Home Comfort:
An Outrageous Bookshelf
Horrifying, scandalizing, thoroughly tantalizing literature. Of course, whether you read them or not, the damage to your name is done.
+4 Persuasive, +2 Scandal[li]
edited by Jeremy Avalon on 5/23/2016
I will burn this city to the ground before I let that happen.
Portfolio of Newspaper Clippings
Category: Weapon
"Anyone could be one of THEM. Except for me and you, and I’m starting to have doubts about you."
Watchful +7, Nightmares +2, Cardinal of Conspiracy +1, ‘Your Recent Topic of Conversation’ is always ‘Snuffers’
[quote=Passionario]Portfolio of Newspaper Clippings
Category: Weapon
"Anyone could be one of THEM. Except for me and you, and I’m starting to have doubts about you."
Watchful +7, Nightmares +2, Cardinal of Conspiracy +1, ‘Your Recent Topic of Conversation’ is always ‘Snuffers’[/quote]
Now, now. I don’t know why you worry so much. They actually are everywhere, but that’s no cause for paranoid alarm.
Items for Ezekiel
Jar of Live Bees, Weapon
Shake vigorously, throw at intended target, run.
Dangerous +3, Persuasive -10
Pantry Full of Vinegar, Home Comfort
"Why the hell do you store everything you own in mason jars? It’s creepy and I don’t know why."
Wounds -2, Persuasive -50
Gardening Trowel, Hat
It’s been embedded in your head since 1872, good thing the mushrooms caught it.
Dangerous +5, Persuasive -20, Dreaded +3, ‘Your Recent Topic of Conversation’ is always ‘Stop looking at the trowel stuck in my head’
Ooh! This looks fun! ^_^[li]
Companion: The Huz
"Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt — marvelous error! — that I had a beehive here inside my heart, and the bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures."
Dangerous +5; Persuasive +5; Watchful -2; Shadowy -3; Bizarre +2.
Spouse: The Relentless Tragedian
"She drifts effortlessly between schemes and faces. But there is a terrible beauty in her thin, lonely smile."
Dangerous +1; Dreaded +1.
Destiny: Hate
"Your old shape will slough from you, like a flake of flint."
Dangerous +5; Shadowy +3.
(I didn’t initially intend to make all these Heart’s Blood themed, but I love the Heart’s Blood stories so much… <3)
Clothing:
Risqué Scarlet Evening Gown (Persuasive +10, Scandal +5, Respectable -10)
"Yes, that hue of scarlet."
Clothing:
Little Black Dress (Persuasive +12, Scandal +8, permanent loss of Respectable)
"No, you can’t wear that! Really, you can’t! It’s the 19th century, for goodness’ sake!"
Weapon:
Your Barbed Wit (Dangerous +12, Persuasive +12, Dreaded +5)
"A tongue sharper than a Waxwail Knife. Empires have fallen before lesser powers."
Companion:
Sleeping Stone-Pig (Dreaded +5, Bizarre +5, Nightmares +5)
"Thank God it’s sleeping… is it sleeping? Yes. Thank God it’s… it is still sleeping, isn’t it?"
Companion:
Dragon from Outer Space (Dangerous +30, Dreaded +10, Bizarre +10)
"I have a Space Dragon. Do you have a Space Dragon?"
Affiliation:
The Seraphinian Society (Bizarre +3)
"Now, don’t be silly. Everybody knows they don’t exist!" ;)
Affiliation:
The Gratitude of Mr Fires (Respectable +3)
"You’re rather fond of London. You want it to stay around."
Affiliation:
The Gratitude of Mr Stones (Dreaded +3)
"Sixth City, here we come!"
Transport:
Steam-Powered Mini-Dirigible (Respectable +1, Bizarre +1)
"A marvel of the age - by your own design, no less! Suitable for inner-city travel only though: the fuel consumption is horrendous."
Home Comfort:
Your Soul (Bizarre +1, Nightmares -1)
"So very practical, keeping your soul in a bottle! It’s safely out of the way; but not too far away in case you should ever need it."
Home Comfort:
Jack-of-Smiles’ Last Knife (Dreaded +3, Nightmares +3, Suspicion +3)
"You’re fairly sure this is the last one. Actually, you should have destroyed it long ago. Why exactly do you keep it?"
Spouse:
This Week’s Fling (Respectable -3, Scandal +3)
"What’s their name again? Oh, it hardly matters. Yes, yes, this time it’s the love eternal and… say, who’s that over there?"
edited by phryne on 5/24/2016
Mr. Pages’ Little Book of Spoilers
Weapon
“Would you know more?”
Watchful +12, Dramatic Tension +1
Providence
Destiny
"Some men just want to watch the world learn."
Persuasive +4
[A thread where I can get a chance to mock my own character? Yes please.]
Absinthe of Dubious Quality
Weapon
You were told this was "the best wine in all of Neath" but you don’t recall Mr. Wines selling this brand. It looks more suitable for a rock than a wine any day.
Dangerous +5, Persuasive -10
Homemade Knife
Weapon
"Mum used ta say a sharp piece o metal gets ta job done just fine."
Dangerous +2, Shadowy +2, Persuasive -2
Bat-shaped Hatpin
Hat
Stylish and functional. No, of course it’s not poisoned.
Persuasive +4, Dangerous +8, Dreaded +1
Hand-stitched Sandals
Boots
Imported from the Elder Continent at outrageous cost, but the craftsmanship is impeccable. Are those sapphires on the buckle?
Persuasive +10, Shadowy -1, Watchful -1, Bizarre +1
Category: One-use item
Professor Strix’s private tincture of vigour
Drinking it looked like a good idea, until that awful stench started to leak out of the bottle. Now, you are not that sure.
Effects upon drinking:
If you are Professor Strix herself and has literally no other item or action to rely on:
Your wounds have improved in an incrediple speed, but disgust and grief over why this drink is so effective on you will make you awake at night.
Wounds is dropping… (-5cp)
Nightmares is increasing… (+3cp)
If you stole the thing from the Professor and/or has poor decision-making skills:
Not only it did not have any effect on your wounds, but now you are nauseated and a rusty after taste lingers in your mouth. Wait. Oh no…
Wounds is increasing… (+1cp)
Nightmares is increasing (+3cp)
You’ve gained 1 x Appaling Secret
A Locked Basement
Home Comfort
Keep your troubles a small but important distance under and away from the rest of your life.
+1 Suspicion, -1 An Admirer of Art, -1 An Admirer of Beauty
Gant-Drenched Gloves
Gloves
They’re covered in Correspondence Sigils. Probably not the best for lockpicking.
+6 Dangerous, +5 Watchful, -2 Shadowy, +3 Dreaded
Frost Moth Violin
A splendid instrument, painted with a swarm of frost moths. A tribute to a lost loved one.
+4 Persuasive, +1 Melancholy, +1 Connected Tomb Colonies
Those Diamond Earrings
Dangling magnificent diamonds, inscribed with sigils, including your beloved’s name.
+4 Persuasive, +1 Steadfast, +1 Scholar of the Correspondence
The Imperfect Mirror
Home Comfort
The person in the reflection is not quite you; their features are all wrong, and they have too many teeth. They rarely deign to match your movements, content to stare at you with their eerie goat-eyes. It took you weeks to notice the flaw in the frame that the salesman was talking about.
+1 Respectable, +1 Dreaded, +1 Bizarre
Mother’s Milk
Consumable
It’s not milk, and you hope the thing that secretes it has never reproduced.
Upon Consumption:
You scream and writhe. Your body curls in upon itself. Your eyes sizzle. Wax bubbles up from your wounds and runs in seething rivulets down your skin. You awake in your bed. You feel too hale and hearty for the blood on your arms and chin to be yours.
-3 Wounds, +1 Nightmares, +1 Suspicion
You’ve gained x1 Tale of Terror!!
Lockpad’s Hands
Weapon
You’ll never know what really happened to the urchin Lockpad, but you’ve got those curious knuckledusters of his. Each metal piece is a lock from a different door, and it’s the very devil to put your fingers through some of the holes. It makes bl–dy interesting marks in other folks. Nobody ever seems to notice you’re wearing them until after they’ve already been struck.
+8 Dangerous, +8 Shadowy
Sewnmouth Zee-Bat
Companion
You don’t know how it eats, much less how it’s still alive. Supposedly its mouth had to be stitched shut because the whole Zee might spill out of it otherwise. You aren’t inclined to risk testing this claim. Sometimes you catch it staring at you with anticipation in its eyes.
+1 Bizarre, +4 Shadowy
Drownie-Hide Gloves
Gloves
Who in the Neath would be so mad as to try and skin a Drownie? Why would they use that skin make gloves, of all things, if they did? And if these aren’t the genuine article, why do you feel them writhe against your skin whenever you’re near the Zee?
+2 Bizarre,
The Last Will and Testament of Robert A. Buoy
Curiosity
The very last words ever put to paper by the most harried and obedient manservant ever to dwell in the Neath. Running your fingers over the paper fills you with hope that he’s doing well, wherever he is.
Just thought that our dear Solicitor needs separate descriptions for their… unique wardrobe.
A Great Many Floors of Top Hat (Hat)
+10 Watchful +10 Persuasive +1 Respectable +1 Nightmares -2 Shadowy -2 Dangerous
What a marvel! One of the royal line! Normal top hats bow down to it’s empyrean magnificence, it’s twining gold of stairways upon the onyx backdrop. It also folds when you need to walk into a building that obscures the grand head-topper.
Streets of a Different London at Midnight (Clothing)
+10 Watchful +7 Shadowy +2 Bizarre -5 Persuasive
This might have once been considered a dress. Now, though, it is a work of art! A display of what shall never be, or what never should be. Either way, conversation proves challenging when most of your body is a cold alleyway.
[b]Fluttering Embers Upon Your Appendages /b
+8 Watchful +7 Dangerous +1 Dreaded +1 Nightmares -2 Persuasive -3 Shadowy
Your hands are on fire! Better yet, the flames sting only others. While a great conversation starter, you probably shouldn’t shake hands or hold anything valuable.
[b]The Definitive Duo of Wearable Serpents /b
+9 Shadowy +5 Watchful +1 Bizarre +1 Nightmares -1 Dangerous -2 Persuasive
‘Wear Serpents’, they said. You, of course, did just that. Thankfully, they prove willing to share any secrets they observe from their unique position. Sadly, these ‘secrets’ include snide remarks about one’s underwear.
[b]‘The Flashlight Mechanism’ /b
+10 Watchful +10 Dangerous +2 Dreaded -5 Shadowy +1 Wounds
A one-of-a-kind attempt at producing concentrated lines of light in the Neath. Both evaporating thy enemies and illuminating thy surroundings, what else could one wish for? Not having to carry so many a box of sunlight, or that the constant scalding glow would seize.
edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 8/1/2016
Hat:
Hooded Cowl
Worn by the Sisters of Abbey Rock, this cowl cannot be bought, only given. Or taken.
Shadowy +5
Dreaded +3
Connected: The Sisters of Abbey Rock +10
A crown of Garden Flowers
The smell, deathly intoxicating and vital, holds a hint of… blood?!
Persuasive +15
Bizarre +4
Wounds -2
Suspicion +1
Nightmares +1
Scandal +1
Gloves:
Gardener’s Gloves
What Vital loam have these gloves worked in? They always seem to glow, yet give off no light. Blood boils at their touch.
Wounds -3
Nightmares +3
Dangerous +15
Bizarre +2
Dreaded +2
Club:
Botanical Society of the Neath
The greatest minds of botany, horticulture, and herbal knowledge gather to discuss Gardening in the Neath.
Attending to the needs of a singular plant +3
Bizarre +1
Respectable +1
Home Comfort:
A Stuffed Master
What have you done? By the Judgements above and the pigs below, what have you done?
Dreaded +30
Suspicion +7
Nightmares +7
Scandal +7
Wounds +7
Connected: Revolutionaries +15
Connected: The Masters = 0
edited by Dean Lee on 8/14/2016
Fake-moustache of significant strength
They say that special constables who don’t have the prerequisite facial hair are forced to wear these while on duty. Ladies and sometimes gentlemen may faint if too well-groomed.
+5 Dangerous +1 Persuasive +1 Dreaded
Precision ratwork rifle
Comes with a glim-lensed sight and six-groove rifling.
+6 Dangerous +2 watchful -1 shadowy
edited by Infinity Simulacrum on 8/13/2016
Salt-Smoked Spectacles
Head
With these on, your features will be invisible. Indeed, people looking into your eyes will see only mirrors. What were these doing buried in rubble?
+5 Persuasive, -1 Dangerous
Soul Aflame with Irrigo
Home Comfort
Although vastly unsettling if one knows the history behind the legends surrounding this item, it makes quiet a beautiful nightlight.
Dynasty
Destiny
You cannot die yet, not until you see the face of your son.
-2 wounds