Etherjammer Design Group (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} etherjammer) wrote,@ 2004-07-11 12:28:00 |
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Somnia
This, on the other hand, is pretty much IN-only.
Somnia (Corporeal Discord)
Although it can and does appear among Servitors of any Word, Somnia most often crops up in those serving Dreams, Nightmares, Trade and the Media. (It is rare, however; it appears with only one third the frequency of other Discords.) Somnia's effects are simple: it requires that its victim sleep for twice the Discord's level in hours, once every 24-hour period beginning with natural Essence collection. These effects only occur when the celestial is on the corporeal plane, although they begin immediately when the celestial manifests, counting the period between manifestation and Essence collection as a full 24-hour period. (It is thus considered wise for celestials with this Discord to not enter the corporeal plane until just after Essence collection.)
Although the Discord requires that its victim sleep, this requirement can be ignored, although doing so has consequences. After a 24-hour period when the celestial has not slept, all of his rolls are at a cumulative -1 penalty (in other words, he takes a -1 penalty the first day, a -2 penalty the second day, and so on), and he must treat the Discord as if it were a Celestial Discord when he attempts to regain Essence naturally on any day during which he has such a penalty. (The roll to determine whether the character regains Essence is not subject to the penalty.) Fulfilling the Discord's sleep requirements reduces the penalty by 1 for every (Discord level * 2) hours that the victim sleeps.
The sleep imposed by this Discord is not normal sleep for a celestial; in fact, most celestials don't have any memories of what happens between falling asleep and waking up. Those who do remember a vast void all around them, with nothing to do and no one with whom to interact, as though the sleep took them to Limbo or a similar quasi-place. A sleeping celestial can be woken up through external stimuli, but cannot wake up on his own until the Discord's duration is up.
As an example, Fred the Impudite has Somnia/2 (from a minor disagreement with his Superior, the Princess of Nightmares). He slept yesterday, but today he's working with some new demons from Technology and doesn't want to admit the weakness of needing to sleep. As soon as dusk rolls around, Fred receives his normal Essence, but immediately begins taking a -1 penalty to all of his rolls. Since this is a long project, Fred doesn't get a chance to sleep the next day either, and when dusk rolls around again, he has a one-in-three chance of not regaining Essence (since his player must roll better than a 2 - his Somnia level - in order for Fred to regain Essence), and his penalty increases to -2. Finally, the project is finished, and the participants go their separate ways; Fred, exhausted, falls asleep for four hours, wakes up (with his penalty reduced to -1), and decides to sleep for another four hours to catch up completely. He'll regain Essence normally at dusk, and won't take a penalty to any further rolls unless his sleep schedule is interrupted again.
This, on the other hand, is pretty much IN-only.
Somnia (Corporeal Discord)
Although it can and does appear among Servitors of any Word, Somnia most often crops up in those serving Dreams, Nightmares, Trade and the Media. (It is rare, however; it appears with only one third the frequency of other Discords.) Somnia's effects are simple: it requires that its victim sleep for twice the Discord's level in hours, once every 24-hour period beginning with natural Essence collection. These effects only occur when the celestial is on the corporeal plane, although they begin immediately when the celestial manifests, counting the period between manifestation and Essence collection as a full 24-hour period. (It is thus considered wise for celestials with this Discord to not enter the corporeal plane until just after Essence collection.)
Although the Discord requires that its victim sleep, this requirement can be ignored, although doing so has consequences. After a 24-hour period when the celestial has not slept, all of his rolls are at a cumulative -1 penalty (in other words, he takes a -1 penalty the first day, a -2 penalty the second day, and so on), and he must treat the Discord as if it were a Celestial Discord when he attempts to regain Essence naturally on any day during which he has such a penalty. (The roll to determine whether the character regains Essence is not subject to the penalty.) Fulfilling the Discord's sleep requirements reduces the penalty by 1 for every (Discord level * 2) hours that the victim sleeps.
The sleep imposed by this Discord is not normal sleep for a celestial; in fact, most celestials don't have any memories of what happens between falling asleep and waking up. Those who do remember a vast void all around them, with nothing to do and no one with whom to interact, as though the sleep took them to Limbo or a similar quasi-place. A sleeping celestial can be woken up through external stimuli, but cannot wake up on his own until the Discord's duration is up.
As an example, Fred the Impudite has Somnia/2 (from a minor disagreement with his Superior, the Princess of Nightmares). He slept yesterday, but today he's working with some new demons from Technology and doesn't want to admit the weakness of needing to sleep. As soon as dusk rolls around, Fred receives his normal Essence, but immediately begins taking a -1 penalty to all of his rolls. Since this is a long project, Fred doesn't get a chance to sleep the next day either, and when dusk rolls around again, he has a one-in-three chance of not regaining Essence (since his player must roll better than a 2 - his Somnia level - in order for Fred to regain Essence), and his penalty increases to -2. Finally, the project is finished, and the participants go their separate ways; Fred, exhausted, falls asleep for four hours, wakes up (with his penalty reduced to -1), and decides to sleep for another four hours to catch up completely. He'll regain Essence normally at dusk, and won't take a penalty to any further rolls unless his sleep schedule is interrupted again.
