Animated Object
Animated Object
Race created by Tim Hornikel
Despite already wielding phenomenal magical power, the
Godelves of Cyrus had always been fascinated with ways to
increase their ability to wage war and subjugate the world.
To that end they carried out many profane experiments. One
of those experiments resulted in the creation of weapons and
objects animated by the souls of murdered slaves.
The goal of these experiments was to create weapons that could
fight without a bearer. If the bearer died in battle, the weapon
would continue fighting unencumbered by restraints of mortal
flesh. The Godelves were only semi-successful. They did indeed
create weapons capable of fighting without wielders, but the
weapons were not wholly controllable and they retained some
personality of the creature they were created from.
The Godelves shelved the idea, literally. They contained the
Animated Objects up in boxes that would contain their magic
and make them inert. These boxes were scattered amongst
the Godelven empire to be used as last resort defenses in case
of slave revolt. Most were forgotten in the mists of time, but
many have been released and live out interesting lives in the
Cyrus Race
hands of adventurers, rascals, and kings. Some decry being
wielded by lesser beings and choose to carve their own path
from the world.
All Animated Objects, as they have come to be known, have
a few things in common. They always contain some amount
of metal in their construction. They never take the shape of
anything bipedal or animal, always being a created object of
some sort. No Animated Object retains the memories of the
individual which they were created from, but the memories
Art by Avery Liell-Kok Edited by John Arcadian
gideon minter (order #15689535)
Attributes: +1 Perception, +1 Strength,
+2 Toughness,
Starting HP: 6 x Toughness
Movement Rating: Average (40 feet)
Racial Affinity Focuses (½ cost) :
Non Organic (NO BREATHE, NO FOOD,
NO SLEEP, NO HERB) (Free)
Levitation (Free)
Telepathic Communicator*
Racial Language: Archaic Elven, Any one
language of the race they came from.*
* An Animated Object can not communicate
with other races if they have not purchased
Telepathic Communicator. They can think and
move, but not make their thoughts known.
do exist within special rune covered metal cubes which
are separated from the objects during the creation process.
Some examples of animated objects which have been found
are swords, lyres, arrows, mirrors, and other weapons and
household objects.
When an Animated Object was created, the soul of a being
was extracted at the moment of death and implanted into a
specially prepared magical metal. This metal was then forged
into the desired shape by a Dwarven slave. Part of the metal
was separated from the object and turned into a rune covered
cube which would retain and constrain the memories and
personality of the being which was used to power the object.
The soul would reside within the object itself,
developing a new trainable personality. The
experiences that an object had then would get
transferred to the storage cube, no matter how
far away or hidden it was. Though the Animated
Object only had access to the new memories
and personality it made, it was found that they
would feel attachment to certain races, most
likely the one that they were created from.
Likely, this is some bleed through of the old
memories and personality.
Conventional damage and magical spells can
harm and incapacitate an Animated Object,
but it is hard to truly kill one. There are rumors
of a few ways to do so The first is to destroy
the storage cube, which will release the soul
within the object and leave the object inert.
The second way is to cast an object into a fire
hot enough to completely destroy the metal.
The third way to destroy an Animated Object
is by having them absorb the memories of a
cube that is not theirs. This will short out the
cube and release the soul.