 experience points worth
of Intelligence knacks (though she still requires all
prerequisites in order to gain higherlevel knacks),
determined by the Storyteller for maximum benefit.
Her lowest Virtue vanishes, replaced permanently by
Intellect at the same rating, and she immediately
gains access to the Mystery and Prophecy purviews.
In addition to gaining new wisdom and
insight, the Scion also gains closer ties to the eldritch
powers of foresight and hidden knowledge. She loses
the top five boons she possesses in her second
highest purview, to be immediately respent in either
Prophecy or Mystery or both (at Storyteller
discretion, depending on the needs of the character).
In addition, her new powers of mystical insight are
bolstered by her innate skills and the power of the
wells water, and she gains her total number of boons
in her highestlevel purview as automatic successes to
all Prophecy rolls, and as dice to all Mystery rolls.
The powers of Mimirs well depend upon
the Scions sacrifice to it; the knowledge and wisdom
of the universe is never given away for free. If the
Scions lost body part is ever regrown, all bonuses
from the draught immediately and permanently
vanish when it reappears.
Sadhu ( ) Scion, the Black Dog is now a fierce legendary
Few are as revered in India as the sadhu,
ascetic holy men who dedicate their lives to frugality,
deprivation and intense worship of the gods. When
presented with a particularly worthy candidate, the
Devas may occasionally choose to mark one of their
Scions to become a sadhu, blessing him to suffer a
life of hardship but granting him great spiritual
powers.
Once a Scion has accepted the call to
become a sadhu, he immediately loses one dot of
permanent Willpower which cannot be rebought.
Having officially dedicated himself to a life of
asceticism and worship, he must observe such sacred
practices as frigid ablutions, fasting or pilgrimage; it
doesnt matter what form his devotion takes as long
as it is one of the traditional and difficult paths
practiced in India from the ancient past to the
modern day. From that point onward, his spiritual
powers are honed; if he uses the Karma boon to gain
dots in only one Ability in a given scene, those dots
are doubled from the strength of his focus, and his
increased enlightenment and connection to the
world allows him to add +15 dice to all rolls made
when using the Pratyave boon. He may choose to
activate the Tapasya boon for two different
austerities; as long as he can maintain both, he may
grant the bonuses of the second (though not the
penalties, which he continues to suffer) to up to two
of his companions instead of himself, drawing them
along the path of enlightenment with him. Finally,
he gains incredible insight into the instinctive
knowledges of the universe, and may add his Legend
as dice to all rolls of Academics, Awareness,
Empathy, Investigation or Occult.
Creatures
Birthright Creatures, in contrast to the
static uses of Relics and Maimings, are living beings
that follow their Scions unquestoningly and may
provide any number of services, from roaring forth
into battle with their owners to gathering intelligence
on recon missions or acting as ambassadors of
goodwill to the animal kingdom. It doesn't matter if
a Scion's favorite creature is a beagle or a
rhinocerous; every birthright Creature is as loyal to
its owner as any being can be.
Black Dogs ( )
The infamous Black Dogs are among the
most feared and dangerous creatures to ever terrorize
the British Isles, hulkingly monstrous canines with
glowing, coallike red eyes, crushing jaws, a thick pelt
of black fur, a taste for human flesh and a penchant
for appearing in the dead of night when no one is
nearby to help their unfortunate victims. Though
their bad reputation is deserved, the dogs are also
very powerful combatants when harnessed for a
Scions use; they are most often bestowed upon
Scions of the Morrigan or Manannan mac Lir, gods
who, like the dogs themselves, are associated with
death and the terrors of the world beyond the veil.
For Legend 2 Heroes:
Attributes: Strength 5, Dexterity 3, Stamina 5,
Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 3,
Perception 4, Intelligence 1, Wits 2
Abilities: Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Brawl 3, Empathy
2, Fortitude 3, Integrity 3, Investigation 4, Presence
3, Stealth 1, Survival 4
Legend Rating: 0
Health Levels: 7
For Legend 3 Heroes:
Having grown in Legend along with its
creature in its own right, a Legend 1 being more than
a match for any mortal or even lesser Legendary
being to come upon it. In addition to its starting
stats, it gains the following capabilities:
Attributes: +3 Strength, +3 Stamina,
Health Levels: +1 Health Level
Legend Rating: 1
For Legend 4 Heroes:
The Black Dog has now become a fearsome
foe indeed, loyal only to its Scion master and ready
and willing to destroy any and all travelers, enemies
or even unfortunate friends that it is not reined in
away from. Its Legend rating increases again, and it
gains the following powers:
Epic Attributes: +1 Epic Strength, +1 Epic Stamina,
Epic Perception +1
Terrifying Leap: The Black Dogs massively muscled
legs hurl it powerfully forward at its hapless
opponent, granting it a bonus of 5 dice of damage
on successful attacks.
Running the Moors: Racing the moors on a moonless
night is the natural state of the Black Dog, which
finds such things childs play despite the toll they
would take on mortal hounds. The Dog never tires
of running and may ignore all fatigue penalties or
Stamina Fortitude rolls related to travel; it need stop
only for food or water.
Detect Impurity: With a nose more sensitive than the
most highly trained drugdogs, the Black Dog
automatically rolls Perception + Investigation to
notice any poisonous substance in the scene. The
dog will instinctively avoid any poison it detects. The
Scion may, if he is able to communicate with the
dog, also ask it to make a check for poisons at any
time.
Night Terror: The hideous countenance of the Black
Dog may shake even the most hardened of
combatants and unnerve the most savvy of political
components; upon seeing its shaggy and terrible
form for the first time, anyone who lays eyes on it
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 must roll Willpower + Integrity + Legend against the
dogs 10 dice. If the dogs victim fails, he or she
immediately poses a point of Willpower and suffers a
2 dice penalty to all rolls for the remainder of the
scene, too mindlessly terrified of the dogs black
presence to fully concentrate.
Legend Rating: 2
Fire Ant Nahualli ( ) of the divine realms. While Creatures should always
The nahualli is the other half of an Aztlanti
Scions soul, the spirit animal that represents
everything that the Scion contains within them but
does not manifest as a mortal or god. All Aztec gods
(and many of their Scions) possess a nahualli or
perhaps it possesses them, for the line between the
two beings is almost nonexistent. The Scion who has
found and harnessed his nahualli is a whole being,
partly his divine self and partly that divine animal
that completes him; together they are a force to be
reckoned with. The following description of a
nahualli assumes a Scion whose totem animal twin
happens to be a fire ant, but these powers can and
should be adjusted to suit any Scions spiritual twin,
no matter the species.
Azcatl, the fire ant nahualli, is as
temperamental as one would expect from his species;
he may appear alongside the Scion he is bound to,
vanish to become one with the Scion or take over to
in turn draw the Scion inside himself. He grants
access to the Animal (Ant) and Fire purviews, and
allows a Scion using Animal Form to pay 5 points of
Legend in order to turn into a fire ant roughly the
size of a horse as well as keeping all of his normal
Attributes, Epic Attributes and Abilities as if not
shapeshifted (when he does so, however, he can be
killed while in his Animal Form, again just as if not
shapeshifted; the Scion and Azcatl are one, so what
kills the one will surely kill the other). Whenever the
Scion uses the Create Animal boon to create new fire
ants, he may add his total number of Fire boons as
automatic successes to the roll; if he chooses to use
the Paper Tiger boon along with the Creative Spark
boon, he may multiply the number of ants created
per success by 1000 instead of 100. He may roll
Animal Ken instead of Command when using the
Ifrit boon; and finally, drawing on the prodigious
strength of the ant, he may add his total number of
Fire boons to his Lifting Capacity when determining
how much weight he can lift and carry.
Azcatl is, however, as determined as any ant,
and he continually seeks to assert himself rather than
always remaining in the Scions shadow. If at any
time the Scion has fewer dots of Animal Ken than
his highest level in the Fire purview, he has a 10%
chance each day to transform into Azcatl for the next
24 hours, no matter how inconvenient turning into a
drafthorsesized ant might be at that moment.
Ninhursag's Fox Kit ( )
**
Though referred to affectionately by the
ancient mother goddess as her kits, these foxes are
of incredible size, intelligence and power, weighing in
at roughly the size of an adult tiger and possessing
supernatural abilities that put even lesser gods to
shame. Ninhursags foxes are accomplished
messengers and spies, always ready to run an errand
or reconnaissance mission for the Scions they serve,
but they are not fighters and will almost always hide
or run from open conflict. It goes without saying
that they are liable to pass information about the
Scions doings back to their divine mistress, but
despite their loyalty to their mother, they will
always follow the Scions instructions first and
foremost.
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The Animal Kingdom
There are as many possibilities for Creature
Birthrights as there are animals in the World, extinct
beasts buried in the earth and legendary creatures in
the Overworlds, Underworlds and Terrae Incognita
be tailored to their specific capabilities and legends
and to the needs of the Scion who owns them, these
examples provide a general guideline for power levels
between lowlevel and highlevel Creatures, and
should provide an idea of what kinds of powers a
predatory Creature should possess as opposed to a
stealthy Creature and so forth. Storytellers should
always work with their players to determine what
they envision using the Creature for and give it
capabilities accordingly; warrior Scions seldom have
much use for ornamental birds, and divine doctors
are probably not going to want bulls in their delicate
operating rooms.
Ninhursags fox kits are handsome creatures
with thick, sandcolored fur and black rings around
their eyes and feet.
For a Legend 9 Scion, they have the
following capabilities:
Attributes: Strength 20, Dexterity 40, Stamina 20,
Charisma 20, Manipulation 40, Appearance 20,
Perception 20, Intelligence 20, Wits 40
Abilities: Academics 7, Animal Ken 7, Art (Disguise)
7, Athletics 14, Awareness 14, Brawl 7, Empathy 14,
Fortitude 7, Integrity 7, Investigation 14, Larceny 14,
Medicine 14, Occult 7, Politics 7, Stealth 14, Survival
7
Epic Attributes: Epic Dexterity 6, Epic Stamina 4,
Epic Manipulation 6, Epic Perception 4, Epic Wits 6
Legend Rating: 7
Vulpine Agility: Ninhursags fox kit has a +10 to both
DVs from its lightning reflexes.
Foxy Misdirection: Anyone who successfully sees
through the fox kits Dexterity + Stealth roll must roll
Intelligence + Awareness against the kits
Manipulation + Empathy; if he fails, he will
immediately forget the foxs existence once the scene
has ended.
Unreal Reflexes: Rather than using the normal
calculation for Join Battle, the fox kits Join Battle is
a static value equal to its Legend rating multiplied by
7.
Canine Loyalty: The fox kits first action in any
combat is always to grant its owner additional health
boxes, as if using the Bolster boon.
Supernatural Toughness: Though the fox kit has no
interest in combat, it is hardy enough to survive if
caught in the middle of a conflict. It possesses
double the number of health levels it would normally
have, and has +10 to all soaks from its thick,
luxurious fur.
Fox in the Henhouse: The fox kit is exceptionally
sneaky and accomplished at getting into and out of
places it may not be allowed without being seen. It
may add its Legend as automatic successes to all
Larceny and Stealth rolls it makes.
Ten Lives: A master of misdirection and self
preservation, the fox kit may flummox and confuse
enemies into striking it nonlethally with even the
most powerful of attacks. Once per scene, it may
ignore all damage done from a single attack.
Lick Wounds: By assiduously tending to its own
wounds, the fox kit may convert 30 of its lethal
damage to bashing per day.
Sly as a Fox: The fox kit, despite its animalistic
appearance and tendency to play dumb, is actually
extremely intelligent. It is able to read and
understand all human languages, though it may have
trouble speaking them due to its vulpine mouth.
Scent the Trail: Though the fox kit has no interest in
hunting and fighting under most circumstances, it
still has an exceptional nose and may multiply the
range of its senses by 10 (as if it possessed the
Telescopic Senses knack).
For Legend 10 Scions:
Epic Attributes: +1 Epic Dexterity, +1 Epic
Manipulation, +1 Epic Wits
Legend Rating: 8
Unearthly Response: The fox kit has raised avoiding
damage to itself to an art form; it gains a bonus of 30
automatic successes to any Athletics roll made to
avoid being injured, and its speeds are all doubled.
Manipulative Whine: When in danger, the fox kit
automatically attempts to confuse its enemy or play
upon his heartstrings, saving itself from danger
through sleight of hand and charismatic appeal.
Anyone who makes a direct attack on the fox must
first roll Willpower + Integrity + Legend against its
Manipulation + Stealth, or find that they have
hesitated just a fraction of a second too long and
allowed it to escape.
Pack Mentality: Whenever a combat begins, the extra
health levels the fox kit grants to its Scion now also
apply to a number of additional friendly targets up to
a maximum of its Legend rating.
For Legend 11 Scions:
Attributes: Double all normal Attribute scores.
Epic Attributes: +3 Epic Strength, +1 Epic Dexterity,
+1 Epic Stamina, +3 Epic Charisma, +1 Epic
Manipulation, +3 Epic Appearance, +1 Epic
Perception, +3 Epic Intelligence, +1 Epic Wits
Legend Rating: 9
Spontaneous Regeneration: Once per week, the fox kit
may heal up to 30 health levels of any kind of
damage.
Untouchable Escape: The fox kits whirlwind of
motion and ability to glance blows off itself grants it
+10 to all soaks at all times.
Going to Ground: Whenever the fox kit is successfully
ambushed, it may double its DV against the attack as
its formidable instincts to dodge and escape take
over.
Followers
Followers, in contrast to Creatures, are
living beings with the brainpower and free will to
make their own decisions and which tend to follow
the dictates of their own people unless otherwise
directed. Though they are still obedient to the Scion
who controls them, they are people who may have
their own desires and goals, which can make them
more of a handful to manage but also highly useful
when it comes to taking the initiative and solving
problems creatively. Followers can be shock troops,
courtiers or fairy attendants; any kind of servant the
Scion wishes to take on.
Satyrs (
) Epic Attributes: +1 Epic Dexterity, +1 Epic
The amorous satyrs are some of the most
wellknown and mischievous creatures in Greek
myth, renowned seducers, famed revelers and
devoted followers to many of the gods, particularly
Dionysus and his close relations. Scions who are
granted satyrs as followers typically find them equally
as useful as they are distracting, but this is hardly
surprising from a creature with such a reputation for
chaos and selfinvolvement.
Satyrs are generally humanoid, but vary in
shape as much as or more than any mortal, ranging
from incredibly gorgeous (if slightly unkempt) men
to strange mangoat crossbreeds with shaggy, hideous
features. They often take after the Scion who owns
them, so individual Scions may find that their little
band of merrymakers mirrors their own most
unfettered desires and secret natures. Satyrs are
always and without exception male, and also always
ready to have a good time; wine, women and song
are surefire ways to get a satyrs attention, and while
they will follow their Scions orders to the best of
their abilities, if not given explicit instructions they
will often take any opportunity to indulge themselves
that they think they can get away with.
Satyrs (usually granted in sets of three) used
as Followers usually have the following powers:
For Legend 5 Scions:
Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 6, Stamina 6,
Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 4,
Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 4
Abilities: Academics 2, Animal Ken 4, Art
(Music/Dance/Theatre) 4, Athletics 3, Awareness 3,
Brawl 3, Command 2, Empathy 5, Fortitude 3,
Integrity 1, Larceny 2, Medicine 1, Melee 2, Occult 5,
Presence 5, Stealth 2, Survival 4, Thrown 1
Epic Attributes: Dexterity 1, Manipulation 1, Wits 1
Joyous Dance: Satyrs are notoriously light on their feet
and have turned the act of dancing mockingly away
from their opponents into an art form. They gain
their Legend to their DV.
Wild Seduction: Famed for their oversized physical
attributes and irresistible musk, even the most
hideous among satyrs are frightening good at the
seduction and manipulation of their hapless victims.
Satyrs gain +10 dice to all rolls made in an attempt to
seduce someone.
Chaotic Fate: As creatures of whimsy and change,
satyrs cheat death almost as often as their lofty
patron Dionysus. Once per scene, a blow that would
kill the satyr is automatically avoided; in addition, all
satyrs always benefit as if from the Eye of the Storm
boon.
Legend Rating: 2
For Legend 6 Scions:
The followers of a Scion who has achieved a
higher Legend rating grow in power and stature
along with him. A typical group of satyrs owned by a
Legend 6 Scion should add the following
modifications to the previous template:
Attributes: +1 Manipulation, +1 Intelligence, +1
Perception
Epic Attributes: +1 Epic Manipulation
Party Time: The cost to revive or summon the Scions
satyrs decreases by one point of Legend, as they are
eager to be out and about, but whenever the Scion
attempts to dismiss them magically, she must roll a
single die; if she rolls a one, the satyrs refuse to leave
and cannot be dismissed again for a full 24 hours.
For Legend 7 Scions:
Attributes: +1 Dexterity, +1 Strength, +1 Appearance,
+1 Charisma
Manipulation, +1 Epic Wits
Bacchanal Tune: The animal magnetism of the satyrs
can now be used to aid the Scion just as they
effortlessly aid themselves. As long as they continue
to play seductive music in the same scene, the Scion
gains +10 dice to all rolls he makes in an attempt to
seduce someone. (There is, however, a very real
danger that the satyrs will attempt to join in and start
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Chaotic Fear: The satyrs mere presence sows discord,
fear and confusion. At the beginning of each
combat, everyone within 100 yards of the satyrs must
roll a single die. Any creature that rolls a 1 (if there
is only one satyr; if there are two, it applies to rolls of
1 or 2, and if there are three, to all rolls of 1, 2 or 3)
may roll to resist against the satyrs Manipulation +
Empathy, and on a failure succumb to panicked
seizures as if afflicted by the Paralyzing Confusion
boon.
For Legend 8 Scions:
Once the Scion is on the cusp of becoming
a god, her powers have grown exponentially and the
might (and perpetual chaotic disorder) of her
Followers has similarly increased. A typical group of
satyrs owned by a Legend 8 Scion should add the
following modifications in addition to the previous
ones:
Attributes: All normal Attributes double.
Abilities: +3 Animal Ken, +3 Awareness, +3
Command, +3 Empathy, +3 Presence, +3 Survival
Epic Attributes: +1 Epic Manipulation
Pastoral Pelt: The satyrs thick, lustrous hair (wherever
they happen to have it) grants a +5 bonus to all
soaks.
Distracting Phallus: Once per scene, the satyr may
obscenely wave his anatomy at any target, temporarily
causing them to lose focus. If the target fails to resist
his Manipulation + Presence roll, he or she is
immediately afflicted by a 4 dice penalty from
distraction for the rest of the scene.
Intensification: Whenever any chaotic damage occurs
near them, the satyrs automatically increase the
damage dice it deals by their successes on an
Intelligence + Awareness roll.
Guides
Unlike Birthrights that a Scion carries
around with her on her adventures, Guides are
usually remote and uninvolved, third parties ready to
provide advice, answer questions or suggest strategies
when their Scions are struggling with a difficult
challenge. The powers of a Guide can help bolster a
Scion's own powers from afar, and their wisdom (or
even just common sense) can often make the
difference between a successful mission and an
embarrassingly bloody snafu.
Hapy ( ) For the busy, onthego Scion, sometimes
Hapy is one of the four sons of Horus, the
baboongod charged with guarding the lungs of the
deceased and the northern entrances to tombs and
sarcophagi. Along with his brothers, he is sometimes
called upon to act as a Guide for young Scions,
providing them with advice and occasional help,
especially in his areas of expertise. He grants a bonus
of five successes to all uses of the Animal (Baboon),
Death and Health purviews, making Scions who
benefit from his aid exceptionally potent as
morticians or healers. His other advice and aid,
however, may be quirky or unreliable; Hapy has
something of a split personality, mimicking the lungs
he is so strongly associated with, and as a result is
prone to forgetting things or having an oddly
fractured view on any given situation.
Kitchen God ( ) to its former glory. Like the great celestial ram it is
Kitchen gods are some of the most popular
little deities of China, respected, propitiated and
bribed by each family they oversee in order that they
give a favorable report to the Jade Emperor when
they appear in heaven each year to weigh in on the
activities of the mortals. They tend to be chubby and
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fond of creature comforts, dedicated to their jobs but
easily distracted by appropriate bribery or flattery,
and warmly jolly personalities to have around,
making every place they appear as comfortable as the
kitchen hearth of a home. The Scion who is lucky
enough to have a personal kitchen god as her Guide
gains eight automatic successes to all rolls using the
Fire, Justice and Psychopomp purviews, and gains
eight dice to all rolls of Art (Cooking), Awareness
and Empathy.
While kitchen gods are excellent guides and
are always friendly and helpful to their Scions, they
are a doubleedged sword; they watch anything and
everything the Scion is up to, the better to report
back to the gods on her activities, and are nosy
gossips who will do their utmost to uncover and
share any secrets she might be hiding. The gods of
the Shen, of course, view this as merely another
exceptionally useful quality in a gift for their
children, and as a result kitchen gods tend to be one
of the more popular Birthrights granted to Chinese
Scions.
Voelva of Ragnarok ( )
*
The voelva is a mysterious figure, a seer of
the future whose awesome powers and ability to
penetrate the mists of past and future are shrouded
in impenetrable mystery. Where she came from, why
she died and what hand she had in the prophecies of
Ragnarok are questions even the gods have never
fully answered, but for those very rare Scions that she
chooses to guide, her eldritch knowledge usually
outweighs the nagging worries about her esoteric
goals. Those bound to the voelva gain 10 automatic
successes to all rolls made for boons from the Death,
Magic and Prophecy purviews, and 10 dice to all rolls
of Academics, Awareness and Occult; in addition,
the voelva has a vast wealth of knowledge regarding
Ragnarok, the afterlife, the future and even the realm
of Fate itself. The voelva is, however, wellknown to
be enigmatic in her answers, difficult to call on and
uncommunicative unless a Scion comes directly to
her; the Scion who wishes to avail himself of her
wisdom must personally visit her grave and spend 5
points of Legend and a point of Willpower, along
with using the Corpse Oracle boon, in order to call
her up.
Vehicles
the freedom to traverse the many worlds is the most
important gift of all. Vehicles can provide swiftness,
protection, safe passage or other bonuses, all in the
name of making sure the Scion who owns them has
the most coveted ride around.
Divine Ram ( )
Granted as a distinctly tongueincheek gift
from Agni to his favorite Scions, this monstrous
truck appears to be a Dodge Ram, though close
inspection of its logo reveals a slightly livelier and
more playfullooking design than that of the famous
automobile manufacturer. The truck is also far
sturdier than any mortal machine, possessing 30 to
all soaks as well as 50 health levels; if it is ever
destroyed, it costs 5 points of Legend for the Scion to
reform it by using her Legendary power to return it
modeled after, the Ram is also exceptionally swift;
for every 5 successes the Scion gains on her Wits +
Control roll to drive it, the trucks speed increases by
25 miles per hour, allowing her to scream through
the countryside at unheard of velocities.
Chariot of Dobar ( ) Mud Barque (
The horses and chariot of Dobar, ancient
king of Sicily, are one of the many treasures
occasionally lent out by the god Lugh, who long ago
gained them by forcing the sons of Tuireann to
collect them as a deathprice for the murder of his
father Cian. The golden horses are said to be the
swiftest known to man, able to run equally as well
over sea as over land, and the chariot is forged of
magnificent bronze, chased with scenes of Lughs
mastery over his fathers murderers. The horses are
notoriously temperamental, and anyone who
attempts to harness them other than the Scion who
owns them runs a severe risk of ignominious injury.
The chariot travels at a speed of 10 miles
per hour for every success the Scion rolls on a Wits +
Control (Chariot) roll; if she travels at over 100 miles
per hour, the chariot is able to travel normally across
the surface of any body of water. The Scion gains
her Legend in dice to all Stealth rolls while she is
driving the chariot, and anyone who rides in the
chariot and uses the Lightning Rod boon may apply
its effects to all riders instead of to just one target.
The chariot has a soak of 20 and 20 health levels if
damaged.
Birthright Progression
Creating a new Birthright can be tricky, but
updating a characters Birthrights as they increase in
Legend and become new demigods or even gods is
another thing entirely. The following examples of a
Birthrights progression from Hero to God are
intended as guidelines for emphasizing and
increasing the capabilities of your characters relics;
they can also be used as relics for any Scion
interested in them if your game so desires. The new
powers and abilities granted by laterlevel relics
should always be in addition to those granted by
their earlier versions unless otherwise noted.
Example One:
Hero: NineteenthCentury Admiral's Hat ( ) companions a whopping 1000 miles per success.
This bicorn hat is a darkdyed, soft wool
over an uncompromising frame, and features golden
piping, red stitching and an impressive feather plume
that borders on the ridiculous. It is granted to a
Scion of Agwe and allows access to the Animal
(Fish), Psychopomp and Water purviews as well as
allowing its owner to add his Legend as dice to all
Charisma + Command rolls.
Demigod: Regalia of the Admiral ( ) as his pantheons link to the World without proper
At the Demigod level, Agwe has added
more finery to the hat, which now far outstrips any
chapeau worn by mortal man. A feather made
entirely of pulsing, dripping water has been added to
its other decorations, and it is now able to summon a
new vehicle Birthright ship. Finally, the Scion is
now able to use the Unbarred Entry boon to travel a
number of yards equal to his Water boons through
any solid barrier instead of only a single yard.
God: Raiment of the Seas ( )
*
By the God level, the hat has become a full
blown hat of incredibly divine finery, tailored to the
Scions personality and powers and heralding to all
and sundry that the Scion is a true god of the Loa
and herald of its fleets. Shango and Ogoun, the
)
Most often granted to Scions of the Pesedjet
with an interest in navigation and transportation,
this barque isnt much to look at, being fashioned of
the reeds and mud of the Nile and the even more
primordial sludge that is the domain of such ancient
gods as Heqet or Hapi. It requires no fuel or rowers
and is exceptionally speedy for a boat made of dirt,
easily traveling at 50 miles per hour as long as it is
handled by a capable sailor. Such may be hard to
come by, though; being an unwieldy conglomeration
of mud and grass, the barque adds an additional +15
difficulty to all Control rolls made to sail it, and its
unpredictable tendency to pitch and wallow forces
Scions who pilot it to roll their lowest of either Wits
or Strength + Control to do so. The barque requires
the expenditure of a single point of Legend to
summon it or return it to the mud until it is required
again; if it is destroyed, it requires a full eight points
of Legend for the Scion to reform it from the sludge
whence it came. The barque also grants access to the
Health and Water purviews, has 30 soak and 50
health levels, and grants up to ten riders on it an
additional four health levels while they remain on it,
sustaining them as the Nile sustains all of Egypts
fertility.
divine kings of the pantheon, have bestowed their
marks upon the fledgling gods gift as well, adding
two more feathers that roar with flame and crackle
with electricity, and the impressive hat now grants
access to the Fire and Sky purviews. As the Scion
has become the official God of Heavenly
Transportation for his pantheon, he may now use his
Flame Travel boon with Come Along for 3 fewer
points of Legend, and his Rainbow Bridge boon
increases in efficacy the more Sky boons he
possesses; if he has seven sky boons, his Rainbow
Bridge boon 500 miles per success instead of 250, if
he has 14 Sky boons it travels 750 miles per success,
and if he has 20 Sky boons teleports him and his
Example Two:
Hero: Singed Reed ( )
This small waterreed has seen better days; it
is hard and brittle, scorched from some previous
conflagration that damaged it even in the riverbed
where it stood. It is in fact a small piece of the reed
in which the god Agni once hid when refusing to act
respect, and can never be regenerated, even by the
Fertility purview. It grants access to the Fire purview
as well as allowing the Scion to add her Legend as
dice to all Stealth rolls.
Demigod: Reed Paddy Hat ( )
This hat, in the familiar paddy style used by
farmers and workers throughout Asia, has a crisped
and blackened look and is fashioned entirely of the
remainder of the reeds that were singed by Agnis
longago escapade, gathered by the Scion in an epic
quest in order to prove herself worthy of greater gifts
from her pantheon. The hat now provides access to
the Fertility purview and functions as a potent source
of protection for the Scion, granting +2 to her DVs,
+4 to her bashing and lethal soaks and +2 to her
aggravated soak. It smells faintly of smoke and,
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sources of injury that might damage it.
God: Enveloping Reed Armor ( )
*
The reeds once confined to the Scions hat
have now grown to surround and envelop her in
their rustling protection, passing through the fiery
crucible of Muspelheim itself to become a second
skin of faintly smoking plant life. She gains +4 DV,
and +8 to all soaks that counts as natural soak
instead of armor if she also has the Greenskin boon
activated. As the goddess of flame which consumes
the natural world, she may add her total number of
Fire boons as automatic successes to all Stealth rolls.
Example Three:
Hero: Private Piercing ( )
the new god of the celestial influence of the heavens
A relic possessed by a truly intrepid young
Scion, this piercing (a simple hoop that shines with a
glimmering golden radiance) is situated exactly in his
most tender anatomy as an offering to his divine
mother Ishtar. It grants access to the Health
purview, and allows him to use the Engender Love
knack for two fewer points of Legend if he does so
while having sexual intercourse of some kind with
his target.
Demigod: Celestial Bling ( ) than stalwart enemies.
Relics of the Gods
While the new Birthrights of Scions may
become legends in their own right as their owners
rise to power, the Birthrights of the ancient gods
have been praised, sung and held in awe for
millennia as their divine owners wield them in
service of their pantheons and people. The
following are examples of some of the most famous
and epic relics of ancient myth; they should not be
considered items for Scions use, but rather as a
guideline for determining how the relics of the gods
might function and what powers they might grant
their aweinspiring owners.
The Thunderbolts of Zeus ( ) who finds the book (usually kept wherever it is most
Possibly the most famous relic of the entire
Greek pantheon, this set of gleaming, crackling
thunderbolts was forged by the hulking cyclopes
under the watchful eye of the smithgod Hephaestus.
The thunderbolts are oneuse relics which are
expended each time they are thrown; the workshops
of Hephaestus are constantly engaged in churning
out new weapons for the king of the gods, the better
to ensure that his arsenal is bottomless enough to
manage the war against the Titans and that his
mighty throwing arm is still feared throughout the
Overworlds.
Whenever Zeus chooses to use the Levin
Fury or Peruns Apples boons, he may hurl one of
the colossal thunderbolts along with it, channeling
the fury of the heavens to utterly decimate his target.
The attack gains 20 dice to both accuracy and
damage and deals an additional 50 dice of damage
that strikes everyone within 50 yards of the gods
unlucky target. The damage from Zeus thunderbolts
cannot be avoided with the SkinShedding knack, as
the father of the gods fury pierces to the very core of
his enemies, and though he hurls the thunderbolts
like missiles from on high, he may always roll
Charisma to deal damage with either boon. If he
uses Peruns Apples, he may throw a single bolt with
15 each use of the boon; if he uses Levin Fury, however,
At Ishtars command, the hoop has been
removed from the Scion and remanded to her
custody, at which point she took it into her own
realm of immortal stars and traced across its surface
a silvery new constellation. The hoop is now large
enough to be worn as a necklace and now allows the
Scion to channel the Stars purview; it also doubles
the benefit he receives from the Believe Your Own
Press knack. Finally, it allows the Scion to subtract
an equivalent number of dice as successes from his
hapless victims whenever he uses the Red Star boon.
God: Circlet of Stars ( )
The hoop has at this point grown yet again,
becoming a shining circlet of harvested stars that
outlines the Scions entire body in golden light. As
upon the bodies of humans and gods, the Scion now
gains his Legend as dice to all Presence rolls; in
addition, whenever anyone near him fails an
Integrity roll while under the influence of the Red
Star boon, he may instantly use any Health boon he
chooses on them as a free action (once per person
per day, and in addition to normal uses of that
Health boon), healing flagging allies and bringing
down the celestial wrath of the heavens to plague less
he may throw as many thunderbolts in the same
attack as he wishes, and all of them will carry the
same effects, wreaking absolute havoc on his foes
below.
The Book of Thoth ( )
**
The fabled book of Thoth is one of the
most ancient and powerful sources of knowledge
known even to the gods. Scribed by the god of
wisdom in the early ages of the universe, it is, unlike
most relics, open to be used by all; Thoth believes
that the secrets of the worlds should always be
available, though only to the worthy, and so anyone
convenient for Thoth himself to reference it) may
attempt to read it and absorb its knowledge. The
book is a massive tome, with a cover that seems made
of ancient and solid stone and a nearunfathomable
number of pages covered in every language that has
ever existed in the World as well as some languages
invented and known only to Thoth himself, and
easily weighs several tons for those who attempt to
lift it. It appears infinitely fragile, ancient and dusty
with pages that might crumble if touched, but it is as
durable as any relic and can (and has) endure any
number of wisdomseekers accessing it.
Anyone who reads the Book of Thoth
immediately gains his Legend as dice to all
Academics and Occult rolls, as well as 20 bonus dice
whenever he rolls his total number of Magic, Mystery
or Prophecy boons against another purview. The
cost of all Magic spells is lowered by 5 Legend (to a
minimum of zero), and, once per week, the reader of
the book may use the Legendary Surge spell
completely free of charge, losing no Legend but
granting as much as her roll allows to a lucky
compatriot. All these benefits may be accessed only
while the seeker of knowledge actually reads (or
attempts to read, anyway) the Book of Thoth; if she
leaves its presence without taking it with her, she
may no longer access any of its powers.
 However, the universal knowledge of the
Book of Thoth is not intended for weak minds or
those too unworthy to truly appreciate it. For each
of its many powers that a reader uses, she must at
some point in the following week (determined by the
Storyteller) roll her Intelligence + Academics and
gain at least 70 successes. If she fails, she loses the
difference in points of Willpower, and if she runs
out of Willpower, in points of Legend as the cosmic
knowledge and secrets of the universe become too
much for her puny mind to handle. For every point
of Willpower she loses, she suffers a level of
unsoakable lethal damage that ignores health levels
from Bolster and cannot be avoided in any way; for
every point of Legend she loses, she suffers an
unsoakable level of aggravated damage with the same
qualities. Many an unfortunate reader of unworthy
mind has sought to reap the secret of the universe
from the Book only to languish in miserable
suffering, while others who have attempted to steal
the book for themselves have simply committed
horrible, agonizing suicide from the overload of
attempting to use it multiple times.
Should anyone succeed in taking and
reading the Book of Thoth, she might be able to do
so for some time until Thoth himself needed to
reference it, at any rate, at which point her thievery
might have more dire consequences yet.
Fragarach ( )
**
Also called The Answerer, Fragarach is one
of the most legendary swords ever wielded by the
Tuatha de Danann, passed from the store of the
great seagod Manannan mac Lir into the keeping of
the valiant Lugh, who wielded it in battle before
passing it on to his son Cu Chulainn, who in turn
bequeathed it to the High King Conn who used it to
found the kingdoms of Ireland. The sword has
returned to Manannans keeping, there to remain
until the next truly worthy hero requires it, and all its
considerable powers are now bent toward the
constant battle against the Titans.
Fragarach is a bright, beautiful sword to
behold, a shining brand that stands straight in its
owners hand and swings as truly as a breeze. It
grants its wielder access to the Health and Sky
purviews as well as providing a +5 bonus to accuracy,
+6 to defense, deals 5 lethal damage and has a speed
of 5. Its most famous powers go far beyond the
keenness of its edge, however; Fragarach is famed for
forcing the truth out of its victims, and it adds its
wielders total number of Sky boons as dice to all
Perception + Empathy rolls. If the swords edge is
held to the targets throat, this bonus is automatic
successes instead of dice, and further the swords
wielder gains the same amount of automatic
successes when using the Blurt It Out knack on his
immobile victim.
Fragarach also slices effortlessly through all
but the most divine of materials; the Divine
Rampage knack lasts for two attacks per use in the
same scene, and the cost of the Armor Crusher
knack is reduced by 2 points of Legend for the
wielder of the mighty sword. Should Fragarach deal
damage to an opponent, its wielder may use the
Lingering Malaise boon on her as a free action, and
may roll Strength instead of Charisma to activate it if
he chooses, causing wounds to fester and wither and
the injuries inflicted by the sword to last far longer
than all but the most stalwart enemies can survive.
Finally, the swords legendary control over the winds
allows its owner to roll Strength instead of Wits
when using the Gale Force boon, whipping up the
wind with the strength of his mighty sword arm and
directing it forth at his command.
Itlachiyaque, the Smoking Mirror ( )
***
Few images captivate the Mesoamerican
imagination like the obsidian mirror of Tezcatlipoca,
the obscured surface of dark, glossy stone that
reflects the secrets of the universe only to him and is
as much a part of him as his enigmatic nature. The
mirror is so strongly associated with the god who
owns it that they are sometimes referred to
interchangeably; the mirror that replaced
Tezcatlipocas lost foot is as much Tezcatlipoca as the
rest of his body, and it gives up its secrets to no one
but him.
Many have glimpsed the mirror when
Tezcatlipoca appears in his full form, at least, which
is not all that often as an occluded object set in the
center of his chest or depending from his knee where
his lower leg once was, a dark and shining smear that
reflects everything around it or remains veiled, dark
smoke boiling from its surface, and impossible to see.
Its presence marks the six levels of permanent
aggravated damage that he sustained with the loss of
his foot, and grants its divine owner permanent
access to the Darkness, Health, Illusion and Magic
purviews in trade.
The mirror grants Tezcatlipoca unparalleled
powers of misdirection and obfuscation; it adds his
Legend to all Manipulation and Stealth rolls as
successes, and further allows him to spend an extra
two points of Legend when using the Crawling
Chaos boon, causing anyone affected by it to also be
simultaneously affected by the Afraid of the Dark
boon. His Strike Blind boon lasts for double the
normal duration thanks to the mirror continually
reflecting obscuring darkness back into his victims
stricken eyes. He may add his total number of Itztli
boons as automatic successes to all Darkness boons;
his Legend as dice and his total number of Darkness
boons as successes to all uses of the Hidden Name
boon; and he may also add his total number of
Chaos boons as automatic successes to the False
Prophecy boon, twisting and obscuring Fate itself in
pursuit of his own secret agenda.
Tezcatlipocas powers of destruction are not
limited merely to hiding and twisting the perceptions
of those around him; his powers in the realm of the
solid and real are just as dangerous. The mirror
allows him to use his Health boons twice per day on
any given target, spreading disease and confusion
however he wishes, and whenever he uses the Eclipse
boon he may pay 10 additional points of Legend to
cause everyone affected to also be struck by the Infect
boon (which does not count toward the total number
of times he has used it on them that day). Finally, if
he is in the form of his nahualli Tepeyollotl, the great
jaguar known as Heart of the Mountain, he may
double the effects of the Earth Creation boon
whenever he uses it.
But That's Not What I
Wanted!
The great relics of mythology have many,
many stories, attributes and ideas attached to them;
for many of them, it would be impossible to
accurately represent their complete scope within
Scions relic system. While we have provided some
accurate interpretations of the legendary weapons
and tools of the gods and they should serve as good
examples of what kinds of bonuses and power scale
are appropriate, Storytellers should always feel free
to change or embellish as necessary for their stories.
Also, remember that players seldom, if ever,
need to know the full capabilities of major relics like
Mjolnir or Xiuhcoatl. Much of the mystique of the
game and the epic quality of the gods is better 16
preserved if only the Storyteller knows the details.
 Acknowledgments
and Lots of Thanks!
When we started this project, we asked for suggestions from the Scion community for types
of relics or famous Birthrights they might want to see in it. We got a deluge of great
suggestions and ideas, and we appreciate each and every one of them! Thanks to all the
following members of the Scion community for their requests and suggestions:
To Alex Bosch for suggesting the Golden Fleece!
To Belltrap for suggesting the Nemean armor!
To Bryan Gustafson for suggesting something to do with Ganesha's vahana!
To Griffinguy24 for suggesting the Smoking Mirror!
To Kyle for suggesting more Norse goodness!
To Other Tom for suggesting the Book of Thoth!
To Samudra for suggesting the Third Eye!
To Source J for suggesting Fragrarach!
To Spirithound for suggesting a drink from the Well of Mimir!
And while, we weren't able to use all the excellent suggestions for systems and tables this
time around, thanks to Itzhak Even, Roy, Royce, and everyone else who emailed us with
excellent ideas that gave us a good idea what folks were looking for. Your input is much
appreciated.
Finally, and far from least, thanks are due to our fabulous players, who are neverending
fonts of Birthright creativity and who have been using some of these items in ever more epic
ways for the past few years of Scion games. Al, Amy, Bob, Chris, Jennie, Mat, Michael,
Seph, Thomas, Tom: you guys are rockstars.

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