Imaging Crystals

By Timothy Toner (thanatos@interaccess.com)

Level 1 Fetish

Description

These lumps of quartz seem rather innocuous when found. However, they are specially prepared Fetishes which can trap the image of any event. For instance, if the user wishes to save a memorable moment, he merely holds up the crystal, and feeds it a point of gnosis. Everything in direct line of sight is preserved from the perspective of the holder. Thus, if used in a desert, with a Garou in line of sight 2 miles away, when the image is reactivated, the distant Garou will not retain any image quality. It will be as distinct as can be distinguished 2 miles away (i.e. not at all). The point of the imaging crystals lies in that they can be dedicated and taken to sites in the Umbra, to record long forgotten scenes, to be used as evidence in Garou trials. For instance, a Garou wishes to find out if Running Sideways, a Past Life, really ran away from a battle. He must travel to the place in the Umbra where the image is kept, and record the scene. This can be an adventure in itself, as the Garou must first search the Battlefields, the Legendary Realm, or even the Atrocity Realm, to discover where the proper memory is kept.

Duration of the image depends on how much Gnosis is initially infused. One will get you a single static image. For every point thereafter, five seconds of time is added.