Spirits of conflict and protection, they take on forms meant to frighten or reassure. Guardian spirits are often mighty warriors, but also appear as stalking deaths or avenging angels. A water elemental is a humanoid actually composed of water, while a spirit of the Mississippi might take the semblance of a riverboat gambler or a alligator. Others appear as animals associated with metahumanity either by behavior (monkeys, coyote) or by proximity (dogs, goldfish)Ī water spirit can plausibly be anything from a mermaid to a dogman made of water to a constantly cresting wave. Many spirits of man appear as items associated with humanity such as street signs, trashcans, or household appliances. While some spirits of man appear as actual metahumans, they are not going to be confused with a lone star officer or hotel receptionist. A fire elemental is often human shaped, a spirit of the fiery firmament is often a bird, and a Buddhist fire spirit is often a snake that spreads falsehood. Though the details of their forms are almost always obscured by the infernos, lightning storms or smoke surrounding them, an individual fire elemental might have a bird, a serpent, or even a simple sphere in the middle. Voracious trees, flowing mudpools and the faeries known as knockers can just as easily stand in for a spirit of earth.Īll fire spirits have an energy aura, meaning that they are bathed in energies both visible and deadly.
Spirits of the land represent the solidness and vibrancy of the land and may appear as any year round terrain feature such as a roving hillock or animated pile of stones. A beast spirit could just as easily appear to a hindu mage as a swarm of rats sent by vahana or to a druid mage as a stag.Īn earth elemental can be made of dirt or stone, metal or wood. Nothing limits a beast spirit to appear as a single anima, or even to appear as an animal at all. Others appear as chimeric mixtures of animal parts. Many spirts of beasts appear as a giant animal or mythic creature. An ifreet of the air could appear as a swirling maelstrom of smoke or an aboriginal sky hero might take the form of a terribly wise platypus. An air elemental may materialize as a tornado, a chaotic dust devil or a beautiful woman made of clouds. Appearance:Ī spirit of the sky might appear as a flock of crows or butterflies with iridescent wings. As a rule, spirit forms are metahuman sized or smaller and tend to have an obvious ethereal or otherworldly nature. When in the material plane, spirits are considered dual natured. Spirits have some standard general appearances, but ultimately within reason may manifest in the physical realm as the summoner requests them to. The natural form of a spirit is its astral form, but as long as it has the materialization power, it may manifest on the physical plane. The exact relationship between a spirit and its summoner will depend largely upon the character’s tradition.Ī spirit’s personality is often appropriate to the summoner’s tradition and may range from that of semi-intelligent beast or a distinctly human personality. They have their own personalities, foibles and so forth. Its always wise to treat them with respect.
Spirits object strenuously to expending their energies to power spell binding, most spirits resist (and perhaps resent) being bound to magicians and many show an aversion to particularly intense astral auras.Īlways remember that while a spirit may owe you services, they are always independent, self aware beings. Regardless of what spirits may or may not want, and the subject is still in the air, all spirits have things they don’t want. The united nations accord on sapient species does not recognize spirits, despite the fact that several member nations posses spirits as heads of state. Further it is not at all obvious what, if anything a spirit ‘eats’.Īs even the most generous legal codes require a being to be alive in order to have rights, spirits are not recognized as independent entities by many nations. While a spirit can move, react to stimulo, and repair itself evidence of spirit reproduction has been elusive.
Spirits which are conjured by mages who have previously mistreated or disrespected other spirits, are aware of these previous exchanges and responded accordingly.Ĭomplicating the debate over spirit sapience is the fact that they ave yet to be conclusively demonstrated to be alive in the classic sense.
Paradoxical, then, are the documented incidents where other spirits demonstrate knowledge and memories consistent with having independently existed in a particular location or even another world for much longer periods of time. Some spirits exhibit knowledge of concepts and conventions such as language, names and popular culture that heavily imply or, some say prove, that these are creations of the mages own mind. Whatever spirits are, a mage calls and a spirit appears.
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