Petalichus the Spider

PETALICHUS THE SPIDER

Characteristics: Int +2, Per +2, Pre 0, Com 0, Str –1, Sta 0, Dex +2, Qik –1

Size: 0

Age: 70 (54)

Decrepitude: 0

Warping Score: 6 (7)

Confidence Score: 2 (15)

Virtues and Flaws: The Gift; Hermetic Magus; Celestial Magic, Major Magical Focus (Cloth); Hermetic Numerology, Hermetic Geometry, Inventive Genius, Items of Quality, Puissant Artes Liberales, Puissant Finesse, Puissant Magic Theory, Self-Confident, True Friend (Idmon), Verditius Magic; Weak Spontaneous Magic; Difficult Spontaneous Magic, Driven (Find the lost works), Hubris, Infamous, Slow Caster

Personality Traits: Acquisitive +2, Decisive +1, Hubris (Arrogant) +4, Hungry for Knowledge +2, Loyal (Idmon) +3

Reputations: Ill-tempered 4 (Magi of Iberia)

Combat:

• Dodge: Init: –1, Attack N/A, Defense +0, Damage N/A
• Fist: Init: –1, Attack +3, Defense +0, Damage –1
• Knife: Init: –1, Attack +5, Defense +1, Damage +1

Soak: +0

Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious

Wound Penalties: Unhurt, Lightly Wounded (-1), Moderately Wounded (-3), Heavily Wounded (-5), Incapacitated, Dead

Abilities: Artes Liberales 4+2 (astronomy), Awareness 1 (searching), Bargain 1 (en- chantments), Brawl 1 (knife), Clothiery 2 (shirts), Code of Hermes 1 (political intrigue), Cononites Cult Lore 4 (Initiating others), Constantinople Lore 3 (geography), Finesse 3+2 (precision), Greek 5 (magical terms), Guile 3 (lying to authority), Intrigue 2 (alliances), Latin 4 (Hermetic usage), Leadership 2 (magi), Magic Lore 2 (magical traditions), Magic Theory 7+2 (enchanting items), Verditius Cult Lore 3 (Initiations), Parma Magica 4 (Ignem), Penetration 4 (Ignem), Philosophiae 4 (ceremonial magic), Weaver 4 (linen)

Arts: Cr15, In13, Mu3, Pe10, Re13; An 11, Aq 1, Au 2, Co 11, He 13, Ig 5, Im 13, Me 12, Te 11, Vi 8

Twilight Scars: His fingers are longer than is natural.

Equipment: Good-quality clothes, wizardly robes, workman’s clothes, loom, cloth shears (invested with The Perfect Fit as described later), tapestry doorhanging (as described later), selection of casting tablets, Greater Numerologist’s Book (Book Bonus +8 and enchanted with Sense the Hour and the “Halysis” effects as described later), The Map of Many Places (as described later), three candles invested with The Light of Fell Disease, one Sheet of Flame, and The Convenient Door (as described later), Distaff of Petalichus talisman (as described later).

Encumbrance: 0 (0)

Spells Known:

• Unmake This Cloth (PeAn 10/+30*)
• Bind Fast (ReAn(He) 5/+34*) Mastery 1 (Fast-Cast)
• A Day’s Worth of Spinning (ReAn 10/+33*)
• A Day’s Worth of Weaving (ReAn 10/+33*)
• The Even Hand of The Determined Weaver (Re(Cr)An 5/+33*)
• The Treacherous Cloak (ReAn(He) 5/+34*) Mastery 1 (Penetration)
• The Weaver’s Subtle Art (ReAn 5/+33*)
• Arachne’s Tuition (ReCo 20/+24)
• Remain Within Those Walls (ReCo 20/+24)
• Spasms of the Uncontrolled Hand (ReCo 5/+24)
• Lamp without Flame (CrIg 10/+20)
• Tales of the Ashes (InIg 5/+18)
• Prying Eyes (InIm 5/+26)
• To See As Though a Plethron Distant (InIm 25/+26)
• The Unwelcoming Room (CrMe 30/+27)
• Sight of the Transparent Motive (InMe 10/+26) Mastery 1 (Still casting)
• (Rote) Recollection of Memories Never Quite Lived (MuMe 4/+29)
• Aura of Rightful Authority (ReMe 20/+25)
• (Rote) Scribe the Perfect Circle (Re(Cr)Te 4/+38)
• (Rote) Unseen Arm (ReTe 5/+38)
• Scales of the Magical Weight (InVi 5/+21)
• (Rote) Sense the Weight of Divine Power (InVi 3/+35)
• (Rote) Sense the Weight of Faerie Power (InVi 3/+35)
• (Rote) Sense the Weight of Infernal Power (InVi 3/+35)
• (Rote) Sense the Weight of Magical Power (InVi 3/+35)
• A Day’s Grace (ReVi 30/+21)

* includes Magic Focus

Vis: Aware of his limitations with Spontaneous magic, Petalichus retains a personal supply of Rego vis in order to boost the penetration of the few offensive spells he knows.

Appearance: Looking like a man in his mid-fifties, with his twisted and bound beard turning grey, his hair receding, and his brows thick and protruding, Petalichus has the presence of authority that only maturity can bring. He is adorned with devices (both of his own making, and others the provenance of which may never be certain), rings, his talisman, a large book slung in a satchel, his heavy robes, and Idmon his sinister arachnid familiar.