Efiygia is the patroness of artists so obsessed with their vision that they are willing to sacrifice everything for its fulfilment. She is a creature of large cities : despite their Dominion aura, they are the only places where her victims can be found in groups.
Order: Lady of the False Gods
Infernal Might: 40 (Terram)
Characteristics: Int +1, Per +1 , Pre 0, Com +5, Str +1, Sta +5, Dex +5, Qik +2
Size: -3, but appears to be 0.
Virtues and Flaws:. Many.
Confidence Score: 5 (5)
Personality Traits: Proud +6
Reputations: Eater of Artists 5 (Infernal)
Combat:
Trailing canvas: Initiative +4, Attack +13*, Defense +13*, Damage 0*
* Does no direct damage, but smears everything with toxic paint.
Soak: +20, literally made of silver
Wound Penalties: –1 (1–2), –3 (4–6), –5 (7–8), Incapacitated (9–10), Dead (11+)
Abilities: All suitable for story, but this demon is odd in that it has a very broad range of Area Lores, Brawl 8 (using canvas dropsheets), Carouse 9 (host), Etiquette 9 (victims), and various Craft skills.
Powers:
Coagulation, 0 points, Init 0, Terram: The creature takes the form of a silver-steel mask, suitable for a human being. The mask is apparently supported by clothes, or by canvas rags that take the shape of a cloak, but these are merely illusive.
Envisioning, 1 point, Init 0, Mentem: For 1 point, allows the demon to enter and twist dreams. If used to terrify, the victim can ignore it with a Brave Personality trait roll against an Ease factor of 9 or more. Failure to resist leads to a profound physical reaction, like a seizure.
The Mistresses’s Patronage: varies, Init 0, Vim: This power allows the demon to guide the creation of a piece of art, such lesser demons can use the artefact to enter the world. Each use of the power costs 1 point initially, and requires a freshly-dedicated human soul. Each time one of the demons is drawn from a piece of art, it costs Efgyia 1 Might, and she is aware which creature has been called forth and, in loose terms, the distance and direction of the artefact.
Obsession: 1-3 points, Init -5, Mentem: May force characters to make Personality Trait rolls to resist a temporary trait, Pride, which has a score equal to the Might points spent.. If the roll is successful, the trait vanishes. If it fails, they gain the trait permanently at +1, although they can remove it by the usual means of reducing traits.
The Means of Self-Destruction: 1 or 3 points, Init 0, varies: Allows the creature to summon items, equal to one pound of silver (1 Mythic pound) or 1 pound of gold (10 Mythic pounds) per Might point spent, from anywhere in the world, at the creature’s discretion. The demon needs to know the wealth exists. Oddly, for a False God, the “wealth” summoned may, indeed must, be useful to herself or her victims. She can summon art supplies, for example. She uses this power to soak the cloths that simulate her body with virulently poisonous paint (potency 12).
Weakness: Cannot hurt the blind directly, but hates them.
Vis: 8 pawns, mask fragments.
Appearance: A silver mask, that appears to be upon the face of a woman, but is not.
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