Gauntlet Carver

By Matt Fruth (mfruth@hotmail.com)

Level Five Fetish

Gnosis

7

Description

This is a fetish that can only be used by Nuwisha. There are only five known in the world. They are all 6 inch, black-matte survival knives. They were created by an unknown upper ranking Nuwisha.

Once activated using one point of Gnosis, it is used to create an instant gateway to the Umbra that can only be used by Nuwisha. The user carves a circle big enough to fit the hand of a Crinos Nuwisha. The knife must be inserted into the surface to the hilt. The player rolls Gnosis + Rituals with a difficulty (max of 9) of Gauntlet level + the level of the physical material that is being cut into. With a combination wall, add the values of materials but leave off thickness additions.

Material	Value
Wood	1 + thickness in inches.
Metal	2 + thickness in inches.
Plaster	0
Stone (brick, concrete)	2 + thickness in inches.

Then inside the circle the user carves the glyph of the Umbra. Once this is done the carving melts away and only a Umbral image that only Nuwisha can see appears. Now any Nuwisha can instantly side-step by placing his hand, in any form, in the circle and think of any place in the Umbra and he is taken there. The Nuwisha must spend one point of temporary Gnosis to use the glyph.

Any characters in connection with the Nuwisha will be taken with him. The symbol glows and can be seen as soon as the Nuwisha enters the vicinity of the marking.

The symbol can be used in stories when a scene is not going well and the Storyteller needs to get his characters out fast. The knife must be attuned to the user and re-attuned every time it is used by another Nuwisha and given back to any previous user.