By Ryan Baker (rynbaker@freenet.columbus.oh.us) (10 March 1995)
Shylo's Gear is a powerful talisman that is made up of two parts: a headset (earpiece, eyepiece, microphone in front of the mouth, all of which are connected) and a glove (similar in looks to the powerglove). For a good idea of it's design see a VA in the MAGE book. The eyepiece grants the user -1 diff. on all combat rolls and -2 on firearms (it projects the target's position a few seconds in the future). The headset allows a telepathic link to any others of it's kind. It also allows the user to send telepathic messages to others, individually while eye contact is maintained. The eyepiece also displays the specs (general health, spiritual status i.e. Mage, Vampire, Werewolf, etc.) of anyone viewed, plus it functions as a monitor.
The glove is the more violent side of this thing. It grants +2 to the sphere of forces (for Electrical effects only!). It can fire "lightning bolts" and such at any time, at the increased damage level. The glove also allows the user to "spot teleport", teleport anywhere in sight, with an accompaning lightning bolt (non-damaging). It should be noted that any attempted use of these powers immediatly forces a point of paradox into the mage. The glove doubles for a keyboard too, effectivly eliminating the need for a computer.
This device was in the possession of one of the character's mentor, Shylo, until his untimely demise at the hands at the hands of a vampire elder. He was a noted mentor and gave his worthy students a (much) less powerful version. This is because a useful side effect allowed him a much easier time using the sphere of correspondence to locate and to teleport one set (and wearer) to another. It should be noted that one of Shylo's top students is currently trying to inject his avatar into the Digital Web, thus allowing the creation of more (than the current 5, only one of which is this powerful- Shylo's -and is in the hands of the selfsame student) of these talismans.