Saturday, July 28, 2007

[Mortal Coil] Little Spells

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Game Name:
Tone: Gritty Survival
Setting: A cottage in rural Scotland. The mice are sentient and subtely magical and must find ways to help themselves and the humans they live with.
The Supernatural: The characters' great grandfather was effected by a spell cast within the home years ago by one of it's human inhabitants. The mice that have studied under him bend the natural laws through complicated rituals requiring much time, energy and paraphenalia that the mice must accquire from the far reaches of the cottage.
Magic Level: Low
Situation: The family has fallen on hard times and the mice must find a way to help the humans so that they in turn can survive.
Villains: All of the animals in the cottage and it's surrounds have been effected in some way but only the mice have the moral fiber and resourcefulness to act directly for the family. Some animals will be actively working against the mice for their own purposes. Additionally, the cottage is in constant threat from developers wanting to buy the land and scattering the little mouse family to the winds.

Characters to play: Mother, Father, 20 children

Felix (one of the youngest) Novice
Passions:
- I must find out which human cast that spell (2)
- I pray my secret friend, Angus (the youngest human in the house), gets into a good school (1)
- Collect tears from Mom for father's ritual of healing (2)

Faculties (10)
Force 1, Grace 4, Wits 3, Will 2

Aptitudes (7)
Hidey holes (2), Soothing Platitudes (2), Master of Chalk (3)

Pools
Action Pool 6, Passion Pool 3, Power Pool 3, Magic Pool 5

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