By Eric VanDycke (Nimbus@Telenet.net)
Level: 4
Gnosis: 7
Appearence: The Bow of the Feathered fathers appears to be a large ceremonial bow made of an odd wood. If it is looked at closely, the wood has a strange grain that looks like small, multi-colored feathers. The string of the bow is a simple bow string and has no unusual aspects. Feathers and hand-carved precious stone beads hang from the lower ends of the bow. The bow's powers can only be used to combat the wyrm in all of it's guises. The bow functions normally for hunting and non-wyrm combat. (for purposes of game mechanics, fomori, vampires, wyrm tainted creatures, Black spiral dancers, or anything that shows up under sense wyrm are affected by the bow's powers)
Powers: The bow's powers are three-fold:
-Each activation success over 2 adds +1 to the archers skill level for the duration of that combat.
-The User may call upon the "Scream of the Eagles" The user concentrates on the force of the bird-kings and says "Go forward and let the wrath of the bird-kings be known" and the arrow flies, emmitting a loud peircing screaming noise, which all wyrm-tainted creatures must save vs willpower at diff of 7 (3 successes) or they run in terror.
-The arrows fired by the bow do aggravated damage to wyrm-creatures and wyrm spirits.
The user of the bow must meet the following conditions if he/she is going to use the bow or bond it to him or herself.
A. Must be a follower of one of the Bird totems
B. Must never kill a bird on purpose
C. Must give thanks to the bird fathers after each usage, this is up to the players as to how he or she tanks them, My own character (whom I designed the bow for) sings a song to the bird fathers in a meditation ceremony after each usage that the powers of the bow are invoked.
Background: The bow was the product of a long-lost amazonian Bird-cult. The ancient cult worshiped the bird fathers, a group of feathered spirits that protected the amazon from harm caused by the insurgence of the wyrm. Long ago the bird-cult disapperared, leaving little trace of their existence. The only thing left behind was the bow. It bounced from native owner to native owner, a long string of noble warriors and hunters alike. The current owner of the bow, Techulli "Son of the Feather" wars in the amazon against the forces of the wyrm. All would seem well...but within his head he can hear the voices of the shamans of the birds, they guide him, they tell him the secrets of the forest, the ways of the spirits, the ways of the birds, the way of the amazon. The bird Fathers watch, and wait.