Full Item Description
While the Cloak of Dusk materializes around the wearers shoulders, much as a piece of cloth, it is without substance, a device of pure shadow and silence, woven by the goddess Kronath Herself from the edges of the Veil of Night, and placed around the shoulders of Her champion.
History
When Kronath noticed those who were pinned beyond by the power of the Light, She became at once furious, and filled with pity, but there was naught that She could do to bring them back to Her realm Herself, for Her Veil was pierced, and that which was done, could no be undone. And so, She began the crafting of a tool, fit for mortal hands, from the severed threads of Her Veil. It would suit to bring things from that world into Hers, wrapping them about with her darkness.
Bestowed first upon Kera Duskweaver, the Cloak of Dusk marks the champion of the Darkness, who brings death to the dead and living alike.
Magic/Cursed Properties
A fluid piece of shadow, the Cloak of Dusk brings certain, unending death to any whom it fully envelops, save the one who bears it, for it is drawn into reality through the death that awaits their own soul.
The Cloak can also be used as a weapon, drawn from the user’s body, and flicked like a sickle or whip. Used thusly, it batters against the very life force that animates the creature attacked, removing directly the span of the days alloted to it if it was alive, or were it undead, it shatters away the bindings of the magic that hold it here, and alive, freeing it to return to death.
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2009-02-08 12:01 AM
2009-02-08 09:44 AM
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As the symbol of a champion of Death, it has much more meaning. (And is way better as a cloak.) Me likes.
2009-02-08 11:00 AM
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2009-02-15 04:48 PM
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{Siren no Orakio} 3:27 pm: It's firmly rooted in the 'you're a level 3 peasant with no ability to change the world!' mentality
{Chaosmark} 3:29 pm: Very true.
{Chaosmark} 3:29 pm: Epic people sometimes need epic equipment.
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{Chaosmark} 3:31 pm: Jedi are a good example of "overpowered equipment isn't"
{Chaosmark} 3:32 pm: A laser sword that can cut through almost anything, and kills in a single attack.
{Siren no Orakio} 3:32 pm: Heh.
{Chaosmark} 3:32 pm: Extremely overpowered. However, GM Lucas was smart in controlling it.
{Siren no Orakio} 3:33 pm: Well, the other thing is this:
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{Siren no Orakio} 3:33 pm: When I am RPing or GMing, my feeling is that it's a story in which the PCs are supposed to be heros
{Siren no Orakio} 3:33 pm: They should be capable of heroic things
{Chaosmark} 3:34 pm: Of course. Why play if you're just going to be a peasant farming a field?
{Chaosmark} 3:35 pm: We want extraordinary.
{Chaosmark} 3:36 pm: Re: Overpowered - I think the word itself has valid applications, but most of the time ends up just being used as an excuse for GMs to not have to be creative in their GMing.
{Siren no Orakio} 3:36 pm: Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader had Light Sabers and the Force. King Arthur had Excalibur /and/ its sheath. Thor had Mjollnir. Kera gets.. the cloak of death
{Siren no Orakio} 3:38 pm: . A weapon which, technically, does 0 HP of damage.
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Excalibur was overpowered. Lightsabers are overpowered. Overpowered compared to what? The average, common weapons wielded by average, common people. A hero needs heroic equipment. The Cloak of Dusk is no different. When you think about it, how hard is it to actually wrap someone up completely in a cloak? Normally you can only do it when they're sleeping or drugged. Newsflash: you can get the same effect with a knife. Overpowered? Not hardly. Besides, this has the lore to back up it's power.
Nicely done Siren.
2009-02-17 08:13 PM
Link: [5629#70143|text]