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PLAYER HANDOUT #7

Mohammed Wong, Chief Ship’s Wizard, HMIF Emperor’s Hymn, Stardate 46379.1.
We are preparing to translate the ship through the supernal chaos. Though it did take more attempts than I first anticipated, I was correct that carefully dispatched Black Wizards (a problematic endonym) could be tracked through spacetime with a modified ætheric otoscope in order to determine the location and occasion of the ancient patron that consumes their souls upon expiration. I have made a pact with the star-god Urdr, exchanging twelve thousand nine hundred sixty souls from the nearest penal planet, for passage to our quarry’s timeless prison of hate. I have forwarded the warden’s bill for lost labour along with this log. I am well at ease with the course ahead despite the apparent failure and disappearance of hunters who came before me. I am blessed by The Seven Almighties to live in a time when I need not battle on the so-called black hills with primitive fireballs, but rather watch leisurely the broadside macrocannons of the Emperor’s Hymn lay waste the planet the entity names home. Finally the inscrutable machinations that have dogged mortals since the stars were young will be put to an end.

MOHAMMED WONG’S GRIMOIRE

DATA INTERROGATION
Tier 1, Wizard
Duration: Instant, Range: Close
One electronic system you touch answers a single question to the best of its ability with the information it contains and communication available to it.

DELAYED GRAVITY WELL
Tier 3, Wizard
Duration: 1d4 rounds, Range: Near
A gravitational force equivalent to three times that of Terra’s is localized at the target point on your next turn.

NAVIS
Tier 1, Wizard
Duration: Focus, Range: Self
You know the direction and distance to one celestial body you have previously stood on.

ORBITAL SHUNT
Tier 4, Wizard
Duration: Instant, Range: Close
You or one willing target is rapidly transported to the surface of the nearest celestial body in a straight line, passing through any non-magical barriers.

PHOTON ENVELOPE
Tier 3, Wizard
Duration: Focus, Range: Self
Light passes to either side of you. You are invisible and immune to lasers, radiation, and other effects of photons but you are blind for the duration.

STAR PACT
Tier 1, Chaotic Wizard
Duration: Instant, Range: Far
You may negotiate a bargain with one star-god you currently orbit. If you fail to uphold your end of the agreement your soul is consumed; you die and you can never be resurrected or communicated with.

SUMMON SPACE WHALE
Tier 4, Wizard
Duration: Instant, Range: Double Near
A ~650,000kg space whale unwillingly exits the supernal chaos. This spell does not confer control of the space whale, though it may be reasoned with and can transport creatures in its mouth.

SUPERCHARGE
Tier 2, Wizard
Duration: Focus, Range: Near
Supercharge one power supply and output. If used on an energy weapon, it deals an additional die of damage for the duration and explodes for 3d6 damage within Close on a natural 1 to hit.

PATRON BOONS: THE NAMELESS MASTER OF THE BLACK WIZARDS