Shadowing Lemmas

By CD Skogsberg (cd@alfakonsult.se)

What with all the "2d vs. 3d" and "what can you do wih 2d" debate going on on the list, I decided to post this little tidbit of a beastie.

Author's Notes

Shamelessly stolen from Terry Pratchett. I of course have no intentions of infringing Mr. Pratchett's copyright etc.

Correspondence paradox spirits

Willpower

6

Rage

7

Gnosis

4

Power

30

Description

Shadowing Lemmas are two-dimensional beings from the High Umbra. Their two-dimensional nature makes them invisible when viewed "on edge," as it were. Natural behaviour for a Lemma on this side of the Gauntlet would be to "slither" along the ground, seeking an unwary mathematician, for the Shadowing Lemmas stalks and eats mathematicians. No-one knows why. It may be that this allows them to return to their home Realm. Anyway, many a mathematicians last sight was of a patch of shadow rising from the floor, perfectly flat, engulfing him.

Their presence can be sensed with Corr. 1.

Charms

Airt Sense, Engulf (Transfers the Engulfed person elsewhere, probably to a Correspondence paradox realm; costs 15 Power to use), Materialize, Two-dimensionality*

*Two-dimensionality is more of an inborn property than a "charm" as such, but it has certain side-effects, among them invisibility (on a successful Gnosis roll, diff 6).