The Misbegotten

By Sparky (calliopeyx@aol.com)

Introduction

There is a place where Angels fear to tread. A place where all of Creation's run-off flows. Some call the place The Abyss, some call it Oblivion, but all agree it is a dark, unpleasant place. A place of mish-mashed monsters of the most miniscule and monstrous. These are the Misbegotten.

Description:

The Misbegotten are drips of passion, force, matter, life, and consciousness that run-offs of Entropy. All that decays winds up there; all that is not needed winds up there. Coalescing into all manner of creature, and those creatures do not want to be stuck there any more. Few times an excellently strong, skilled, or plain lucky wretch escapes the Umbral gravity of the Abyss. These creatures are curious, and many times because of their creation are quite hostile.

Ideas, Ethics, Etc

Each being being completely different from any of the others down to their basic creation, it's hard to say. They usually do not view the other life forms of the Umbra as even living as only the mightiest Incarna have existed longer than most these creatures.

Character Creation

The stranger Misbegotten aren't even allowed in the Tellurian; disbelief would wreck them. Though if they find or create a body for themselves, that's a different story. The Misbegotten can be anything from a Caregiving Martyr to a Bravo Sadist, but here's how to start:

Attributes: 7/5/3

Abilities: 13/9/5 (One free dot to Cosmology)

Willpower: 5

Powers

The Misbegotten have five dots of powers that can go anywhere. They can have five dots in Disciplines, Gifts, Numina, Spheres (The Arete they'd roll would be 2-3), anything and in any combination.

Paradox

The Misbegotten are very badly paradoxed. If they use any of their powers that can be visibly known as them they must roll WP diff 7, two successes negates any paradox, a failure adds one paradox and a botch adds three.

Special Merits and Flaws

Possession

5 Pt. Merit

The Misbegotten can leave its current body and opt to take over another's. Roll WP (diff 8) and win by at least two successes. The current conscioussness in that body may then make two more rolls against a diff of 9 and get 3 successes among the two to shove the new mind out of it. If this occurs the Misbegotten has five turns to possess another or is dissolved into the pattern of the Tellurian.

God Complex

3 Pt. Flaw

The Misbegotten realizes how powerful he is versus the world at large. This can get dangerous though. He may flaunt his powers in front of sleepers, or take on foes stronger than he. If he is not revered, even in the slightest, he gets very very angry and may attack.