Post by reefwood on Nov 30, 2015 14:17:49 GMT -5
Vine the Boundless Fury
Patron of the Jungle
Patron of the Jungle
Vine, the Boundless Fury, is a huge muscular biped covered in green scales with orange and purple bands running along her limbs and prehensile tail. She has a simian face and tangle of vines atop her head. Her elongated tongue is barbed and darts out too fast for most fish to swim away, birds to fly off, or critters to scurry. Over-sized claws drip with venom and can crush the neck of most dinosaurs. Her presence is intimidating, though, she moves with an almost calm confidence - a single stride covering several steps.
Vine is passionate, quick to judge, and unrelenting. She values strength, size, and ferocity. Her essence taps into the brutality and savagery of the wild. She advocates swift and decisive action, especially against danger, because striking hard and fast is the best way to crush an opponent and deter future threats. She promotes bountiful and limitless growth. Her favorite beasts and plants are those that grow the largest and most spread out, but she also has an appreciation of the small fauna and flora that feed the mighty.
Vine is the Jungle. The trees that reach high and form a protective canopy. The beasts which stalk and pounce. The reptiles which slither and strike. The birds that shout their colors and songs. The heat that bears down on the meek. The humidity that suffocates the weak.
Region (Jungle): A high canopy and thick underbrush conceal a hot and humid world teeming with life. Dinosaurs are the largest creatures in this region and even spill into the northern portions of the Forest and Grassland. Other inhabitants include apes, monkeys, elephants, hippos, rhinos, koalas, pandas, mongooses, jaguars, tigers, eagles, falcons, parrots, toucans, tree frogs, chameleons, cobras, pythons, butterflies, and tarantulas.
Season: Summer
Day/Time: Summer Solstice / Midday
Manifestation: All the Caretakers must gather in the Jungle at noon the day before the Summer Solstice. Sometime in the next 24 hours, they will be attacked by a beast of the Jungle. Those who survive must devour the beast and wait until Vine manifests at noon on the Summer Solstice.
Influence: Moral effects are empowered in the Jungle. When the effect is over, the target is fatigued for twice as long as the duration of the effect. This influence spreads to the entire Valley at noon on the Summer Solstice, and each day that follows there is a 10% less chance of this influence being felt outside the Jungle (Day 2 = 90%, Day 3 = 80%, etc).
Vine casts her own individualized version of the Awaken spell, which includes a blessing of minor boons connected to her specific abilities and tenets. The blessing is the same for every Caretaker she awakens, but on rare occasion, by chance or fate, a Caretaker is infused with a greater blessing more directly tied to her strengths and weaknesses. You must select the standard Blessing or the Greater Blessing and take all the qualities of the one you select.
Blessing of the Boundless Fury
+1 damage to natural attacks
+1 CMB
Greater Blessing of the Boundless Fury
Enraged: +4 Str / -2 Dex
Ferocious: This creature remains conscious and can continue fighting even if its hit point total is below 0. The creature is still staggered and loses 1 hit point each round, or 2 hit points if it performs a standard action. A creature with ferocity still dies when its hit point total reaches a negative amount equal to its Constitution score.
Oversized Claws: This creature receives a -2 penalty on attack rolls with all natural attacks but adds 1-1/2 times the creature’s Strength bonus to damage instead of its normal Strength bonus or half its Strength bonus.