Post by The Overseer on Jul 16, 2021 22:09:12 GMT
When I was a child mother told stories of the Lord and his kindness. Of the great man upon the back of whom the union would remain strong. Of the strength of the Soviet cause.
Father told me stories of the king in scarlet. He who rips men's minds to shreds with knowledge unknowable. He who would bring us all to a knee when he returned to crash the bindings of society against the waves of unreality. That would tear down systems of both The American Scum, and The Soviet Strength.
They both died when I was ten. A sickness. It sapped their strength, and ground their minds to dust.
In dreams HE told me that the world was going to end. That I was the only one that could stop it. Of the lights that would raise this world to the ground. Of the rulers that would hoard wealth and luck. Of the beings who would use their vast knowledge to overwhelm the minds of the weak.
There are no Kings, No Gods, and No Terrors. There are only Prey.
And I'm the Hunter.
-The Journal of Gregor, Knight of Light. Translated from Russian.
Tier 0 -
No Gods, No Kings, No Terrors, Only Prey - All of your attacks are considered god slaying.
Tier 1 -
Light of Might - Choose a form for your weapon. You can summon forth a weapon made of pure light that appears in the form you have chosen. This weapon is wielded using either the normal stat for a weapon of it's shape, or using luck as if it was a normal stat.
Fortune's Favorite - When you're around it luck seems to bend to your will. Enemies in games get snake-eyes on dice. Coin flips land on the side you desire more often. Sometimes cultists have heart attacks before your blade can even meet their flesh. Gain +X to Luck where X is the number of tiers you have in this class.
Tier 2 -
Knowing is half the battle - Many of these creatures will try to hide out in the forms of man, but your light can illuminate these secrets. Divine beings can no longer hide their presence from you. When in contact with a divine level being you will always know what they are, and what their domains are.
Blinded by The Light - Somethings were not meant to be known. Some words when spoken can cause even the strongest of minds to recoil from their mere utterance. The existence of some secrets is enough to bring time to a pause as it tries to find a way out of acknowledging what just happened. Once Per Day utter one of these secrets and mentally blind all targets in combat excluding yourself. While mentally blinded for the next turn they must roll against either your Luck (As a normal stat.) or Intelligence to attempt to do an action. Upon a failure they waste a simple action if they have any left, and can no longer attempt to do the same action. If they have no simples then they can no longer commit any actions upon a failure.
Tier 3 -
He comes to me in my dreams more and more.
I thought after the hunt was over, after I saved the world, that perhaps we would be done.
That preventing the coming of that creature was enough
Instead he just provides new Gods, New Kings, New Terrors.
New Prey
I ask him why I am not being hunted, why governments do not seem to do anything but fall when I cut their head. Why cults do not rise to burn my home. Why churches send no inquistioners.
He says it is his blessing.
I do not ask if I am to kill him at the end of all of this. This man who calls himself Lord. This creature that appears in all ways to reflect perfectly the entities I slay. This being invading my mind like the terrors of the night.
He says that if I make the right choices I'll slay him.
I wonder if he is saddened by the idea that he shall die, or by the idea that he may yet live.
I wonder if given the choice which fate I'd pick for him.
For myself.
-The Journal of Gregor, Knight of Light, Translated from Russian.
The Blessing of Darkness - A light shined into the dark illuminates all. Something about the idea of it not shining upon yourself feels wrong, but you also do not have much choice. Information about you does not spread beyond those who you directly interact with unless you explicitly attempt to spread it. Only that which you explicitly attempt to spread will be put out into the world. People attempting to research you will find nothing. Your dossier is automatically private.
The Library of Gregor - A crystalline door appears in the mirror. Looking behind you reveals only a wall coated in shadow. Touching the wall reveals nothing, but upon looking back at the mirror, and going to grab the golden handle, you can feel it. Without looking you open the door and arrive in a vast library. In this study are the books of every god, cult, and religion that has ever existed. You have no idea in what manner it is sorted. Roll luck when searching for a book on any religious associated thing to attempt to find it. For the purposes of this ability royal families are considered religious associated. Alongside tyrannical governments. (Cults, rituals, gods, etc...)
Tier 4 -
Light of Might (BOOST!) - Those who hold faith in their heart seem to whimper when exposed to your chosen weapon. Gain advantage against those who fight in the name of another being when attacking with your chosen weapon. That being can be anything from a god to a king as long as they have more than seven followers to their name.
The God's Game - When you fight against someone you have begun to notice something. There is a light above the head of every living being. At first looking into it almost blinded you, but the more you've stared the more you've grown comfortable with the images that you have seen. It's a set of numbers? For the most part they seem to be from 1 - 10, and change when that person takes an action. It's almost like what you would compare to some of those roleplaying games that your friends keep trying to get you to join. You can now canonically see the dice that everyone is rolling.
Tier 5 -
He came to me tonight. Fuck him though. ALIENS ARE FUCKING REAL???
Gods are one thing. Divine beings that might just be a mad man yelling at other mad men.
Slaughtering people because the voice in my head tells me to kill those who obey the voices in theirs.
But turns out aliens are fucking real. Also my best bud is actually that American tv dude's kid, and that wasn't like some elaborate bit him and Ness were pulling on the rest of us.
Wild thing too. Said aliens are also our friends. Like I've know fucking Invess for years? And he never mentioned jack shit about it.
Also the world's ending for real this time.
I don't think I can stop it, but I'll buy these dumb bastards as many seconds as I can get them.
Every cult in Europe is setting off in the next couple of months to try to get their rituals in before the end date.
Guess that also means no one will ever read this actually.
Roger's right. Will never say that out loud, so I'll say it here.
- The Private Journal of Gregor, The Knight of Light, Translated from Russian
Fortunate Son - It's not easy to do, but with an intense amount of focus you've found that you can change the numbers that appear above everything's heads. It's precise however. At the start of every month roll 3 flat 1d100's and 5 1d10's. For the rest of the month you can replace any respective roll with one of these numbers. At the start of the next month roll again. These rolls do not carry over if they are not used.
Studious - It turns out that studying years open years of religion, occult practices, societal procedures, politics, and various other information useful to your hunt has led you to being a semi-decently intelligent individual in general! Who would have thunk it. Gain +X/2 to Int where X is the number of tiers that you currently have in this class.
Father told me stories of the king in scarlet. He who rips men's minds to shreds with knowledge unknowable. He who would bring us all to a knee when he returned to crash the bindings of society against the waves of unreality. That would tear down systems of both The American Scum, and The Soviet Strength.
They both died when I was ten. A sickness. It sapped their strength, and ground their minds to dust.
In dreams HE told me that the world was going to end. That I was the only one that could stop it. Of the lights that would raise this world to the ground. Of the rulers that would hoard wealth and luck. Of the beings who would use their vast knowledge to overwhelm the minds of the weak.
There are no Kings, No Gods, and No Terrors. There are only Prey.
And I'm the Hunter.
-The Journal of Gregor, Knight of Light. Translated from Russian.
Tier 0 -
No Gods, No Kings, No Terrors, Only Prey - All of your attacks are considered god slaying.
Tier 1 -
Light of Might - Choose a form for your weapon. You can summon forth a weapon made of pure light that appears in the form you have chosen. This weapon is wielded using either the normal stat for a weapon of it's shape, or using luck as if it was a normal stat.
Fortune's Favorite - When you're around it luck seems to bend to your will. Enemies in games get snake-eyes on dice. Coin flips land on the side you desire more often. Sometimes cultists have heart attacks before your blade can even meet their flesh. Gain +X to Luck where X is the number of tiers you have in this class.
Tier 2 -
Knowing is half the battle - Many of these creatures will try to hide out in the forms of man, but your light can illuminate these secrets. Divine beings can no longer hide their presence from you. When in contact with a divine level being you will always know what they are, and what their domains are.
Blinded by The Light - Somethings were not meant to be known. Some words when spoken can cause even the strongest of minds to recoil from their mere utterance. The existence of some secrets is enough to bring time to a pause as it tries to find a way out of acknowledging what just happened. Once Per Day utter one of these secrets and mentally blind all targets in combat excluding yourself. While mentally blinded for the next turn they must roll against either your Luck (As a normal stat.) or Intelligence to attempt to do an action. Upon a failure they waste a simple action if they have any left, and can no longer attempt to do the same action. If they have no simples then they can no longer commit any actions upon a failure.
Tier 3 -
He comes to me in my dreams more and more.
I thought after the hunt was over, after I saved the world, that perhaps we would be done.
That preventing the coming of that creature was enough
Instead he just provides new Gods, New Kings, New Terrors.
New Prey
I ask him why I am not being hunted, why governments do not seem to do anything but fall when I cut their head. Why cults do not rise to burn my home. Why churches send no inquistioners.
He says it is his blessing.
I do not ask if I am to kill him at the end of all of this. This man who calls himself Lord. This creature that appears in all ways to reflect perfectly the entities I slay. This being invading my mind like the terrors of the night.
He says that if I make the right choices I'll slay him.
I wonder if he is saddened by the idea that he shall die, or by the idea that he may yet live.
I wonder if given the choice which fate I'd pick for him.
For myself.
-The Journal of Gregor, Knight of Light, Translated from Russian.
The Blessing of Darkness - A light shined into the dark illuminates all. Something about the idea of it not shining upon yourself feels wrong, but you also do not have much choice. Information about you does not spread beyond those who you directly interact with unless you explicitly attempt to spread it. Only that which you explicitly attempt to spread will be put out into the world. People attempting to research you will find nothing. Your dossier is automatically private.
The Library of Gregor - A crystalline door appears in the mirror. Looking behind you reveals only a wall coated in shadow. Touching the wall reveals nothing, but upon looking back at the mirror, and going to grab the golden handle, you can feel it. Without looking you open the door and arrive in a vast library. In this study are the books of every god, cult, and religion that has ever existed. You have no idea in what manner it is sorted. Roll luck when searching for a book on any religious associated thing to attempt to find it. For the purposes of this ability royal families are considered religious associated. Alongside tyrannical governments. (Cults, rituals, gods, etc...)
Tier 4 -
Light of Might (BOOST!) - Those who hold faith in their heart seem to whimper when exposed to your chosen weapon. Gain advantage against those who fight in the name of another being when attacking with your chosen weapon. That being can be anything from a god to a king as long as they have more than seven followers to their name.
The God's Game - When you fight against someone you have begun to notice something. There is a light above the head of every living being. At first looking into it almost blinded you, but the more you've stared the more you've grown comfortable with the images that you have seen. It's a set of numbers? For the most part they seem to be from 1 - 10, and change when that person takes an action. It's almost like what you would compare to some of those roleplaying games that your friends keep trying to get you to join. You can now canonically see the dice that everyone is rolling.
Tier 5 -
He came to me tonight. Fuck him though. ALIENS ARE FUCKING REAL???
Gods are one thing. Divine beings that might just be a mad man yelling at other mad men.
Slaughtering people because the voice in my head tells me to kill those who obey the voices in theirs.
But turns out aliens are fucking real. Also my best bud is actually that American tv dude's kid, and that wasn't like some elaborate bit him and Ness were pulling on the rest of us.
Wild thing too. Said aliens are also our friends. Like I've know fucking Invess for years? And he never mentioned jack shit about it.
Also the world's ending for real this time.
I don't think I can stop it, but I'll buy these dumb bastards as many seconds as I can get them.
Every cult in Europe is setting off in the next couple of months to try to get their rituals in before the end date.
Guess that also means no one will ever read this actually.
Roger's right. Will never say that out loud, so I'll say it here.
- The Private Journal of Gregor, The Knight of Light, Translated from Russian
Fortunate Son - It's not easy to do, but with an intense amount of focus you've found that you can change the numbers that appear above everything's heads. It's precise however. At the start of every month roll 3 flat 1d100's and 5 1d10's. For the rest of the month you can replace any respective roll with one of these numbers. At the start of the next month roll again. These rolls do not carry over if they are not used.
Studious - It turns out that studying years open years of religion, occult practices, societal procedures, politics, and various other information useful to your hunt has led you to being a semi-decently intelligent individual in general! Who would have thunk it. Gain +X/2 to Int where X is the number of tiers that you currently have in this class.