Shelloth the Weaver

PathsI Chaos

II Curses

III Darkness

Skills: Blend, Disguise, Search, Sneak

Ritual Weapon: Dagger, Long Knife

Avatar: Drider, Giant Spider (Great Lasher)

Alignments: Chaos, Curses, Darkness

Opposed Alignments: Order, Fortune, Light

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Shelloth is the Weaver in the Darkness and spinner of the strands of fate. From her hole in the underworld of Irkalla she ever spins her webs - each tendril testing and tempting mortals and immortal alike to their doom.

The spider elves of Toonela have taken to the worship of this fearsome being as the embodiment of their environment and weaver of the fate of themselves and their foes. Those who she deems 'worthy' can be transformed into driders - foul centaur-like beings combining the upper torso of folk (often an elf) with the eyes and hindquarters of a giant venomous spider.

Even her most ardent worshipers fear her - although she grants a degree of power over destiny and darkness she can be capricious and cruel, even to those who might love her the most dearly.

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• PATH OF CHAOS

Chaos I: When you roll an action die to boost an Alignment skill check and the number shown is odd, double it and add it to your result; when the number shown is even, subtract it from your result instead.

Chaos II: One of your attributes, determined at random, rises by 1. Also, you may cast Entropic Shield once per scene.

Chaos III: You may cast Confounding Images and Devotion Hammer once per scene.

Chaos IV: Once per scene, you may increase your threat and error ranges by 4 each.

Chaos V: One of your attributes, determined at random, rises by 2. Also, you may cast Scintillating Pattern once per scene.

• PATH OF CURSES

Curses I: You gain the Black Cat feat.

Curses II: You may cast Blindness/Deafness and Ray of Enfeeblement once per scene.

Curses III: You may cast Bestow Curse and Geas once per scene.

Curses IV: You gain the Jinx feat.

Curses V: You may cast Insanity III and Maze once per scene.

• PATH OF DARKNESS

Darkness I: You gain darkvision I (see page 233) and a +5 bonus with Sneak checks as long as you’re not in direct sunlight.

Darkness II: You may cast Blur and Darkness I once per scene.

Darkness III: You may cast Darkness II and Phantasmal Killer once per scene.

Darkness IV: You may cast Mass Cause Wounds III and Shadow Walk once per scene.

Darkness V: Once per scene, you may become incorporeal for a number of rounds equal to your starting action dice.