Abigail Barclay


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Spells:

Eibon’s Wheel of Mist

Gate

Fog of Misdirection

Create Barrier of Naach-Tith

Contact Deity/Zhothaqquah

  • Call/Dismiss the Blind Lord of Chaos (Azathoth)

  • Contact Formless Spawn of Zhothaqquah (Formless Spawn)

  • Contact Deity/The Lord of the Waters (Nodens)

Skills:

+1 Bonus dice to Appraise and Credit Rating rolls.

Frozen Moment: Once per session, Abigail can perfectly recall a specific past moment or memory at the cost of 5 Luck points.

For 1 minute (10 rounds), she enters a trance-like state, reliving the memory. While in this "Frozen Moment," she is helpless and oblivious to her surroundings, considered prone and defenseless (attacks automatically hit and inflict a bonus die of damage). At the end of the duration, she makes a Sanity roll (0/1D2). If interrupted, she suffers a Sanity loss equal to the maximum the Keeper deems appropriate for the recalled memory, with no roll.

Mania:

"The Crimson Thirst" - Hematodipsia:
You are drawn to the color red and the sensation of blood, often finding yourself in dangerous situations to seek it out. You may begin to see blood as beautiful or powerful.

Manifestations:
The color red is all encompassing, and you start to see it everywhere, even in places it's not there. You find it hard to ignore, and focus on it over other things.
You develop a growing desire to be near and touch blood, or you might collect blood-soaked items. You may even have the desire to taste it, even if it feels wrong.
You may begin performing small, subtle rituals, like dabbing the blood on your skin, attempting to paint the symbols, or creating small idols out of bloody things.

Gameplay Impact: This will lead you into situations where you could come into contact with violence, and also make you start to be more prone to aggression and violence. You might struggle to understand that violence is, inherently, bad.

Death is Art Inspiration: Her specific complaint in Gavigan's basement that his grotesque artwork "lacked the allure of her lotus painting" (E28), implying she processes horror by comparing it to a strange, personal aesthetic standard.

Description: To protect her mind, Abigail instinctively reframes the grotesque as art. A monster becomes a sculpture, a gruesome murder becomes a tableau. By analyzing the horror's composition and form, she can create a fragile intellectual barrier against the madness it represents.

Mechanic: The first time Abigail witnesses a truly sanity-shattering creature or scene in a session, she can attempt an Art/Craft (Painting) roll. If successful, she reduces the initial Sanity loss by half (rounding up). If she fails, she becomes lost in the horrifying details and takes Sanity loss instead

Now Abigail no longer loses Sanity from witnessing non-supernatural violence, gore, or dead bodies

Pharmicaphobia